Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-05-28 | Page 11 | Watchman Gagged, Safe Dynamited

Watchmen Gagged, . Safe Dynamited Five Masked Robbers G-et Away With Valuables in Big Mill. BEDFORD, Mass., May 27. A bold robbery was perpetrated here shortly before midnight by five masked burglars, who broke into the Onoka woolen mills, In the northern north-ern part of the city, overpowered and bound the two night-watchmen, dynamited dyna-mited the safe and escaped with ' its contents. Tho robbery occurred about 11:30 o'clock. Ono of the watchmen was overpowered after a struggle. Tho other oth-er watchman rushed to his aid and was idso overpowered. Both were bound and gagged and wero witnesses to tho blowing blow-ing open of the safe. The burglars remained re-mained In the mill for nearly two hours. A few minutes after their departure one of the- watchmen managed to free himself him-self and telephoned to police headquarters.