Show SAFE IN FIVE POINTS DEMOliSHED WITH IN OGDEN Oct 21 A A large safe In Inthe Inthe the lie W V A A. A Shaw Mercantile com company's om- om pany's store at Five lve Points was was completely completely completely com com- com com- demolished when blown with nitroglycerin by what are believed to to be novice novice- cracksmen This belief belle is based on the size of ot the charge which defeated defeated the robbers robbers' robbers robbers' rob rob- bers' bers purpose by so destroying tho the safe that looting was was was' impossible Two men are known to have been implicated and they only got 4 28 from the branch postoffice The robbery was discovered even before the explosion occurred when E E. S S. S.- Olson night clerk clerIc at the Ogden postoffice ce was wason on his way home about 2 o o'clock clock and noticed a man apparently acting acting ha as as lookout in front of ot the store Before he lie could notify the owner of the store by telephone the explosion had occurred Shaw summoned the police and reached the store before the smoke of ot the heavy bl blast st had cleared away The big charge of explosive had not only completely shattered the heavy outside door of the safe but wedged the inner door s so tight that the robbers robbers robbers rob rob- bers could not readily reach the money drawer which contained Also the cracksmen neglected to cover the safe sate before setting off the blast As a result the front windows I of ot the store were broken and pieces of ot steel punctured cans of ot goods and were found imbedded in the woodwork woodwork woodwork wood wood- work throughout the store Olson reported to the police that one man ran out of ot the store and when joined by his companion both ran to a place of ot safety just before the explosion occurred He also declares declares de de- de- de clares dares that they remained close by for tor a afew few minutes to see whether whether any persons would be attracted by tho the blast When the police inv investigated they found that a sledge hammer used In breaking off the combination had been stolen from a nearby black blacksmith lac smith shop |