The Washington Republican Washington County Friday January 25, 1901 E. A. WOODMAN and A.M. HUNGERFORD made a business trip to Fairbury Tuesday. Mr. ZIMMERMAN who has been visiting for some time with his daughter, Mrs. W.M. KERR, returned Tuesday to his home in Sabetha. At about one o'clock on the morning of the 17th inst., the safe in the store belonging to Mr. COOK, was blown open, making such a report that several in town were awakened. Mr. LOVE got up and saw a light in the store and returned to his repose but went to went to wake Mr. ALLDREDGE, the manager of the store at 5 o'clock. By this time the robbers, who secured $25 in cash and several papers of value to the owners, and a check on Narka bank, were well out of the way. However, an attempt to capture them was made. A pair of blood hounds came from Beatrice which traced the criminals in a round about route to Reynolds then back to Mahaska to a pile of railroad ties where the robbers were supposed to have got onto to a train. The safe was literally destroyed and considerable damage done to the store and goods.