The Wenatchee Daily World

WOMAN ATTEMPTS TO CRACK SAFE

MRS. PLAFF, WHO WORE MENS CLOTHING, ASSISTS HER BROTHER-IN-LAW IN AN ATTEMPT TO CRACK SAFE.

PORTLAND, Aug. 5.-Telegrams have been sent to all the large cities in the country for the apprehension of Roy Plaff and his sister-in-law, Mrs. Forest Plaff, who are accused of attempting to crack the East Side bank vault Saturday night.

Mrs. Plaff, it is alleged, wore men's clothes. She has an expert knowledge of electricity, and it is charged by the police, materially assisted in the attempted robbery by tapping the wires in the vicinity of the bank in order to secure power with which to work a drill.

Circumstances surrounding the incident make it one of the most remarkable in the annals of the local police department. Entrance to the building was gained through a window. A number of heavy tools were employed in the attempted burglary. Two holes were drilled in the door and the combination knocked off with a sledge hammer. The robbers were frightened away before the work was completed. There was a large amount of money in the vaults at the time.

The Plaffs were connected with the affair through a mill employee at the Cascade Locks, who had been telling that they had gone to Portland to blow the East Side bank safe. Further investigations by the police showed that the Plaffs were in Portland at the time of the affair and left here Monday, presumably for the East.