Los Angeles Herald

SAFE BURGLARS.
They Make a Rich Haul at Santa Monica.

The Santa Monica postoffice was robbed some time early yesterday morning.
The work done in the job was recognized by its earmarks as that of the same gang of burglars who have been doing a series of jobs in this city and neighborhood. The last piece of work they did was the safe cracking in the postoffice on Boyle Heights, when they got away with $160 in stamps and $75 in gold coin. The burglars broke open the safe, which was not particularly strong, and secured stamps to the amount of $800. The inner money box was too much for them, however, and they failed to open it. They thus missed a fine addition to their haul, as the box contained several hundreds of dollars.
A lot of letters were torn open and the fragments scattered over the office, but it was not determined whether anything of value was taken from them.

The people in Santa Monica interested in the case tried their best to keep the robbery quiet, but, indirectly, the information here published was obtained from the sheriff's office.