The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-10-16

From the Baltimore Sun, Oct Is
The Great Mall Robbsry.-Ons Thousand Dollars Re
The postmaster of Philadelphia Offers by telesrapbc
instructions from Washington, thousand dollars for
the discovery OF the perpetrators OF the daring robbery of
the United States mail. effected Saturday night be-
tween Philadelphia and Grays ferry, brief account of
which gave yesterday by telegraph We give the fol-
lowing detailed account from the Philadelphia Ledger of
yesterday:
Early on Sunday morning, Mr. Lewis Rementer occupy
site the arsenal discovered, short distance from his
tered about The isasrs had =. been opened but the num-
Der OF checks and drafts left among the thai
Mr. Kemsn,er despatched Mr. Lowell Glare % the
city to give the necessary aud further search
ed 70 the discovery OF another pouch on the adjoining farm
The letters and riaed pouches brought to he post
Office From an examination of the pouches, they proved
to be those made up New York on Saturday for Wheel
ing Richmond, and Raleigh, containing eters Tor Louis
phis. Cincinnati, Columbus, Ohio, and Frankfort, Ken
lucky The letters found Nil three bushei bag, and
writers Fom the great number drafts and checks found
II Is evident The robbers contentod themselves with
only rejecting every other description Of promises to
pay. No idea be formed Of the amount OF money OBJ
tained as the letters were not accurately examined but
the loss Ono letter among those found hsd
over S1go IN notes. written by Carpenter vemye, Wall
mond Virginia There was also box that had contained
iewery
Nothing certain has yet been discovered tho man
in which the robbery effected That part of the
mail received here by tho pilo, line from New York
was conveyed to he depot from Walnut wharf
usual ana thrown into the mail From the spot where
robbery took place thi, side bridge, though hi.
seems to be impossible because the mail when
way TO Grny's ferry, was all the time within sight of
passenger cars and the being bright diver. OF
the teams could not ell have missed seeing such
action The train on Saturday evening met with deten
on west OF the rivrr which - thought by have
been par, Of The plan Tor the robbery,
On nearing bridge across the Bell road about three
miles from the river, the conductor discovered
on fire, and the train was stopped. The bridge was bur
supporting the track was entirely Consumed. After ex.
nguisbiog the fire. the train returned the ferry, and
and timber were Despatched the bridge for the pu, pose
repairing H. 50 ms to allow the trains pass Doag
necessary detention the passenger. mostly repaired the
while the mail car was left standing in this vicinity until
o'clock when The tsn .gnn started The agent charge
was Mr. William +. Anderson. recently transferred from
the Washington post Office As nothing said of rob
berg, the probability that the ignorant Of !,
when The train from Baltimore passed the one r1ed
The mail from this city capcd by being covered up by
,h., received y III. New YoIl PHO, line No mai matter
failing at that city The robbers, by their choice Of the
time In contemplation The drafts caecs.y thrown
about one d.i. for $3.50 being found in mrnp patch
distance from the OF letters black silk neck
echci found twisted around handle OF one OF the
pouches. 40 as to make i easier TO be carried.
Since the above was in type, that in the opin-
ion OF the officers Of the road the banning OF the bridge
robbery Il pephsp. caught from n1 b, WIN the
the road about o'clock the same evening The express
and mail were coupled together tho Market
depot and the road Grays ferry were followed closely
by the passenger 1t s believed that the robbery
was mitied just beyond the Broad and Pine
while hid from the view Of tho driver the follow
ing and that the entered by false key Aner
the had reached Grsys Jerry, the engaged In
coupling the mail that which followed discovered
the door In the Of this former be open. Alter
lining that person concealed inside. the
locked again. suspic ions OF robbery being
The mail agent 10 said seated in the baggage bar
during the ride to the ferry This IT, perhaps a. bold and
successful robbery has been concocted this
country ..iat
The Pennsylvania severely censures the mail agent,
Mr. Anderson laying particular upon the fact that
he was in the passenger car, several hundred yards be-
htnd las il says,) and oM Of agM Il adds;
All tho robbers had TO do provide with
key 10 the companys locks jump behind, open the
door, throw out a. pouches they could before the
care got under fun Roadway again. and tben jump of and
dispose Of them; and this IL doubtless the way In which
IL wa DONE
Many will wonder that suoh robbery could be oom-
mited but whom they how ungnadsd this importa
mail was leh on Saturday night and learn that this 10
very feqsnt occurrences the wonder will be that IL was
nos cou1mitied before The danger oil such robbery
pointed ont 10 the department full years ago. and the
peosssy OF sppoinag mail agents the nsh saan
Tying as II does the great through mail" strongly urged
Recently two asens have been appointed. ~
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