The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-12-07
MerchantS' Union Express Company
RObbed-The Thief Caught and Com

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PinkerUon's National Police Agency has lust
succeeded in arTesting robber OF the Mer-
chants Union Express Company, recovering
the amount stolen, S6l70, and securing the con-
viction and punishment OF the perpetrator.
The facts in the case are as follows:-On the
Commerce of this city shipped package con-
sisting OF $5 and $40 bills amounting TO S6l70.
by the Merchants Union Express Com pany, to
the National Bank of Missouri, st. Louis.
On that day bag was made up by the Express
Company for 81. Louis, supposed to have con-
tanned among other packages, the Que alluded
TO. This bag passed through the hands of seven
or eight messengers, and on the route laid over
at Indianapolis on Sunday, the 2Sth OF Sep
tember. Inside of the bag was wsy-bill for
each package, descriptive OF the contents. On
the arrival OF the bag at st. Louis 1t was dis
coyere d to contain one package more than the
way bills called for. circumstance which
sometimes does occur In the course OF the Ex-
press business, but is always easily accounted
Ior by the adVtces of the consignees. In due
course, the letter from the National Bank OF
Missouri was received by the latter, setting
forth that package containing S6l70 had been
shipped on the 9th OF September. The bank
at ST. Louis soon appTized the bank here that
no such package had arrived.
II was at this point that the Merchants
package supposed to have been shipped was
lost. IL had gone through the hands OF seven
or eight different messengers any one OF whom
might have taken 1t. Here the investigation
by the detectives was ordered TO begin. The
clerks In the office OF the Express Company in
this city were examined, then each of the mes
sengeIs. all giving straightforward and bust.
ness like statements but one, Henry II. Warri-
| ner, the messenger between indianapolis and
| st. Louis. His memory appeared altogether too
acute relative to the particular bag which con-
tEined the package which was lost, although
! hundreds OF bags had passed through his
hands during the interval between September
| % and the time OF the Investigation.
! Suspicion ultimately fell on Warmer, and
| his operations were watched with great care.
At length, on the lst inst, he was arrested and
| lock ed up at Indianapolis. lie Immediately
| confessed the robbery, and told the detectives
that he had the money buried near his resi-
| dence, o place named Shoals, Indiana His
| story proved TO be true, and the money was
| found there. Last Thursday Warmer was
! brought up for trial in Indianapolis, convicted
and sentenced to the Penitentisry for five years.
| The course OF justice following closely upon
| a. rest In this case shows commendable prompt
| ness on the part of the Indianapolis Court The
Merchants Union Express Company'ha been
| in operation for about a year, and this is the
trst robbery OF any consequence which has
| been perpetTated upon them, and II Is their de.
| Termination to follow up all such cases with
| immediate and thorough investigation. and, II
possible, to bring offenders to Justice.-N T.
| Times.