The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-03-18
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THE aARNDEN- EXPRESS COMPANY
RoBBERx-azArresf of the tl1Hiefgaa The
Office of the Harden Express Company
at Harper's Ferry, W. Va, was robbed of
considerable amount ,of money on
Thursday night week, but fortunately 1t
was all recovered on Friday, by the
companY's employees. On Friday
morning Mr.. John @. a. Herring, the
superintendent of the company in Bal
timore received a dispatch from G. B.
Stedmau, the agent at the Ferry, giving
an account OF the robbery. Mr. Her
ring, accompanied by detectives, at
once left for the scene of the robbery,
and on their arrival there, iOGnd Mr..
| Charles II. Ehrman, route agent of the
company, in possession of the Office he
having arrived some hours before. Inn
mediately upon Mr.. Ehrnlan's arrival
at Harper's Ferry, he made an exam
inatiou OF the oftice and found that it
had been apparently entered through
| window, the desk of Stedman broken
open, and the key OF the safe taken out
and used in getting the money from
the safe Suspecting that the money
had been shipped thence westward by
the previous train, he sent telegram
TO MIR. Ill. J. johnson, the company's
agent in this city, directing the
which had been shipped from the
Ferry that morning, directed TO
Harlow Barnes, Chicago, Illinois,
and marked value 500; 10 be left at
the office until called fOr.' Mr..
Johnson opened the package, as dirsc-
ted, and found it to contain $3.50, most
iy in $50 notes. This was. wrapped
around IA brass tube some four inches
long which was deemed very singular
and excited The suspicion OF Mr.. John
son 10 such an extent that he made a
i very close inspection OF the tube-And
discovered that one end of it unScrewed.
On opening ne found $3.50 neatly and
carefully packed. therein. These facts
| communicated TO MIR. Ehrman, at the
Ferry, and he Immediately ordered the
package 10 be reIn rned by the night
express, which was done. The posses
sion of these facts and the money led
10 such questions being put to Stedman
as To bring II confession of having SO
placed the money taken: from the
office, and relation OF the circumStnn-
ces by which he had endeavored to
make II appear that u burglary had
been committed in perpetrRting the
robbery. The offence having been
perpetTated in West Virginia, SIedman
| was handed over to the sheriff, who
! committed him for trial and he was
sent up TO the Martinsburg jail by the
/ first train passing. The accused is u
I ,
\ AN officer in a new York regiment.
There was 81. l45 w recovered, which is
the entire amount taken except So 90.
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RIvaR AND WEATHBR.-The river has
been falling rapidly since Saturday
morning, aud at dark, last evening,
there was about u feet in the channel.
A large number of boats have passed
the city in the last two days, though
usually most of them seemed very
light. a considerable amount OF coal
J is passing.
| The Messenger, bound for New Or
leans, was ut the landing yesterday, in
the afternoon. She had on II very light
load, mostly plows and wheelbarrows.
| She took on some nails.
! The Carrie, another Montana gold re-
gion enterprise, was alsorat the land
ing. She had on good deal OF freight
tor st, Louis, and points up the Mis-
souri,.
The Edinburg left for Cincinnati, on
Saturday evening, with IA very good
load of freight, and tair- trip of pas
sengers.
General business is still very dull, |
| although slightly improved in the last
three or four days, .--... g..
The weather is very cold. On Satur-
day morning snow commenced falling, |
and continued more or less all day, and |
by yesterday morning had fallen TO the |
depth of three inches, and still contin- |
ued to snow Il little at intervals during |
the forenoon In the afternoon the |
wind blew strong from the southwest /
and driited the snow to u considerab BILE |
depth in many OF. the streets. 1t was
altogether the most winteriSh day we
have had since the river broke up, and
there were not few who thought it
about as cold as any weather we had
tins winter. One thing is certain, over
coats and all the paruphernalia OF win
ter felt exceedingly comfortable.
We wish that, for "A sufficient consid-
Grafton, Prof. AgassiZ could be induced
to uuit prOphecying snow.