The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-01-03
An Ag,nt Of the Merchants Union
{ Express Company Arrested tor an
Aren't to Rob his own Safe.

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From the Provide nee (K. 1. Journal, Dec. l6
James G.. Engley, agent in this city for
the Merchants Union Express Company.
was arrested shortly after midnight, Satur-
day morning, by detective officers Lord and
Briggs, of Pnkerton's force, New York,
detained at the central police station during
the night, and on Saturday arraigned be-
fore Henry s. Spooner, Esq, justice of the
court of magistrates, upon two separate
complaints, the first of which charges him
with an attempt on the l4th inst, to break
open the safe of the said Merchants
Union Express Company, at their office in
Providence, with intent then aDd there
fcloniousy to steal, take and carry goods.
chattles and moneys, the property of said
Merchants Union Express Company, the
same Of the value of three hundred thou
sand dollars. The second complaint
charges on the l4th inst, James G. Eng
ley, Of Providence, and Charles A, Dean
alias S. P Drew, of Boston, together with
other persons, with conspiring to defraud
the Merchants Union Express Company
of the sum of three hundred thousand dol
lars to entrust to said company III the city
of New York package of money OF the
value named to be by said company for
warde1 to the city of Providence, and said
package to be directed to one of said re-
spondent conspirators and that the said
James G.. Engley, or some one other OF the
said conspirators should steal said package
of money from the possession or SAID COM
pany; and upon the failure of the company
to deliver such package according to the
direction thereon, by reason OF the stealing
thereof to make claim and demand, and
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the value thereof from the company, and
to compel the payment of said sum OF
money to some one of the conspirators.
Upon each of these complaints the respond
cgt was required to fud surety in the sum
Of SO, 900.
Some of the facts connected with the
making of this arrest, as communicated to
us by one of the officers, are that the com
pany had knowledge of conspiracy to rob
them of this large amount of money, anc
thought it best to have special watch.
The money arrived here at seven o'c clock
Friday evening, in charge of a special mes
senger, and was deposited in the safe at the
Office There were but two sets OF regu lar
keys to the safe one Of which was III the
hands Of Mr.. Dennis, and the other In
those of Mr. Earle, the clerk. About
twelve o'clock Mr.. Engley came into the
office, drew down the curtains, went to the
safe, and made several unsuccessful at
tempts to open it with false keys. He
failed to open it because The keys would not
fit He was seen at work with the keys
for period of some fifteen minutes. lie
then desiSted, closed the office, and walked
up Weybosset street. The detectives fol-
lowed, arrested him near the Arcade, and
delivered him into the custody of the po-
iceman who was patroling in the neigh
borhood The false keys were found in his
pocket. They were two in number, one for
the outside, and the other for the inside
door of the SAFE They were rather clum-
silly constructed, and evidently not made at
the same time the safe was.
Engiey will be remembered as the
Major Engley' whose Operations in con-
nection with our State recruiting service
were the subject Of rather damaging les
islative investigation.