The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-12-22
RAILWAY ROBBERIES.

Extensive Baggage Smashing ON the Rnii-
roads--TruDks Broken Open In the Cars
The Detectives FOiled Again-A Baroness a
Heavy LOser-$1OO,OOO Stolen.
To the officials Of many OF the railroads running
out OF this city the statements about TO be gwen
will not be news. but TO the masses who patronlZe
the railroads. some information may be derived to
what taey are likely to be exposed to while travel
ling.
Several months ago It was ascertalned that trunks
containing valuable articles Of clothing and jewery
were being broken along the lines Of the Hartford
and New Haven, the Erie and the New York Gen.
tra Railroads and portion OF the contents stolen.
The officers OF the roads, 1t Is said, exerted every
effort to discover the authors OF the robbenes and
the points ut which they were perpetrated.
Their Investigations we're OF no avail. Property
continued to disappear IN . mysterious manner,
especially on the Central road. II was discovered,
however, that nearly all the rObberes occurred on
night trains between Albany and Suspension Bridge,
ard between Troy and New York during the last
two months 1t IL said that travellers have lost
than 500 600 worth Of property on the Central Ral
road aone Recently the WORKING up OF the case
lives, who are now engaged in endeavor-
ing to fathom the mystery OF the
POPULATIONS. 1t Is understood that in
most cases the companies throw the responsibility
or the robberes on the city express companies and
assert that their employees are the really guilty
parties but this Is by no means clear
The last extensive robbery reported occurred on
the 4th OF November, between Albany and Niagara.
AT three O'Clock in The afternoon the Baron and
Baroness olga Maluta Fralon. present residing
at 223 west Twenty-third street in this city, TOOK
The train from Albany for the Falls, having checked
their baggage through to their destination. ON
cevng IL AZ the Falls from the railway company 1t
was discovered tnat an Immense quantity OF costly
laces, most OF which has descended through the
family to the Baroness, and IS valued al very large
amount had bean stolen from one OF her trunks,
the locks or which had been wrenched or by some
thieves who gained access to the baggage
car. The company's officers have since
that time devoted their energy TO the recovery OF
the property wtout effect The ARTICLES stolen con-
slst in part OF three voants (founcesL each ten
meters iong, In all thlrty-tnree yards Tor corsage
(waist), similar laceS, eleven yards; five and hall
corsage 0ne-tnird oi q meter IN width; Eve yoants
tnouncesl, onethrd meter wide, Bfty-ve yards; Tor
corSage (wastJ, One-quarter meter wide eleven
yards: tNO yolants tioHnces) with unique, twenty
two yards; four ditto similar laces, forty seven
yards, for manla, fve and naf yards; two
yaauts tiounces), twenty-five yards; fifty
ana otner property, swelling the total to several
thousand dollars IL Is understood that the Baron
Responding OF ever recovering the properly has
applied To the company to reimburse HIM for his
loss with no success and consequently he has just
offered reward Of $4,000 for its return likely
that this large reward Will result In the detection
some OF the baggage smasners who travel on the
railroads for the express purpose OF robbing passen
gers and their confinement at the Central Police
ONCE. where the robbery has been reported.