, 1874-11-22
de Robs a Dozen Offices of Their
Stamps in Brief Space
of Time.
Alarming Prevalence Of Crime
in Luzerne County, Pa.
officers Cognizant Of Murders, Yet
the Assassins Go Free.
Harrinoton's Address to the Jury in
the Washington Safe-Rob-
berry Case.
Record Of Minor Crimes.

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pacord of Minor Crimes.
c.,r,s;nr post.osfice Thief.
c1sr;a; i9;,,.ot.b tn Tde cd,eoyy tribune.
op -, ~, nn . cou .,so
QG1sc1, LIZ Nos' @A'419 u'AA -" ~
count Of whose arrest "as 1elegrapnoo YOU ses'
terday, Was first takon into custody. The only
,v;deuca arainet HIM was the fact that he haG
~. .eas.aa;o,, eo-s !, noatsca.atan,s NJ 6
nl7 pos7esS4o. ]''r -a.s.~s =. r p,.,oti +a,a.
hrge denomination. fostnaste1 F1ssos' 1e4e'
kraphed in various directions to find what Of
6ces Ind lost stanpa. Among others, the Post
of;co ~ 11r,onvil,e NO.. had teon entered on
~. 7o.h - ~. ,r,n+h +ha BURGLARS
ne n1su. y. 'Ae 4A.u " .1.e - 49,. - aot,1,
1aAnS all the Poseaee-7'a'opS ooous .Ao o''40
ibhment. amounting to shout 5000. and lot
II county warrants aud papers. amounting
to about $500. In addition to this they secured
registered letters. and lot Of private property.
Grey declared that he
out. upon being assured Of profession, ne made
:he following statement: He said he Tas }ust
out OF the Missouri penltent'ary, where ne nan
been sent for forging tax titles wnue he1ing as
Deputy Sheriff Of Holt County, IN that 81 a!e'
,oua House Of Representatives., and held yari-
3us- other Offices "hiie Ill me Fen-
Hent1ary he made tne acquaintance
pf Peters, Or CRAWFORD, "no Was
known there As Stamps because OF us con-
nec:ion with many similar robberies, aud whose
term expired some six weeks before Grey WEE
released. Before leaving the Penitentlary CFa"-
ford promised 10 send him money here in Quin-
cy, but instead of greenbacks.
he GENT rosTAoE-srAMps,
which Grey offered to sell before he left the Of
ice. after receiving them. The etampa wero
mailed to him from Moulton, Ia. Ho supposed
Crawford h.d stolen them, but he did not know.
He promised to tell where to find Crawford 81
soon as he learned where he went to
from Moulton. a short time after he
told P;ggott that he could tell him where Craw-'
fond was, but Was afraid of his life Upon being
Feassured be said lie had just LETT Crawford, who
was in town.
CRAWFORD WAS ACCORDINGLY ARRESTED.
and just as he was about taking the boat for
Keokuk, as he had learned the situation Of mat
ters On his person was found $120 in cash. but
no stamps.
The principal in the affair being secured, Pig
gott went to the American Express office and
fouad q package, which was evidently intended
for fence OF the robbers. The Cap
tain got IN order from Peters, the
name lie gave at the express office, tor the
package and upon opening it found it TO con-
tain Sl56. 80 in stamps they being done up in
copv Of the Uuiouy11le RtD1tblicun dated Nov
- addressed IT, c. Valentine Postmaster
P,rrott nt once teler1 aohed to The Postmaster
at Uniony;le. who ca,ne on. and identiied the
staups. and the private property taken from hia
Office. In fact
PETERS PLEADED Guilty
to the robbery. aud explained tho manner in
which It wse comr,itted.
The capture Of Peters alias Crawford
M 1hs most e1nert nost"osice thieves IN the
country. he is abott feet 6 inches high, with
black hair, dark complexion, and light i'm
peraaL aa
o.nn e1geu LIE n 4,snt Sas ~ u tns
Iateiv nosa th,on,t n,,nehar ~ ,,os,ni4cas na,'
within . short distance Of Quincy.
soNE OF TIE OFFICES RECENTLY ROBBED
sT sTe these Aeinp6is. scotland 2{ County No., on
+. ~; an ~ 51;,,s~ ~ ~ -,o,'th - no.ahee
5,tss rot rn'oun ~ ci;nta,r;1ia R,rt1at- 1suJar'
Etna snd T'nlono a1i ;n ili;nna IND nncr
.i,,,.i ~ au1 Ao1o"o' 'D ~ 4A4Ano1S' ~no oueA-
,o,,a - nsus " 10 -, a.ast;e nta1aa
soiae WV sea'o At:o 1o1 eseauub 1eShteteu
le.ses '.. ea route 20 et; LOUIS. nc nad ]14t got
49,. o. aea N eouoneso opeiaaons 1eatn' Nsstuor
sstn o.ess LUX Tley selven Tue iun Tern oi .ne.I
sentenee' lhes are noth ANXIOUS to get oack 70
Missouri for t1ial, as they think they staad .
49, stet ;a Gusnce snefe 1nan IN t9ots. II apPosls
.na. Mseou.a nas an o!ganGeo bureau winch ae-
sorssa sarss pa,aons aot enhais N a.er tnes nave
.r,.e ~ ~ e.e.
v.s man nsmed ID pe1;,r1 sa,d to h. In;ne hus;-
rsss - % ~ ann E.t Watc nssu 10 90 19s nus
eoS 1et q ~. ~ Eos. T. aNet s. IN
edd1sss eor aor@a5oga from nefe 70 e. Dehslrs
arehhsd on r Sf;1sys,.sa e enaa;s, .ne .. .amel
scI.~rte ~ f.nr, s. r Ton;a t11,E ope;,a hsens
ee11wl.e, !ton os. LOUIS, took refers ~ charge
Th,eh vii taIe nsce nsgt ,fondsp nGa nese 1of 1e'A'
Inc washington safc-Huralary cnse.
spteta@ D''pateh to The chieaos TTlouns
WARRINGTON, D. c., Nor. 21-In the safe
burglary trial to -dav Harrington mad. ahor+
enoech n dof.n.a -, h;-nsa15 xv:,,:..s
"a A41'1'' L. d. "Al1Ao9'
@no eoI " nite19.
Hayes telegraphs from New York that he has
found thirty persons willing to swear that ther
ssy Whitely in New York an tna n,ornrv -, +ha
sth - a~r;, =. ,";,1 ~. ~ sso uoA1 ~ no
" -oaoan -. ~ WI oa remembered thas white
ton cnstonHnnes ~ 81 1oaa enplo5es OF the LOS
~, ~ tra. ~ TO s"Var that ne Was IN Bos-
'on On tna1 cay;
49, NE case "1ii 10 gym = to tho jury on Tuesday
IA ~ "eanesa0s oe1' no unforeseen delay is
A40'' 1,o H.. - ~
wAsH,sorl,, ds1 -: 4ssoe,ata p,es.}
.,rn1oat t:1 ~. ". Noy. 2l-ln the safe-
nd ad $toE