Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-25

both Fourth and Race streets The
Race street front of these Offices ar.
used fo1 receiving and shipping goods.
OF course there are not many persons
in the office-we speak now of the
Amerlc,n-on Sunday. Yesterday af:
ternoon when The robbery of which We
are to speak occurred there were very
few in the Office. Between the hours
of two and three, when the trick was
taken, there were only two employees
on duty in that part OF the Office from
ting on R9ce street, and, at the Vita
moment, only one. That particula,
one, ports named Charles Moody,
has been if The employ of the company
only since odly last. : He is a compar-
atively green young man-we should
judge so, at least.
While Mr.. Moody was sitting at his
post, quite alone, and rather weary Of
the day, there entered Mr.. Abe Mon
roe lame man, formerly a messenger
of che company. Mr.. Monroe was dis
charged few months since for an ir-
regularity in his accounts. He took a
chair by the side of Moody, in an easy
sort of way, and remarked that he d
like to smoke. Moody couldn't accom-
modate him, and Monroe cleverly pro-
ceeded to gamble for the cigars-to
mark" Moody, being disposed to
accommodate him, they marked, and
Moody lost. Then Monroe, being a
lame man, and Moody requiring exer-
else, 1t was concluded that Moody
should 60 across the street for the ci-
gars. But perhaps we are ahead of
our story trihe. Right here, proba-
bly,, should come in the black horse
and green wagon. This drove up on
Race at about this time. Moody went
for the cigars, and in the short time of
his absence Monroe captured the plum.
der.
He selected from the lot of ordinary
safes the one containing
large amount of money, $4,000, we
understand ON good authority. This
safe was for the Chicago messenger,
and was to have started foo that city
last night 1t is supposed that one of
his contederates stepped in again and
helped him put the safe in the trunk.
There is no dsnht it was placed in the
trunk during Moodys absence after
the cigars. Moody returned with the
cigars, and he and Monroe proceeded
to have a nice smoke. While they
were smoking, up drove the little, old
black horse, aud the little, old green
wagon again; and in came the same
two men again. As they walked up,
they stated, quietly, that they had
made mistake that it was to the Ad-
ans they had to take that trunk. So
they picked up the trunk and walked
off with it. This time it took some
honest tugging to carry it-rather
more than they had made pretense of
in the first place. They walked out
with it quietly and in good order, plac-
ed it in the wagon and drove off Mon
roe disappeared also.
The fact Of the robbery did not
come tc light until 6 o'clock P. NJ,
when the messenger who was to take
this sale to Chicago drove up with
his wagon, and looked for his safe
among the dozen that were piled up
there. He couldn't find it. He tried
his key to several, and it would fit
none Of them. But be soon became
convinced that his safe was gone, be-
cause there was nothing there that re-
sembled it. This safe was new and
freshly painted, with broad bands.
There was no such safe there. Then
the porter told the story of Munroe
the little old express wagon, and the
little old black horse, the trunk that
was to have been left and wasn't left,
and the cigars. And, finally, he con-
fes>ed 10 having seen safe in the
trunk as the trunk went out. The
telegraph lines were Immediately set to
work, that all trains out of the city
might be searched. Col. Kiersted set
the city forces on the watch. At
about II o'clock Mead and White got
on the track Of the horse and wagon.
They belonged to a man named Brown,
in the Nineteenth ward. They had
been seen by a lotof boys at the corn
er of Third and Elm streets, as they
drove up Elm street, coming towards
the express Office, and the boys had
hooted at the shabby old turnout.
But where they had gone after that,
nobody could tell-at least nobody that
might be disposed to tell. It had
passed away quietly, with its magni6-
cent freight, without attracting atten,
ton or suspicion Cincinnati Conn.,
merciaz, Nou. l6.
A number of Evangelical clergymen
in New York are moving to create a
religious awakening in that and adjoin-
ing cities. They regard the time as
very favorable because so many persons
are unemployed and SO much distress
prevails in the community. They say
mems hearts are readily touched dur
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