The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-31
THE EXPRESS ROBBERY.

TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF BONDS
sToLEN-wHY THE POLICE WERE NOT NoTI-
FLED.
IL was currently reported yesterday that Adams
Express Company had been robbed OF package
or packages OF bonds to the value Of $500 OOO
Upon inquiry being made, however, at the ofllces
OF the company named, 1t was discovered that the
facts Of the case had been greatly exaggerated as
will readily be seen by the following statement
made by Mr.. Hoey, the superintendent In answer
to che questions put to him by the HERALD re-
porter.
Mr.. Hocy said 1T IL true we have lost some
bonds, but whether they have been stolen or have
gone astray we cannot say definitely, although
from the length OF time that has elapsed since the
packages containing the bonds were missed there
Is every reason TO believe that they have been
stolen for II they had simply been put into
wrong sale and sent to wrong destination we
should doubtless have heard about them before
this. We are now making inquiries along the line
in regard TO them, with view to trace out and
determine at what point they could have been
taken.
The VALUE OF THE BONDS
which were, rs l have previously said in two
packages, is as ioliows:-ln the first parcel,
shipped from Columbia, s. T., January Ia, were
dated bonus, Nos. LOGS to LOol, inclusive. and one
oil $780, No. 200. In the second package, shipped
SSnS T ss Ss
six CONSOLIDATED virgins bonds, $1,000 each Nos
January |, 1876, OF $50 each; Jour Missouri state
bonds, Nos. s.7za s725, s72s and s,ig. The
COURSE ana was supposed so,p1s s
in the same safe with the package from
Richmond 2" route for New YORK. The
being opened mere. on examination OF the con
tents 1t was discovered that the two packages OF
stituted, but w to the present without satisfac.
tory result. The messenger who had charge OF
the sale from Richmond could not have distracted
the bonds. We think the fault must either be in
the ONCE here or in Richmond. l must, hOweyer.
decline to say anything for the present In regard
the guilty parties are for tnat may defeat our de-
termination to bring them to Justice.
ROUGH ON THE POLICR
We have made no mention TO the police, either
In the precinct at headquarters, OF our loss
we never DO, for the reason that we consider 1t
better to trust to our own men in discovering and
bringing about the arrest OF parties who may
rob US. We consider this the safest plan As
hear about any one robbng US. is when they see
In the newspapers the account Of tue trial and
tectvs came to me, and said he had heard wadu that
our sale had been broken into ana robbed OF
100000, and that he Thought we had
not sending him WORD. / told him we never
called In the police but preferred look after our
to get back the property stolen. Our safe has not
been opened and the above mentioned bonds is
the extent OF our loss. may say, however. that
the securities referred TO- although their par value
aggregates about $36, 900, are not worth PROBABLY
in the market more than $4,000 at tue outside,
which will De-suppOsing we DO not recover any
OF them-the extent OF our loss The report
which was published In morning paper yester-
day. saying that we had been robbed OF $1,000
was, In my opinion, gotten up in the interest OF
some
STOCK yoBBNo OPERATION.
for we have had circulars on the street since the
10th inst. setting forth the description and de-
nominations OIL the bonds and cauttoning the pub.
lie from pui chasing or negotiating them. heard
myself on Friday report that we had been
robbed OF $1,000, OO0 which was news to me.
From what can understand this sum as reduced
TO one-third subsequently and the news given
10 the paper referred TO In order to deprecate the
value OF our stock In the interest OF GER par
ties The attempt has Jailed, Tor the price still
mains the same. This Is pretty good indication
that we have suffered no heavy loss such as It was
proposed TO make out.