Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-03-21
burg, taking in at Kiitanning pack
age containing $1,000. %


agc containing $1,000. %
IN TnE CRY.
Al $50 p. 81. the train reached The
city un'l the supposed messenger got
out Uf the car, the officers duly re
cvipicd for his packages, he safe aud
goods were placed III The express wag-
IN. the bogus messenger got Ia 10y the
siie Of the saic, aud the wagon started
for the office on Finh avenue. AT the
depot however, he npcned the sale aud
took out the hooks aud packages. Tue
driver OF the wagon asked HIM II he
was going to take out tbs monty.
Brooks replied, "No; oh, nos aud
;umbled The books buck. Still he kept
bis hands n hi- pockets uilerwanI. ~
.,sssSD.sr4s.sro-r:.sas~r.-assslsj
heard the supposed messenger iooling
with the lock OF the safe, aud asked
Jim II he was going Ia lake out the
money there. The man made some
munblug answer aud apparently lock
cd the safe. AT the corner Ot seventh
avenue aud Snilhhcli street Bfpuk-
remarked that he believed ho would
walk. The driver told him "hc'd het
Ter moi for he'd catch - ut the Office
II he left the sair." The man never.
thelcss got out, and the driver drove
on down to the Office slowly in order
not to get there before the messenger,
US he didn't want him TO get into
trouble.
THE ROBBERY DISCOVERED.
The safe was tukcn out Of the wag-
on and into the office, opened at halt
past nine O'Clock, aud found to be
empty. Sill! the office employees did
not realize at first that il had been
robbed, surprising iora time that some
thing wrong had occurred, and new
man, who did not know the rules, was
IN charge, and would turn up present
y. But he has probably got lost, be
hasn't turned up yet.
The amount OF money taken has
not been accurately ascerlaiued yet,
but il is not less than $1,000, and may
be more, us the company has been do
ing heavy business ~ the oil regions.
Strangely enough. the thiei left in the
safe package of 100000 1t was in
mutilaled currcnc, aud he probably
thought it too bulky.
TUE WAY IT WAS DONE.
A more daring, yet adroit and care
fully planned rubbcry was never com
mittcd in this region. 1t now seems
that but one man was engaged in the
transaction aud that he is telegraph
operator, His accurate knowledge OF
the road, aud measurable acquaintance
with the business, and the manner in
which the kilograms were sent, show
that he has been employed in some
capacity to lcaru what he know, hu;
was not an old express messenger.
Some time during Tuesday afternoon,
alter the tram had lett Parker City.
the agent at that point received u mes
sage dated Piltsburg, signed lay Super
intendcht Bingham, asking the name
Of the messenger who had started out
on the train. The agent replied that
it was Thomas Bingham. A little
while later the dispatch to Messenger
Bingham interrupted him ut Rcdbank,
aud theno addressed tu J. H. Books
was received At Templcton, this side
1t is almost certain irum all circum
stances, that Brooks is telegraph o.
orator, and tapped the wires five MI
this side remplctun, aud sent the DIS
patches. THIS at least is the theory
accepted by the company and police
officials. The adroitncss of the rob.
ber's plans is further seen in the timr
selected Tor his operations. lie did
not telegraph TO Parker until after the
train lett he caught the tram at Red
bank, and thea got aboard at Temple
ton, the next station. and gave the
messenger Instructions to return tol
Parker, some fiily-eight miles back,
knowing that he could not get back
until long after he himself had reached
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