The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-07-07
AN IMMENSE HAUL.
Railway Train Neatly Pun
dered of Six Hundred Thousand Dol
lars in Securities---Yan kees Suspected
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A heavy robbery was committed in
France early in the present month under
circumstances which lead the sufferers
to believe that the crime was committed
by Americans, and an account of the
manner in which the loss was discovered
has been sent to New York city, together
with a list of securities stolen. The
robbery was effected on Saturday, June 2,
between and O'Clock in the morn
ing, from the trains carrying Friday
nights London mails for Paris and India.
The train, timed to leave Calais at 80
A. NJ, started thirty-fve minutes late,
arriving at Amiens at 4:30, when the
van No. 1927, at the end of the train,
loaded with registered baggage, and
sealed by the officials, was noticed to
have been forced. An examination
showed that the paddock affixed to the
van by the customs, as also the leaden
ticket bearing the official seal, had both
been wrenched off, In addition to the
the luggage the van contained hamper
used for carrying valuable parcels; this
basket which had been padlocked by the
railroad company and ticketed by the
douane, had been opened, and was empty
kilograms were at once dispatched to
the stations between Amiens and Calais.
The ticket collector at Boulogne re-
ceived from passenger who arrived by
the mail from Calais ticket from
Calais to Paris, and he remarked to the
passenger that he had not completed his
Journey, but the passenger made no re-
ply and walked out of the station. He
was bearded man, about as years old,
wearing a black felt hat, and he carried
under his arm parcel done up in the
black waterproof packing paper so gen
orally used in France. From its dimen-
sions, the parcel correspondent with one
of nine parcels placed in the hamper at
Calais. 1t was registered at a value of
25,000 francs. The aggregate value of
the nine parcels was $4,000 francs, but
as parcels are often declared at less than
their real value, the loss is undoubtedly
larger. The robbery was probably eff
fected soon after the train started, as a
paddock, marked calais Douanes, No.
~, was found between St Pierre-lez-
Calais and Frethun, on the near side of
the up-line. The probability is that the
robber went along the foot-board to the
van, and the season the robbery was not
sooner discovered than at Amiens is that
on entering Boulogne, the near side of
the train became the off side, and the
plundered car, which was at the head of
the train from Boulogne to Paris. At
Amiens are three platforms, the lights
from which illuminate both sides of the
train. A few months ago the guard of
the same train, after leaving Calais, no
ticed two men sitting on the buffers, be-
tween the engine-tender and the brake
van. Doubling their intentions, he sig
nailed the driver to stop at St. Pierre
lez-Calais, and the men were quietly ar
rested. They represented themselves as
poor Americans, without money, going
to seek employment in Paris, and having
nothing to pay their fare, they sought a
cheap journey. They were kept in Gus
tody for few days, but nothing being
found against them they were liberated
The list.of property stolen, including the
numbers of the securities, is now on file
in the Stock Exchange, as is as follows
f3S, 320 French rentes, 8 per cent; f50C
Egyptian 6 per cent. stock; &, $50 Span
ish external debt, 3 per cent, 1872; f72
French rentes, 8 per cent. so, 800 Rus
sian bonds of 1862; 100000 Egyptian 6
per cent. script; 100000 United States
Il per cent. bonds, Nos. 80, 159 to so, 168,
of 81 900 each; 5000 francs 3 per cent.
French rentes; 103 Northern of France
railway, in 103 obligations of 500 francs
each; 6 Western of France obligations,
and 4 Eastern of France railway shares.