The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1878-11-30
The Freight Car IsObberics.

For three or four months past the officers
of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Co., have
been greatly annoyed by the failure offreight
shipped over their road to reach its destina-
ton, and it has been apparent that there
was systematic robbery going on from
week to week. Detectives have been en-
ployed and strenuous efforts made to discover
when and where, and by whom the missing
merchandise was stolen.
The robbers have succeeded by their adj
roitness in battling the efforts of the company
until last week, when two cases of goods de-
livered at Best Hope Station, on the Lehigh
aid Reading road consigned to Philadelphia,
aroused the suspicious of Agent Nerr,who at
once communicated with officers of the Le-
high Valley road. The cases were followed
to Philadelphia, where they were delivered
to Henry Solt, and hauled by John DAILY,
alias, Samuel Davis, to Peter Daly's pawn
brokers' shop and stored in the cellar, at
Fifth and South streets.
On Wednesday, the 18th, the goods were
seized and Henry Solt and the two Dalys
arrested on suspicion, and Tuesday of last
week set FOR a hearing. The detectives, in
the meantime, ,accumulating evidence, which
not only clearly showed the completely of
those under arrest, but implicated parties in
this vicinity, who are now in durance.
At the hearing before Magistrate Pole OH
Tuesday, Of last #eeR;, representatives of the
firms of Myers & Dickinson, and Meig, Dale
4 CO., swore that the goods in the boxes
were,to the best oftheir knowledgo,the same
goods they had shipped to Detroit, Novem-
Der 4,by the Eric aad North Shore Dispatch.
Station Agent Nerr, said Solt, whom he
identified by a crushed finger on the left
hand, came to the station, November s, and
loaded from the cars the two boxes of goods
captured. Solt gave a receipt in the name
of Frank Ward. Detective Galloway testi-
fed that he followed the boxes in the furni-
t'Irc car from the Reading depot by a cir
cutious route to Peter Daly's cellar, and that
Daily denied all knowledge of the goods and
said they must have come by mistake. Be
iv'S "Ohh b"ly pi'ShSu 'IS ISis@i tfAOolS hS
looked into the store and apparently had a
conversation with somebody inside. The
cases were marked, as a blind perhaps, with
the consignment name of T. Lovatt, another
South street auctioneer.
< telegram, signed F, Ward, which solt
had sent to DAILY, was offered in evidence,
stating that the goods had been shipped and
he would follow.
Solt wcs put under $4,000 bail and re-
mauded to Carbon county and the two Dalys
in 81 900 apiece for trial in Philadelphia.
| Elvin Trumbore, and James Houser, of
Lehighton, have been arrested as accomplces.
They had hearing before Justice Frisbie
on Tuesdey of last week, when Trumborc
was held in $500, and Houser committed in
default of $4,000 bail to answer. Henry
Solt, alias Frank Ward, arrived Tuesday
evening in charge of detective, and was
consigned to Jail, being unable to give bail
in $4,000 for appearance. Solt was dressed
in an elegant suit of clothes made from cloth
stolen some weeks since.
The above facts we take from the columns
of last weeks Mauch Chunk Democrat. Dur
ing the past week three other arrests have
been made of parties implicated in these
robberies, viz: Henry solt, Reub. serfoss
and W. c. Fredire, of Franklin township,
all Of whom are now in jail, awaiting trial
for their participation in tile robberies.
The way in which these robberies have
been committed appears to be as follows
One of the Phladelphians (who appear to be
the leaders, would, somewhere along the
line secrete himself in freight tear, and then
when the train arrived opposite some desig-
mated locality, he would throw ont what
goods he had selected leaving the car at the
, first opportunity afterwards ne would secure
the services Of his aceomplices and remove
the goods 10 a safe and convenient place fol
removal and disposal. 1t is but justice t
some OF The parties implicated to state tina
they claim that when they went into the busi
/ ness, it was represented that the goods wer
part of a bankrupt or stock OF a merchant il
trou.'o, aud that they desired to dis
pose o them in order TO raise money to pre-
vent a Nizure and salej and when on tn
way to the place Of deposit Of the stolei
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