Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-04-28
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The following, from the Philadelphia
Time, Of April %, 1880, explains itself:
To the Editor of The Times;
| was in the city on the Sth of April;
was on Fourth street, near Walnut, when a
Young man stepped up TO me and named me-
told him he WAS mistaken that did NOT
know him. He said his name was Pome.
roy, a son OF Major Pumeroy, and thar he
used To live at Port Royal when a boy. He
said he was engaged in travelling and adver-
tsing California tea, and asked me if
would take a small package as a sample to
W. {. Pomeroy, cashier of the Port Royal
Bank. | told him | would. lie said his
satchel was at a ticket Office where they
sold through Western tickets. ON Locust
street, a few doors to the right OF Fourth
street. | went with him. In the room was
a man behind a stand. At tile other end OF
the room was large table, covered with
railroad guides and time tables, and two
chairs. Mr.. Pomeroy asked me TO take a
seal while lac would show me his samples.
| did 80. and smelIed the tea. Ii was the
last knew or was conscious of. They took
500 IN cash from me, opened the door,
took me out on Fourth street (that is,
PomerUy did) and let me go. | came 60
Inr senses, found my way to the hotel, on
the corner OF Fourth and Vine streets.
said nothing, but went back to Walnut
street and complained To detective (whose
,-ard | enclose To yOu). lie charged me
$40 cash TO hunt the case up | tine home
end saw W. &. Pomeroy, who said | was
the second person who had come TO him
that this patty had sccosted. wish to saw,
10 make it plain. that before | snelled the
tea there was an old man, tall, rather stoop-
ed, with a ihinnish, peaked nose, who came
in and asked for a ticket for Kentucky
They told him TO take a seat. that the agent
would be in in a minute. The money was
handed to the old man. :hInk there should
be some way to find this party. 1t was be-
tween three and four O'Clock in the after
aoon. Ar. Editor, am not a drinking man,
can swear did not drink anything while in
ihr CITY, Never do, | aH an elder in the
Presbyterian Church at Port Royal, and will 1
do anything TO have the parties arrested.
Ii you can advise any plan please do. 1t
Seems to me there should be a way to dis
cover these parties, as il was done in open
daylight
y. d. VAx DYKE
MExICo L. o., Juniata county, Pa.
THE DETECTIVES STORY.
The above letter was received several
DAYS ago, and has received some attention
since, the result of which is here set forth
The detective referred to in the letter is f.
". May, young man, whu has desk room
at ils Walnut street, in an insurance Office,
and who has whole string OF references
from various persons and business corpora
,iuns, among the former United States As
>istInt Treasurer Eyster and +. l.. Mathez,
private secretary TO jay Gruld, dcmonstra-
blc of his fitness for his occupitinn. May
says he went around with Van ID, ke the
whnl. "f the afternoon uf the Sth, alter the
robbery had occurred, bnt that the latter
was confused and could not locate the place.
1t was not until the next morning that he
found the house. Ii was an empty build
ing at 4l2 Locust street, next door TO the
Quaker City Laundry. and with ..To Let"
on its front. Obtaining the keys from the
laundry the; detective and Van Dyke went
in, but found nothing. Desks, tables and
railroad guides had all been ren.osed. The
house belongs to Mr. Greble, the msrele
man at Seventeenth and Chestnut streets,
but the keys, for the convenience of persons
desiring to rent Il, have for some time been
left in charge of the laundry. In the fore
noon of the day OF the robbery a man called
and got them, SAYING he desired TO looS at
the house with a view of renting it. They
were not returned until late in the after
noon, the robbery meantime having taken
place and the parties having escaped with
the money.
This much was discovered before Van
Dyke left the city. On the day after the
robbery he started for home, and the de-
tectlve seems TO have gotten no further.
Since the above letter was received, how
ever, il has been found that three men, who
are undoubtedly the parties in question, had
in The forenoon of the Sth visited a second
hand office furniture store on the corner of
Fifth aud Locust streets, only hall square
from where the robbery occurred, and tried
TO buy desk on ''tick."
"They talked as though they were mil
lionaires," said the proprietor, ''but when 1t
came TO buying an $S desk there didn't
seem to be money enough in the party to
pay for it and they asked for credit. be-
gan to think they were sdeeP,' and told
them we didn't do business that way. Ny
partner, after hearing them talk little,
came up and told me not to have anything
to do with them, as he believed they were
up to some trick or other. They told Inc
they were going into business and that they
might need more desks shortly, but | had
begun to see that there was something
wrong, aud told them guessed | couldn't
satisfy them, and they left without buying"
DESCRIPTION OF THE MEN.
The description on the detectives book
of the three swindlers, furnished by Van
DYKE himself, is this The tea man, alias
Pomeroy, is a young man with a smooth
face, wears gray sack coat and o'ercoat.
light soft hat; had an umbrella aud Canvas
covered sample box.
The ssclerk'' in the pretended ticket office
Is about % years old, rather slim and stoops
little, has red hair and red full wh'skers'
and dark sack coat, and is German.
The old man who pretended to want
ticket for Kentucky is about go years of
age, has a gray moustache and "mskers
and a broad -brimmed white hat, VOL worn,
and wears suit of gray. On this occasion
he was gotten up as dro' er, talked IKE
Seutsck:an and carried drover's stick IN
his hand
The proprietor of the furniture store at
Fifth and Locust streets, without seeing or
knowing anything of this previous descnr-
lion. was asked to describe the parties who
had called on him. This he did, ana MS
description tailed exactly with the above.