Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-01-02

OF the shafts hung d6WM
nearly to the ground. At first he thought
the wsgon was empty, but under the seat
he found, covered with blanket, Vaise.
He suspected that something was wrong
around to the Wooster street sta
ton. The patrolman had not
heard Of the general alarm, but Captain
Mcdonald, SIS soon as he saw the wagon
drive up, knew it was what they were look
ing for. The express company was at once
notified, and Gilroy, the driver, was not
long IN coming to the station house and
driving back to the office.
From inquiries Herald reporter made In
24 = directions Yesterday but little infor-
marion c9ad DC learned to throw much
lighs on this eagipE and extraordinary rob-
uerY Ae IS gener~ll5 believed thar two
'hteges were concerned Ia making 3 withs
ent Aeo I'D its contents III sr7ant (
~ ~n0 yA~.eA s~0r So n SEES
thirty seventh ssgeet to fAs q, .szrsao
noticed, while bs was tab IN tae tnk 4
yaiiso ~ eis.gs, two mex stand on slle
ei5ewei1 opposite no. 3 ealkiag sgether
Before the driver came down stat sh no.
ticed the men walk OF tcWari = d avenue.
When questioned by the rep )rte gesterasv
evening the girl said she did no notice the
men particularly; they were not well dress
ed, and one OF them, whose face was turned
toward her, had black mustsche, and that
was all she knew. At No 473 Fifth avenue
no one had seen any body lettering near
the express wagon but the servant
maid. Just as the expressman had
entered the house with the second trunk
she came out of the basement. She was
going TO theatre and wanted to take a
stage. Que was passing at the time. A
man was standing by the wagon, and she
asked him to hail the stage, which he did
Tb,a &c. II.
porter saw, stated that the girl did not no.
tice this man, and could not give any de-
scriptiOn OF him. 1t is, however, supposed
that this man, as soon as he saw the door Of
the house closed, jumped into the wagon
and drove off, his brother thief, who had
presumably been keeping a watch, seeing
he had got off successfully, joining him a
few blocks distant from the house. 1t is
thought from more than one circumstance
that the two men who were setn going from
West Thirty-seventh street to Fifth avenue
were the principals concerned in the rob-
berry.
Mr.. Dodd and the officials at his office
willingly told all they knew about the rob-
berry. But for some time they politely re-
fused to give the names of the owners of
th lost baggage, or state the nature Of the
goods stolen. The reporter found that
three of the SIT len trunks were to have
visiting the hotel the clerk informed him
that the trunks belonged to General and
Mrs. j. L. Donaldson, of Baltimore. A card
was sent up to the General but he begg d
to be excused from seeing the reporter or
sending him any information on the sub
iect. On returning TO tSe express Office the
reporter told Mr.. Dodd that be had found
out that General Donaldson owned three Of
the missing trunks. Then little by little
q ia. 49, nlIv .
wealth of millinery contained in these
trunks, and finally allowed the reporter to
have a glimpse at a list of these articles that
was being made out.
The whole list would make not far from
column of the Herald, and it is to be won
dered at how they were all packed into the
space of three trunks. The baggage con-
sisted OF one medium sized French russell
colored trunk, large French Saratoga
Trunk and a hlaPk trunk all narked with