The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-05-31
ADARING ROBBERY!
EXPRESS PACKAG STOLEN AT
THE UNION DEPOT,
Containing Many Thousand Dol.
Iars-A Cool and Deliberate
Crimc-HOw it was Done.
From, sbe clove,aua Plain Dealer Nav "a.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer, May "a.
A bold and daring robbery took place
at half past seven o'clock this morning
in the Union passenger depot. and the
adroitness and dispatch with which
the job was executed leave no doubt
that the work was done by experts.
At the hour mentioned Lake Shore
train from the West came in, aud Al
exander Granger, money >carrier for
the United States Express Company,
| received his moneys, bundles and bags,
and was about to start, when voice
called to him from the window of the
ice reom, adjoining the Express Com
pany's room on the west, saying:
+" say, Granger. hold on a minute"
Granger turned, but did not see any
one. There was not person in sight
outside the depot at the time. Granger
walked few steps toward the window
of the ice room, when the voice again
called out:
"Well, never mind. Just tell Mr..
Hodges (the cashier in the United
States Express Company's offlces) that
I'll be up in half an hour"
| Then the window was slammed
down and Granger jumped on his
wagon and drove off. Arriving at the
office on Bank street, he counted his
bags, and the number was correct.
But when he opened them he made
the startling discovery that two bags
| had been stolen and two others substi-
tuted in their place. The bogus bags
were very nearly like those used by
the Express Company, of canvas, about
eighteen inches long and ten inches
wide. They were sealed up in the GUS
tomary way, but the stamp on the seal
was blank. They contained pack
ages of brown wrapping yaper cut the
size of money envelopes and tied in
small lots so that to the casual touch
the contents were not productive OF
suspicion.
Nothing definite is known of the
contents of the stolen bags except that
they contained in most part railway
| rsmittances, such as checks and GER
titicates of deposit from station agents
on the Lake Shore road between Chi
cago and Toledo to headquarters in
Cleveland. Yet there was consider
able sum of money in the envelopes, as
currency only is supplied the small
way stations, the amounts varying
from $50 to $500. Rumor has it that
the money taken foots up SIS, 900. The
representative of the company upon
whom the reporter called stated that
nobody could know exactly what was
in each bag except the messengers who
made them up. The invoices or way
bills are placed inside the bags by the
messengers, and there has been nc
time yet to hear from the railway car
riers who keep duplicates.
One of the bags was made up on the
Michigan Southern road and sealed al
Toledo, the other bag was made up in
Toledo. The conundrum now presents
itself whether the bags were taken be-
fore they reached Cleveland or wheth
er the job was executed outside the
Union Depot when the messenger
attention was directed to the man in
the ice room. The latter theory, how
ever, seems the most feasible one to the
police, and a number of detectives ant
patrolmen have been detailed to work
up the case.
Upon the supposition that the dunn
mics might have been substituted a
Toledo and that the robbers wen
through Cleveland on train No. 6 thii
morning, the Buffalo officials hav'
been notified to watch arrivals there
So far as was learned up to noon ,on'
of the stolen pouches contained TWEEN
ty packages, the other ten.