The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-03-09
MOUND CITY MATTERS.
keekly Review Of Events In q Cenven.
ti0n Bereft city.
Topics that have Touched the Tsngnts
OF the Takers
snd About the Big Bridgc.

n ST. Louis, March 0.-lSpecial Corrsspon-
dencel.-The sensation Of the day in 81.
Louisis the robbery Of the Pacific Express
company by Prentice riller, trusted EN-
" ploye. Although paid but a salary OF $40 n
month Tiller was IN charge OF considerable
funds, and on Sunday last no was lett alone
In the office with nearly 800, 900 currency
lying around him. Some days previous he
had Struggled two satchels into the Office
and he filled these TO the orlm with green
backs and then walked of unmolesied,
or the 100000 he carried away sos
600, that being all he could get in
his satchels. TIE theft was
committed al $50 in the afternoon. BY 4
o'clock il was discovered aud kilograms
were sent In all directions and all trains
leading out ofthe city were closely watched
The Express company offered reward Of
$1,000 for the capture OF the thief Dad sub
sequently raised this amount to Sl2 900.
But nothing was heard OF the young man
which proves that ths step he took was not
unexpected on his part, but presrrGnged
aud the fact that he has eluded pursuit
proves that his calculations were well made,
for nothing less would have saved him
from the extraordinary means made by the
police to effect his capture. Since leaving
hi, character has been, learned,
sharp witted youth and one not likely to
be caught mapping under any circnm-
stances. His father Is Louisville detsc-
tive, and Prentice was called after George
ID. Prentice, the famous statesman OF that
city. Prentice worked for the United States
Express Co. In Louisville until one day he
20 caught stealing a small package OF
9,nsy. Accused OF the theft, he weakened
Ind said that Dad company and late hours
had led him to do wrong. Ga account OF
his previous good character nothing was
said at the time and he was allowed
TO leave Louisville. He came here and
secured o position with the Pacific Express
company where he proved himself irsi-
class clerk. He boarded ut No. 1922 Olive
street with a lady named Feddeke, and
on after his departure 1t was learned that
had been very intimate with that lady
Mld had been In the habit OF taking her out
evenings, notwithstandingt the fact that she
wnsa married woman. This fact coming
10 her husbands ears and resulted in his
making application for divorce in the cir
emit court OF THE city three DAYS after the
Disappearance q Tilier. II IL now nearly
week since. he disappeared and
not clue has va been obtained rs TO his
hiding place. Sone think DO has lett the
city, While othere believe that he is still
here, Old detectes believe that he is gone
to Canada and anieaports there are being
THE JE pIRrrE SEARCH.
Lieutenant VI lam III. Schultz, the
Gallant naval ottit who with Lieutenant
Harber led the ! onette search expedition
in the Arctic reglo;i, returned to his home
Ia this city. Hell story OF his adveht.
ures which roadside fairy tale. The ex.
petition left Newiork on February 4th,
1882, and traWid BY London and
Paris to st. Petersburg. Here the
Russian 2Overnnleai came to the rescue OF
the party and yired at their command
livery facility foe the prosecution Of their
work. When ATTACHMENTS had bscn COM
pleted the RussiSn government detailed .
special commission 10 ACCOMPANY the party
which proceeded 10 Irkusk, In eastern Sibg-
ria. From this la.tsr point the party tray
eled on sleds pullsd oy reindeer to Wit
weemski, 1000 miles up the river from
Irkusk. Here they built a schooner and
row boats. In these" says Lieutenant
Schultz, I'VE Travelled hundreds Of miles
along the. ~>coastt boxing for Lieutenant
|nTrippjg Boat and ths bodies ofthe men whom
SHiad beeu told were in IL. We could
! All no trace OF thsm, and HARDER and /
len undertook 4 winter search on seds.
10 only gave thtup in December, when
10 days began u GET so dark We could do
bthing, the LONG polar nights setting in.
We returned to Hnkentsk, arriving there
n January, whSre we found u dispatch
from the secretafyo OF the navy, which had
been sent on tne Angus previous. 1t in
structed US to brtn, home the bodies Of De
Longs party froSen. This village is 1900
miles from telegraph station and the
mouth OF the river Is 1900 miles away from
any means OF S"hIep2. we IenAlneu
there one month Melville had buried
the bodies OF hslDBLong party in the ice,
rlaced box made OF drift wosd above them.
ad on top of this tile OF stones. The
whole was surnounted with wooden
cross on which The names OF the dead men
were inscribed. 4! is just year ago since
we took tho bodtes out 0f this tomb. They
were all frozen stih and perfectly preserved.
We placed then on slcds and brought
them to KiEoch. small village where VIC
found hospital Here tho Biberians sx-
lies made US ecme tin Baskets. We
them GU. and then took
large portion OF the clothing
of for they wouli not ft in the Baskets ss
they were. You,ee. when one OF the party
died,another wopld take his clothing. The
body Of Dr.. Amber, tt Q Jeanet o 9 surgeon,
for instance, wst twice the poor fellows
natural sizs as d had on several suits Of
clothes. Then bgain IL was necessary to
thaw them out ID order to got the bodies
into a decent atape. They froze a. they
died with their Lmbs bent and their bodies
huddlsd up. Waen We had them prepared
where they again became frozen
Orenberg on the i7th Of January,
OF this year, v bare We placed them In the
heavy caskets shica the government had
sent. These \ 10 Theoretically sealed, so
that the bodied we're In perfect condition
when we reschsi Nes York"
DE LoHo'' TERRIBLR POSITION.
"No," said ILieniensnt Schultz. poor
De Long cld nj, N Ike n mistake or blum.
der. You sec there WAS no such thing as q
chart OF the wilderness through which he
, travelled. since then | have prepared q
chart and somt sketches. Look at 1t. Here
is the point where De Longs party landed.
It Is away in tAe northeastern shore OF the
kPolar sea. There 10 conclusive evidence
DO prove that be was perfect commander:
1 His men had passed through the periTs OF
the wreck aud reached there In safety.
They we're we'll provisioned, in perfect
health and under crdinarv circu n sta aces,
eysry one Of them would have escaped.
But rom the tLu time they lett that point
!, there was not the slightest opportunity for
" Long or any OF his party to use either
2 bod or bad judgment. They were In an
unknown land without the slightest knowl-
edge Of their position, geographically. In
relation 10 the native village. Had De
Long gone TO the right he might have been
saved. Had he gone 10 the left he might
have been saved. as IL was he
unfortunately selected 9 route which took
him across a trackless wilderness, o strip
above sll others the dreariest In that dreary
land. II Is such a Wild and dreary waste
that even natives on their hunting excur-
rions shun 4 IN winter. How sad now TO
think that De Longs party passed within
twenty-five miles of . native village not
long after they started on their march. But
thar mad no knowledge oft, aud day after
dav they Travelled farther away from
u tie Siberian villages, but they were
worn oat and could net keep up the
march. They died, finally. OF cod
and hunger and when within