The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-03-06
GONE
BUT NOT FORGOTTEN.-A ST.
LOUIS EXPRESS CLERKS
HAUL.
He Waddles OF With a Bushel Of
Bank Bills in Broad
Daylight.
SEvENTY-FIvE THOUSAND DOL
LARS DISAPPEAR AND LEAVE>
NO TRACE BEHIND.
Wiendel Shoots His Wife.-Blizzard
in DakOta.-SnOw Storm on
the st. Lawrence.
EXPRESS ROBBERY.

the st. Lawrence.
EXPRESS ROBBERY.
ST. LOUIS, March 3.-Prentiss
Tiller, money clerk of the Pacific ex-
press company here, whose father is a
Louisville detective, disappeared
about three o'clock yesterday after
noon. taking with him one or two
valises full of money packages, the
total amount being very nearly S75.-
600. 1t is the custom of the company
to keep a money clerk and day watch
man on duty in the afternoon on
Sunday, the doors being secured by a
chain lock, and no one being admitted
| except messengers who arrive on the
| morning trains and nave money pack
ages to turn over. Yesterday after
noon Tiller was on duty, and the
Waterman remained there III the back
room, tending to a door, the front
doors being kept locked. About two
o'clock the Waterman came out to
lunch, leaving three messengers sit
ting by the stove. While he was
gone Tiller went out and returned
with a stranger, whom the messen-
gers took to be a new clerk or mes
senger. Tiller and the stranger went
into the front office and were thought
no more of. An hour later Tiller
came into the back office to wash his
hands, and remarked TO the watch
man, who had returned, that he be-
lieved he would go and get some
lunch. Washing his hands he re-
entered the front Office and
was not seen again. Half an
hour after the Waterman walked into
the Office to get something, and was
surprised to find the front door unu|
locked and Tiller absent. He~ePoh{y
it to the messengers, who were sitting d
by the stove in the rear, and they told
him of the stranger. This alarmed
him, and he summoned the superin-
tendent who soon discovered that
about a bushel of money packages
were missing. Detectives have learned
nothing yet. r. G. Butler, agent Of
the company, says there can be mo-
doubt that the man brought to the-S-
flee by T1ller was a confederate, and
that he and Tiller took all the pack
ages from the safe, exemined them,
and took such as they desired, or were
easiest to dispose of. Several enYel-
ops were found, which had been cutat /
one end, but as they contained checks
they were not taken. Other packages
containing silver were also left. But
Ter thinks, however, there must have
been nearly a bushel of packages
taken, land that there was probably
third confederate on the outside, as
the weight of the packages, many Of |
which contained gold coin, was too
great for them to have been easily and
lxyh ordIa6 hN |II- .
Ter and his opal must have worked |
over an hour preparing their plumber,
during which time the watchman en-
tered the front office in which they F
were engaged, two or three times; but
it was easy for the confederate to hide +
himself behind the close boarded part .
of the messengers pens in which they /
did their work. When everyt
was ready the front door was unlo -
and Tiller went to the rear room osten-
sibly to wash his hands, but
really to learn the position of theE
watchmen and messengers, and find5
ing them favorable to the safe exit D.
his confederate, he gave the signal Z.
go. Shortly AFTERWARDS the Watch-
man went to the front door of the of
fee, and finding the front door I'M
locked and Tiller not present, he tel
ephoned Mr.EButler; also Mr.. Fuller
general manager of the company, and.
they came to the Office at once. WhiIe
| it was evident that the robbery had.
been committed, they could not Ret
into the safe to ascertain what was
missing, as TiIler had taken Off the
KEYS, and it was not until after midi
night that the safe was open1
ed, and it was considerably iatel'
before information of the matter
was given out. The police were
promptly notified, however, and a tel
egram sent to conductors of the train'|
of all the railroads leading out Of th,1
city, giving description of Tiller.
is learned this morning, that Iille|
| brought to the Office, Saturday after.
noon, large leather valise, which Id
put in the basement. 1t could not I'll
| found to-day, and from this fact 1t l.|
believed that preparations TOR the rob|
berry were made Saturday. A visit
his room, No. 1922 Olive streeu. to-da.
disclosed number of unused -
envelopes and printed slips Of
company and as he cod
have had no honest purpos.
lin having these in his room MI. BuI[
! Ter thinks he has been robbing fIHG
| company for some time Tillef
Young man, twenty-five years old, an
was formerly with the American 1z
press company at Louisville. He hal
been with the Pacific express compan
two years, and had the entire conf
dence of his employers, being stead
quiet man and attentive to busine
lie is described as twenty-five veal
old, brown mouStachejand hair, plu{
ply face, unobtrusive features, slend9
build, weight about 1876 pounds, ne;
dress and quiet manner. His confel
crate is entirely unknown to EXPIRE
people, they not having the sllghte
idea as to who he Is. The c0mpaf
has offered 81 900 reward for the q
rest of the man and the money, az
if the capture is made Drosecutl(
to the full extent of the law will
executed.
wHIsKY's WORK.
ST. LOUIS. March Leonard "
del. president of the Weindei 6
Werthim Manufacturing Co., shcta
probably fatally ~wonnded h45-I.1
while under the influence Of LIQUID
| They were qUarreling at the tim
After the shooting Weindel LETT Z
house and has not yet been arreste
BURIED IN SNOW.
MONTREAL, March 3.--A
storm caused much damage IN I'I
ern Canada. Many houses along t
st. Lawrence are almost buried
snow. The occupants made their e,
. through the windows.
SNOW STORM.
ST. PAUL, March 3.--Adviccs .frd
, Bismarck, Jamestown and Fargo SIN
| that March came in with blizzl
: that throws all previous ones
year into insignificance. A nea
snow fell all Saturday night, and
day the wind commenced bloWi1
the rate of forty and fifty miles
hour, catching up the snow and dr
ing 1t in binding drifts, 50 that II
: impossible to stay upon the stree
UP to midnight no lives had been
3 ported lost from the fact that st
' Sunday and none ventured 70
their houses. Trains were DELI
day. All cuts have driftedt
snow. Reports. come from all pal
r Dakota that the snow Is Ia