St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-03-22

N1Q NOT U0luk I0F luOlHSHG OI any one
being on or near the wreck are not SUBJ
ject to any penalty
THE ST. LOUIS EXPRESS ROBBERY.
The Robber Thus Far Successful in Eludins
Capture-The Express Company officials
Confident of Running Him Down-They
VIII 50 Never Let Up on Him"-Ss5, 900 Re-
ward offered
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, March 5.
Tfller's whereabouts is as much a nys-
terry as ever. Not word has yet been heard
from him, though rumors of all sorts are
constantly afloat. When traced down,
however, there is never anything in
them. First he has been arrested in one
place, then in another, and so it goes.
MIR. Butler, the agent of the company,
appears to be very hopeful that the clerks
capture will eventually be effected. Said
he yesterday in speaking of the matter:
E'Iou cannot cite a single case in which
the Express companies have been success
fully robbed. BY successfully robbed /
mean wherein the robber got away and
retained his booty. OF course the COM
They count on this.
IT IS VERY RISKY BUSINESS,
and they are bound to suffer more or less
from thefts, particularly from their own
employees. These men may escape for
time, but they are eventually taken, and
in all cases the money is either wholly or
partially recovered. Some years ago,
you will remember, Detective Noyes
walked out that same door with $4,000.
He got away for the time being but was
afterWard captured and the money nearly
aIl recovered.
s He was convicted and sentenced, but
made his escape from the Penitentiary
There was another case wherein an Ex-
press Company was robbed and
THE THIEF WAS CAPTURED
And sent to the Penitentiary The money
was not recovered at the time, but four
years after it was found buried in the
principal street of the town. So it always
is. The money is always recovered some
way. 1t may be some time, but it comes
out alright. Of course the Express COM
panies lose something by these robberies,
but the thieves gam nothing. You know
it costs something to arrest these men,
and in many cases some of the money is
gone before they are taken"
You expect then that Ti1ler viii be
captured?'
''Most assuredly. It'may besome time,
but
HE WILL EVENTUALLY BE TAKEN.
We hope to get him, however, in time
to recover all the money. You see it is
almost impossible for man to get out
of this country without being detected.
They have to travel by rail some time,
and there is hardly a railroad in the coun-
try but some Express company operates. |
Though the Express companies fight each |
other as hard as they can for trade, when |
it comes to capturing thief they are all |
one, and do their utmost to effect the |
mans capture. These men who |
do this stealing, generally regret |
their act q few days later. Now, if a |
man could steal several hundred thousand |
dollars and then be free to spend and !
enjoy it, of course it would be all right.
But such is not the case. They cannot |
spend this money without danger of de- |
tection,a and they soon regret their act.
"But if this man is captured he viii 7
compromise with the company for about
half the amount, will he not?''
@1No, he won't. An Express company
never. lets up on man who steals from |
them. They cannot afford to compro-
mise, as it would encourage other
clerks to do likewise, and where
they have so much opportunity I
of stealing it would be very
precedent. The companies cal /
culate on these losses, and are not much |
affected by them, but there is such a /
thing as their becoming so frequent and |
the sums so great, that the company may /
be so crippled as to pnEent their carry
ing on business. The sum taken by Til |
Ter will not hurt this coli4pany as they
can pay it without feeling any steam. |
These companies never let up on ma
They will follow him for yeqrs ana |
save no expense to effect his capture III 2
punish him after he is taken. The rewargi |
offered for Tiller is $1,000, but the
would not stand on that ii it were nece
sary to give more to get him. ! of
A report became widely circulated yes tb
terday that filler had been seen in SPRING.
field, ILL., There was nothing in the rep
port, however, as the following special
telegram received last night from that
point will show:
"SPRNGFTELD, ILL.,, March 4.-The re-
port that Tiller, the express robber, was
seen III this city, after a thorough exam
nation is not corroborated. 1t is hardly
probable he would frequent railroad or
its depot, where the messengers of the
Pacific Express Company would be likely
10 recognize him.