The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-02
A MISSING MONEY PACKAGE.
A Consignment of 1880 Lost or Stolen from
the Adams Express Company.

| money package containing So, $50, consigned
| by the Merchants National Bank, and directed
| to A V. Wyman, United States Treasurer at
! Washington, deposited with the Adams Express
| Company on last Tuesday evening, is mysteri-
ously missing, and IS supposed to have been
either lost or stolen. The disappearance of the
package first became publicly known through a
rumor that the express company had been
robbed of $4,000. The officers of the company
when sought for information about the matter
at first refused to say anything whatever but
later in the day aduli tied that money package
had disappeared, although the amount lost was
in the neighborhood of So 900 instead of Sis, 0OO
They refused to say, however, by whom the lost
package was consigned or to whom it was Gil
rected From such information as could be
gathered by reporters it has been pretty def
nitely learned that the missing package was the
one which was delivered to the express company
by the Merchants National Bank. A driver
of the express company is authority
for the information that this package, together
with other express matter, was placed in the
hands of an employee for delivery at the Union
Depot. He found upon arriving there, that the
money package was missing. 1t is the theory of
the officers of the company that the money was
either lost during transit to the depot or, by
mistake, was inclosed in a package directed to
some other point than Washington kilograms
have been sent to the agents in all the cities to
which packages were sent on that evening, in
qulrlng about the missing money and it is
hoped that it will be found. In the meantime
the driver in whose hands the money was
placed for delivery at the Union Depot is under
official surveillance, and it is said that an unsuc-
cessful attempt has been made to eXtort from
hi.s:e: Information. upon thetheory that the money
was stolen. 1t is reported that the driver in
whose care the package was placed is young
man named OHara. He has an unblemished
character, is of straightforward habits and is
believed to be guilrless of having done anything
wrong. The officers of the company are making
investigation, and when Superintendent Zim-
norman was asked about the missing package
by a Journal reporter he stated that he could
give no information before to-day or probably
tomorrow.
''It is true" said Mr. Zimmerman, ''that
money package had been lost bat there is no
evidence to indicate that it has been stolen and
we believe that it viii turn up all right. Further
than this we can give no information
'Ts it true that you have discharged two
ployes who were suspected of having had some
thing to do with the disappearance of the money!
lyon may say positively that it is not true.
We always employ an extra force during the
holiday season, but after it is over the number
of employees is reduced and we did this, as usual,
this year, but no one was discharged on account
Last night Journal reporter was put in pos
session of the exact facts regarding the missing
package. 1t contained three 81, 600, one $500 and
three 800 bills. 1t was received and receipted
for by Nj Ramsburg, money clerk at the up
town Office some time during the afternoon. 1t
was regularly billed and checked for by John
O'Hara night agent at the depot, at o'clock.
The money was placed in messenger safe, and
put in a wagon at the back door of the Office,
which was driven to the front door, and Mr..
O'Hara went in aud got his books, and then went
directly to the depot office At 10 o'clock it
discovered that the package was missing.
Mr.. Zimmerman came up to the
city yesterday, bringing with him Larry Hazen,
chief of the secret detective service of Cincin
natl AS precautionary measure young OHara
was placed under surveillance at the Denison
House, where he still remains
When questioned last night Mr. Hazen said
that no evidence had been found to warrant the
arrest of anybody but that watch was being
kept one man, but he declined to state
whether or not this was O'Hara He declined
to give any further facts about the matter,
which, he said, he did not want msrerresented.
Anyhow, there was possibility that che pack
age has been lost and not stolen, and, if this
were true it would be great injustice to sus
pect anybody of crime which was not COM
mitted