New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-04
WHOLESALE ROBBERY DETECTED.
THURBER wHyLAND 4 co. THE VICTIMS
A CONSPIRACY BY WHICH LARGE QUANTITIES OF
GROCERIES WERE BEING STOLEN.

A CONSPIRACY by WHICH LARGE QUANTITIES OF
GROCERIES WERE BEING STOLEN.
Thurber, whyland & Co., wholesale groccrs al
Rcadcst. and West Broadway have been disturbed Tor
many months by frequent robbcries from their store
Only small amount of goods would be taken at 'me'
but the removals were SO persistent that the agSfc-
gate Of tho property stolen up into the thousands
Several persons In their employ were suspecteu out
despite tho most careful watching the thieves coud NOT
be detected, and their methods were unknown. inc
thlcving went on usual under the firms nose untiI
last week, when William A. Parshall, one of the com
pany called upon Inspector Byrncs and ald the nater
before him. The Inspector thought that the WORK
being done by some Of the clerks In the store, ana
detailed Detectives Hanlcy, k.lca ana Aioncie 10
investigate the matter and they succeeded In running
down the guilty parties.
A conspiracy was unearthed between Henry Well
inghoT, driver Of No.-13 Rcnwick-st; John Brady,
a porter OF No. 115 Summit-st., Brooklyn; Henry
BushcI clerk of No. $50 Palisade-ave., Jersey City,
and James McConnock, a shipping clerk, Of NO 716
Sixthavc., Brooklyn, oil employees OF the firm Last
Saturday Wellington took a large load OF goods from
what is known as the Erie department and delivered
them to various piers for shipment. When he got
to the Sea Beach road he had two barrels left lie
removed the address with scraper from the barrels
and wrote another address with lead pencil These
barrels werc delivered to ogden's Express Company
at No. % New Churchst. After Wellington drove
away the detectives who had been his track found
that the address that no hal written was James
Brady 115 Summitst, Brooklyn the home Of Brady,
tho firms porter.
At Spcncer's Express Company 1t was learned that
in February last eight barrels Of sugar. three boxes OF
condensed milk and one chest Of tea had been sent
TO Brady In March there twenty-five barrels Of
sugar. IN April fourteen barrels; in May six and in
june six. The Peoples Express during the months
of May and June carried twelve bags Of coffee, SIX
teen barrels of sugar and twenty of milk there
Ogdcns Express delivered twenty barrels of sugar
during the last five months. This was all that could
be found but there is evidence that large amount
of goods carried by private trucks 10 Brady's
The sugar will average s25 o barrel, the coffee $i7
bag and the milk So 35
Wellington arrested on Monday and stoutly
denied that he knew anything about the rObberles
He was put through tie usual twisting process and
finally unburdcDed his soul. Bushcl, Brady and Nc
Connock were arrested Monday evening and were
locked up at Police Headquarters Blishcl showed the
white feather at once and acknowledged that there
combine 10 defraud tho firm. lie Is tn" ship
ping clerk in the Eric department. Yesterday twenty
barrels of sugar and several bags of coHee valued
about 81 900 found at Brady's house. and dcn
tilted part of the stolen goods and removed TO
Police Headquarters.