The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1890-02-06
EXPRESS COMPANY ROBBED
Package Containing $4,000 Stolen from
the Pacific Office at Dallas, Tex.
The Theft Committed Several Days Ago by
Money Clerk f. A. Walton, Who Made Good
His Escape-A st. Louis Bank the Victim.

ST.. LOUIS, Feb. 5.-One of the biggest
sensationss since thefamous" Jim Cummings"
robbery of express messenger Fothering-
ham, on the st. Louis & San Francisco
road, securing between $4,000 and S75,0OO
of the Pacific Express Company's cash,
was ~occasioned to-day when l.. A. Fuller.
superintendent of the Pacific Express
Company, was notified by the Commercial
Bank. of this city, that a package contain
ing SIS 5000 in ~greenbacks. consigned to that
bank by the City National Bank. of Dallas.
Tex, and for which the Commercial Bank
held the receipt of the Pacific Express
Company, was missing.
On Feb. 1 the City National Bank, of Dali
las, remitted to the Commercial Bank, of
st. Louis. the sum of $50. ZOO. of which S15.-
0O0in gold was contained in a canvas bag and
SS50O0 in bills were Enclosed in a regular
express package. The gold was duly re-
ceived two days ago, and delivered to the
bank. The bank reported to Superintend-
ent Fuller that the gold was only a part of
the remittance from the City National
Bank, and that the bank held receipts for
two packages-one of $4,000 and one Of
$1,000. On receipt of this decidedly alarm
ing information Superintendent Fuller at
once telegraphed Assistant Superintendent
Aiken, at Dallas, notifying him of the
shortage, and asking him to investigate
aud forward information as soon as possible.
Mr.. Aiken's reply that there was no trace
of the missing package there fully con-
tirmed superintendent Fuller's fears, and
with it came the additionally astounding
information that the money clerk of the
Dallas Office, q young man named I. A.
Walton. had been missing since last Mon
day night. Walton's flight led to the belief
at Dallas that he must be a d~efaulter, and
an investigation was at once instituted, but
without result, as the cash of the Dallas
Office was found to be intact. When As
sistant superintendent Akin received Su-
p~erintendent Fuller's message. however, it
opened up a new avenue for Investigation,
and the cunning scheme of Walton to Sc
cure delay in the discovery of the shortage
was unfolded. He had made out two re-
coipts which were on file in the Dallas Of
fice-one for $4,000 and one for S35. 000-on
one blank. On the duplicate forwarded to
st. Louis, however, no mention was made
OF the $4,000. II 1t was not until the
Commercial Bank. of this city, had mott
fed the Dallas bank of the receipt of but
$4,000 of this $4,000 that there was the
least suspicion of anything wrong. After
pursuing this line of inquiry to the end As
sistant Superintendent Aiken telegraphed
as follows to superintendent Fuller:
Walton, our money clerk, has taken the $35, 900.
He was with the American Express Company,
at Ionla, Mich, i've years. He came to Us from
Wells, Fargo & Co. His father resides at ST. Jo-
seph, Mo. Have traced him to Indian Territory,
and have a detective on his trail. Agent Garri-
son leaves for st. Louis tonight
Descriptions of the abscOnding money
clerk have been wired everywhere by Super
ntenden Fuller. and tonight the follow
ing hue-and-cry circular was sent out:
ABsCoNDED!
+. A. Walton, clerk in the Pacific Express Com
day evening, Feb. 2. and was last seen on a Mis-
sour, Kansas & Texas train, going north.
Descrirtion--Good looking; smooth, red face;
hair. dark; weight, 1877 pounds; height, five feet
five inches; medium build: round scar on back of
head; deaf in right ear; dark clothes; derby hat.
Tonight Superintendent Fuller said that
Walton was always considered a young
man of good habits. The Guarantee COM
pany, of New York, is on the bond for So
600. Walton had been with the company
since last October. He was first employed
in the Office at Jefferson. Tex. and from
there went to Dallas in November last. He
is twenty-five years of age and unmarried.
who is now in st. Louis, says WaIton's
habits were of the best. He was not a
drinking man. nor did he gamble. There
was some sort of a story about Walton hav-
ing shot and killed q man in old Mexico,
but beyond this his record was supposed to
be unblemIshed.
Detectives are securing the country in
every direction. and late tonight Superin-
tendent Fuller said he expected to hear of
WaltOn's CAPTURE at any minute.