Huntsville gazette., 1890-02-08
EXPRESS ROBBERY
A Pacific Money Clerk Gets Away
With $4,000.
NOW in Indian Territory With
His Stealings.

Ne Resorts TO Strategy In Order to Hide
His Crime Long Enough for Him to Get
s0ood: ood:Start-Detectives on His Trail.
He Leaves $4,000 In Gold, as It Was
Too Heavy to Handle.
81. LOUIS. Feb. 7.-One of the biggest
sensations since the famous Jim Cum
minsT' robbery of Express Messenger
Fothsringham, on the St. Louis and San
Fran cisco railroad, securing between
$6e, 600 and $4,000 of the Pacific Ex-
preSs company's cash, was occasioned
Wednesday when l. A. Fuller, superin-
tendent of the Pacific Express company,
was notified by the Commercial bank Of
thiscity that package containing $685.
Oo0 in greenbacks, consigned to that
banA by the City National bank Of Dali
las, Tex. and for which the Commercial
bank held the receipt Of the Pacific Ex-
press company, was missing.
Left the Gold Behind.
/ On Feb. the City National bank, Of
Dallas, remitted to the Commercial bank,
Of st. Louis, the sum of $4,000, Of
which amount 5000 in gold was con-
tanned in a canvas bag, and $35, 900 In
bills were enclosed in regular express
package. The gold was duly received
and delivered to the bank. The bank re-
ported TO Superintendent Fuller that the
gold was only part of the remittance
from the City National bank, and that
the bank held receipts for two packages
one OF $50, 900 and one Of $4,000.
Discovery Of the Theft.
On receipt of this decidedly alarming
information Superintendent Fuller at
once teiegraphed Assistant Superintend-
ent Akin, at Dallas, notifying him to
investigate and forward information as
soon as possible. Mr.. Atkins reply that
there was no trace of the missing pack
age there fully confirmed Superintend-
ent Fuller's fears. and with it came the
astounding information that the money
clerk Of the Dallas Office, a young
man named F. A. Walton, had been
missing since last Sunday night. Wal
toms flight led to the belief at Dallas that
he must be defaulter, and an investiga-
ton was at once instituted but without
result, as the cash at the Dallas office
was found to be intact.
When Assistant Superintendent Akin
received Superintendent Fuller's mes
sage, however, it opened up new ave-
nue. for investigation, and the cunning
scheme of Walton to secure delay in the
discovery Of the shortage was unfolded.
He had made out two receipts, which
were on file in the Dallas office-one for
$l6, 900 and one for $50, 900 on one blank.
On the duplicate forwarded to st. Louis,
however, no mention was made of the
$35, 900, and it was not until the Com
mercial bank Of this city had notified the
Dallas bank Of the receipt of but $15, 900
Of the go, 900 that there was the least
suspicion of anything wrong.
After pursuing this line of inquiry to
the end, Assistant Superintendent Akin
autographed as follows to Superintendent
Fuller:
"Walton, our money clerk, has taken
the 436, 900. He was with the American
Express company, at Ionia, Mich. five
years. He came to us from Wells, Far
20 & Company. His father resides at
st. Joseph, Mo. Have traced him to In
dian Territory, and have detective on
his trail"
Descriptions Of the absconding money
clerk have been wired everywhere by
Superintendent Fuller.
Wednesday night Superintendent Full
Ter said that Walton was always consid-
cred young man of good habits. The
Guarantee company, Of New York, is on
his bond for $4,000. 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 IS years
of age and unmarried.
Detectives at Work.
A Mr.. Kerney, clerk in the Dallas
office, who is now in st. Louis, says
Walton's habits were of the best He
was not drinking man, nor did he gam
ble There was some sort of a story
about Walton having shot and killed a
man in old Mexico. but beyond this his
record was supposed to be unblemished.
Detectives are securing the country in
every direction. Superintendent Fuller
says he expects to hear of Waltons
capture at any moment.
Canada to Change Her Barley Culture.
OTTAWA, Ont, Feb. THE minister
OF agriculture has decided to purchase
in England $25, 200 worth of the very
best two-row ed seed barley. The seed
will be distributed at cost price to barley