Telegram-herald., 1890-02-07
A TRUST BETRAYED.
"a Paclnc Express Company S2k-
fsrs q Heavy Los@
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10nsy elexk In tbs Pscl1s Express
Con paays oEos a. Dallas. Tea, has Ao-
scszaea wtth sss. COG Deposited ~isA the
company D. the city k4tioaal bsnk
of Dallas Coz transportation 70 We
Commercial Esnk 81 thls city Walton
xGs smpl0yeS by ths American EK-
press Company ave years a. ionia Ason..
aAd ~sat iRto lie Pacific Company 5
employ 81 Dallas from Wells. Fargo &
Co His fataer resides a. -. Joseph.
No Re has been tEGoed 10 tie lnaiaR
Territory and detective IS on his
track lie ieis Dallas last sunday even
iHg.
The exposure Of WaltOns crime has
caused The biggest ssnsat atiOn experienced
here siucs Jim Cammlngs robbed Mes
seAgsy FOtherlns Ian on the - Louis
1 Ssn Francisco road Of $50. 900 or
SIS, 90 ot he Paciae Express Com
Tsny's money The Commercial Bank
sas expecting remittance OF $50, 900
from the Dallas bank. and. receiving
bat $4,000 in gold in a canvass bag,
neafed the bank of Dallas Learning
from Dallas that s5o. 900 had hesn
shipped February In tao pack
ages the $4,000 in gold and
s., 600 IN greenbacks inciosed in a
regular express package the 81 Louis
bank notified Superintendent l. A.
Fuller. ~ the Pacific Express Company.
OF the loss On receipt OF this de-
cided.y alarming information Super.n-
tendent Fuller telegrsphed Assistant
uperintendent Aiken az Dallas. noti-
flying him OF the shortage and asking
him 70 Investigate and forward informa-
tion as soon as possible Mr.. Aiken re-
piled that there wss no trace OF the miss
ing package there, and that Walton had
been missing since last sunday night
When Assistant Superintende Aiken
received Superintendent Fuller's mes
sage however, il opened up a now ave
nue. for investigation. and the cunning
scheme Of Walton 10 secure delay IN the
discovery OF the shortage vas unfolded.
He had made out two receipts,
which were on file in the Dallas Office
ono for SIS, 900 and one for SIS. .oo0-on
one blank On the duplicate forwarded
70 st. Louis. however. no mention was
made Of the sS5, 600. The discov-
cry OF this fact revealed Walton's
guilt, and the assistant superintend-
ent pied Mr.. Fuller that Walton
had stolen the missing money. Descrip-
tions of ths absconding money clerk
have been sent everywhero by Superin-
tendent Fuller.
Superintendent Fuller said that Wal
ton was always considered young man
OF good habits The Guarantee Com
pany OF New York is on his bond for
81. 600 Walton had been with the
COMPANY since last October. he is 25
years of age and unmarried. His hab Is
were o. the best
The Pacihc Express Company has been FOR
ten years a chronic sufferer from raids OF rob
bers Five years ago Prentice Tiler a CLERK
employed bv the company here. walked away
onc Sunday night with v9lise containing
Sp0 0C0 Of the funds OF ths Pacific Company
lie tired 20 reach Cansda but after hot chase
was arrested IN Milwaukee. whore a landlord
opened the vaiise and found i filed with
money. Tiler received ten years in The peni
Tertiary Three years ago Fred Wtttrock alias
Jim Cummings. Frank Hsight and John wesser
Jumped Pacific express car a. the Union de
pot bound Express Messenger FotheriRgh &c
aud robbed ths safe or $1,000 These men
were arrested in Chicago and about So 900 rc
covered Wittrocls received ten years and the
others dve years each. A package OF ~ 0or
was stolen . month ago near Fert Worth. ard
neither the money nor The thicf has been found