The sun., 1891-05-17
$4,000 IN THAT MAIL BAG,
AND TIE ONLT MAN AROUND WHO
nxHW ANYTHING ABoUr IT GOT AWAY.

hTHW ANHIHIN0 ABOUT IT GOT AWA1
Pesieeu.sn Brssy. who I.et HIN, Suggest
that NE was Probably .. . Hurry-Th
lock on the Wagon May Have Sprung
the Post Once People Say Look
Rather a. ir Somebody Uniocked it an,
rpiiaA the 1ae 0ut-New Locks Needed
Tho contents Of the bag Of registered mai
which was lost or stolen from one OF the BIZ
transfer wagons In Fifth avenue. near Thirty
Nth street. on Friday nIGht, were valued a
$4,000. The Post ONCE authorities arc MOI
fully satisfied that tho bag was stolen from tht
wagon. Tho superintendent OF the mails. who
investiestsd the loss and finding Of the bag
made this report to tho Postmaster yesterday
afternoon:
policeman Brady Of the Nineteenth precinct
police was on duty in Fifth avenue about $3.50
O'Clock last night Near tho corner OF Thirty.
nfth street he saw mail bag lying IN the
street. near the curb. 1t was ono Of the large
BAGS used for registered matter, and weighed
with its contents 22S pounds. lie kicked II
ard then stopped down and lftod It on ond
He was examining It when q man camo from
he don't know whore and told him hc had seen
man lift tho bag from tho tail and OF mail
wagon. The man carried the bag from
the wagon to the curb. and then
dropped It and ran toward Madison
avenue. He also told tho policeman that
there WAS . cab following tho mail wagon. but
'hs could not connect the man who took the
bag with the cab. That was all no knew about
q. The policeman was apparently dazed. He
did not inquire the mans name or whore he
lived. and he did not detain him. Tho police
man took tho bnG to the police station in
WAGON. Tho bag was not missed by the driver
Of the wagon until he reached his destination.
the Forty. second street depot. Thon tho back
doors OF the wagon were found to be unlocked.
81 Witnesses before the wagon left the Post
Policeman Brady made about the sane
se!d The 6ea sold hm the
wagon: va on but he not Know whe'her @ the he thsi
sesH Gss n sss sad brady hn. he looked
mp. and the man was at that moment pulling
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it after him to the corner. when 1t either
siippsd away from him or he dropped It inten.
ny informant. Why didn't YOU run after himf
Hs. replied that he was q little excited.
thon and upended the bug. and when turned
20 get the mans name In, and address ne was
S. suh G Ss he aa ansans Sa
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fs not at oil likely that the, man who stole
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and beino lower than the front end, the hng
rolled H against the door with force enough to
open the spring lock, and then 1t rolled out on
This could hardly. be. The lock on the door
would almost certainly brock before 1t would
:%Psa sss ssas
and 4 was surely locked when the wagon left
as rGs s there 70 1ob Ss
sssssS Bag VIZ Fesiste.ea ea' mas
ihem were II tho cab. The men who pulled the
a Rs bad
out OF the WAGON accidentally the driver Of the
ths t WAGON WAGON Informing him Of the .iosa. Very
likely the thieves Intended ten 70 iifs the bag into
fossihly they saw Policeman Brady coming:
md The hsS was to0 hsscyy ascyyy to be handled
Police Com missioners that Policeman Hn Brsdvs p
Informant may have been tho man who pulled
u
chance to explain officially why he didn't de-
Though tho attempt was not successful. It
AheWs how easily the malls could be robbed
yBiss the mails are Carried aho"f the ei.y are n,
at OF
enough the specifications require only ono |
lock on tho doors, and that lock quite COM |
Hnn one. In nearly every wagon that leaves the |
Post Ohice containing outgoing domestic mail |
there is q bag Of registered matter valued all |
the way from S. 900 to S100. .000 and some times
more The driver Is up on the wagon 50 far
up end batter In the panels with an axe 1t |
would be almost impossible for the driver to !
hear him above the noise tho wagon makes |
rafting over the paving stones. With q key to |
The lock-and one would not be hard to obtain |
"a thief could work with absolute eafety after |
dark ON rainy night whom few people were on |
I Z would not be q very exhaustive undor-
taking for tho department TO establish a |
special wagon service to carry the registered |
matter. Two men could rido on the wagon, !
0ne to drtye the other. armed. II that should |
3 deemed necessary. 10 ride on q seat ON the |
IN. end The attempted robbery on Friday |
nlght was so nearly successful that there will |
probably bs other attempts unless something |
o done toward the better protection OF the |
WAGONS