The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-08-01
POSTAL THIEVES.
Two Shenandoah Boys Arrested
in Philadelphia.

IN Philadelphia.
John Cusick, a ho~rseshoer, living at 9l3
Buttonwood street, Philadelphia, and Tim
othy Burns, who says he is a brakeman on
the Reading Railroad, and who made his
home at 169 Spencer street, Falls of
Schuylkill, two Shenandoah men, who are
wanted in Virginia for a number Of daring
post Office robberies, we're arrested in Phil
adelphia yesterday.
The arrests we're made by Detectives
Hamm and Eckstein on the strength of a
telegram received by Chief Wood on
Thursday night from John Poe, Jr., Chief
Of Police of Richmond, Va, asking him to
examine a box which mad been shipped
from that city to Cusick and which was
supposed to contain stolen goods. The de-
tectiv es learned ut the express Office that
the box had been delivered at Cusick's
home. In company with Special Officer
Richie, of the Eighth district, they Wis.
tied the house on ~Buttonwood street and
ascertained that Cusick and his wife occu-
pied two rooms on the second floor. Mrs.
Cusick said the box had been received from
the express Office and had been taken to
their rooms.
The apartments we're searched and a
leather grip was found which not only con-
tanned a complete kit of tools for opening
sales, but also an official envelope which
had been sent from Washington to the
Postmaster at Quicksburg, Va, and which
contained hundreds OF dollars worth of
postage stamps.
Ousick was brought before Chief Wood,
who closely questioned him. He ut first
denied all knowledge of the box or its
contents. He finally said they had been
sent by an unknown person to his care for
Burns. The detectives paid "a visit to
Burns residence and placed him under
arrest. La his room was found a grip filled
with stamps and a box containing old
coins, principally old copper pennies.
He also denied knowing anything about
the articles and was brought to the City
Hall, where he was confronted by Mrs.
Cusick, who insisted that the articles be-
longed to him and not to her husband, and
that he had taken them away from the
house. He then admitted that they had
been sent to him, but he did not know who
sent them.
News of the arrest was te%legraphed t
Chief Poe yesterday afternoon and h,
wired back to hold the men until requisi.
ton papers we're made out. He informed
Chief Wood that Thomas Fox, alias Grun.
ner, had been arrested in that city while at.
tempting to ship another box of stolen
goods addressed to Cusick.
Among the places robbed, as far as re,
ported, were Quicksburg, Farmville
L%ynchburg and Grottoes. At all of these
places the safes were broken open and al
the stamps, registered letters and cash OF
hand were carried away. From the SINH
larity of the work done, it was believed
by the Post Office Inspectors to be tn,
same gang, and they were believed to hav,
their headquarters in Richmond. A drill
which was found among the captured tool
is entirely new to the detectives. 1t is
compact but powerful machine, calculate,
to drill a hole through any kind of metal
and SO arranged that it can be fastened to
safe door and a hole bored through tn
covering at any angle desired. The outf
also included a murderous looking revol
yer.
) Burns has served time in prison, bu
Cusick is not known to the police there.