Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-12-23

.-.,.,rr d.. December 92.-The
O.'.'' Immunity has not forgotten
-'.-s .s...-rriob some time ago OF
i-' ..-.- far @35, 900 in bills sent by
t-.~ NV York 20 banks In
mo t-aripr OF the crime soon
.@- .'.,l the fa,t that the responsible
.1-...-.r rested with the express COM
... and that responsibility was
,-----.-.,.r assumed by them. Meantime
,-~r.nies interested were not
~. f-- 10 is one of the cardinal
-.ss 5f express companies TO give
...- ... Pm It's q shOueSt employees. The
6f the y.Silaut lnyeStiga-
10 the 7eair has been 10
-,.5 It plain that the SuoStltu-
-- f-~ the thirty-dve thousand dollars
s....s chat left New York three weeks
~, ~ brown paper, that aStoniShed
~ -rs.a-s OF the Galveston banks
-.sr the packages were opened, was
---.f-ta8 by Charles A. Hardin, a
-s..sr-e- of the Adams Express Com
---v running between Cincinnati and
y,srr"a. To vas not widely known
80 the racksges passed through Gin
.-----. rs they LETT New York by the
~-..4 States Express. 10 appears
.tsv were transferred 90 the Adams
r,r-.ss here aud that Mr.. Hardin
--..--11k the dangerous eXperinento or
-r."rr himself rich between here ana
Nashville. His crime has been dis
,-v.-.f. 1ut unfortunately the vigl,ant
ss.s.-.yes who had him under Survell-
,,-,s lost sight OF him, and be fed last
r.-rt He is described as 81 years old,
fss. l1 inches in height, weighing
,5ort ITO pounds; light compleXioni
r,r,-eebe, light in color and quantity.
Late asst night, .be following was re-
,aysi from Cincinnati:
Charles A. Harden, the Adams EX-
mess messenger, suspected to-day oil
arrer.ng with that package OF $4,000
sent from New York 20 Galveston, re-
ported FOR duty tonight go on ms
-s--'sr run from here 10 .shviile. lie
did not sleep az his regui place las.
night The failure Of Lew Weir and
tbs detectives 10 find him, gave rise &C
tHs suspicion that be had run away
~ Wsiusn sys this .comp.icate'
atwsver ne is under detention so pres
gt ald win be eN2wined closely by Mr.
Weir and the detectives tonight. His
appearance for duty tonight and bis
manner when met by Mr.. Weir and To,
detectives made them almost regret
thar they had suspected him. There Is
Bofy disposition 90 DO no injustice &C
Nr. Harden aud il be should not be
proved guilty they will make proper
amsels.
All This evening Chas. A. Harden, the
lcc-ssd messenger of Adams Express
Company, has been ciOSeted at the Bur.
ls, House with Detectives Hull and
D1dse, OF Wells, Fargo & Co.
Lev Weir, OF the Adams Express
Company, with detectives OF the com
-aly, are present. III Harden is arrest.
ed s.. w.. be by the representatives, OF
Wells g. Fargo. ItapUears evident that
h5 Adams Express people do NOT be.
eys Harden is the guilty man. Tie
stands well with the company. His
home is iu Louisville, Ky, but he stops
over here az the end OF trip. He was
warned to-day that detectives were
after him before he returned 90 the OF
Gee. He answered that be expected
something ol the kind
COL Weir has just returned from the
Burnett House. lie sad: when the
Wells & Fargo detectives called on Us
.1r Hardin to-day we could not 6nd him.
b-. Hardin reported 60 the Office at 6
o'clock -0 make his run. We turned
BIN over 90 the Wells & Fargo detec-
tyes He has been answering all their
questions without reserve all the even
1g. We have told him 20 do whatever
le7 wanted him 70 do in the
1ly % helping them. Now as
htllss packages; Wells, Fargo * Co.
received them in New York and de'lv-
cred them 40 Galveston. The Adams
carried them on November % from here
% Nashville The Southern took them
Ton Nashville 90 New Orleans and the
"e-s-Farg0 took them the rest OF the
FlY. That Is all there is Of it 81 pres
en-"
Here Col Weir said no more. Harden
: 10 ,le hand Of Wells, Fargo Il Co..
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