St. Paul daily globe., 1892-11-20
CAUGHT HIM QUICKLY.
An Express Messenger Takes
st5o:ooQ9 From the the Safe
in His Car.
He Then Left the Train and
Buried the Stolen
Treasure.
In Eight Hours, However, he
Was in Custody OF the
Police.
Every Cent Of the Money Was
Recovered by the Com
pany.

ley, United States express messenger
ON the Chicago, Rock Island d Pacific
railroad. yesterday morning at
o'clock took two ~packages. con-
tanning S150,000 from his safe, left the
train at Davenport, and buried the
treasure, but in hess than eight hours he
was under arrest and the money recov-
cred. Bagley left the car and told the
baggageman that he was going to drop
off the train moment to arrange for
sending some potatoes to his family at
Davenport.
His absence from his post was at once
reported to the express company's OIL
cials in this city and the facts placed in
the hands OF the city detective bureau.
Officers BIunkett and Weaver were hur-
riedly detailed OH the case. They
learned that Bagley had female friend
at 3I10 Michigan avenue i'll the person
of Mrs. Miller, dreSSmaker, and
without further ado
The Detectives Posted
themselves in the house to await the
messengers coming. When Bagley ar
rived he was placed under arrest and
taken to police headquarters, where he
encountered Wygant. the general
agent of the express company.
After considerable talk he admit
ed that the money could uc found at
GeneseO, about half-nourS run from
Davenport. Accompanied by Bagley,
Detective " eayer and the company'S
representatives boarded a train, and,
when GeneSeo was reached, the money
was quickly found.
The prisoner and every cent of the
stolen money arrived III Chicago on
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific train
this afternoon. Bagley is a married
man and lived with his family at Daven-
port. He has been OH the present run
about two years, and previously drove
one of the company'S wagons at Dayen-
port.
The express officials deny that there
was any robbery at all. Merely little
miScue.' said General Agent Wynant
this afternoon. 1--WE have lost moth
ing and there was no robbery" The
detectives, on the other hand, aver that
the facts are as already stated. The
pIlcity in the affair, and has not been
placed under arrest.
4 Peculiar Robbery.
Detective Weaver pronounced the
robbery the most peculiar that ever
came to his knowledge in many years of
police service. He gave it as his opin
ion that Bagiey had committed the act
without any premeditation, and that he
had no plan for which to dispose Of the
large amount of money, and acted only
from some strange and indehnable rea-
son.
"Bagley told me-" SAID he, "that he
had no idea whatever OF taking any OF
the money until. out OF curiosity, he
had opened one of the packages. The
money was in two packages of
S5O.OCO each. Bagley said: s'After | had
opened the package | would have given
all my life to undo than one act. | rea-
soned that to open the package was as
great crime as to take it. so | inmed-
ately began to devise some plan to con-
ceal it,
According to Bagley's story. after
opening the packages lie had decided to
place them in potato sack he had with
him in the express car. He had pur-
chased several bushels OF potatoes at
way station east of Omaha and was
bringing them to his family in
Davenport He opened one sack
and into this he put two pack
ages of greenbacks. He threw the eight
sacks Off onto the platform at Daven
port and got Off himself. Instead of go
ing back on his train, Bagley stood in
the shadow of the station until the train
had pulled out. Then he Shouldered
the sack containing the 100000 and
fastened away to barn near his home,
which is mile from the Rock Island
depot. Bagley made
tho
into which he dropped the treasure
without pulling it out OF the sack.
First, however, he took out $1,000.
With this in his pocket he hurried back
to the depot, and got on train which
left at 80, and rode to Genesee, thirty
miles away. AT Genesee he went to
saloon, in which James Kay. a friend
and former raiiroader, was employed
as a bartender. 70 Kay he told every
thing. and also gave hi IN $3.50. He also
told him that he had $4,000 hid in the
hav NOW at Davenport. Il am going to
Chicago said he to Kay, 'and if am
arrested | want you to use this $3.50 in
employing an attorney. / will see a
LAWYER in Chicago, and get his advice
as to whether had better give back the
money or make my escape"
Accompanied by Supt. De Long and
a special officer Of the company, Bagley
left the city Friday night and went back
to Davenport and took them to the hay
NOW where he had hidden the money,
and turned it over to the represent
atives of the company. Detective
Weaver also went along, but his pres
ence was not known to Bagley. The
entire party then proceeded to Genesee,
where the other $3.50 was secured from
Kay, Bagley consenting. The party
returned to the city. Bagley
was locked up at the armory to-
night and tomorrow he will be taken
back TO Davenport. where he will prob
ably be prosecuted by his employers.
Every employe of the United States EX-
press company is shareholder in the
company, and it is claimed that the
only charge that can be preferred
against Bagley is that Of 'breach of
trust"
DR.. Cuilum