The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-20
DID BAGLEY STEAL 100000?
Mysterious Disappearance and Subse-
quent Recovery ola Package ofMoney.
A Detective Says He Arrested an Express Mes
sengerand Secured Con lessoD, but an Off.
cisl of the Company Denies the Story.

express messenger George T. Bsgley steal
slO0,0oOi Is BagIey under arrestf Chief
detective John Shea OF the Chicago police
force answers yes 20 both questions. Gen.
eral Manager Shepard, of the United States
Express Company, answers both questions
no. One hundred thousand dollars, Mr..
Shepard says, was missing for q day by
virtue of what circumstances he cant ex-
plain IN detail or with any defniteness.D
Captain Shea says his officers have the
man. have the money. and are now with
him on the road. working up the details of
the robbery.
Bagley's run is between Davenport, Ia,
and Chicago. Captain Shea says he left
tie train at Davenport at 3 O'clock vester-
day morning. to arrange for sending some
potatoes to his family. He did not return.
When the train reached this city it was
found that large package of money was
missing. The Captain detailed officers
learned BsgIey had q female friend, Mrs.
avenue. Bagley had not been there.
They waited. Soon he appeared and
was promptly placed under arrest.
At police headquarters BaRley met
OeuoI8l ARcut WykaDt, OF inc oApIoes
company. The messenger admitted the
robbery, and said tho money could be
found at Geneseo. Detective Weaver at
once started for GeDeseo with Bagley, and
on arriving found the money. Bagley. the
Captain says, made false statemeuts con-
corning his actions, which led up to the Sc
curing of q confession. Then, too his &C
ton In buying 6 ticketto Chicago, when he
is the bearer OF pass. ives peculiar. Such
Is Captain Shea's story.
Now for General Manager Shenard'a. at
il not true" said he, when told the Cap
tain's story. that any money had been
stolen from this company, or that any ar
rests have been made OF will be made"
surely the story has some foundation
"Yes; it has. 1t is true that package
containing 100000 was missing for some
time. i cannot explain In detail or with
any detiniteness just how it occurred. but
1t has been found, and was not stolen. All
i can say Is that package of 100000
which should have been delivered from
certain office to the express messenger was
not found in his iron safe. That it was not
later il was delivered and IS now In the
hands of the proper persons to whom it was
consigned"
"You say the money was not in the safe.
Was it in any other place on the carr
1T was not delivered to Baeleyp
at what station was it held back'"
cannot say.
1T was withheld by mistaken
"Yes"
Has BaGley been arrestedT
will he be arrestedf"
NO"
docs the company censure hlmf"
There's nothing TO censure him for"
will he be dischargedW
For WHAT"
Was be on his car when it arrived in
this cityP
mo; he missed the train.n
lis not that sufficient reason for his dis
charged"
Well. Pve nothing more to say"
Captain Shea all but swore when in
formed of MIR. Shepard's denial. WELL"
he gasped, IF the express company be-
heves Its money to be safer In the hands of
a messenger in q barrel of potatoes or
bag of -four than in it's safe where it be-
longs, why that's their busIness. We
don't think 30. Bagley was arrested, the
money recovered. and one Of my men now
has Bagley up on the road between here
and Davenport picking up the details of
the robbery. The story told You is true
in every particular"
Detective Weaver, who went to Daven-
port with Bagley. telegraphed Captain
Shea this afternoon that the stolen pack
age had been found all right and had been
turned over to him. He will return with
his prisoner this evening.
ADscOn0eQ Win u type "ritef
HELENA, Mont, Nov. &c. w. Ridge.
way, general manager of the Rocky Mount
ain Telegraph Company, is missing. aud
several Thousand dollars of the company's
money has gone with him. Mrs. Snyder,
formerly his typewriter, is absent from
her home. and. 40 be frequently visited her.
it is believed she has gone with him. An
examination of the telegraph cOmDany's
accounts shows that Rios eway had checked
every dollar of the comDany's money out
of the bank, besides overdrawing the &C.
counts. As general manager of the com.
pany he had also given notes at the various
banks and appropriated the money to his
own use. Many bills supposed to have been
paid are not paid, Ridgeway having used
the money. Several big checks sent by the
owners to meet deficiencies are also unac-
counted for. Altogether RidgeYay's trans
actions amount to thousands. Ridgeway
il q married man. His wife and three chill
dren were sent to Denver some mont this ago,
and then he took ND with the Snyder
woman. This and heavy losses at cards
led to his downfall.
short $4,000.