New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-02
EXPRESS OFFICIALS SlLENT
MIsSryG PACKAGES NOT YET FOUND
THOSE INTERESTED IL THE NoNAf HAVE
LITTLE TO FAY ABOUT IT.

1ITTI.f. TO FAY ABOUT IT.
:. ,...,, f., the los. Of So 900 sent hy IA"
va,,,,.I civ Rank 10 Ea liutclllgN Co. oi ""'
voston and the $1,000 sent BY honhNe nr",'''>
10 the Island city Bank. OF Galveston 'o' IT. """s
& co.. Of Quero. Tex. through Wells t"'so w.
wa Inclined 70 discuss the loss yes'eIuaF' ~ ""
onice Of Wells Fargo 4 Co.. General AE''' ''",,'"
refused 20 say ANYTHING about the p'ch"se'. NV
agents on the line making th"i' lhNe,"E" ''o'
al had full mower 70 do ~ report had h'rh
r.c.,ved by him speaking Of the system emp'oi ga
4, handling packages Mr.. stedman Naid mat 'hey u
moi Themselves count OF seal packages 'h'' '"''' INV
tb.lr hands properly sealed II The P"oh's' wa"
given 70 them with the seals broRrh' 'heN ''"''" y
sN" :, 80 hrolen that there possibility OF 'he
"p' La,iug l..n tampered with, then the cora
~ h, IA. contents examined. and II money
,.d Then II was again sealed Pactages WIZ
oiv.n 70 tlc company aud wer' narKeu ~ '''"s
:. said TO contain any given amount OF h'o"''' '""
tbe responsibility OF the company c'hSru wv P"'
Win seals unLroken delivered properly
=, vas elsewhere learned that Wells Fargo w.
non.n,, voIuables from NewYOrk TO cihcihha'l III +"
a,,, tnn there TO New Orlean, In sealed bag
A. Now orleans another transfer Is maue 'o'
1 ,,ou,d Tins seem 70 be Il fair chance for pa'o"S
10 be- handled by ~ number Of men ,,
AZ tho express Office AL lnori"a"o" vas .,.,
concerning an emplOye saih 10 De ",''e' ,','- -,
,he puu,br, OF person, VINO hah t"e immune
uarcaIs and wee r'spo1-Dic Io' W." ., ,.a.o,,
- ,hoss missing The express people "re wen p'"N'u
VI a., .uort tnni the National city lianh, on
>,,o,, Or o., s,rt 10 Bell. IiuchnS 4 CO. Il pa'"aFs
-, =, contain $1,000 Ly Wells, Fargo 'o'' anu
ubich uroved TO BE- 5000 short, ana ~ 'o ''"'N
dime semi 4, similar package by the f"ch' rN"
,,licb prov,d 10 contain 100000. Ihe r"''"' ~
urs.s i especially we'll pleased at having "'o"',
grow in its hands. aud also because II se's q" ''N
lana, f. for tie extra $1,000 transmitted.
t,.ut a.
:, ., say ANYTHING about the robber"s. "icrihs
81, t,opir,,. 4, the express company. when a'"e'
!, II va, tru. that The bank had sent parcels WIN '
wrong amount Of money in Them lie saiu '''' Nv M "
nothing about IT, II IL were true he "ouiu >"''''
know H.. It was impossible that such tmhs S"o"''
happen in Il bank. That Is uhdonD''uN ""' ~ GU
wrlI regulated bank where number OF persons over
zee The counting If all moneys shipped. lHefe an
,,.ver we'll known instances OF banks having lail'u
IA take all the precautions by some considered he'o'
sarv All Information refused by houh'@e
BIO hers.
To-, Statement, that both packages lad been IAN
u.r,a with at ON. end and rescal,d with the same
stamp ~ true would tend 10 show that The il"'s
took place while the moneys were In the hands oil ''
.xpr.ss company and were committed 10y u" same
u.r.ou The scheme for getting tn money was aI'
old one Tie Island cay Bank packing" was mr.
opened at Galveston. aud fonnd 10 conta'" up "
brown paper. learning Of this tie cashier Oh Ban,
IIutching. 4 Co.. Mr.. stein, summoned the agent u
Nell. Fargo 4 CO.. and opened their pa'h"s' WIN"
lad come Of tile same line WIN the o'''r' III '"'''
nat 80 uIu hut some more brown paper was i0dhd.
rr,. MOS, celebrated casc Of similar nature that
EYER occurred In This eta Wa the To- O Tfl,"' ~
mufIlai,d bis ~ 'inn.it to Ma.hingt "a from ; NH''
rnu Exchange Nat onai Bank by tile Nh"H.> fNP'
Couunny ais Happened fOnI YEAR ago. 20 t!E'9 vi
brown paper were found "n arrival 81 "H'. ,s
Inl,u IIu., tlirn President Of ruc Adams fNP'rH
rnmunily paid Tor fl, o.- vlrn b.. ind broom con
,rr,d fboi nm empl,N" had stolen J.. The th"It wa
gFl
was ,ouud m British Honduras. htt bciuit t CONN
Ir ,yifadl'.d h. escaped To- Honduras. WIN Una.
r,,u,ry We had no cNtiadiihn treaty. ana i""t"
ri ~. arrested b. lad ~ Bee rrlra etl. pI INC
nm, stolen however. $4,000 wae r""f"i~l IN -IC''
,. The money IA I'D through nb0ui twenty nv"
Ids Pc r.cEale. now Mt. iHg probably we're
landed bN fewer PERSON..