New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-01
srorr NAIL POUCH FULL OF LETTERS
THE CRIME Is QUICKLY FOLLOWED BY THE
ARREST OF TIE CRIMINAL

THE CRIME Is QUICKLY FOLLOWED BY TIE
ARREST OF TIE CRIMINAL.
r..orxc,ch Conn. Dec. 81 .SpeclaD.-The mail train
,,oh Ioovos New-York for NewIiaven and Boston
,t : n m n fast express, throws OH the mall pou'h''
ot stations along the way. Ths trh'n p''Sse' Niee
yvch ot :I5 This morning. wien ROBERT T. Ao''"''
hc mail agent here, arrived at the staoh' ne ho"'c'
, counc man walking up and down the PLATFORM ap
,,ontlv waiting for Il train to New York 1he agent
nsao.r,yod him rs Albert j. Kane, although he had
,o, coon him for eight years As the mall and morn
,,,, roners were thrown OF usual Abrams
o,r Tho leather letter pouch fall upon the PLATFORM
H. was so dark that he carried lantern 10 ehape
hin, n end the various bundles Of papers. When he
turned TO get his eiterpouch 1t was gone as aiso
was Kane
= man wearing n long brown ulster and n cap, running
org tho railway track in the direction Of Cos COD
uith something under his arm. They tod ot 'nS
to the mall carrier. who went to the sauoh ana
tsrccrophed to the Cos Cob station 10 seDu "o''
- constable Fitzroy to look after the mgiuve'
rh,s ofRcer boarded the 10 train at Cos Cob. for
r,v.ch and stood upon the brcf pla form OF the A.
c.- Ectwecn Cos Cob ard Greenwich ne Sd" 'hc
.a ho was looking for on the track walking toward
co. coh Tho train was going at such high ra'c
:, s,eod that the officer dared not jump ana ne was
a,,J.d to Greenwich, two miles from COS Coo' A'
cr..nvlch ne telegraphed TO Cos COB To hon 'e man
.u a, ro,trned IN the :01 train. Kane caIrleu q
ao,,,,e barrcI shot gun, but no mail bag. sharp
wotch WAS kept upon his movements unni f'zroy
returned when he arrested the fellow
Kane said that H. going to taHe oay OH
cunning with his brother, It. r. Kane, clerk IN the
New York Steam Heating Company The omcer
hrouch, him TO Greenwich and locked him up. IL
was learned that his brother had gone to his WORK
IN Ycyy.Yor!x city, and knew nothing OF any gahhins
oyneditIon After being In the lookup for several
ho,r. ihe prisoner confessed He told where In the
uocas he hal taken the bag and hid ib, and there
+, was found cut open aud half OF us
oortcpts missing The bag contained about 4oo
,o,,ors some OF which registered A number
:, rietered letters were in the missing lot and he
,r.rt with tps officer and pointed them out under
s,on. wall fully a mile from where the bag was
ssvnd The United states Commissioner is AT New.
Wayen and Kane taken there TINS nton VI
Eitzroy There l. standinS rc"au y, ISoo, TV rsI
hv The Government In such cases, ana fl'uoy VIII
Hc1 1right Years ago Kane superintendent OF tne
preshyterian SUNDAY School In Greenwich ne was
employed In the grocery house OF l. ~; u, '
si Port chester lie was arrested on charge o. EN-,
%eyzlInp ~ 900 from his employer, ana tried IN Mmts
Pairs. but was acquitted lie became coachl. 49, ~
for q; A. Sexas, n lawyer OF New-iork VINO hau w w
senii him III. hei not been there long before som,
articles about the place were missing afut sS lie Con-
nsssst ashs s00 he st Msssp lie married there
and settled and gain took Up MS role soS ~ there
school supernendsn, ci.tas Ms asau when he was dis
charged The day before Christmas ne ,eit =, nc rcen
onl family in Boston destitute and came 10 s u..sn
| W3cb During his short stay there have eeen ssse's
burglaries IN the local stores