Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-10-08
FREIGHT STATIONS ROBBED.
FreeIand and Drifton Given a Call by
Burglars-C -Conyngham Also Visited.

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Burglars s-Conyngham Also Visited.
Burglars entered the freight station of
the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
here early Friday morning. By prying
open window in the front part of the
express office they secured admittance
Nothing of value was in the. express
office, and they passed on to the freight
house, which was filled with trunks,
valises and other goods. Several of the
yalises, which belonged to 1.-The Burglar
Company, were opened, and every
trunk in the station had its lock burst.
The thieves strewed the costumes and
clothing about the floor, and although
many of the dresses, ETC., were of con-
siderable value, the burglars did not
take any clothing but an overcoat, suit
of clothes and several pairs of pants.
Every trunk was carefully investigated,
and gold dollar, which was tied in a
handkerchief in the bottom of one of
Mr.. Moore's, was found. Several other
little souvenirs were stolen. The con-
tents of every trunk was scattered about
the floor recklessly and much of the
clothing was damaged in that manner.
A large package of cigars was opened,
but only few boxes were taken. 1t
seems the burglars were looking for
something more valuable than they
found in the actors trunks.
The robbery was discovered in the
morning by Station Agent McHugh. The
night operator, Daniel Hartig, was at his
desk in the station all night, but he fail
ed to hear any noise about the station or
freight house after the trunks had been
taken there from the opera house.
p j. Ferguson, of Shenandoah, claim
agent for the railroad company, was
notified and came here at 9.19 a. m.
He affected settlement with all who
lost anything, the amount of damages
varying from So to $50 each. The theat-
rical company left at 1886 O'Clock to fill
its engagement at Wilkes Barre.
The Lehigh Valleys station at Drifton
was also entered the same night. The
burglars there pursued the same plan as
at Freeland, breaking open boxes and
tossing everything about. In box
addressed to J. B. White was found a
silver tea set, which they appropriated.
few other articles amounting in value
to a couple of dollars were also taken.
The tea set was valued at 1927, and Mr..
White was reimbursed by the company
to that extent.
At Conyngham they could not find a
railroad station, so they broke into
knelly's machine shop and supplied
themselves with tools which they used
in securing an entrance into the general
store of A. f. Smith. There a safe was
opened and SIG taken out Several other
articles were stolen from the store, con-
sisting of knives, razors, jewelry, etc.
Mr.. Smith has offered reward of 500
for the capture of the guilty parties.
The Lehigh Valley Company placed
its detectives on the case, and after fol-
lowing several clues two arrests were
made.
Officer Hoodmacher on Saturday took
into custody two young men at Weatherly
who were acting suspiciously, They
were taken to Hazeton and given a
hearing before Alderman Martin. They
gave their names as Francis Gallagher,
of St. Nicholas, Schuylkil county, and
James McGinn, of Wilkes Barre.
At the hearing the company had wit
nesses from Jeddo who testified that the
prisoners had been offering silverware
and other valuable articles at ridiculous
ly low figures on Friday morning. The
evidence was sufficient to hold them for
trial, and they were taken to the county
Jail yesterday.