New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-13

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DENOMINATIONS RELIEVED TO BE MISS
,xG-oNE OF THE CULPRITs IDENTi
FLED ny WOMAN
washington. oct 1.-THE stamp robbery at
..o Bureau II Engraving and Printing dscov-
.,sd Yesterday turns out {, be much larger than
:. arst suspected Instead OF one package con-
,,,e 70 600 two-cent stamns II Is now believed
.hs, over 200 900. and possibly 100000. stamps Of
,.,ious denominations are missing. II will take
,,ets 10 discover the full extent OF the robbery
Uhe, Il is known that yesterdays shipments OF
.,anns were sent 10 1sO0 pos,masters some idea
., the nature 81 the task Of ascertaining what
op.es lave received short packages Is had
The stealing has been going on for thirty DAYS
,,I seems t0 have been the result Of a plot
wulsm Smith. formerly OF Plainield ~ j.
and George W Longs,reet. who were employed
IN the stamp Department Of the Bureau OF En-
craving and Printing are under arrest. and the
deiectvcs are looking for William A a,h.
VINO was urt recently employed in a billiard
room In this city. and whose name IL
believed 90 bc Simmerslitz. Both men left Wash
lneton on Wednesday for the purpose Of selling
stamps To-day Smith made proposition II
the police o. turn States evidence and make
MI confession u they would sign a paper guar
tnteecing protection 10 him He said that he
would INIlICdlf government employees mnfn
hghcr than himself He told that such
protection could not be granted. Smith then told
Inc authorities that ne knew whore Beach was.
hui would go 90 Jail before he would tell.
Iongstrcet was arrested today the evil
dence II two dissolute women who went 10 New
YORK and Orange y. j. a week or - ago with
Smith and Beach. These women told the de
fet YES that on Friday night. september 2.
Smith ard Beach. accompanied by third man.
called a. their house and wanted them to start
that night for New-York To this they agreed.
The three men asked for the use OF room for
a few minutes. They entered II. Smith carrying
a small satchel Soon aftcrward Smith left the
house with a large white envelope He returned
with some money and four tickets for Baltimore.
They thcn left the city leaving the third man.
The oficers looked upon this sufficient evil
dtncc % hold the third man. so to-day Detectives
weed1n and Helen. Postoffce Inspector Smith
and Postage Stamp Agent Davis went TO the
Bureau Of Engraving and Printing taking the
Women along as they were positive they could
point out the unknown there. In the
stamp vaults one II the women pointed out Long
street who asked into Agent pavis's office.
A. soon as he entered he blurted out:
~ W. about those $4,000 stamps. | know alb
solutely nothing OF them. My books
straight"
As the officers had given no intmation Of the
nature Of their visit. this was considered an evil
dence Of guilt and Longstreet was arrested. He
Is about thirty Five years old. unmarried. and an
expert stamp handler and packer. lie was with
the American Bank Note Company for eight
years. ranking the companys second best
tn STAMP contracts n few months ago. Long
street was brought here as an instructor of other
men
The trip Of Smith. Beach and the two women to
New-York was a hilarious one They spent
money freely and sold stamps right and left. In
the absence Of Smith from the party for short
time Beach stole some Of the stamps from his
fellow in crime. One Of the women. realizing
that the were thieves became frightened
AMI left them In New-York city. The other
three then went TO Orange. y. J.. where Smith
ard the woman elected from hotel.
Peach and the woman engaged in fight and
policeman arrested the trio and took them be-
fore the Chief OF Police. where 6 200 stamps
found in a satchel and those stolen from Smith
hv Beach were found In the latter's pockets.
They were accused Of having stolen the stamps.
hut denied the charge For some unaccountable
reason the chief persuaded TO let them 60.
They returned 10 Washington Sunday The
next day Smith resumed his duties usual and
Beach went about the city selling the plumber
Some ~ the stamps were OF a new issue not yet
Put In circulation.