Middletown transcript., 1894-05-05
DARING ROBBERY.
5000 Taken From an Express Car
Near Harrington-MailA Agent
ArraSfed

Near Harrington-MailA Agent
# Arrested.
d The robbery of Sc, 900 in bank notes from
# the safe of the Adams Express Co., which
1 was taken from train No. 396 of the Della.
ware, Maryland & Virginia railroad at g
point near Harrington, Monday afternoon.
has caused much excitement.
The money, which was was stolen about
SIT o'clock Monday afternoon, was in
bank notes issued by the National Bank of
: Milford and consigned to the Philadelphia
National bank. The notes were in large
} package, which was placed OH the train at
Milford. George Raughley, the baggage
master Of the train. is also abe Adams ex-
press agent, and at the end of the trains
run he acts as switchman in attaching the
D., NJ. & " cars to the Delaware railroad
train. He receipted for the package of
money at Milford, put the money In his
large receipt book and placed the package
tin the iron safe in the car. He then locked
the door of the safe, which is only two feet
long, and about 1s inches in height, and
placed the key in his trousers pocket.
The train stopped at Houston, four miles
| from Milford, where the express agent
received another package of money. He
unlocked the safe and placed the second
package on top of the receipt book con-
tanning the $1,000 in bank notes He says
he was careful to examine the large pack.
age at Houston and saw that it was all |
right He again locked the safe and placed |
the key in his pocket.
Train No $3.50 is scheduled to arrive at |
Harrington at 5l7 o'clock, where it con-
meets with train No. 96 on the Delaware
railroad ,leavingH Harrington for Wilmington
at $50 clock, At Harrington the rear car
of train No. 396 is attached to train No. SO
and in order to do the shifting the engine of
train 1896 is cut off and goes to the rear of
the train. 1t is the duty of the baggage
master to turn the switch in order to side
track his train and also to cut off the
engine He had kept his eye on the safe
up to this time, he asserts, but left the car
unguarded while he went to throw the
switch.
Train No So pulled in and the transfer of
the baggage was made to it from train No,
1876 Raughley found the safe locked just
as he had left it, but was rendered speech
less on opening it to find the package of
$1,000 in notes gone. He was equally sur.
prised to find the small package of money
taken on at Houston still in the safe He :.
gave the alarm and the crew of the train ..
were informed that the safe had been pill
fered. They Kept the matter to themselves
however, and the express company was
notified by telegraph. Detectives were at
once detailed upon the case
An examination was made OF the car in
which the money is invaribly carried. 1t is
as smoker The other half Of i,
the car is divided into two apartments one q
for the mail agent and the other for the r
baggage master. The mail agent who was f
in his position of the car, saw no one enter Q
the other part, and was ignorant of the f.
robbery until informed by the baggage
master. !,
1t is believed by railway officials and q
men familiar with the circumstances of r
he robber that the man who perpetrated Fl
.he theft possessed duplicat key, and &
may have entered the car during the alb
ence of the baggagemaster when he went !,
o throw the switch, as the latter declares h
hat that was the only time the safe Was y
lot under his surveillance. The work was :,
lone with the rapidity of an expert, for \
when the agent returned, he found every ;.
hing seemingly all right The safe was
ooked just as he had left it, bat opening it :,
,e discovered that the money was missing n
Yesterday detectives in the employ of ,e
he Adams Express Company arrested H
! Long, mail agent on the D. NJ. & V. R.
B.. and took HIM to Dover Jail. He lives
is So years old and has wife
nd several children. and has been in the
abroad employ about 10 years