Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-05-10
LONG Nor aRR ESrEn.


cinls.
SPECIAL Correspondence Of tazetteand journal
DOVER, May 4.--IIenry Long, mail
agent on the d., M. & V. railroad train
between Lewes & Harrington, from
which the $1,000 was stolen Monday
afternoon, was brought here this morn
ing on the 0.4S train by the Adams Ex-
press Company detectives and superin-
tendents.
Dover, May 5.-The report that Henry
Is. Long, mail agent of the d.. NJ. & v.
railroad, was arrested and lodged in Jail
here upon the charge of robbing the
Adams Express Co. of the $4,000 which
was stolen last Monday, was untrue. Mr.
Long came here in company with Mr..
Iunis, the express superintendent of this
division, and the company's detectives
They went to the Hotel Richardson at 10
O'Clock and were in. conference until about
| 4 O'Clock, when Mr.. Long went to Har-
| rington and resumed his work as mail
agent. II is not known what occurred at
the conference, as the detectives are work
ing in a quiet manner. Mr.. Long stated
to reporter that he understood that he
was suspected of the robbery and asked
for an immediate Investigation, which
was the result of yesterdays conference.
DETECTIVES WORKING ON THE CASE.
Special Correspondence OF Gazette and journal
HARRINGTON, May $50 far nothing
is known to have been developed in the
recent robbery of $4,000 from the cx-
press safe Monday afternoon. Detec-
tives are working on clues which they
expect will unravel the shrewdest rob-
berry ever committed in this State.
The report that has been published in
Il number of papers that registered pack
ages which would aggregate $4,000 in
value had been stolen at times from the
mail is a mistake, doing great injury to
the postal clerk on that line, as well us
the postal business in general.
Raughley did not resign, as did the
former express messenger, Stevens,
when he had $lS3 and watch stolen
from him in the same manner, but as
soon as he returned from Clayton, where
he reported the matter he went to work
again at his same position. Raughley
very willingly recited the receiving of
the money at Milford, seeing 1t again at
Houston when he opened the safe after
which he locked it securely and put the
key in his pocket.
GLOW long am / out of the car !?
About six minutes. As soon as our
train reaches the curve on the edge of
town, leave this car and pass through
the passenger part get on the steps near
the engine and watch the switches as we
run in. Leaving the train, | have to
throw two or three switches in order to
attach car to the train over the Della
war road. | then return to my car to
await the train. had no OCCASION to look
into the safe until the train arrived off
the Delaware road when unlocked it
to deliver the express packages therein.
| was not only surprised but dumb
founded when | saw the large package
gone, and for awhile could scarcely
realize it. The small package from
Houston was still there"
"Yes,l want the guilty person brought
to justice just as soon as possible. only
wish | had been near when he was
working on the SAFE"
Postal Clerk Long who has been in
the service for five years on this line,
said ~ was aware Of the robbery about
the same time as Raughley and was
standing in my doorway when the safe
was unlocked and could not believe the
money had disappeared. 1t is the neatest
work have heard of lately.
an reference to the missing of the
registered packages from the mail of
which l am in charge that is great
mistake, and very bad reflection on
me. The stealing of the registered
packages would be impossible, as l
never leave my car while it is at Har-
rington station, and when l leave 1t at
Lewes there is no mail in 1t then.
"Many papers have said about $4,000
in registered packages have been missed
from this car and have not been &C.
counted for. can show by my report
where every registered letter or package
handled by Inc in my five years of SER
vice have been properly delivered.
"Such news as that Injuries me as we'll
as the postal business along the line and
only adds sensational matter to the
paper"
Frank White, railroad agent, says no
one knows TO his belief who got the
money. The case is being properly in
vestigated, and he would not be sur
prised at any time if arrests were made
and the guilty person caused to suffer.
The statement made by General Man
ager John l.. Herring OF the Adams Elk
press Co. when asked who the company
suspected was: 81 think that is evident
from the facts of the case"
WHAT LONG SAYS.
Special Correspondence OF Gazette and journal
GEORGETOWN, May 5.-IIenry Clay
Long, the mail agent on the D., NJ. & V.
railroad, passed through here on the
late train las. evening, and told several
of his friends here that the reports in the
Wilmington evening papers as to his
arrest for the robbery of the $4,000
taken from the safe in the Adams
Express car at Harrington, Monday last,
were entirely untrue. He says that he
was not arrested and taken to Dover, but
that he, with several other railroad men
went TO Dover yesterday morning to
attend an investigation held at the
Hotel Richardson by the Adams Elk
press Co. That lie was not restrained
in any manner, or even asked to attend
the investigation. He went of his own
free will. When the report of Mr..
Longs arrest was started here, yester-
day morning, there was considerable
excitement, for Mr.. Long is well known
here and has n great many warm friends
who asserted their belief in his inno-
| Cence,