Evening journal., 1894-05-02
THE STOLEN BANK CASH
How it Disappeared From a
Delaware Express Car.
REAL TRAIN ROBBERY IN KENT 90.

George RaughIoy, baggage Master.
Locked $4,000 I'm safe aud when
He Goes TO Get II Finds it Gone-De-
teotives working on the Case.
On Monday afternoon $4,000 myster-
iouslY disappeared from the safe OF the
Adams Express Company on train No.
396, Of the Delaware, Maryland and Vir.
ginla railroad The matter was kept
very quiet and did not leak out until last
night. The company's detectives are
now looking for the thief, and rigid
examination is being made.
TIE money, which was In notes, was
put on the train at Milford and when
Harrington was reached the cash could
not be found. The two stations are
about eight miles apart.
The money was received by George
Raughley the baggage master, who is
also the express agent IL was from
the Milford National Bank and was re.
celpted for by Raughley. He placed tho
money In an old fashioned iron safe in
one corner Of the car This he locked
and placed the key In his pocket
Az Houston he received another pack
|
that place the money was there.
The train Is due Rt.. Harrington at 5.17
o'clock, where Il connects with train No.
SO for this city at 80 o'clock At Har
rlngton the last car Of No. 396 Is placed
on the rear Of No. 80. As the train ap.
preached Harrington Raughley, as was
| his custom, Jumped from the car
and turned the switch This was the
first time that he had been out of the
car or had his eye off the safe
When No. 90 came In, be went TO the
safe TO get the money TO give Il to the
Delaware road expressman. The safe
was locked as he had left it, but
when he opened Il he was Mortified
10 find the money gone. An investiga.
tion was made but no trace OF the money
could be found.
The car Is an ordinary combination
car Half of 1t Is filled with seats while
the remainder Is divided into portions
for baggage and the United States mail.
The mail agent was In the car all the
time but saw no one enter the portion
occupied by Raughley. The person who
robbed the car evidently had key aud
knew what time Raughley left the car
The thief did not take the money and
books received at Houston.
The detectives have no definite clew
but a number Of sailors who were on th'
train are looked upon with suspicion
The men were bound for Delaware City
They were in all parts of the train, RnS
several rode In the baggage car. Som'
of them we're under the influence o
. liquor. The men came from Lewes. an,
! it is thought that they watched Raugh
ley, and saw him place the money in th
safe. The Adams Express Company
which was responsible for the transmits
sion of the money, at once paid tn
amount. Raughley lives In Lewes, an'
Is much worried over the affair III
protests that he was In no way careless
He was formerly a brakeman on tn
Delaware road.
This is the second time that the SAM
safe has been robbed within few months
Last fall, before Raughley WAS placed II
his present position, Joseph A. Stephen
was b ggage and express agent. A gol'
watch aud 500 we're taken from the ca
and Stephens was called upon TO aecoun
for their loss He claimed they wer
stolen from the safe. He paid for th
articles and resigned his position. Tn
robbery Of Monday proves to all the rail
road people that Stephens did not los
the articles through oarelessness, a
charged, but that they we're stolen, as b
claimed at the time.