Evening journal., 1894-05-04
MAIL AGENT ARRESTED.
An Employe of the Delaware
Road Accused of Robbery.
HENRY O. LONG IN DOVER JAIL
Charged with Stealing the $4,000 which
1IysterIously Disappeared From Della
ware Division Express Car on Monday
Night-SPeciai Detectives on the Case.


ware Division Express Car on Monday
Night-SPecial Detectives on the Case.
This morning H. @. Long, mail
agent. was arrested, charged with steal
ing the $4,000 from the safe on the
Delaware. Maryland and Virginia train
last Monday afternoon.
Long was very much surprised and
had little TO say about the affair,
The arrest caused a great deal Of ex.
citement at Harrington. whero il
vas made, and is the talk of the town
Monday afternoon, when the robbery
WAS committed, Long was making his
regular trip and he occupied the same
car with George Raughley, the baggage
master and express agent. from whom
the money was stolen. The mail agent
was in the car all the time while Raugh
ley had to leave the car to throw the
switch.
Long was questioned by the officials
Immediately after the affair He said he
saw no one enter the portion Of the car
occupied by Raughley. As he did not
leave the car, he was suspected from the
first and was closely watched by detec
iives. Thinking that they had enough
evidence to convict him, he was arrested
this morning
Two officers boarded freight train at
Dover this morning and went TO Harring-
ton. Long arrived there at OF o'clock
on his train The officers walked into
his car and made the arrest. He was
placed on train No. 02, due in this city
at II 10 o'clock aud taken to Dover A
rumor was afoat that an arrest was
about to be made and a crowd was at
the Dover station. Long was at once
taken to the jail and lodged in cell
The officials around the p, w. & B
station and railroad men would have
nothing further to say about the matter
than that he had been arrested.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Is interested In the matter because the
theft was committed on it's line. and the
government because some light will be
thrown on the recent robbery o. the
mails on the same train and car.
The Adams Express Company was in
/ terested the most because it was respon.
sible for the $4,000 stolen. The money
belonged to the National Bank Of Milford
aud was being shipphd to Philadelphia
People in this city, who have taken an
interest in the case, claim that Long
should have been arrested befote.
The Accused Delaware rrainman.
Henry long is a son of John T.
Long, OF Frankford. He is about 3i
years Old. OF medium height and well
built. De has brown hair aud mustaohe
Hnd blue eyes. He is a good looking
man. For a number of years he has beer
running as mail agent between Lswei
and Harrington making his home il
Le1es, with his wife and children. Their,
ho was highly respected, moved in the
best society, and was regarded as being
above suspicion.
There was an incident In the career OF
Long several years ago, which caused
any amount Of comment at the time.
He lived in Frankford at the time. and
paid devoted attention to Miss Elizabeth
Robinson, school teacher and a very
pretty and cultured young woman oi
that town A ro,aantic secret marriag,
was the result but in yer,
short time he instituted pro-
ceedings for divorce. pleading
that he did not know what he was doinl
when he married her, and that he mar
ried her Tor fun. Through money anC
influence the divorce was secured, anC
public opinion was not altogethe
In his favor Afterward he mar.
ried Miss Ella Tunnel, also of Frankford