The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-09-09
Cashfer Farden and vandaIia Ticket
Seller barnett Said TO Have
Made a Rich Haul.
ACCoMPLICEs SUSPECTED
PINkERT0N MEN ON THE TRACK or
THE MISSING EMPLOYEES.
Notable Dedication OF Catholic
Church I'm Muncie-osher News
fn the State.
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Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
TERRE HAUTE. Ind. July s-There II
no further news of ]. Don Fardin, cashier
Of the Adams Express Company. who IL il
believed disappeared Friday night with a
large sum OF raoney-some say s4oco0-be-
longing to the company. Robert Barnett.
the uptown ticket agent OF the vandalis.
is likewise still missing. and the natural con-
clusion is that the men are gone together
The express company officials admit after
a hasty investigation that the company 10
something over $1,000 short but the public
believes that the amount OF the alleged de-
falcation is much larger than that sum.
Farden has wife and two beautiful e--l-
dren- Barnett has a wife and one child.
Farden has had long experience in handling
money. He was. formerly employed in the
Treasury Department at Washington.
where he married his wife. a very at
tractive woman. He was afterwards con-
nected with the United States pension of
fee at Indianapolis.
Assistant Superintendent Curtis. of the
Adams Express Company, arrived to-day
from Columbus and deposed Route Agent
Warren in charge of the robbery case.
Pinkerton operatives have been put at
work. Mr.. Curtis says he will not be able
to tell how much money was taken until
tomorrow when the shippers are heard
from. He knows OF one package OF s1s.coo.
but how much more was taken ne cannot
tell. 1t is now known that Farden went
east on the Big Four at 80 O'Clock Satur-
day morning, and IL is believed that Bar.
nett on the same train. 1t Is also
known that the two men were together az
II 80 O'clock that night. and that Barnett
had the package. Farden jumped on the
train without buying ticket Route Agent
Warren was close friend Of Farden and
recommended him for the place he held
here. He was born and raised al Chilli
cothe, D. Twelve years ago he took a
position in the Pension Office at Washing.
ton. His wife was clerk I'm the Treas
ury Department. Mrs. Barnett was for
merly employed in a hotel at Greencastle.
where Barnett was yandalia ticket agent.
The police suspect that she and Mrs. Far
den know more than they have as yet told
II Is even suspected that some of the money
is planted in this city.
Friends of Farden and Barnett say IL
is absurd that these two would run or
with a paltry $4,000 or $1,000 when an
opportunity presented itself to carry on al
the way from $4,000 to $4,000 Ii is as
serted that Fardin was compelled TO work
almost day and night and that a day or
two ago he declared 10 a friend that IL
the company did not treat him better he
would some day "trip IL. 1t is thought
several thousand dollars belonging to the
vandala railroad. IL is known that Fardn
drove to Barnett's home In hack Friday
night. Mrs. Barnett told him that her
husband was at work in the ticket once.
Afterward she became uneasy, thinking
that perhaps her husband was drinking.
She took her mother-in-law and child ana,
telephoning for hack, drove TO the Union
Station. From there she drove 10 the neigh
within a square OF Farden's house. She
met Farden and drove with him back TO
the railroad station. Mrs Farden thinks the
time was about midnight. but a woman who
claims TO have seen man and woman
talking together near Farden's home Fri
day night, declares that IL was after
o'clock. One Terre Haute man also claims
street about ] o'clock Saturday morning.
Mrs. Fardin does not know az what hour
her husband came home Friday night. She
says he came In some time during the night
and after remaining a few minutes told
her that he would have TO go back 10 the
office. General Agent Dinsmore. OF Cincin-
natl. Is expected tonight.
and therefore could not have stolen more
than $500 or $500 in cash from the Nandalia
road. To-day's disclosures developed the
fact that the robbery had been planned
for the last three months and IL Is ascer-
tanned that both Farden and Barnett had
packages of money In their possession be-
fore leaving town Friday night