The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-02
EXPRESS GO. ROBBED.
The United States Loses
over $4,000 Through
dishonest Employees.
PRINCIPAL THIEVES CONFESS ALL
Prominent Men of Other Cities In
volved How the Robbers Es-
capped Detection So Long.

The circumstances OF tHe
robbery of the United States Express
Company were disclosed in Justice fotts
court this morning. Since last June the
company has besn vlctimized to the ex-
tent Of at least $4,000, and the robbery
may run up as high as sl0o,OOo.
The principal thieves are in custody,
and have made full confessions. They
impl.cate a half a dozen or more reput-
abIe men. who are likely to be arrested
before nightfaH.
The prisoners are Herbert Harding,
twenty-six years old, of No. IS Newark
avenue. this city, and Clarence Waroeck,
nineteen years old, of No. 19S Essex
street. this city. They are held without
bail to await a further investigation OF
the case.
The robberies were committed through
the receiving and shipping station az
c~ommunipaw, near the Central Railroad
depot.
management of William H. mpsI
sdr ssye ne e ssrss ssas soIs Manage sIsz \ ass Th saas,
fhionai help. Herbert Harding I, w ' to h MIN.
Tset engaged him, and established
him as bin clerk at CommunlpaW II
vas his duty ISto e a,s re ssation ss ana lp pse K e
lmae SIDE i;Sseaf to be forwarded to its destina-
'0cc z. Q. D, PAcKAGEs DISAPPEAR ! few
Harding a been at work only a lew
DAYS WHEN 6. o. D. packages began to
disappear. Ne. one suspected him: m Sasa
pseion rather fell upon the he,n score who 21 m frez
auently had occasion to enter the Snip
ping station to get pacK SaSts I'VE ue
packagpes Kept pouring In. and Manager
Thompson finally appealed to the mead
Company detectives were placed on watcn
at the station, and others shadoWed sne
drivers and hesperTsbi e I detec cSpee'' We're at
q loss to find any clue to the thieves.
The climax was reached when a e. 9:
P Iowa package ssn e=eaIalaria ag ms a;Ses Soeiy as as
The others. Every possible effort was
made to trace it, but to no avail
stilI the robbefies csntinued.
The thieves even became more darlns'
and heavily boxed bicycles began s 20 n ale-
cured and placed on the delivery, wagons.
Others were stationed In and about the
shipping Office. but no ciu e ce rahne pe
les %e0nta BSsiNEss FELL OFF.
As the losses began to crawl wen mfse,a aR
began to grow alarmed. Patrons of the
company were becoming efratd to snip
bV Its lines ana pu6fuSSS lSll IA dAo IA
l reeeyved for a time were delivered
ali o K, but then the mysterious dis
ives a}Pe were chagrined. All their work
was In vain, but the end came ate yes
terday a~fteEn9oaf; a,1 During ngo the Ri Ra1iSt .Eesk
Harding, and detectives watched ms
movements day and nigqrt. Yesterday az
ternoon one of the special detectives was
rewarded for his perseverance. Uncon-
sciously he had seated himself behind a
dry goods box, which effectually OBJ
secured him from view; Young !. bar aardi fng
room, and seeing no one made his way
to a corner in which were piled a num-
saw "a and watched him Closely. Harding
took one of the packages to his desk,
tore off the shipment ticket; and was
about to readiness the package when
the detective seized him and placed him
under arrest. He broke down completely
when he found that he had been deteet-
before Manager Thompson without any
delay.
Mr.. Thompson was closeted witt him
only a few minutes. when ne confessed
Il commenced stealing c. O. D. pack
gaye them to my cousin ms G Is : e &c Wave Nave
divided the proceeds but ! got very Mite
This morning to Chief Of Police Muir
ply he made a similar confession. When
of The many bicycles that had been
stolen, he refused to say.
II have told everything t. Managei
to teif the names Of those. who received
the bicycles. 1 am guilty of everything
of which 1 ann charged
young Warbeck was taken Into custody.
He was dashily. dressed. H,s, nngs3rs
were covered with diamonds, n Tor ane
" .1r,ar M a ~ nvnrnG WQenn Ea WAS nrRttV
well provided with good jewelry.
tion with the robbery; a.. ha,naa h,n,
to steal and dispose of the stuff"
1t is believed that the stolen, bicycles
lave been shipped. to friends Of the young
the names of the recipients from becop1-
ing public, it being believed that they
We're awa of the fact that they had
How THE ROBBERY WAS DONE.
The method of robbery was very sim
pie. and Manager Thompson is now very
much surprised that the men escaped
DETECTION for so long a time; Harding
as bill clerk handled the CO q. pack
on the packages and had them forward
ed to men who were in the scheme The
p pacRages to wI pla sswag NOT 'a aouch ss SPY BY the
United States Express Company's lines.
That finished Harding's part Of the
packages on his delivery wagon, and
when he found four or five or perhaps
more packages IN this way that were
destined for points not or his route he
quietly dropped them into soIne other
express office to be forwarded to the
address marked IN them by Harding.
The receivers of the packages were ac-
completes in the robbery, and as they
disposed of the contents a. proportion of
the proceeds was returned to Warbeck,
who in turn divided with Harding. The
detectives have found that a number Of
packages were Shipped to ~accomplices in
the West. A greater number of them
however were sent by express to Bing-
hampton. N. Y, and there received by
a ma who 1t is alleged bears an excel
lent reputation in the community.
The receivers of all the stolen property
are to be arrested, and some very sem
sationaI developments are anticipated.
Today is registry day. See that your
name is properly enrolled at your poll
ing place.
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