New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-03
EXPRESS ROBBERS ARRESTED
THE CLEVER METHODS OF TIE THIEVES DIS
COVERED BY DETECTIvEs-sEvEEM

THE CLEVER METHODS OF TIE THIEVES DIS
COVERED BY DETECTIvEs-sE SEVERAL
MEN IMPLICATED.
a mysterious robbery rather "A series Of rob-
berries which began last June. was disclosed be-
fore Police Justice Potts In Jersey City yesterday
when Herbert Harding. twenty-siX years old, Of NO.
o; Newark-ave and Clarence Warbeck. nineteen
years old, of No. 1873 EsseX-st.. who IL Harding $
cousin. arragned the charge of robbing
the United States Express Company. They ad-
mitted their guilt and remandcd In order 10
enable the police to arrest their accomplces. the
latter being residents of other cities.
Ten months ago shippers by the United States
Express Company began complain that goods
sent by the company from various points were
never delivered The company investigated. and.
finding no trace Of the packages. paid for them.
But when finally they We're called on to pay for a
package of jewery valued 5000 they put the
matter IN the hands OF special detectives. They
had clews to work and could not find the
thieves. nor even learn at what point the goods
dsa appeared. Then several bicycles stolen
while In transit and finally the detectives decided
that the goods disappeared from the company
Office at the Communpaw freight station OF the
Central Railroad OF New-Jersev.
This Office was in charge of Harding. his cousin
Warbeck, being employed on one of the company
wagons. They reported to Manager William II.
Thompson. who told them TO keep a special watch
on Harding. They did this for time but
could discover nothing. Several packages that
were reported missing after being received at this
office shown TO have left the Office in regular
order They could not be traced further. how
ever. Then the detectives concealed themselves
about the office by turns ana Monday after
noon one of them solved the mystery. He saw
Harding. who waited TIL the Office was apparcntIv
empty. abstract several c. O. u. packages from
pile awaiting transmission. From these he
hastily tore the wrappers put new wrappers upon
mem and redirected them. He about to re-
store them to the pile when he was arrested.
when confronted with Manager Thompson. Hard
ing admitted his guilt and implicated his COUSIN
He said that he stole the packages aud directed
them to friends In other cities. Those friends sold
the goods and divided the proceeds between him
and Warbeck The bicycles he had sent TO frlo n,ls
q list of whom he furnished and these will proba-
ceiVers of the stolen goods that sold but none
of these will be made public unit! the persons inn
plcated are arrested. Warbeck admitted his guilt
but denied that he had shared the profits. Manag ger
Thompson refused to give the aggregate amount OF
the robberes but IL is believed that 1t viii range
from S2oOoo TO $4,000
Binghamton. April "A gang OF thieves that has
been engaged in the systematic robblng of the
United States Express Company has probably been
broken up by three arrests made within the last
the other In Franklin. N Y. and the last was mGdc
by Defective Stephenson in this city last night.
when he placed William S. Harding in the tolls
Al present there does not seem TO be very much
evidence that would convict Harding bu; he viii
ties
Harding lived with his wife AID child at No
Tudor-st He is twenty-five years old. and he has
pa1y. He to this city n few weeks ago Ths
warrant for arrest charges Harding with stealing "A
bicycle AT the police court this morning the pri.-
charge against him. The man arrested in New-York
is said TO be Hariing's brother