The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-12-13

THE MAIL Rag ROBBERY.

+, THE MAIL BAG ROBBERY.
A Daring One ~ the Depot Last Night
In Moments Chamce-POssibiy $4,000
Ia Checks. Cash and valuablcs Taken
The Men Satisfied.
There was daring robbery at tn,
depot last night Of the mail bag iol
the owl train north. The pouch il
taken to the depot by the baggage cx
press at 8 O'Clock when the mail closes
at the post Office and is left
in the baggage from then un,
til the arrival of the l0:l0 train. Last
night the train was 20 minutes late
and Driver Dunklec says that about lt
minutes after time, he took it out on a
truck TO the usual place at the end OF
the covered part of the platform, Just
under the electric light and then
stepped back into the depot TO see
! just how late the train was. He
stopped there but a very few minutcs
hut in the meantime the bag WAS
stolen. He thin ks there We're some
train hands on the platform when he
went in. but probably in the intense
cold none, unless on robbary intent.
stood outside. There were no passen
gers about.
Whenthe train arrived it waited scv
eral minutes while the bag was search
ed for and then went on. Dunklec
then notified Officer Hall and Post
master Childs and Officers Turner,
Wilson and Wordcn were at once got
out, and dispatches by telephone and
telegraph at once sent to Boston,
Springfield Hinsdale, Greenfield. Bel
lows Falls and Putnoy. The officers
first directed their investigation at the
brewery and found that three tough
looking fellows had spent most "f ="
day at Turner's, two of tne'n leaHh (
in the afternoon and the other, ,erE
suddenly, between eight and nine in
the evening. 1t was remembered that
during the day they made careful in
quiries about the running of the
trains.
The officers also made careful
search about the depot for tracks, but
finding none that were significant,
and then for signs of the missing
pouch, which they found about one
O'Clock between two sheds on the river
bank about opposite the freight depot.
Tho robbers had first taken it back of
the Swift beef house and then down
there probably into a box car, had
opened every letter found. some
300 in number. except per
haps dozen or IL from
the Swift Co., and the Brattleboro
house, and several boxes and packages.
They left a little hand bag. a couple
yards of silk, but evidently carried off
everythin5clse.of value they found. How
much they got of course is not known.
but there are known to have been a
half dozen checks on this mail. one for
$3.50, and perhaps another for $500, but
there is Of course small chance Of re-
alizing on these. Whatever money
there was in bills is of course gone
The postotiicc clerks think it was an
unusually large mai out last night
and that there we're perhaps 100 letters
that have not been found. II was all
IN one nouch and contained very few
papers.
The officers searched thoroughly
every car that went out, the freight be
ing considerably late, but without
finding the robbers The most prob
able theory is, that they went off on
the owl train on which the mail pouch
was intended to go, and If there were
three of them. they could have torn
bIicu WV 4ftttiS an tIit w
ing torn instead of cut in the few
moments time they had One man
could have seized the pouch and passed
it to another back of the narrow guage
track in almost an instant and by put
ting it under their oyercoats they
could have marched off without at
trbcting particular attention.
y despatch from Sheriff Wilkins Of
Boston this morning says passenger on
the train saw three men, answering
pretty we'll the description of those
seen hanging round here. get on the
train at Brattleboro and paid their far"
from here.
Two men broke from prison at
Windsor night before last; but their
description does not tally with either
of these.
The Rainy Day club will have the
first of series of assemblies at Red
Mems hall next Thursday evening.
Van Doom Il Morris invite every
one to visit the display of art pottery,
banquet lamps, jardeniers, dinner and
toilet sets on their second floor. adv.
30 c. pocket knives arc nov - c.
at Robbins 4 COwles.
Silver plated goods, all good quail
ity, cheap. Chas \. Tripp & Co.
jewellers. adv.
The Modern MothrI
Has found that her little ones are inn