New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-07

efforts allowed 10 escape Identification they
.orry-ookng lot anl three tougher looking spsci-
mems would bc hard find IN or out u Jail
Deprived 90, shaving. thy nevertheless showed
their sr-rAfc character hy ID" means they took
Alien bad & black eye that looked as II he had
mot the isi ~ Corhefi. AMI Kussels optic was
similarly damaged They had deliberately banged
their heads AGAINST the wall - ID" llii In order To
change th,- appearance. They had handAnna
haniaerchicfs around their ucoks and wore blue
jumpers.
Postmaster curran. 81 Iioholcn. whose Office was
robbed on december , Las. Was The first witness.
II. said thai on mat date lie lfi his ONCE a, 40
o'clock AMI returned AZ iu the afternoon He
had locked The inner door OF tho vault ana haI
locked the window ami the main door into the
vaultroom. when he returned In nfiy minutes,
he found the doors and H." windows sam locked.
AMI also the inner door OF the safe. on eNanilna-
ton he found that during his absence some on" hai
got In AMI taken stamps out Of the vault TO the
amount Of SGrs, which wer" In a number OF pack
ages and IN all denominations.
John Patterson. "A bright boy thirteen years old.
Was the next witness. He lives with his father
AZ No q4 Westinghouse. Hoboken His father
kecps a branch postoflce there. John testified that
the day before the robbery OF the postofhce was
announced In the papers he had been sent TO the
main postoficc for stamps, aud as he came from
the window to the lobby 10 20 home he saw three
strange men come OF the postmastcr's room
and walk rapiIlv away. one OF these men car
ried n Garnet bag he said. and when asked II he
saw that man In the room he picked out killoran,
although he said that he had looked differently a
that time wearing "A black mustache and no
sncctaclcs lie described his clothing - that time
minu,ely and no amount OF discrimination
could make him change his story. He said that
he could no, recognize any OF the other men among
those IN tho ram
George T. Whitlo K. tho policeman IN Hoboken
who Is on duty at the ferry. said that he hid seen
two men who came across the ferry frequently ana
.ho e,ool and conyersel IN and around the ferry
house. acting in suspicious manner. lie then
n,cked out Killoran and Allen as the men he had
seen although he said they both had mustaches at
that time.
state Detective Joseph f. Harrison also swore
that he had seen Allen and Klloran hanging about
In different places. Asked what directed ms atien-
ton To them he said he thought they were ICON
men. and that he had a feeling that al. was not
right In answer To Mr. Rose. he said he could not
always tell when he would get these feelings. but
they were usually right.
city Detective julius Nelson was the first to ilen-
tlfy Russell whom. lac said. he saw hanging around
Defective Nelson said that his attention was first
attracted to Russell whom he saw standing ht
desk used for the accommodation oi persons IN the
IIoh1ken posiofiice Russell apparently writing
al this desk but he looked around frequently and
Tc 'Is said hat after this he saw Russell and
Kiloran convcrsng at This desk which - Just out-
occurred He last saw them four days before the
robbery.
ofIicc was robbed August . 1921. says that he
hcieves these the who looted his Office and
pnt away with 81 800 worth OF stamps. leaving be-
hind 81 800 I'm stamps and 5000 In money lie, how
ever has no way In which 10 Identify the thieves.
as he says they left not a trace behind them in
that town. =
Tho rohbe rrs occurred the 81 OF tn" month and
fnur months apart The Scranton office was robbed
on August D. i,9i then followed the Hoboken office
on december 3. lS9i and then the Springfield Office
on April last.
The examination was adjourned until to-day at
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