The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1896-03-25
THE posToFFlcE ROBBERY.


One of the Burglars Captured and Safely
Lodged In Jail.--Most of the Stolen
Property is Recovered.
On Wednesday morning last visitors
began to call at the pOstofiic1 10 inspect
the clever work that had been done by
the cracksmen the night previous, and
the sight-seers continued coming during
the day.
Everything indicated that they were
bold experts, having no outfit Of tools,
but relied wholly upon what they could
pick up at the car houses, machine and
blacksmith shops to do their work. They
were no back door thieves, but walked
deliberately in at the front doors by fore
ing them apart and apparently entered
upon their work without fear Of detec-
tion. The door Of the safe was blown
into two pieces and hurled a distance Of
eight feet, falling upon the floor making
heavy indenture. The boxes contain
ing the contents were then carried to the
south side Of the Methodist church, where
they were rified. A small amount Of
money and stamps was found scattered
over the ground, and the box found upon
Magyar street was good pointer to in
dicate that they left on W. q L. E..
freight train for the west. The tele-
graph and telephone was brought into
service in order to notify the police and
marshals to be on the lookout
About II O'Clock Wednesday morning,
A. ]. Sage, of Huntington, having heard
Of the robbery, came dashing into town
to report that two suspicious looking
characters had been lurking around there
all the morning and had started west on
the N. O. Railway. Marshal Williams
and Postmaster Arner went down there,
but the subjects proved to be two tramps
on their way west. Mr.. Sage made the
trip here in nineteen minutes, and every
one is just as much obliged to him fOr
the interest manifested in the welfare OF
Wellington as though they had proved to
be the persons wanted.
No one is reported to have heard the
explosion but Mrs. S. j. Rust. Mrs
Rust said it occurred about o'clOck and
fairly rocked the square. She thought
that the marshal would certainly hear it,
and investigate the cause, but it seems
he did not.
! Thursday night a telephone was re
ceiyed from Norwalk stating that one o.
the burglars had been caught and Mar
shall Williams and Postmaster Arnel
went over there in the morning. Mr.
Arner identified the stamps, as the wrap
] pers had his private mark upon them
aside from number OF envelopes tha
were marked for wellington, o., office
The burglar was in Jail and was placed
under arrest on a warrant sworn OuI
by C. W. Arner charging one JOnr
Doe with breaking into his premises ant
stealing his money, but later the war
rant was withdrawn and the prisoner
turned over to the United States authOri
ties, charged with rObbing the pOstOffic'
at Wellington.
Marshal Williams came this way t,
Cleveland and when he arrived at the Biz
Four depot with the burglar the new
spread like wildfre and all went down t,
see him, but the burglar was not dis
posed to be very communicative. HI
was taken to Cleveland and safely lodge,
in Jail.
The amount of stamps taken wa
81, 1877, Of which 81, ,0S0.l2 was recovered
: The law gives the postmaster genera
authority to give credit to a pOstmaste
when stamps or money are stolen to tn
: amount of $1,000, over that amount ]
: has to be done by special act Of con
gress. Mr.. Arner will lose nothing bu
his private money.
Marshal Williams says he recognize
the man caught at NOrwalk as one VII
has been in Wellington lately and man
y who saw him as he was being taken
q Cleveland, assert that he was at the Coz
| gregational church on Sunday before I'll
q robbery. There is little doubt in Il
1 minds Of many but what he is one Of
organized gang Of robbers who are wOrl
8 ing in this and adjoining counties.
Last Saturday Marshal Williams r
: ceived the subpOenas for persons in tn
place to appear before United Stat,
Commissioner Williams, Tuesday afte
noon to testify in the postOfice robbel
4 case, at tho trial hearing in Clevelan,
i, Among those subpOsnaed were W. Cusl
}, ion, Jr., Attorney G. L. Blinn and Pos
d master Arner.
The following is taken from the HurC
4 County News
v The sensational, Wellington postoflC
r burglary, related in another column, hi
r a still more sensational eIding. One
= the burglars was shot and captured
a the NOrwalk police force last evening.
"a The afternoon following the robber.
Arthur, Frank Delamater's boy, WI
40 nlaying with a little dog in the BARI