The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-02-01
DEPOT WAS ROBBED
Mysterious Crime Committed at the
Office of the Northwestern Com
fany Last Evening.
LOSS CANNOT BE ESTIMATED

II is Stated That the Money Taken was
Little Less Than $500 but La ge Num-
Der of Railway Tickets will Swell the
Loss TO Double the Amount officials Re-
fuse to Talk of the Crime and the Police
dave Little Information to Impart.
One of the most mysterious crimes
ever committed in this city occurred
some time last night or this morning
when unknown men entered the ticket
office of the Northwestern Railway
station and after working the combin-
alton of the safe managed to carry off
all the money in the Office, as well as
a large number of railway tickets.
Night operator Rabe, who is sup
posed to be in the building at all times
of the night, did not discover the rob-
berry and no report of it was made until
this morning when Yardmaster How
ard found the money drawer of the
safe lying in the middle of the tracks
of the company on the west side OF the
ward. About the money drawer was
found a number of tickets, which were
scattered about the ground for some
distance. Several checks drawn to
the order of the company were also
found.
A reporter of this paper called at the
office of the company this morning,
but the officials stated that they could
not give out any information as to the
robbery, as all they had been able to
discover was the fact that the safe had
been opened and the contents were
missing.
When asked to give an estimate of
the loss the agent Of the company
stated that this was impossible as all
the tickets and cash would have to be
checked up before anything like a
proper estimate could be given. Agent
Seymour, when pressed to give inform
alton stated that he had banked the
money of the company at 4 O'Clock
Yesterday afternoon and it was not
possible that there was more than $500
in the safe at the time of the robbery.
AS to the value of the tickets taken
the agent said that no estimate could
be given.
Many of the ticket receptacles in the
office were empty, but some of the
tickets had been discarded by the rob-
bers and the company has already
taken steps to provide against the use
of the others. Agent Seymour stated
that the safe was locked by Mr.. Jor-
gensen early in the evening, and that
the ticket agent was the only man who
was acquainted with the com bina-
ton.
While the officials of the company
seem to think that the robbery is rot
of a serious nature it appears from the
precautions taken for tie capture of
the men that more was taken than has
been reported.
AS soon as the robbery was known
the police of the city were notified, but
they have not yet received any notice
of the amount of stuff taken. Detect
ives in the employ of the company are
thronging to the city and this leads to
the opinion that the robbery is very
serious one.
While no clue has been found to the
criminals it is evident that the robbery
was the work of people who were well
acquainted with the workings of the
office. For some time gang of hang
ers-on has been tolerated at the station
and it is thought that one of these is
connected with the disappearance of
the coin and tickets.
Night operator Rabe only left the
Office once and that was at the time
when he went out to deliver the mail
to the train at 11:4O. It is supposed
the work was done at this time, but
when it was stated that the Office was
locked with a combination lock it
is hardly possible that the robbers
would have been able to open the safe
and get control of the money in SO
short time.
AS the story IS investigated the mys
terry of it all deepens. The police nor
the officials have no theories more than
the FACT that it is thought that the
robbery was committed by some of the