The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-02-12
SECURE
$4,000
U. S. Express Co. Held
up at Manila.
Three Arrests Have Been
Made|and Trial is Set For
This Afternoon.

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This Afternoon.
The following is a tele-rapafc dis
patch to the Sioux City journal of
Monday:
The Sioux City route safe of the
United States Express company. which
was stolen Saturday night at Manila
from Messenger James w. Sturtevant,
who lives at 1905 West Fifth street,
Sioux City, was found at 8 O'Clock Sum
day morning mile and a half from
the town. where it had been sledged
open, ritied and thrown into a snow.
bank.
Officials of the company refuse to tell
the amount in the safe, but those in a
position to know say it was a $40. 600
haul. 1t is said the packages of cur
rency contained no less than $4,000.
The remainder was in bank exchange.
express company orders and registered
packages. The safe contained not only
the money. drafts, etc., from Sioux
City. but also from all the towns along
the Sioux Falls and Mitchell and
Aberdeen lines The South Dakota
packages were transferred to the safe
before the train left Sioux City.
The Sioux City train arrived at Ma
nilla at sos o'clock, on time. The
train from Omaha, with which the
Sioux City train consolidates at Ma
nilla, thus forming one train TO Chi
cago. was an hour an forty-five minutes
| late.
The express from Sioux City was un-
loaded first: the baggage next Mes
senger Sturtevant placed his treasure
safe upon platform truck along with
the other express. Then he turned his
atteation to the baggage. There was
no hurry about unloading this as
there is when the train from Omaha is
on time. But Saturday night there
was an hour and forty-five minutes in
which to unload the baggage. 1t is
said that two or three depot helpers
were assisting the baggagemen. All
this time, while the persons in the
baggage end of the car were taking
things easy, the truck with the safe
upon it was standing on the platform
unguarded. 1t was just then that the
robbers boldly picked it up and carried
it off. Its absence was not discovered
until $40 o'clock.
Conductor Eugene Fraser, of 1911
Jennings street, Sioux City, was in the
railway yards when Messenger Sturte-
want excitedly rushed up to him and
told him the safe was missing. I'm
mediately Town Marshal Farrell was
sent for and a thorough search was
Instituted. The hunt was kept up
until the train from Omaha arrived,
and then the consolidated train on the
main line was held an hour in the hope
that the safe could be found, but
finally an order was received to let the
train go, but to keep up the search
Conductor Fraser telegraphed Super
intendent L. B. Beardsley what had
taken place, and Messenger Sturtevant
regretfully wired his general superin-
tendent e. S. Averill, Chicago.
BY ten o'clock Marshal Farrell had
sworn in a half dozen special police
men and posse of citizens was rallied
to assist in the search for the stolen
safe. A freight train which had left
for Manila half an hour after the
arrival of the train carrying the safe
was stopped at Defiance and all the
cars We're searched. The officials of
the road had thought that the robbers
might have carried the safe few feet
across the tracks and thrown it into a
freight car of this train. But it was
not found there.
In Manila the search was Kept up
all night, but no discovery was made
until daylight came. The first trace of
the robbers was found at a point almost
three blocks from the depot. 1t was
seen here where the safe had been set
in the snow and then lifted into car
riage. 1t then was not long before
following the road) the safe was dis
covered. s M
A person who is in possession of in
side information regarding the amount
of money and valuable paper in the
safe said: There was between $l2, 900
and $4,000 in money in the safe
There were some good sized packages
from the South Dakota lines, and the
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