The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-16
CASE MISSING.
Contained Valuable JsWsIy and
Was Shipped From This City

For a fortnight past. Pinkerton detect
Ives, express agents and railway trscers
have been busily engaged day and night
trying TO locate a sample case containing
$4,000 worth Of jewelry. the property Of
the firm of Martin. Copeland g. Co, Of
this city, which disappeared in some un-
accountable way after being delivered at
the express office In the Union station in
this city for shipment 70 Boston. 1t was
filed mostly with solid gold chains. with
some gold rings, and was prepared for an
extended trip By e. W Martin. a member
OF the firm. who acts as salesman for
the concern
He was TO start on selling tour which
was to begin I'm Boston. and the trunk
was shipped from the office Of the firm
al lol Sabin street on Saturday. Sept. IS,
for delivery TO ID. G. Percival a Co. AZ
$40 Washington street in Boston,
IL was taken from the iewelry shop in
this city 10 the railroad station Ivy an en-
ploye OF the Earle & Prev Express com
pany. At that time the strike OF express
and freight handlers I'm Boston was in
progress. and the Earle a Prev company
was involved I'm that disturbance 10 such
an extent that II turned over the trunk
load OF iewelry 10 the Adams Express
company for delivery.
tt fTHv hpprr founu that II WIS delivered
To the express car I'm a train made up 10
go TO Boston. Tho driver who carried IL
10 the station remembers delivering the
trunk AT the express office I'm the railroad
station The mon who handled II between
the express office and the express car re-
mc rnber IL distinctly.
The man who trucked it 10 tho car
called upon truinman 10 aid him In lift
ing 10 into the express car
The express messenger whose duty II
was 10 take an inventory or the contents
Of tho car between here and Boston saws
he had 40 great y volume of express pack
ages TO care for al that time with the
pressure put upon the Adams company,
because OF the strike situation In Bos-
ton. that he VAS unable TO make the Gus
tomary complete list Of all The parcels
committed TO his care lie has no record
or remembrance OF that particular red
sample trunk
u was TO have gone 20 Boston on the
train that lcft this city at 5:iS O'Clock
sunday morning. sept %. II should have
been IN the office Of pcrcivsl a 60. IN
Roston carly Monday morning. ready FOR
Mr. Martin 10 show his wares and make
sales
when he reached Percivsrs and found
the trunk had not arrived he Instituted
y search at the express onice and the rail-
Wa. station I'm Boston. lie also communi-
,Ited with Mr. William A. Copeland. the
the seuior member of the firm in this
city. hut No tidlngs " the trunk with It's
valuable contents were obtainablc I'm.
deaVors to lind u in the express offices
aud the railway stations were renewed
but without avail.
Mr. Copeland stated last night that he
had received private adviccs intimating
that trunk ~ the character of the miss.
Ing one had bccn delivered 90 L. Robbins
ieweler az 6li liomeward avenue. Pitts
burg Pa. lie could hnd no reference 10
such a hrin in the jewelers. directories
which he possessed. b'it he knew that the
pinkcrtuu deteetires- -hea--SAi eFlSpd- -as-fa4-
West as plttshurg. aud he was hopeful
that the suggestion ~ such trunk be-
ing delivered there would prove TO have
the desired result iu recovering the prop
crty
The sample case and ysluables are ina
sured hut such r case has heretofore been
unknown 90 the manufacturing jewellers
of this city and vicinity.