Evening journal., 1901-01-29
Henry Clay Long Charged
with RObbiHg Mails
ARREST RECALLS OLD CHARGE
Vas Oace arrested On Suspicion Of
Robbing Adams Express Car
Of $4,000

Henry Clay Long. Of Lewes. who.
/ since April rs, 1889 has been a rail-
way mail clerk In government service,
was arrested this morning in Lewes by
POstonice Inspectors ID. c. Owings and
w. j. Maxwell OF Washington, ID. c..
on q charge of rlning tho mails. and
was brought TO this city for a hearing
before United States Commissioner $.
Redmond Smith.
For the past eighteen months per
sons VINO have been sending money by
registered Letters have made many
complaints 10 the Lewos postonlce OF
registered letters being missing.
The attention OF the department in
Washington was called 10 this fact and
on Thursday of last week Inspectors
Cwinss and Maxwell were put on the
case
They proceeded TO .Iewos and after
Investigation arrested Long ON the
mail car this morning as he was about
70 leave for darlington.
A search Of the car revealed a can
vas mail pouch containing hfty-one
registered letters. forty-seven of which
had been rihed Ffty ordinary letters
also We're found. in many of which
money he'd been sent. but all OF which
are said TO have been opened and the
money taken out. Several packagesand
official letters were found In the hg.
each of which had been msealed and
again closed
II is said that Longs way Of operat-
ling was TO carry the mail pouch home
at night and after riding Il return Il to
the mail car the next morning. When
arrested to-day 1t Is alleged that he
had just carried the pouch from his
home 60 The car. where he was discov-
Tered by the inspectors, and 1t is now in
possession of Inspector 0wings
AT this mornings hearing before
lCommissioner Smith Long was repre-
sented by John Blggs. while United
\ states District Attorney William Mich
acl Byrne represented the government
Mr. Biggs asked FOR a continuance.
and Commissioner Smith held the prls-
oner in $500 bail for ahsearing to-
morrow.
The sum that Long Is alleged to hav,
( taken amounts TO several hundred dol
/ lars
II Is sa.d that he began his frs
\ pcculations In 1899, when he took q
lragistered lettrr, containing money. q
/ his home and opened e. abstractinf
The contents. In order to- ray agamblini
debt The latter was held for nearly
two weeks, when the amount was re.
| placed and the letter sent OF. Since
that time it Is said that Long has con.
stantly removed money from letters
and gradually got deeper into the hole
until he was unable to make up his
\ populations. Long furnished bonds
and was released for his further ap.
| rsarance tomorrow.
In March. seven years ago. Mr.. Long
was suspected OF having stolen $4,000
from an express car. The money was
sent from the National Bank of NIL
ford, and was supposed TO have been
stolen when the train arrived in Har-
rington, as the express messenger.
George Raughley, testified TO having
counted 1t and put It In the safe when
the train was In Houston. three miles
from Harrington. At Harrington Mr..
Raughley left his car and threw a
switch. which took him about three
minutes. and &c was generally supposed
that the money was taken at that time.
Mr.. Long was arrested and put un-
der q four hours sweating process I'm
| Dover, but there was no evidence
against him fer this crime. nor Is there
any evidence against him now for that
robbery The express company has
taken no steps in the present case
against Mr. Long. nor IS there any
probability that it VIII do Sc.
He Is a popular man. and Is promi-
neutly connected with the leading fam
lilies In lower Kent and Sussex coun-
ties. He has a wife and family
Long has been in the railway mail
service for over ten years. He Is about
43 years Of age.