The sun., 1901-03-30
THIEVES
HAVE MISHAP
Horse and Wagon Go Over High
Embankment.
PLUMBER SCATTERED ABOUT
About $500 Worth of Stuff Taken
From Quarries Of Brandywine
Granite Company-Thieves
Not Yet Captured.

Fletcher Bennett, John Coyerdale and
Fredericv Mack, employed at the mills
tof the Jessup Il Moore Paper Co. at
Augustine when leaving for home about
$50 o'clock yesterday morning after
working all night, discovered badly
broken wagon in the road near the mills
and attached to it black horse, which
was much bruised. Lying about the
wagon We're lot of brass journal boxes,
valves and whistles, babbit metal and
similar articles. The men Embarrassed
me morse and took it to the Company's
stables.
An investigation disclosed the fact
That the horse and wagon had fallen
from a road on the side of the high
hill at Augustine, to the road below.
distance of probably 40 feet. How the
horse escaped serious injury is mystery.
Ii was discovered that most of the
stuff found about the wagon had been
stolen from quarries of the Brandywine
Granite Company on the north side of
the Brandywine between Kentmere and
Rockford. Superintendent Hamilton
Stewart identified it after it was brought
TO the police station.
About 5000 worth of stuff was taken.
The journal boxes were taken from
several cars standing on a siding of the
T.. w. 4 b. railroad, which runs to the
qnarries; the babbitt metal was carried
off i'll molds which the granite company
keeps for use in bearings on the engines.
crusher and other machinery, and the
whistles and valves were detached from
the boilers and pipes.
The horse and wagon were sent by
Captain Kane to the Delaware House
stables to be kept until claimed by the
owner or other disposition made of it.
The body Of the wagon is painted dark
red. with green border, and the name
'Steeple's which is in the green portion,
IN painted in yellow, as is also the run
ming gear. 1t has black top, and, judg-
ing from its general condition, has the
appearance of having been in use for
some time.
fhe top and one wheel are badly brok-
tIi and the springs are in bad shape. The
wagon is one of the kind commonly
used by hucksters.
1t is believed that the wagon and
horse We're driven to this city and up the
north side of the Brandywine, as near
the quarries as was possible to go, and
after the plunder had been placed in
the wagon it was driven to Augustine.
where an effort was made to ascend
Il road leading from what is known as
the creek road to the top of the hill.
Dreferring that route to the one lead
ing to Eighteenth and Market streets.
and the load was so heavy that the horse
either balked or backed. as it was as
rending the incline. and the wagon went
over the side of the road to the road
below. taking the horse with it.
The man or men who were driving
were evidently walking and ran away
soon as the accident occurred. It is he
lieved they went in the direction of Ches-
ter and the police of that city have been
requested to be on the lookout for them.
The supposition is that both the wagon
and horse were either stolen or hired
either in Chester or Philadel-
phia and driven to this city.
The police have not succeeded in veri-
tying this suspicion. but Chief Massey
IS making an effort to find the owner
having communicated with the Philadel-
phia and Chester authorities.
1t has been learned since that Jour
nal boxes We're stolen from two cars
# the New York Central & Hudson
'tiver railroad which We're standing on
thr siding of the Jessup & Moore Paper
%. in Brandywine Village, and it is
that the same thief or thieves
operated there that operated at the
lllarries and the theft in Brandywine
Village was probably committed before
he one at the quarries.
The authorities believe they have
'lne to at least one of the men implicat-
d in the job and an arrest NAV be
made at any time.