The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-11
Money is Missed by Adams Express Ca from the Pittsburg Office MAN BIDS H.e FAMILY GOc|ssSl { AND LEAVES
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  Pltts0ur 0 ak Had Sent Package Cor Q 2 g s1oo,ooo In Currency -xpress Office During
 Afternoon.

Pittsburg, Pa, October 10.-All the ma chinery built expressly for the detection of criminals will be set in motion here tomorrow for the purpose of capturing Edward George Cuncliffe, suspected of robbing the Adams Express company of s101, ,000.
 Cuncliffe, who was acting money clerk Saturday. receipted for package con- taining $1O0,000 consigned by a Pittsburg bank to bank in Cincinnati. Today when the office was opened for bus-
 ness, Cuncliffe was not at his desk No reason for his absence being known. his
 department was investigated. It was
 quickly learned that $1.OOO of the com panys funds entrusted to Cuncliffe, was
 missing. Detectives were called in at
 once, and the fact developed that the
 s100. GOO package had disappeared also. .Cuncliffe was sought at his home, but he had not been there since Monday
 evening. Mrs. Cuncliffe. when told that
 her husband was missing and was sus-
 pected of taking large sum of money, became hysterical and late tonight is in
 a serious condition. Her four little chill dren are being cared for by relatives. The time elapsed between the closing of the express office Monday night and the discovery of the loss Of the money,
 was nearly twenty hours, bu. a minute description of the suspect d man has l been sent out broadcast. and the off, cers feel confident that he cannot evade l them long
 Up to midnight not the slightest trace ! of the fugitive has been discovered.
 Statement Is Issued.
 The following official statement of the
 affair is given to the Associated Press for publication:
 At AIS D. m. Monday, October g. a bank of Pittsburg, Pa, delivered to the
 Adams Express company at their office | at 610 Wood street, a package of cur
 rency containing $100,000. Of this amount $so.o0o was in s1O0 bills. $1O,oo0 in $50 bills and the remainder, $10, 600, in s5, s10 and
 s20 bills. The s100 and the $50 bills issue I of the Farmers Deposit National bank | of Pittsburg, Pa, and the Bank of Pitts burg, N A., were in the main entirely
 new; some had been slightly used. The l $5, $10 and $2O bills were old currency The package containing this large sum | of money was consigned to a bank in | Cincinnati, O.
 This package was received and re- ceipted for by Edward George Cuncliffe. who was then acting In the place of the
 regular money clerk, who was ill Money Is Found Missing. "Cuncliffe left the office at the usual time last evening and this morning when | he failed to report for duty, hurried | examination was made of his depart
 ment, and it was learned that about
 s1,OO0 of funds entrusted to his care
 were missing. General Agent Hyner of
 the Adams Express company, immedi- | ately called in detectives and placed the
 matter in their hands. Later develop
 ments brought to light the fact that in
 addition to $10OO missing the bank package containing the $100,000 had not been received at the money forwarding
 office at Union station. this city. Bade His Family Goodbye. | Enquiries made at his residence, 314 Lucerne street. West End, Pittsburg
 showed that Cuncliffe arrived home at | the customary time last evening and after changing his clothes. bade his family gooy-bye, saying to his wife that I he was going out for the evening. and | nothing further has been heard of him. "Cuncliffe has been employed by the Adams Express company since March l. l 1904. Previous to that time he was em- ployed in the Pittsburg service of the | American Express company, the Elec- ] tric Express company and the United
 States Express company, of Hartford, Conn, and bore good reputation. He
 was methodical, accurate and an excel | lent clerk.
 Edward George Cuncliffe is described as 8 years of age. looks to be 70; 5 feet,
 inches tall; weighs 175 pounds; medium build; dark-brown hair, heavily mixed
 with gray; wears a heavy, short-cropped moustache dark and partly mixed with gray. could raise very heavy beard; | has blue eyes. When last seen he wore | dark bue double-breasted sack suit. a black derby hat. turned collar and a black bow tie. He wears silver ring with an acorn. He is an inveterate cig-
 arette smoker and the second finger of | his right hand is badly dscolored with
 nicotine Cuncliffe is afflicted with what | is known as the cigarette cough "A warrant has been issued charging | Tsupoliffa uftb 1arcenvp