Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-26
MAIL POUCH THIEF CAUGHT
Charles Savage, a Negro, Under Ar
rest at Kansas City.
GOOD CASE. SAY INSPECTORS
Second Arrest of Man Believed to
Have stolen Pouch from Mails
and Buried Package Con-
tanning $4,000.

KANSAS CITY, July 25.-Charles Savage
a negro, was arrested here To-Day by postof-
flee authorities, charged with stealing a
mail pouch in the Kansas City Union sta
ton on June 8 last and containing $4,000,
being sent from Los Angeles to a New
York City bank. The inspectors assert that
they have positive evidence against Saw
age and declare their belief that he has
buried the money, intending to recover it
after his release from the penitentiary.
Savage was taken into custody a few
hours after he returned to the city. He
had, since the robbery. visited several west
ern cities, including Denver. In his pocket
the inspectors found a clipping from a
newspaper, giving the calculation OF a rob-
Der who had stolen a large sum Of money
and buried 1t. The man had been sent to
the penitentiary for a number Of years.
and in the story he figured it out that by
serving a certain number of years he would,
upon his release. have earned 10000 a year.
Upon this the INSPECTORS base their belief
that Savage has concealed the stolen
money, hoping to regain It when finally
he is given his freedom.
Man Was Arrested Before.
A few days following the Kansas City
robbery, Savage was arrested by the local
police. He paid a lawyer $500 to defend him
and was released, the judge holding that
there was not sufficient evidence on which
to hold the man. Savage Immediately left
the city, and since then evidently has
travelled extensively. The postoffice in
spectors had been informed that Savage
would return here today, and when he APP
peared at a negro lodging house, they ar
restd him.
Savage surrendered without a struggle
and was taken to the postoffice building.
There he was put under a severe examina-
ton. Aside from admitting that he had
served a sentence in MacNeils Island for
a mail pouch robbery. the prisoner, how
ever, will tell but little about himself.
The robbery of the pouch in Kansas
City. June 6, was bold in the extreme.
Savage evidently knew that 1t was being
sent across the country and is supposed
to have known the exact time It would
reach here. The pouch was stolen an
hour after its arrival In Kansas City. It
had been thrown from the train upon
which 1t arrived to a truck and moved a
few yards away to a temporary building
use by the postoffice as an annex In place
of one that had been burned. Tho
robber, without being noticed, Jumped
into an outgoing train with the bag
In his hand. He rode three miles
into the country, jumped off. rifled
the pouch and apparently Immediately
made his way back to Kansas City. The
robbery was not made known for several
days and 1t was several days later before
the rtfled pouch was found where It had
been thrown along the railway tracks. All
the money was missing, but the pouch still
contained much registered mail, in some Of
which there was a quantity OF valuable
jewelry, savage's arrest and discharge by
the local police soon followed. Since then
a score of postoffice inspectors and detec-
tives have worked constantly on the case.