The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-30
Arrest Made Here Leads
to Others Involved
in Conspiracy.
THOUSANDS STOLEN
FROM u. S. COMPANY
Detective Pagan, Disguised as
Messenger, Makes Clever
Capture.
THIEVES INSIDE AND
OUTSIDE OF OFFICE
Hundred Dollar Package, Labeled
Twice, Lead TO imports
ant Capture.

The first of what promises to he a
series of Important arrests in various
cities TO break UP Il gang which has
robbed the express companies of thou
sands of dollars worth of merchandise
in transit. WIS made here today wacn
Detective Sergeant Joseph A. fas..s.
disguised rs an express messenger, ar
res.sd :: man the lniaea sfa1es Az
piess toil4pans.s vsiieS. os--ssi
s.4re., Tor tae pealce
many names t...., A. was ,lnposs.sae 40
.>4..teiy Iaeni,s. MINI.
LIE -Ne@ oIA lvuce ere imnnedi-
stely i4ouiled and are seeAne os.sef
iAe.4sytis u Tie gang, aInoms taeni ps-
i.is seNefal eialplvs ees u eAfa'~..s soin-
l,alales III New erA CITY, s.li,rs
.l4e s,eieA soods nave Desli sillppeu
O~1sluv citlvs.
44any .>ew York manufacturers. par
,ieu.ariy c4otInag ana coax IIaker.s,
naNe cumpIalneu that many thvusanus
OF uollars WORTH ol goous snapped
Customers III various larts OF l4le evuli-
ely Mere noo received ~ t4le oonsiguees
I'D ll.e express COMPANIES mad Ii .1lake
aOou me Ioss.
Iicrks Grow Suspicious.
Inc alrssl niaue III 4sewarK todsy
followed lne uiscovery niaue - c4e. As
Ia Ins ONCE ol tne InItea Sta1es L.
press Company IN rourtsenIh str9vt,
aiannauan, on lhursuay a iarse
i,ackage containing Sllo Worth % civ4ns
was received al the rOurlecntn sllece
onec from on ol the company ,-vs-
ectfg wagons. fnc eierhs ooSe1 ssd
tilal one pid of ladus nad geea pdstgu
.. er anotner
removing he top bill of lading. which
consignea TIE gUoos TO M Schless-
niger, 10 Prince street, Newark t4.,-y
lound the original bill, when con-s
signed the Package to a ST. Louis tirm
Inc talse Bln Nas put Dack and tiie
package Was sent to Newark, Tie po-
ice mere being notIned.
Disguised au express messenger,
Pagan tried 10 deliver the parcel al tie
Prince street address yesterday but
COULD not iItd Schlessinger He saw a
young man hanging about there, how
ever. The package was returned to
The Office and tooay, wearing uns-
form, Fsgan waited in the Office.
Pagan Makes Capture
The young man he had seen yester-
NdN tdtitb dl the bliitS anu Gidiiilett
the package and Pagan arrested him
In his pocket WAS found reference
letter giving him the name of Benjamin.
Barron. He said his name was john
Harris, and later when being photo
graphed he aid he was Jesse Berdan.
OF 112 Second avenue. New York city.
I. Z. Bcst. local managers for tire
United states Express Company, said
today that the gang had men on the
inside of the offices of all Of the express
companies in New York. and that other
members Of the gang were located in
cities around New York 10 where the
stolen goods would be consigned.
The game has been worked SO clever
" that the company's detectives were
unable to discover how the goods were
lost in transit until the double bill OF
lading was discovered. Today it dawned
on them how easily the gang had oper-
ated by pasting a false bill of lading
over the original and thus sending the
packages through regular channels to
their confederates outside of the city.