Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-24


top of another was found on Forty-second
street about where the Union Pacific
crosses the street. by Captain Moysten
and party. The tops had been cut off the
pouches about six inches below the locks.
The larger pouch was one Of the pouches
made up this side Of Cheyenne. Inside
this pouch was found q small package Of
merchandise, destined for New York. near
II = greasy. canvass gauntlet glove and a
bundle NJ greasy waste. This finding Of
this flove leads to the probability that IL
might have been used about an automo-
bile, as the glove Is comparatively new.
though blackened with CRIME and grease.
The top Of the other sack was the Reno.
Nevada. pouch. Only the top OF this sack
was found. 1t had been cut off. leaving
the whole top and the leather belt passing
through the iron loops and locked with
the regulation registered mail lock.
Chief Clerk r.. S. Keller of the railway
mail service, Omaha division, said Sunday
morning: 1T is impossible to know the
value Of the contents Of the registered
mail pouches at this time. as the contents
are only known at the point Of origin or
original sealing Of the pouches, and at the
destination. While a record Is kept of
the pouches and they are receipted for, the
receipts given by the mail clerks In whoee
charge they come SUCCESSFULLY. are simply
for the pouch and lock number. The only
way in which the contents OF the regis
tered packages will ever become known
will be when the respective packages are
checked from the consisnor and consigned.
This will require several days time. None
Of the railway mail clerks were armed. In
fact the government has never required
the mail clerks to be armed, and hence the
men were absolutely helpless in the hoIdup.
All OF them would have finished their runs
and arrived in Omaha and Council Bluffs
within a few minutes after the holdup.'
United States Marshal Warner said
9TH first intimation | had OF the robbery
was In the morning papers and was no.
titled shortly afterward by Inspector
Thompson. ! came down town at once and,
of course. rendered the services of the
marshal's department to the Postoffice de-
partment, and we shall do everything in
our power to assist in running down the
robbers"
A story was current Sunday forenoon
that two or three men driving in two
bugsies were seen passing through Flor
ence about 2 o'clock Sunday morning.
Both buggies were apparently loaded with
something.
The railway mail clerks In the car at
the time Of the holdup were all old clerks.
having been from three to twenty-three
years in the railway mail service. They
had finished their work and had changed
their working clothes for their ordinary
suits and were sitting in the car when the
attack on the car was made. The clerks
were: G. q. Whitmore. clerk in charge:
+. Eastman, w. C. Ryan, William Sears,
M. c. Rush, June Corey and Arthur j..
Niles.
"The train came to an emergency halt"
said Clerk Rush, land I stepped TO the
door of the mail car and looked out to
see IL the block signal had given a warn
ing, n just then someone down along
side the track told me TO hold up my
hands and jump out OF there. In the mean
while another man was at the end sof the
car beating on the door, commanding that
IL be opened. This looks like a holdup,'
| called out. and II was all right. There
wasn't a man Of us armed and all we had
to do was to obey orders, and these being
accompanied with pistol shots we couldn't
do anything else. The men all wore black
masks and raineoats. 1t being pretty dark,
we couldn't see very we'll outside the car.
The registered mail pouches were. then
dumped out and we, or at least some Of
the boys, were compelled to carry the
sacks about a quarter OF a mile down the
track. One OF the men in the holdup
crowd said. This is about all we can
carry in the auto, and from that we sup
posed that they must have had an auto
mobile about, although we did not see any
vehicle OF any kind. I did not help carry
the sacks down, but they made me walk
ahead with my hands up"