The Washington times., 1913-09-12
TREASURE CAR WAS
HERE FOR ONE HOUR
Coach With S71,90O, Lost or
Stolen, Lay in Yards Here
Tuesday Morning.

The car containing the s71.9co an
money which was lost or stolen in
transit between Jersey City and Savan-
nah, Ga, either late Monday night or
Tuesday, lay in the yards of the Union
station here for nearly an hour on
Tuesday morning, it was learned today.
The money, which was dispatched
through the Adams and Southern Ex-
press Company, was brought to Wash
ington over Ihe Pennsylvania railroad
and dispatched south over the Atlantic
Coast line from Washington.
Burns agency detectives are pursuing
a rigid inquiry all along the route from
Gew York to Sacramento.
The sn,90O was placed on Train No.
. of the Pennsylvania railroad, at New
York. This train reaches Washington
at $3.50 am. Its southern connection is
Train 50, of the Atlantic Coast Line,
which is the chief distributing early
morning mail train out of Washington.
At this city No. SO receives heavy
shipment of southern mall chiefly
newspapers, and departs at 4:2O am.
for Savannah, Jacksonville and points
south.
Savannah is reached by No. So at 2:20
am. the following morning. When No.
IS over the Pennsylvania, reached Wash
ington the through New York-Jackson-
Vile or New York-Savannah sleeping
cars, mail and express cars. were
switched to the Atlantic Coast Line
tracks. on the eastern side of the Union
station here, for departure south, via
the tunnel and Washington-Souther
bridge over the Potomac.
The transfer of express matter is ef-
fected in much the same way that
through mail Is dispatched. All express
matter destined for cities south of
Washington is kept intact in the car.
IN 10 iS 1tr1h 10 md incl rad
such as the shipment of money, this
money Is locked in a sealed safe and
the safe and contents are destined
through to the point of destination
without intermediate change.
When train No. 55 reached Washing
ton at $3.50 o'clock Tuesday morning,
the messenger who brought the car
from New York received a receipt for
the car and contents from another mes
senger, who took the run south. The
messenger going on duty signed for all
express matter in the car, and in the case
OF the money shipment, he signed for
lone sealed safe, Jersey City to Savan-
nah," but neither messenger could know
the contents of the safe. II is said, as the
combination was held only by trusted
transfer agents at certain points, such
as savannah. who personally open
safes containing money shipments.
Officials of the Southern Express
Company here said today that the car
was kept intact as part Of train IS for
the trip south as No. 50. No freight
handlers or clerks connected with the
local express office had anything to do
with the car or the safe, express COM
pany officials say.
The money was shipped by the Chase
National Bank, Of New York, to the
Savannah Bank and Trust Company
and to banks at Brunswick and VAL
dosta, Ca --.-- -.--
Although the money was sent by
Adams Express, it was delivered to
the Southern Express Company at Jer-
sey City for transmission southss The
loss, IL the packages of money are not
recovered, will fall upon the express
companies. Detectives have been as
signed to the case at Savannah. where
1t Is believed the theft occurred, after
the safe was opened