Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-03-23
ONE EXPRESS MAN RELEAsEp.
Something Of How Express Messen.
gers Robbed Government.

Macon, Ca, March 17.-"Will he
rlde?" was the password among ex-
press messengers, so T.. NJ, Alsa
brook told jury in Federal Court
here to-day, to determine whether
other messengers to whom express
loot was to be entrusted, could be
depended upon to make deliveries
according to the plans Of the alleged
con pira -ors in Wholesale thefts
from the American Express Co.
Hes all right" was on 80. X"
signal that the party would "do his
part said Alsabrook.
Alsabrook was one Of the five en-
ployees Of the company to plead
guilty in the trial of Sd mon charged
with conspiracy to steal from the
express company. He followed G. r.
Brinson to the witness stand, the
latter continuing his testimony of
the day before. Alsabrook said that
he signed statement admitting his
guilt, after being under fire of
questions in the Office Of Superin-
tendent r. II. May in this city from
4 o'clock one afternoon until next
morning. At later conference, AL
sabrook said, he was urged by attor-
neys and his grandfather, the latter
In tears, to "come Clean"
Worked on Road.
Alsabrook, who Is only 20, entered
the court room on crutches. He said
he worked in the Montgomery office
of the American Railway Express
Company before he went on the road.
From Sept. l, 1918, to April, 1919,
he said he had run from Eufala to
Ozark. Ala, and then from Albany,
Ga, to Madison, Fla, on the Atlantic
Coast Line.
Frequently, he said, he chatted
with o. e. Hood, another messenger,
and they conversed about money and
thefts, he said. On one occasion, he
said. he asked Hood who he sold to.
and received the reply, II don't pick
en- He said he learned who to sell
to from the messengers.
"Was there an particular oxpres
sion used to designate whether you
could deal with certain messcn-
gers?" asked Assistant District At
torney e. C. Powers.
Eyes. sir; we spoke of those as
being "all right"
Guarded by Special Agents.
Macon, Ga, March 17.-Guarded
by special agents Of the American
Railway Express Co.. W. 4. Hughes,
former messenger Of the company,
and governments star witness, took
the witness stand here this after
noon in Federal Court in the trial Of
SO of the 64 men indicted by a Fed
eral grand jury on charges Of con-
spiracy to rob the company of goods
valued at more than one million dol
lars.
Hosey, Atlanta Merchant, Dismissed.
The number of men on trial in the
Federal Court here on charges of
conspiracy to rob the American Rail-
way Express Company of goods to
the value of more than one million
dollars, was reduced from 54 to 81
to-day when Assistant United States
Attorney r. c. Powers dismissed the
charges against w. p. Hosey, Attain
ta merchant. In dismissing the
charges against Hosey, Powers made
no explanation. Hosey formerly was
an express messenger.
e. NJ. Alsabrook, former express
messenger, who was one of five of
the Ga men indicted in connection
with the alleged conspiracy, and who
pleaded guilty, resumed his testi-
mony to-day. telling of thefts of
small shipments and naming other
defendants. who, he alleged, were
party to the thefts. Alsabrook testi-
fed that one Charley Hunter repeat
edly came into the formers express
car when the former was a messen-
ger and looked over goods, some
times purchasing something. In one
case, Alsabrook said, w. v. Meeks,
one Of the defendants, had come into
his car and looked over some ladies
underwear, but did not buy on the
complaint that the price was too
high.
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