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Some of the Property Recovered No Trace of the Thieves.ClfETEjmc, vr. T.. March 11,—Wlillc tho Tnion Pad lie express agent, Synder, was absent at din-ner from the otlice at Sydney, Neb., yesterday, between $120,000 and $200,000 in bullion was stolen. Entrance was effected through the floor ot the express otlice. The robl ery wa* evidently planned in advance of the arrival of the treasure coach from ti;»* Jllack Hills. The bullion had ju t been transferred by Luke Voorhces, superintendent of the stage lino, to the express agent, and consisted of bricks and bars from the dif-forenrmilla In Lead City and Dedw'ood Gulch. Robert Law, superintendent of the mountain division of the Union Pacific, accompanied by Jeff Carr of the Rocky Mountain Detective Association, started front here on an engine at 3.30o’clock p. hi., to direct the pursuit of the robbers, w ho are reported to have gone in a northerly direction, well mounted. Telegrams from Sydney, just received, state that the treasure has 1 eon recovered, except $13,000. It was found under a j ilt* of ooai, near the 1 nton Pacific track, where a trackman had seen the robbers conceal something in the afternoon, one of the missingbricks, valued at $8000, is front Esmeralda mine, 10a ok tall Gulch, near Peadwood, partly owned by Hibbard of C heyenne and the iJlaek Hills Telegraph C ompany, ut the balance, $2000 is in an express package, and the tost in bullion. The mounted men reported going north prove to have been well known stock men. and are not suspected of the bullion robbery in Hvdney, Neb. Pursuit of tho robbers is Continued by detectives. The bullion w'a» ’ talo n from a truck in the exprest office, which adjoins the telegraph office. The hole made in the floor of the office must have been made by experts, as no unusual noise had been heard by the operator, who was in an adjoining roomduring tlie absence ot the express agent. The immense weight of the treasure (480 pounds avoirdupois) prevented the robbers from carrying it off, and they wore compelled tlt; conceal it at the first available .spot—the coal pile.
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Boston Weekly Globe
Boston, Massachusetts, US
Tue, Mar 16, 1880
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