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Gardner culprits caught in riverfront theft spree
Gardner the Granby warehouse night watchman confessed to stealing items from the New York, Columbia & Georgetown Steamboat Co's consignments. Police traced the haul to a trunk at his brother in law's Olympia home and revealed a hidden riverbank pit used to stash loot valued over twenty dollars. He faces grand larceny charges at the September term. managers vow tighter freight protection.
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Fowles
New York, Columbia & Georgetown Steamboat Company
John W. Smith
C. C. Gardner
Steamboat Company
Granby
Gardner
Cathcart
Olympia
Smith
Knox
J. W. Smith
Columbia Record