Salt Lake Herald | 1890-07-20 | Page 5 | A Relentless Thief Hunter

A Relentless Thief Hunter An express companyjs the most relentless pursuer ofA a criminal in existence The hasemay bo abandoned by tho authorities the robbery may pass outof the publicmind but the defrauded never company never forgets and novergives If is only satisfied Tyhen the thief iS behind thebars and the proceeds of his rascality recovered Tho < latestexam pIe of this policyjhas t do with the arrest in Spanish HoudurasTecently of Edmund Sturgis Stur-gis Crawford Tho man was a messenger for ho American Exchange National bank of Now York city On May 4 1888 he deli ered d d t or was Eupposedtohave delivered thoAdams Express companya package con taiding1l0OOio beforwarded to the United Statestroasury Washington Thopackago received at tho treasury con taineji only slips of brown paper Noclejv could be found to tho thief and the express company made good tho loss to the bank Tfien its officials set the private detectives tow to-w tk Suspicion narrowed down t Crawford Craw-ford Heretainedhi5 place as messenger for several months after therobbery Tbenhe resigned and went to Honduras A disguised detective sailed with him In Central Amer icaithoyoung man blossomed out asa capitalist capi-talist Now crime of tvso years ago is Eaidto have been brought home t him and ho is under arrest The express company spent over 30000 to accomplish object