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Show FIND NEW SYSTEM OF ROBBING TRAINS Mystery of Long Series of Railroad Thefts on Eve of Being Solved in New York. NEW YORK, July 3. A mystery of a long series of railrond robberies in seven states, involving tho loss of many thousands of dollars a year, appeared ap-peared tonigut to be on the eve of .solution, according to tho police here, Mirough tho am-stt of two men and the finding of a trunk containing clothing furs and .jewelry valued at $3000 stob-ij from the baggago car of a train on its way to this city from upstate last Tuesday. The police say that the Now York 'Central system hns lost about .$100,000 a year through an apparently systematic robbery of baggage bag-gage enro. Tho men under arrest described tliemsehes as William Jvirbey, 25 years old, of California, and James Stowrirt, 26, of ICansas City. Kirbey is declared to have made a confession. confes-sion. Jlis method, it is alleged, was to ship an empty trunk, board the same train as a passenger, enter tho baggage cars at some way point by means of faln hevo and rob trunks, placing tho contents iu his own trunk. |