Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-09-12 | Page 11 | Portable Safe is Robbed of $71,900

PORTABLE SAFE IS ROBBED OF $71,900 Packages of Money Disappear While in Transit From Jersey City to Savannah, Georgia. SAVANNAH., Ga.t Sept. 11 Official's of the Southern Express company were reticent tonight as to the disappearance of currency amounting to $71,900 from a portable safe on Atlantic coast line train No. Si), while in transit from Jersey City to Savannah, Tho loss of 1-ho moucy became known today, when.-50,000 when.-50,000 of it was to have been delivered de-livered to l-lio Savannah Bank & Trust company. The remainder of the moucy was consiened to banks at Brunswick Bruns-wick and .Valdosta, Ga. The currency was shiprjed by the Chase National bank of New York. Kxcept to admit that the money, scaled in onvclopes and locked in the portable sai'o, mysteriously had disappeared, disap-peared, express company officials declined de-clined to talk. Dotectivcs roprcsonUnc both the Adams and Southern Express companies are at work on the case.