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Show Valuable Packages Taken Prom Wagon and Cars New York, March 1. A big squad of New York detectives is searching today for a wagonload of cxnross parcels par-cels which disappeared O'l tho way to a Jersey City terminal lato yes-tenlay. yes-tenlay. The wagon, piled high with packages, contained more than $10,000 worth of goods destined for various western points. , The wagon, left tho express depot late in the afternoon and five hours later was picked up empty and vlrlver-less vlrlver-less at a street corner several miles away Tho express company believes be-lieves that the driver was the victim vic-tim of foul play. Chicago, Mhrch 1. Detectives of the Erie railroad and the Wells Fargo Far-go Express company are searching for three thieves who broke Into a westbound express car at Huntington yesterdny and threw off hundreds of dollars' worth of silks that were on their way to the Pacific coast The contents of tho car are said to have been worth $50,000. Every package was opened and much of the silk that was not thrown off was damaged by the thieves' muddy feet This is tho third robbery of the kind on the Erie road between Hunt-singtoitrTand Hunt-singtoitrTand -Clilcacorecenily. - r- no- - |