Tag: October 1901
The Great Express Heist: $5,200 Vanishes into Thin Air
In a brazen and baffling crime, a package containing $7,700 was swiped from a United States Express shipment to the New York SubTreasury, leaving behind only $2,500 – a staggering $5,200 discrepancy that has left investigators stumped. The theft occurred about a month ago, when Collector Brendel of Buffalo shipped the package to Assistant United…
