We understand that a young man by the name of P. W. WREN, in the employ of the Southern Express Company, at Grand Junction, was arrested on Thursday of last week by Mr. J. A. WORLEY, general agent, and Mr. Jesse BLUE, local agent, on suspicion of having stolen from the company a fine gold watch and chain, which had been shipped from New Orleans to New York some time since. After some close examinations and cross-questioning, he acknowledged that he had taken the watch and many other articles, such as silk dresses, laces, lawns, jewelry, etc., all of which were found safely stowed away in his trunk.
We learn that young WREN is of a good family in Virginia, and possessed of good business qualifications, aside from his thieving disposition, which facts we suppose induced his captors to release him, and he is now on his way to Texas or some other out-of-the-way place. We understand that only a short time since a messenger of the company was discharged from being short a package of money at Grand Junction, when WREN had free access to his car and papers. In all probability he might tell what became of the package.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 22 June 1867, Page 3. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
