Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-04-13
From the Albany Evening Journal Of March "a.
ARREST OF RAILROAD ROBBERS.

From the Albany Evening Journal Of March "a. |
ARREST OF RAILROAD ROBBERS.
The robbers who have been preyng
upon travellers on the Syracuse and Au-
burn Rail Road are at length arrested.
This was accomplished by the prompt and
determined action Of three gentlemen
who wero robbed on Saturday.
Upon the arrival Of the Cars in this ci-
ty, on Saturday afternoon, Col. Wilkie, Of
New York, found that q package of mon
ey which Mr.. G R. Hart had handed him
at Rochester, had been stolen from his
Valise.
William X. Strong, Esq Of Geneva,
found that his trunk had been opened and
$4l2 stolen from it,
Freeman Clark, Esq. Cashier Of the Or.
leans Bank, discovered that his trunk had
been opened and $4i00 stolen from it.
The three gentlemen, on comparing re-
collections, became satisfied that the rob.
berries were committed in the bsggage-
car between Auburn and Syracuse. -
They therefore returned to that place on
Sunday accompanied bv Messrs, Young
and Williams, Rail Road supcrnled.
dents by whom, as we'll as by the
other agents of the Companies, and Mr..
Rust Of the Syracuse House and Gener.
al Wood Of the American at Auburn, ev.
cry assistance in the pursuit was rend.
cred.
Suspicion fell SO strongly upon Richard
Graves, Collector on the A. g. s Road
and George Wall, porter to the S& U.
Road, that they we're both arrested. An
examination failed 10 elicit any facts a.
gainst Graves, who was discharged. Mr.
Strong, however, went with GravestO Au,
burn, keeping an eye on his movements
M CLARK took Wall into a room at the
Syracuse House, and after locking the
door, commenced a conversation which
continued seven or eight hOurS,and result
cd 10 a full confession Of the robberie'
and the recovery Of the money.
! Mr.. Clark drew Wall by degrees, into
familiar conversation, and in undertaking
to account for various sums Of money
which had been traced to him, he gJl en-
tangled in labyrinth Of contradictions
While thus embarrassed and alarmed, Mr.
G., informed him that mysterious no,
which had been made for him had beer
found, and that 5000 had been found a
his boarding house. He then confessed
thst this 5000 was part of package o
$l700, belonging TO Messrs. Whim &
\ Williams, Of Buffalo, which had been slO
len from E. Morton, Esq. last fall, and tha
the box referred to, contained $500 NOR,
of the same money.
| Wall, finding elfcorRered, hedam,
anxious 10 tell all, under promise that h,
should not bs sent TO his old quarters il
he State Prison. Mr.. CLARK promised I,
stand by him,"if he confessed all an'
gave up all the money. He then saidtha
he and Graves were in company; that o.
the night Of the last robbery, he started
lr0m Auburn, locked alone in the Car mex
to the Baggage; that afler the Engine sar
ted, he went into the baggage car with
dark lantern, and by means Of false keys
unlocked several lfnnks, took packsgeh a
money from those, of Messrs, Clark ,Strbni
and Wilkie; that after their arrival St BY
racuse, he divided the money with Grave
(who came in the same train as COllscl
or,l and after arranging il in such amaR
ner as to presesve il, they secreied hi
| ths haaanant wall of the Prashyitetial
church, where, on examination, Il va
found, one Of the packages having HR
Graves on il, and the other being mark
ed &c. Wall.n
On being asked if any Of the mono.
had been spent, Wall said that be took on
$40 bill from Col. Wilkes package auC
gave it TO Graves. 1t was ascertainsd
subsequently, that Graves changed a S2(
bill on Saturday.
From Wallis confession to Mr.. Clark, j
| il ouita certnin that he stole 4 laYga mum