The New York herald., 1849-04-17


INSECT y Co., AT ST.. LoUls.-ARREsr AND ESCAPE
OF. THE RoBBERs.- Yesterday, information was re-
celved IN the city OF the arrest OF two men, and the
recovery OF portion, and perhaps the whole, ofthe
money stolen from the vault of Messrs Nsbet N
Co., two weeks since. The circumstances, so far
as we have been able to gather them, may be thus
stated About week ago, information was re-
ceived by telegraph, OF two men being in Berlin,
small town between Springfield and Jacksonville,
ILL.,, under suspicious circumstances. They arrived,
as the report is, on horseback, with saddle bags
heavily filed with money: There they bought
wagon, for which they paid an extravagant price,
to the suspicion that they were the robbers Of
Nisbet IL Co., They put their horses to the wagon,
and passed through Springfield towards the Wa
bash. Upon the reception of this intelligence, Mr..
stance of Mr.. .Nisbet, started in pursuit of them
Mr.: Spotswood, who had special deposit of 81 800
with the house, and who is one of the sufferers by
the robbery, accompanied them. They pursued
them to Terra Haute, and there ascertained that
only few hours previous to the arrival of Mr.
CozZens and his party, the two robbers had left
and gone down the Wabash: The party continued
their pursuit, and overlook them thirty miles below
Terra Haute, and there arrested them Mr. Coz
zens got possession of the saddlc-bags containing
the com, and large roll of paper money. The
amount received is not known, as no count or in
vestgation had taken place up to the time to which
that the robbers confessed the commission of
the burglary and robbery, and that the gold of
Mr.. Spotswood was in the saddle bags untouched
They Were handcutfed together and taken to the
stage lima, and, with the officers, started directly
tor this city. AT the stand in Efingham county,
when the horses were changed, about midnight,
Foster and Spotswood got out and went into the
prisoners, supposing him to be awake. A few
minutes afterwards, the thieves made their escape
They were tracked down the road and across
field, until they got into the woods The people of
the neiehborhood turned out, and as at the last
trace of them they were still handcuffed to each
other, 1t is hardly probable that they could have
made their escape. CoZzens and Forster remained
to endeavor to retake them Mr.. Spotswood came
to this city, and from him all that is known about
it is derived. The whole party had been without
sleep for four or five days and nights, and were
very much exhausted. Mr.. Cozzens, it seems
from Mr.. SIS statement, refused to count or ex-
anime the money, or pay any part of it ever to Mr.
s., although the men said his money, in par
tcular parcel, was amongst it, As well for the
manner OF the escape, as for the refusal to open
the saddle bags and count the money, it is but
justice to Mr.. Cozzens to await his explanation. He
doubtless had reason for not breaking or opening
the packages, and he certainly was right in not
it until it was brought to this city. We did not
description of them enables the police to identify
them. We will look with interest for further de-
velopements, because a good deal of mystery
has been thrown around the transaction, in
the papers and in conversations on the streets. p
S.-There was report at the police office late yes
terday evening, that the robbers had been arrested
again and were on their way to the city. We do not
know how much reliance there is in the report
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