New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-06-12
nrnIl.Rohhsrr Arrested.


Foon Ire Burlington uowsj Hswk-Eye;
,-.stps Beard and ]. X Barnes were brought
...orn on Tuesday and "Wednesday last, N Gus
bW"s nail robbers. Il will be recollected that
20. s"sor,hs since en- attempt was made to rob the
sToais Mail between Peoria and Springfield
"a postmsster a. Peoria pat Up the mails for
sS:.aseld and ST. Louis in separate bags on that
er..s,m. md instead Of r0bbing the St. Louie Nal,
$3.50 intended, they cat open the Springfield
III and GOT comparatively nothing. i. w. Clark
= - had forwarded package in tho same NJ an
- this lace. containing Sll00. as the Post
.s,er a, Peoria gave the assurances that the st.
80 Nal had not been molestcd they could not
S.,uyt f,r It's nor. reception ct s. Louis. MIR.
S.rerwea alter, the u. s. Mail geu;, was apprised
J,ie loss and set about finding the robbers. w nile
= Deiroit some time since Mr. = obtained a clue
rlieh enc5ursg ec him % prosecute bis iEvesiga-
sgs Mr. Carks money, which was taken rom
Is Mail, was all marked he found broker who
a. exchanged the money, end 10 making the ex-
cksnee lie bed given Land Worrau. OF G. certain
,vnbcr On Mg. + sretarn to this place from De
tvis, a. 10 now appears, he crossed On the ferry
ksat with ore Of the vertab.e robbers. lie did not,
boweye7. know it at the time.
A few days since be GOT track Of hn. A wnI
Vas pot INFO the bands oi-ae Z $. Deputy AarsnaL
10 BUe Esq whO IN Company ".1 Con'-tD
Hfrriz cuc 81 Burns OF tGlk'sssa5 O-A'e' wen
IN pursuit o. the robbCr They found hin @Dy-.
Is.o;,in f,,. O. claim on which intended 70 d.
go viii ia Land Warrant lie was arrested
or severa hundred dollars We e ioIua upon MN
q G',oslay be was brough. % town and during
A. r;gIf he named Barnes, the famous Keeper Of
ne pioneer House in Oquawke, as his chief &C
,sonn;ce in the robbery. From him IL was ascer-
..;ned that the robbery was committed near
oonswka. The place OF the key and everything
-. en- uninutely de scribed, that officers were I'M
,.s5iatelx sent TO Oquawka to arrest Barnes. He
10 BROUGHT TO this city on w ednesday morning,
~ thew were both taken on their way 10 Spring
cd The came day, where they have since arrived
we understand that Messrs. Csrk & Co. have
,scoycred about $500. The detection Of these rob
bsrs must be very gratifying to tne Postmaster a.
Peoria -,. r.
ID the facts will correct any Inaccuracies thst may
be found in the above stateme1t
TIE money wss mailed on the evening OF the
,ath February and left in the mail OF the l4th.
n N V pscLage consisted Of S600-S20 notes,
Nortb River Bank, n Y. City. They took num-
h,s letter and dates OF these notes, and marked
IN red ink across their face. The package OF st.
Iouis consisted OF $500, Missouri B lnk notes, and
3ratt or $500. The North River notes, and por-
don of the Missouri notes were sold by Beard 70 a
broker BIZ the name of Lewis, IN Detroit. This
bct was communicated 20 e. w. Clark, Bros & Co.,
by their n. y. Office. The former Immediately
t:egsphcd to Mr.. Fayerw Gather, who was then
st Peoria, who at once proceeded to Detroit, and
rstisfed himself from the description given Of the
person. that Beard was the man. He also aScer
iained where Beard made purchases, in his own
name. et Chicago, Uaing the same money he re-
ceiyed at Detroit in exchange for the stolen funds
Mr. Fayerwee Gather Immediately tcegraphed 10 y.
W Clark, Bros s. Co, that Beard vas the man,
snd TO dispatch officers for his arrest