The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-10-26

~ ne I0iioN ing "details oil The arrest Oh
The mail robbers. accidentally escaped our
eye, or it should have been given TO The read
ers OF the jouraal couple days since:
From the Philadelphia Bulletin, Oci. 10
arrest OF the Mail Robbers.
. We arc glad Ia aiI-ouncc that several men
have been arrested AMI are l.ow in custody.
who, there Is gooi reason to Believe are the
perpetrators OF The daring robbery Of Ihe
United Sties Mail. ia the southwestern SUI
bnrbs oil Phiadcl piiia, on Saturday night
last.
We have been able, rs yet, 10 obtain but
little affirmation III regard 10 The arrest Of
HE IMPLICATED parties, and even such par
,iculars rs we have learned are rather of ii
ro.iused nature. As well us we understand
The c;'se, SO lar. the following appear to be
the facts:
a man of doubtful reputc from Balimorr.
named Isaiah, lsinc. or JOSEPH, Downs. and
better known by the not very ltlIcii0us so5ri-
quet OF .'Slomnlky." yesterday evening,
while u',der ii,c Influence Of liquor, eIcoun-
Tered MIR. Thomas SIubtns, an x-por.. Of
icsr. IN south bro;,d street, aud Informed him
that he knew Ill about the m Ill robbery; thai
lie was hnis, II Concerned in The robbery and
;is he had been treated badly by the robbers
WHO planiled and executed ii, hc was resolved
10 blow on them
Dowis Communicated 10 Mr.. Stubbns the
WHOLE of The cirrunist tnces of the robbery,
ana Mir. y. ohtdlnlig The assistance Of ii par
~ Of The day and mght police Of the soulh-
west division. between aud 10 O'clock last
night, proceeded Ioa suburban settlement of
low Irish aud English, on Federal street be-
tween Broad stree nn,i Loag Lame ia West
MoyaneiisIur known us Rum Row." Whcre
five men. Indicated by Downs, were arrested.
The lien were all taken IN different houses.
The entire Row was in Il slate vi rarous;,l,
and almost ever, onc oil the inmates seemed
10 he drunk.
The Irttncs of The prisoners ARE Thomas
Werlich, James Bell, Thona, Brdnnan, John
AlcCarty, and Robert Mcdowell. TLey
were taken 10 the station house, corner o.!
Schuy lkill EigI III and Brighton Streets,
where. this morning between II and u
clock, they underwent AN examination before
Mayor Jones, The United States District At
toruey. Joha ". A>hnlcad. $50 being pres
ent 10 conduct she hearing OIL the pari oi' the
! 'soveFnment. Downs WIS examined AS ID
STATES evidence, and his testimony against
The accnsed was direct and positive.
The examinations resulted in The prisoners
being fully committed in default ct $1,000
bal! each, to answer 1T lie next term o.. the
United Stats district court.
About ten o'clock this iu,cnoon the prison
crs were conveyed TO the couniy prison.
They are ali En.iishmen and lrishnrll.-
Most Of then are well known old Offenders,
and TWO OF them are convic;s not long since
dis'harged from The peuteniidry. where they
had served Tor proirirted eriods. Three OF
them ARE gray-licaded, and they are all men
q! The hardest appearance.
According II Downs account, the ma;l-car
WAS euitre'i by Il false key, and the pouches
thrown out. The bays were then gathered
up, aud the robbers wadng through IA pond
10 keep tlien.o, Ives from being tracked iook
the pouches To a siabIe in ilc rear of Rum
Row, where tile letters were soi;ed OUT
Downs has been detained ia custody.
The rfed letters were scattered III clumd
of bushes All accent, on Remembers farm,
where they were discovered on Sunday NOR
nlny.
The prisoners make no defcrcc. They
were silent as TO the robbery this morning.
The money they obtained supposed iohhve
been buried. and it was thought that il would
be recovered.
We should add that Mr.. James Pidgeon,
OF the Philadelphia post cice, played
promiuenl part Ia the arrests. We hear that
he traced portions OF torn letters from The
bushes or Remembers place 10 the houses iTi
Rum Row, and that he his recovered con-
siderable amount OF goods. supposed 10 have
been stolen by the accused men. Al his IN
stance, Il man named James White. and IL ie
male. sister were arrested OIL the charge
o. being CONCERNED In the uail robbery
White was subsequently, discharged
In the course of to-day it was expected
hat i'm lorraIt developments would DC made
III regard 10 This bold robbery.