The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-10-14

manifested much .yirtuous indignation, "and
told Mr.. Pinkerton that Gen. Cass, Senator
Stuart, Messrs. Jervis and Litchtleld-would
take signal vengeance on him for such treat
ment to him. That he owned $35, 900 stock
in the Southern Road, and was the next day
to be married to Fbeatuiiul young girl in
Chicago, whose father was worth 500, 600
That on the night when the rail was put on
the track cast of Adrian, he was eating oys.
tiers and drinking wine with dozen Of the
best gentlemen Of Adrian--amoug whom were
Mr.. Moore, Superintendent, and Judge Baker,
Attorney Of the road. His greatest grief,
his friend Mrs. Moore, the wife of the Su-
pcrintcndcnt, would feel to hear that he was
Shut up in jail" ..o. :.
Mr. Pinkerton doubling whether he had
sufficient evidence to convict him, determined
to make him convict himself He Therefore
made arrangements with William Beck, ESQ.,,
Deputy Sheriff Of Milwaukee, and he was
prisoner in the cell when Byron entered. For
about four weeks, MIR. Beck was more than
half the time in the cell with Byron. The
rest of the time Byron supposed him in the
dungeon-such turbulent Express rObber
did he make Of himself
AS the result of this forced acquaintance, it
was agreed that the Express robber,' soon to
be bailcd was to help his new found friend out
of his difficulties by false oath, or by his
own confession he was "goner." From sun
dry revelations freely made to Beck by Byron,
II Raj TO; d Company could have no further
doubt of his guilt. lie had entered their SER
vice to betray them; and though he had given
the names of his accOmplices, he had been
careful not TO catch them.
At his request he was removed to Adrian
for trial, which came on before Judge Wing.
The prosecution conducted by Messrs. Tiffany
and Beaman, showed the matter of the boots,
and the defence supposed they would there
rcst-knowing that it was not alone sufficient
to convict him. But they called VIM. Beck !!
and what was the prisoners surprise to see his
man Grocer, take the stand? That was not
the entertainment he thought he was invited
to and he soon saw that he had sold himself
Mr.. Beck testified to the facts, and Byron's
admissions as above stated He was found
guilty Oh two indictments. On the first he
was sentenced to Imprisonment for life and
the Judge remarked that he would suspend the
sentence on the other, till the term of the first
expired.
! The wretches, one of whom thus meets the
due reward of his crime, selected as the first
scene OF their operations, one of the most
difficult roads for success in the whole western
country. Repairers go over the read in adj
vance of every train, and any obstruction, to
succeed, must be put Oh but short time be-
fore the train arrives. Besides this, there are
at all times, day and night, watchmen, each
with average beats of four miles. This sys-
tenn was adopted about year and half since
This may account, in part, for the remarkable
exemption this road has had from accidents !;
that it has perhaps prevented those worse than
devils from causing general wreck on the
trains, solely that they might rob the Express
and mail, while the uninjurcd should be busy
with the killed and wounded.
The affair reflects the highest credit upon
those having it in charge, and Mr.. Pinkerton
has added new laurels to the fame as detec-
tive Oi1iccr.-Chicago Journal.