The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-12-24
THE FIFTY THOUSAND DoLDARs ROBBERY.
Arrest of Three Persons Charged with the Theft
Details of their Capture, etc.
We copy the following from the GaIena Ga

press Company-and by the night train was
conveyed thence to Detroit, in charge of w.
G. White, messenger, between those cities, and
then dispatched on the 18th of September to
New York, where upon opening it, was dis
covered that two boxes containing lead, but
bearing the same tags, had been substited for
the original packages. Measures were at once
taken to ferrets out the perpetrators of this
robbery, and liberal reward was offered for
the recovery Of the money.
The extensive business oft American tx
press Company renders it necessary for them
to have corps ofdetectiyes on their routes, to
watch their employees, and among them is
Mr.. Best, formerly police officer IN Buffalo,
who at once set to work but without any sue
cess whatever. month after the affair, w.
G. White, the messenger in whose charge the
money was placed, and who carried it from
Chicago to Detroit, ON the floor of the bag
gage car, threw up his situation, and came to
this section of the country. Through susp-
con at first had naturally fallen upon him, his
EMPLOYERS had concluded that he was inno-
cent--tiIl his resignation, when o letter was
received by Mr.. Best that two men, one Oil
yer King, who formerly kept the Farmers and
Mechanics Hotel, in Lowell, and VIM. G. Aver
formerly broker, at No. IL Brattle Square,
this city, had through a third party, (now I'M
der arrest) deposited five thousand dollars IN
gold in the Haverhill Bank, and from other
circumstances not yet diyulged, it was thought
that they were in connection with W. Z.
White 1t was subsequently ascertained that
King, whose previous poverty was we'll
known, had made purchases Of houses, horses,
etc.
Upon receipt of this information officer
Best with two Of the partners in the Ameri-
can Express Company, Mr.. Fargo and Mr..
Williams, Immediately started for this city,
which they reached on Friday morning, and
with deputy Chief Ham, officers Savage and
Lynch, they proceeded to Lawrence, where
King and Aver reside.
At this place they took rooms at the hotel,
and Mr.. Ham went out to reconnoltre, and
while passing through the street met Aver RI
ding in vehicle. He at once started for the
hotel to give this information, and as he was
entering the door he met King, whom he ar
rested and placed in custody of Captain Saw
age, and seeking the assistance of the Police
of Lawrence, he hired team and went in pur-
suit of Aver whose vehicle he saw standing
o a bye-roa1. 9 turned round just as Aver
drove off, but driving by him, he ran his vehi-
Gle acroas the wheel Of Aver and arrested him.
The house of King was then searched, and
in his house, it were ascertained that his mon
ey transactions, within few months, had
amounted to 1000, that he had silver plate
of the value of $500, and o1, 872 50in bills and
gold found in his possession. His house was
newly furnished. Ayers house was searched
and it was ascertained that he had recently
purchased one half of livery stable-he had
two or three gold watches, and both he and
King had gold chains OF the same pattern.
To secure White was the next move, and
with officer Clark, of Lawrence, two horse
team was procured, and four OF them started
for New Salem, where the father-in-law, by
marriage, of White resided. They here found
he had gone to Londonderry where his own
father resides, and they started for that place,
but on account of bad roads sent their horses
and proceeded by freight train to Londonderry
where they found the father of White who
could give them no information. The news
of the arrest Of King and Ayerhad reached
here, and the officers received anything but
civil treatment from those with whom they
came in contact. Here they divided, two go
ing to Litchfield and two to Derry but with
out success; but subsequently, by pretending
to be in search of stolen horses, they traced
White to within mile and half of his fath=
er's residence, where they lost track of him.
Finding further search improbable, they went
to Manchester, and Saturday morning came
down in the early train. White it appears
had also come to Boston, and was arrested to-
day The three were held to appear in
the sum of $4,000 each to answer to
the charge, Otis P. Lord, Esq, of Salem,
and Thomas A. Parsons, Esq, of Law
renee, appeared as council for the defendants.
White was formerly employed in the express
business between this city and Lawrence.
Such are the facts as they are related to us,
Mr.. Best has shown great skill in his mana
cement of the affair, ably aided by the officers
of the Boston Police.
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readers may not generally be aware ofthe pc
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ker of the House of Representative. No bill, ex-