Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-07-06

roi From the Now orleans Plcayune, juno sg1uJi
An American vid6cq-Adroirnes % a De-
.l oI rlV f'. Uective. .7r3hW il tII Do
Que Nathan Maroney, as we have stated,
has been convicted at Montgomery, Alabama,
Of robberies committed upon Adsn1ss Ex-
press Company, of which he was agent TO
the amount Of Sb3, 900. He planted his
rogueries SO adroitly and secured his spoil So
successfully that, although suspected and dis
charged, IL took ten months OF constant sur
veillance by skilful detective and a most
ingeniously contrived series Of plots TO get
proof against him, and to recover the money
The exposure was so perfect that he finally
pleaded guilty, and received the sentence Of
ten years imprisonmentin in the Alabama PEN
itentiary. Ii 20 IodHi 3li Jnn9mnoo blnoH.
THE police agent to whom the affair was
entrusted was one'Allen Pinkeftoi, q detec-
tive policeman of celebrity in Chicago. He
was sent for to Montgomery, and had the full
confidence Of the company, who having paid
the money, were extremely anxious TO punish
the faithless agent, and if possible to recover
the $4,000, which they felt convinced had
not been parted with
Therogue and his accomplice were hunted
backward and forward, through a circuit of
thousands of miles of travel; every move
ment, from day to day, and every night,
watched and noted. Spies were set about
themin their most confidential hours; their
intimates were pressed into the service against
them; and finally detective brought into
contact with the rogue, under such circum-
stances as TO gain his confidence, be accepted
as counsellor, and obtain actual possession
of the money in trust. i' ~" ,I1.if
Maroney stole the money from the private
pouch of the express company-ten thousand
dollars at one time, forty thousand dollars at
another, and, we believe, three thousand at
another. The ten thousand dollars were en-
ployed in the purchase of cotton in South
Carolina. The forty thousand dollar package
was put in box and sent by express to Gal
weston, in Texas, under fictitious name. 1t
remained there till April, when it was
ordered to Natchez. He went TO Natchez for
it. recovered it, and secreted it in Mont
gomery. f.fH fL. HrI .t
Maroney had wife, or rather lived with a
woman whom he made his wife during these
affairs who was his confederate. She went
North and took up her residence at Jenkin-
town, in Pennsylvania, witha brother-in-law.
She came South, got the money, and had it
buried in her brother-in-law's cellar. All
her movements, day by day, from Mont
gomery to New York, to Jenkintown, and
while there and back again to Montgomery,
and to New York, were supervised hour BY
hour Women with whom she became ac.
quainted were engaged to watch, and t.
direct her movements as the police agent
desired. ''i
When the evidence. was strong enough
Maroney was arrested and put in the
Eldridge-street Jail. A fictitious arrest was
made, and one Of Pinkerton's agents was
placed in prison with him, and long history
is made of the processes by which Maroney
was made to confide in this Mr.. -, confessine
the robbery, and where the money was, and
engaged his aid to get up defense, and to
dispose of the money.
Maroney was made to believe that the
money was safely put away for him. Every
prison friend, untilnon the arrival at Mont
gomery,l WHITTIER he was sent under an
| executive requisition, TO be tried on the in,
eictmsnt, he was confronted In court by hi
bosom9 counsellor as police detective. He
immediately gave iulapd pleaded guilty, .7-