Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-07-27

AN AMERICAN NDOCo.-O1r readers have already
been apprised Of the conviction Of NAT MARoSEY,
formerly conductor on the Nashville and Charles
ton Railroad OF robberies committed upon the Ad-
ans Express Company at Montgomery, Ala. of
which ne was agent, to the amount of $4,000. lie
planned his rogueries so adroity and secured his
spoil 50 successfully, that although suspected and
discharged, it took ten months of constant survei-
ance by a skillful detective and most ingenlousy
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 Imprisonment in the Ala
hama Pepitentiary:
The police agent to whom the affair was entrusted
was one Allen Pinkertor, a detective policeman of
celebrity in Chicago. He was sent for to Mont
gomery, and had the full confidence of the COM
pRny, who having paid the money, were extremely
anxi6us to punish the taithess agent and if possible
to recover the fifty thousand dollars which they
tCit convinced had not been parted with
The rogue and his accomplce were hunted back
wards and forwards, througha circuit of thousands
OF mdes Of travel; every movement from day to
dav, and every night watched and noted Spies
were set about them in their most confidential
hours their intimates were pressed into the SER
vice against them and finally detective brought
into contact with the rogue under such crcum-
stances as tC gain his confidence be accepted as Il
in trust.
Maroney stole the money from the private pouch
Of the Express COmpany-ten thousand dollars at
time forty thousand dollars at another, and we
believe, three Thousand at another. The $4,000
were employed in the purchase of cotton in South
Carolina-the forty thousand-dollar package put
in a box, and sent by express to Galveston, Texas
under fictitious name Ii remained there till April
when il was ordered TO NatcheZ. He went to Nat
chez for 1t. recovered it, and secreted 1t in Mont
gOmery.
MarOney had wife or rather lived with wO-
man whom he made his wife during these affairs
who was his confederate She went north and took
up her residence at Jenkintown in Pennsylvania
with brother-in-law. She came south got the
money, and had il buried IN her brother-in-law s
cellar. All her movements, day by day from Mont
gomery 10 New York, TO JenkintowD and while
there and back again TO Montgomery. and 70 New
York, were supervised hour by hour Women with
whom she became acquainted were engaged to watch
and direct her movements as the police agent de-
sired.
When the evidence was strong enough Naronev
was arrested and put in the Eliridse street iaiI
fictitious arrest was made. and one of Pninrton's
agents was placed IN prison with him and a long
history is made of the process by which NaronaT
was made TO cOntide in this Mr. ,opfossir,
the robbery, and where the money was and epoarnd
his aid to get up defence, and dispose of the money
Maroney was made TO believe that the money wa
safely put away for him. Everything he dil ,vos
under the advice Of his prison friend until ON the
arrival at Montgomery. whittier he was sent ,,pder
an executive regulsition 10 be tried on the ndic+
ment he was confronted in court by his bosom
counselor as police detective. He immediately
gave in and pleaded guilty.