The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-07-13
An American yidicd.

One Nathan Maroney has been con
, vcted at Montgomery, Alabama, OF
3 robberies committed upon Adams
: Express Company, OF which he was
, agent, to the amount Of S53, ,000.-
, He planned his rpgueries ~ adroitly
, aud secured his spoil 30 successfully
that, although suspected and dis
charged, it took ten months Of con
slant surveillance by skilltul dc.
tcctive and most ingeniously CON
trived series Of plots to get proof
againet him, and to recover the mon
Icy. The exposure was so perfect
: that he finally pleaded guilty, and
received the sentence of ten years
imprisonment in the Alabama Pen.
itcntary.
The Police agent to whom the
affair was entrusted, was one Aller
Pinkerton, u detective Policeman Of
celebrity 10 Chicago. He was sent
for to Montgomery, and had the full
confidence OF tho company, who, hav-
ing paid the money, were extremely,
anxious to punish the faithlcss agent,
and ii possible to recover the fifty
thousand dollars, which they felt
convinced had not been parted with
Tho detective accomplished this
with a skill and perseverance. a fer.
tility Of resources, facility OF dis
guise, and immovable tcnacity Of
purpose Which excite wonder as we
read, The rogue and his accom-
plice Were hunted backwards and
forwards, through Il circuit Of thou.
sands Of miles Of travel; every move
ment, from day to day, and every
night, watched and noted. Spies
We're set about them in their most
confidential hours; their intima,es
were pressed into the service against
them; and q detective was brought
into contact with the rogue under such
circumstances as to gain his conf
lcnce, be accepted as counselllr,
and obtain actual possession OF the
money in trust. If we had rea such
Il story in the memoirs Of Vidocq,
we would have thought it Il roman.
tic eXaggoration. 1t is, however. u
reality. and exhibits the degree of
acuteness to which the intellect may
he sharpened by incessant devotion
to one pursuit. The Chicago Po-
,liceman has so thoroughly mastered
tho theory and practice OF roguolom.
that it must be a blessing to the
community that he never Turned
rogue himself. lie who knows =,
wei. al the weak points where the
rascals open themselves to detection,
would be most dangerous Of men. if
mature hal not made him honest
AS it is, this story will oHake him
lannon's, and spG "y rtnrror to
thieves.
Mlroucy stole the money from the
private pouch Il the express COM
pany ten Thousand dollars at one
time, forty thou-Anl dollars at an
other. and we believe three thous-
and at another. The ten thousand
dollars We're employed in III, pur.
chase of cotton in South Carolina.
The forty thousan! dollar package
was PAT IN box an! m by express
to C .lvr,,on, Texas, under fic
ttious name. 1t remained there
till April, when it Was ordered to
NatcheZ. He went 10 Natchcz for
it. recovered it, and secreted it in
Montgomery.
Maroney had a wife, or rather
lived with "A woman who he made
his wife during these affairs. who
was his confederate. She went
North, and took mp her residence in
JenkintoWn. in Pennsylvania. with
a brother-in-aw She cnma South,
got the money, AMI had it buried in
her br ther IN laws cellar. All her
movem ents, day by day, from Mont,
gomery to New York, to Jcnkin
town, 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,
AMI to direct her movements IS the
Police agent desired.
When the evidence was strong
enough Maroney was arrested anO
put in the Eldridge street iail, y
= fictitious arrest was made, AMI ont
of PinkerIOn's agents was placed il
: prison with him, and u long history
ia made of the process by which
Maroney was made to conile il
this Mr., -, cnnfessing the rob
berry, and whore tho money was, an
= engaged his aid to get up defense
y and to dispose Of the money. Tn,
y various articles by which Marone,
was led to these disclosures, tn
= dsguises and tricks by which tn
wife was induced to deliver up til
,r money to the police agent, the con
y .rivanccs by which, lor severa
- y, months after, and until the trial G
:. Mr.. Maroney, the Mr.. Blank con,in
!" ued to be the confident OF the deceiy
:, cd rogue, form a long chapter i
80 8 the history. Maroney was made I
.. ., believe that the money was safel
le of put away for him. Everything h
" did was under the advice of his pri
:. ~, on friend, until on the arrival
~ Montgomery, whittier he was sci
,e ,e under an executive requisition,
" be tried on the indictment, he WI
:" confronted in Court by his boso
:, counselor as Police detective.
mha m He Immediately caved in and pIei
a. "a. guilty.
" " 1t is one OF the most rcmarkah
"9 cases in the history OF Americ,