The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-12-01
Local and State News.
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l,rsst and imprisonment cfthe Thieves
'' ,be plans set on foot by the counsel
- as,ectiyes of the Adams Express Com
~ have resulted in the capture Of the
1;.,ss who, some months ago, robbed the
So at Grafton, We now feel at liberty to
nh1i.b the facts in the case. We could,
Yesterday, have furnished our readers with
.,.,ament founded on hearsay. but we
,efs,red to wait and learn ell tho facts in
tss case before publishing sdstailsd account
# the affair. We have converssd freely
Nth the Attorney and detectives Of the
".m,.nv and as result have prepared
tbe sollowing, which can be relied upon q
trus statement Of facts
On the night of the arst Of September
last the Office and safe Of the Adams Ex-
nre,s Company at Grafton were entered BY
means of false keys and the safe robbed OF
mast Of it's money contents. As soon q
this VAS known in Baltimore by telegraph
with the promptness and energy which is
,h.rscteristic of the Company, their Attor-
usv was dispatched to this city, and on his
.rriva found that the money taken con,
sisted Of about $3.50 and package said to
oo,,ein $4,000, sent BY the Company for
NO Arthur Resley from Wheeling to Graf
~, and addressed to himself at the latter
r,ce The Agent of the Company soon
came to the conclusion that this large pack"
90 was bogus, and that the robbery was
mart of a plan to defraud the Company
Rs.ley, though in Wheeling, made no ger
.,Dal demand for his package, but put his
e,,.a claim into the hands Of one of the
mo,t respectable attorneys in our city, who
called upon the Attorney Of the Company at
bis hotel and dema nded payment. He was
informed that in order to enable the Com
psuv to pay the claim three points must DO
established to their satisfaction, viz; let, ~
II the kind and denomination of the money
the package contained; I'd, as to where and
from whom it was procured, and Sd. proof
By some disinterested, reliable person or
vsrsons that the sum of $4,000 in good
money was actually put into the package
md delivered to the Company's Agent
50 sttempt was made to furnish this infor>
v,1,n until about the first of October,
WIEN the afidavits were made and sent to
he Com pany's Attorney in Baltimore, tn
character of which only served to demon'
srate the correctness of the conclusion ar
rvci at by the Counsel that Resley's pack
age was bogus, that the robbery was apart OF
the plan to defraud, and that it was commit
tel by him or his accomplices.
On the night of the 5th of October the
flee and safe at Grafton were again en-
tered and robbed OF a package known to
contain SIS 900 in $50 notes of the Firs'
National Bank of Pittsburg, six new issue,
and some $500 in other packages and loose
money. The Company Immediately after
he first robbery, bad given orders not to
Us, the same safe again, as in consequence
Of the B COR r. being cut they could
NOT replace it. But through q pure mlsun-
Outstanding or accident, one of the em>
ployees put this large package and other
money intothe safe on the night of the rob.
Oery-tbe Agent at Grafton being at that
tine in Baltimore on business.
As soon as the Company was informed OF
The second robbery, by telegraph, Allen
Pukerton, the Chief of the National De-
tective Agency whose headquarters are at
Chicago) tie most reliable and skilful do
tector of crime in this country, who has for
Gears past been employed by the Express
Company with invariable success in the de-
lection of the various heavy robberies
Committed upon them, took charge of the
matter and, as usual, soon recovered the
money, and apprehended every one con-
0ectedu any way with the robbery, and, on
tuesday, Resley, Abner Marks and Charles
Meredith were committed to the Jail at
f'Fnont for the crime, they (the prison
sF'j having previously made to the Bslti-
more attorney of the Company, who, in
Junction with Mr.. Despard, Of Clsrks-
olEg, represented the Company, full and
Truthful confessions of the manner in which
Tue robbery was planned and executed.
1t appears from their confessions that
hesey who has hitherto been an honest
'aough weak man, and who belongs to
most highly respectable family, and whose
OEO'aer is held in the highest esteem BY al
'ao Know him-through his -dissipated
.,O''' became acquainted with Marks and
Ae'edlth, who were partners in drinking
aud gambling saloon at Grafton, and men
" AaOSa bad character, and, led on BY the
''u company and bad whisky with which