, 1865-11-10
bARlAa ROBBERY.

! bARiAa ROBBERY.
Forty Thousand Dollars Stolen On a
Public Thoroughfare from q
Wagon Of the American
| Express Company.
THE MONEY RECOVERED.
FIsuts tbs Driver, and Three other
fsesoAs Ax7ssted On
ths Charge.
Two OF Them Recognized - MUIR
| deFors.
&e-, &C., &c.
About nina O'Clock yesterday forenoon one Of The
most extensive md daring robberies evee commit
ted In Chicago was pe.pes.ated on Clnrk street,
which are substantially q follows:
=, Al NE nsnA hour IL the forenoon the wagons Of
The American Express Company received their
the corner of Like md Dearborn streets. nd hen
proceeded ~ usual TO deliver them to hets proper
o1pera In dit1cerent pars Of the city. Ore OF The
ends, drawn by 4 single horse, and heiEh,ed wlth
numerooe Packages Tor vnrions banking institu.
tions md ind1vidaala-amoug theae packages were
two small boxer n1led with eprcie-tue entire
money contents Of the WAGON amounting TO be-
twee:n two hundred and my and three hundred
| driver and deliycrer, L. T. Praut and George
Aa,ttewB} the special duty Of tie fosner being 70
dri;c the warnn, and Of the lstter to deI,ser and
I {nh& Y4~: frra fS
hands fot disposal 1he wagon was int ddsenio
the Merchants Loan and Tsus. company'a bank on
d pacEsce wss aellsered nom ihenoe diose over
10 Wheeler i Wilson's sewing machine Foou1s,
ley aoH vel ok o. the ,E1g,sf, 9e
ner Of LIKE ard Clark streets: then to Scdpps,
Willard q Keane Bank; next aesoAs to the Ttader'
Bank, No. ~. whcro Af. AaitheMr A1!ghted and
entered The institution for the purpose oi delivering
apacEagt, leaving the drser on the seat, in charge
9f he wagon snd tts contents. The First National
Of delve.y, Nr. rrout droyc the wagon up in front
Of il md aWal,ed there the return Of Matthews. e
bad net ltsa there many minutes before Mr. Castle,
the opposite corner, and asked hun how mauF de-
livezEa there were With that wagon. Pout answered
in charge Of the wagon. Castle then asked him
II the Packages were all r1.nt. Turning, Front
Glanced o'sr the contents Of the wagon. and ex-
baer ID gone'" Mr. Matthews returning at that mo-
mcnt. WIS almost paralyzed with terror when the
tsaitnnG dtee9sc11 mas made known to him. The
leNelr.
The alarm WIS at once ctscn: and while Mr.
Nee!hewa rc12ained IN the Hseo1 fEont looked high
saied thai In asting along CLARK street be hsd sen
ea man VII up seh sn the h ad tss
one fthe deli1e7e.s id NOT pay particular attep-
tion to his appearance OF thr quality description
Of bis dre*a. lie e4w the man passing along Clark
street, un.ii be came TO the Sherman House, when
he lost eight Of him in the crowd.
search VA made everywhere for the dariuG rob
other persons interested the matter bus without
ercccts- The astouishment Of Mr. Matthews was
cTcar. but that Of The diver was greater. He
had not left his seat even for fst6ut the parcel
had been iu the wagon behind htEu, and be had not
seen or beard any one aPproaeh during the absence
moi crC:7ded "a they are Litter III the Dig, and
only c1eEka ED busfnesF men going to their stores
and Offices are to b. seen. yet how any one could
e s by eo VIZ
unine robbery. and 1t viii require a1l the Ingenuity
Of 9ar aosscsx 70 iad h5nE ns to eht
the amount ot the loss circulated through the
e,teets. At drst rrnor had 1t that the has con-
10 500 GU, End one Of our evening contemporaries
stated the amount 1t s3u0,0 These reports were
falre q courre. a. Will BE- seen BY the following
note from Nj. Fargo, Superintendent Qf the Ame1i-
can Express Company:
OFFICE OF TIE ANEK1cAa EKFREss Co.,
CHICAGO, Nov. s. 1865.
Ep11oa TR1nusE: The amount Of money stolen
co, md coa.gnees hare been !rs re-
queeasd to present their clalns for payment.
Yours. &C., ]. G. FARao-
The money had jusa asEived nom tho East, and,
VIC nrt informed By the Express Company, belonged
| to some eix or seven OF ons National Ranka The
numbers and denominations Of the bills portion
Of shesn ase kncwn Ut the hanks, and tins ,he cir
f1F
| they arc not recovered.
| Upon the return Of Pront from hts unsuccessful
Wagon o. @ ose1 10 p ths ceara, Pohee sts,iou, md de-
| Nyered themselves into the custody Of Superfn-
t.ndent Of Police Turtle. who, aftcT lengthy e1-
poeseestua Of Prour on suspicion OF hia being In
p!eated IN some way. shape CT form IN the taking
| Of The money.
Since the above wss put IN type the robbers have
been arrested, md ali Of the money {EAo, ,o2y has
been recovered. We learn the following from our
excellent Chief Of Police, Superintendent VIM.
Turtle:
] Immediately st1er the robbery VA committed,
the matter wss given into hands Of Superintendent
Turtle, who forthwith ses the whole dcter1ve ma
Jas. Webb md Robert Kenny. who together
frcte ont The particulars, is duel de praise ac-
The diver (Front> % be implicated In the matter.
| they attempted to bring him 10 confession, bnt
no.h3nE so!d s got GSt Of m What s. est
leti bis seat IN the wagon. wien two or three par,
Ties positive they had seen him enter the bank
thst Prout had : brother hy the name of
Y 1lliam. nvAg in the West Dyikion, and officers
Webb and kenny ncu turned their attention 70
house tAi1uaed On Nromn street. one door South Of
| Taylor,l and for tmo hour waited In the utmost
anqs G!osf ;Ss lga, sRRse s..,n ,n the
! M 10 lie WINDOW md pcaing through fhe bl{uds,
| thcy perceived WIN. Frout and yo1rg WOMAN
sssts La 5iassb oS bea se ens 81 ,
bids Ncre GEed. and they blded their time.
| Ahout half IN hour LITER hack drove up to the
door. md man by the pame ol Thomas Moaisey
rot ont snd c.1tered the honse. As matters were
c,iders'y coming to clims1 the olEeess moved @
Ienes. About, len minutes a'tcr Aori:eT bad
entered the hon-e, The door opened and
nfP e. 5s see :asf e, sR95asss s5s s,e.es I'D
moment for acton, end The officers making srrinE
:or the vehicle. c.osed ihr doosr On them. Nor
s2d "nt =. r. I,s eanns aa
Guns lad been securely. h.teaed on their
S. hey It ina@'sd IT. pDrssais sSns1ss5's . T.
md md Threatened the othces1 With condgu
| punishment when The mIsiake ehould he rectthed.
fh,. ilmt he nen We1e esea h taeI ehsrss snd
lbe detectives turned their attention to the ho1se
The building from the onf1df presents very unin:
eondIi1n hui O. ente1ias, scene of simos, oriental
masnifcencc met the1r astnntfhed gaze The "ala
~ere hung with large mir1ort and costly pictures
tent eapst covered The toor. he osy Inmate "a.
the female before ment1oned-a beanti'n] Gttl
about seventeen ysare o. ne: E. oy ne .a,sns name
.. o. 1MeIr' for the he men ID ,helr e1pedi
iIons. The of1ce1, seeing laree trunk in III
rooua, demanded the Eey bur .he pretended 70 NOV
ttood When hrst aceosted, the key vas fonna in Y.
bed1ed he SaPe The ose.s Pc n9~ ~ ppS9s1 pd d1fas n
e.. they found a lad5's travelling lag. which o.
Opening vsa found 10 conta1n part Of he mi,s1n
~ ia q q ses1seins he 6ea =
identical carpet bag winch continued the money a. u
lime 1t was sluleu, WAS found slowed away het"ee
nsriess 1 disclosed eeefsi closet behind ne tron
door, nd In thit recess were found several full gel
81 obs9 SSass1hsna. r1 I'd
After The fnvtetgatioa Of The premises had cee
completed rhs pnIttts WsTe placed IN the lack Al
! ' Gon.scy il Ole oi ihe no.t desperate ehsrasts
that I'M ever infested tbis country. It has be.
90 musdcred Cd another no ~ under the nost shoed1
: circumstances. IN The French I'atch, and which
The lime created m intense excitement Prom
a Who, about year agc, committed :. the Dndgepo
: murder and Wm. Trout, his brother, has for
: loug time tecn Fuepccted ~ = thief and buEGla
There appears to be large gang Of these r9ftian
: and that frou1 engaged 10 :hc cumpany for the e
); preee purpose Of aceomplts hing these thetts.
tircst credit ia due ths superan.endsnt and nd !,
. abilify. decision and judgment displayed in brtn
lur the criminals to justice. and seldom has dit
!. | cult problem bccn tolyed more enthusiastically
Z / honor 10 them.
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