, 1865-11-13
THE EXPRESS ROBBERY.
Recovery Of the Last Of tho Stolen
Money--Nearly $4,000 fonna
Under q Church.


their accustomed ability, managed to recover every
dollar Of The money stolen on Thursday Last from
the wngou Of the American Express Company. and
the manner In which they have 20 promptly and
completely "workcd mp" this case, arresttng the
criminals md recovering the major portion Of tho
money Within sixteen hours alter the 5obbcty and
two days afterHnrd, relecta the highest honor On
their skin and energy scarcely paraleled as 4 ls tn
'nf oDaned oa tbe eseius Of be
a.1est the detectives learned that very co1sdeta
Bile portion or the money not found with the
thtesss, bad i. been bnried M somewhere IN ths West
1t, but were unable 70 discover It. On Saturday
morning at nine O'Clock, however, they unearthed
The The stolen treasure. Buried At depth Ct about
they iound the object d their search, The Church
Is tased On studdine three feet hom he earth md
Other house IN retired portion Of the city, offered
unusual facilities and advantages for the hidtngfof
hs ne as e e.
cers found small tin box: In which were tightly
packed s7sis in sEocnbacks, In denominations - Or
fSstes SgIe ane a. ane
nearly quarter Of mile from The hoase In which
sbey ssefc arrested, between nichtfall and ten
ssRe a1d 'Pss o
s lie Clumsy incaatioa % Which + betrayed them.
pas pas Sass SsfeFs H. a Fslre eoo u the % American
Express Company who found that every ssolen
dollar was recovered: II would be sapcrhnous to
honesty Which has enabled the company g recover
all thei property, bat II may b. remarked that II
is rather uncommon for such a large amount Of
proportion missing as undiscovered. Nj. Ham
HecE, detective In the employ Of the Express
Company, arrived here Yesterday Is atnraag) to as
larceny, but before be arrived aii the erreiinc had
been done and the money restored to Its owners.
EXAMINATION OF THE ACCUSED DEFERRED
Il WAS intended that the preliminary EXAMINATION
q ne accused persons should fake place on sasnr-
o'clock, they made their appearance there. They,
with their attendants. made Up 9nlse psoesss,en
District Attorney Reed and Superintendent Tur-
lie headed the imposing procetsion. and lts body
Ra Pou' e. brahee
Thon'as Mo1ieEey, sck1s-looldng fellow, acainst
whom there docs not appear to be much csfdenca;
Il & hs l Rs1
and Webb; special officer Ham Beck HI. ,Aeay.
attorney for the deience, and ssseal police oesrs
assx iss 9e rsSy %
Mr. Reed sisted that II w1s not proposed By the
prosecaton 10 hold the Wun1an [e Craig as IN ac-
complete, but as witness, under her Own reeoEni"
nj. Asay urged continuance On the ground that
he had not had time to prepare any case for the de-
fence. he had not been able to have any snhtacto.
| " conversation with Lawrence ptoul, Who hna
merely stated to him biz entire innocence OF a con-
! neetiopsDftb the larctny. In Mo1Hssey's casc be
had been able to get but portion Of the facts and
| they did moi seem TO bear At nl hardly upon the
accused. MoHiesey had been very SICK, nearly dead
With con SUMPTION and unable to giro a. yet facts
| which would clear him. With respect to William
] FRONT, who seemed to be most deeply implicated
in the transaction, he would only Say that
| Ee was entitled TO know all possible before
he came into court, and there had Ii set been
| Eo opportunity for Preparation. Bis clients had
AGAINST them Ill the weight of strong prejudice In
| the public mind, and II all were true which was
charged against them, they should be hing, but as
A{l was not ttue, they eeztalny had right 70 pre-
| pare aa well a. they could to meet the charges
against thetn. In conclusion Of his remarks, the
attorney pald polite but well mcEted compliment
to the ability and cnerEy Of supL Turtle and bis
| Mr. Reed consented TO put the case orer on con-
dillon that it should 30 over until next Saturday
for Eve days OF next week hs would et engaged In
| the Recorders Court. 1fdur1ng the week, Ut any
time, 1t Ehonld appear tha. MoI1sscy Is not guilty
and the Chief Of Police feels that be has no convict
snE evidence ncainst him, be would dfchAzga him
| without whiting for the tr12l Of the otness.
With this understanding, the case was pat over
rrtil nine o'clock on Saturday next The bau for
eEch Of lie WIS fxed at ,00N and the yonns
woman, in default Of nominal bail Of Il 0oQ, wxa
tuned over TO the care of Supt. Turtle to be held
l Ms a ,ritneSs