Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-01-13
TuE EXPRESS ROBBERY.


The New York Ere,,iae Post of Wednesday says.
addition to the ne m@ @@ @ Division Street Where
the old shoemaker of NOrwalk left 1t, as reported
yesterday and amogn@ag @ tt to So IN gof cu IN
rency notes. 457 III national bank notes, and gold
bills valued at $3.50 600 in all)1hye thousand
dollars in gold have been Il found, ana were returned
cred is not stated; but it is less than it was supposed
to be yesterday. The loss smaller than was at rs
No arrests besides those reported yesterday have
been made, and it is not known that any other per
sons were engaged in the robbery.
1t is part of the policy of the Adams Express
Company to allow no person concerned in rob.
berry against it to escape whatever the amount of
and the effort required to secure detection and
punishment; and as yet no such person has escaped
As matter of business the company would have pre-
ferred 10 spend sum equal to that involved IN this
robbery rather than permit the rogues to enjoy any
part of the proceeds of their daring job.
We are re informed that the statement published II in
Harnden Express Company had money safe in the
car Of the Adams Express Company. not correct.
The Harnden Express COmpany's safe was on the
train in eGarge of their messenger hose usual or
ders to keep 1t constantly in his sight 1t said
that during the past twenty-five years the Company
has sustained only money loss. and that was in
Providence, K: l., where safe containing Sl6oO In
silver carried of.
cred include about all that was lost that the ex-
tent of this robbery large as it was. has been
stated one-half The Adams Express Company, we
are informed, would have been responsible accord
ing to the terms of their contract, for the amount
hp
carry from Washington. if none of this had been re-
covered: and these notes are included in the sums
The old man. Josiah Tristham. who brought the
bundle containing stolen money TO this city, will
nroh ably be held for robbery or Tor any other crime
r. is thought he merely the dupe OF the robbers
Who are known to the police in tins CITY, and who
dared not therefore trust themselves here with the
stolen property. - ,... ;o
i,nOwn to have been personally connected WIN IN
robbery Barmore's wife is related to one oil th
prisoners in Norwalk VII cor,o oot;ort
one Of whom is relative of Josiah Tristham and !
named Augustus Tristham. will be tried for the ROB
berry. This Trstham is identified by the police a
'Sleepy Gus" an old rogue A.,
1t is uncertain whether any other persons thal
these accomplished the robbery, though It is though
n assisted the two who are at Norwalk. All IN
fac, 'will soon be brought to light --
EscA eg OF A NOTORIOUS CoUNFERFEITER.-Jam
Roberts one of the persons recently arrested 10
Counterfeit, ng United States currency, and was t
Lore heen tr, ed in the United States Circuit CoUr
astarday aftern aon. escaped from the Kings Count
y;i on tuesday: walking out of the prison in mid
an an 18th some prise ners whose terms of imprison
oSnt had expired. II is suspected that his escap
s ncconniyed at by OF the officials in the jail
tha matter will be Investigated by the grand jury
is only short time since seven convicted prisoners
L.; ~ of Mhom were sentenced to State prison, escape
in mysterious manner from tGs sams institution
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