, 1866-05-13

.Arrest Of all she Parties Engaged In tho
At1Air-Nenrly all the Funds fxeceTeF-
cs1-The Prisoners Safe In Bridgeport,
Conn.,, Jail.

Conn, jail.
From the New York Herald, Nay 9lh.l
The bold robbery of the iron car belonging
last, On the express train from New York to
Boston, In which the robbers secured one
hundred and thirty thousand dollars, prtncl-
paliy in Government bonds and treasury
notes, must still be fresh In the minds OF the
readers Of the HeTnld. The robbery was first
discovered on the arrival Of the train at
Bridgeport The conductor observed one Of
the car doors little opened, and bis sus-
picions were aroused, whereupon an exam1-
nation was Instituted, and 1t was found that
the door had been pried open with an iron
tar, the paddock bruken Of, and that
the robbers had entered the car, and
bf means OF an lron bar forced open
the doors Of one Of the safes belonging to
the Adams Express Company, md robbed 1t
Of It's contents. There MES also a safe il the
same CIR belonging to Harnden's Express
Company, hut this WIS undisturbed. The
robbers seemed to hare done their work with
great delibera1ion, as they tore open all the
packages, spprop1iatlng to thcmseltes the
contents, except those oil two packages, 1esy-
Ing tho envelopes and way. bllts stteWn about
On the noor. There were nhout hundred
envelopes thus opened. With all their sstc-
tered over the car floor, besides valuable
papers and checks. The fact Of the xubtery
becoming known to the central otlce Of the
Express Company In NeW York, Superfnten-
dent Sanford, Mr. Allan Pinkerton, Principal
OF the National Police Agency in New York,
with number Of assistants, proceeded to
Bridgeport and consulted With Assistant
Surerinreudent Spooner, the manager Of the
company at that point. They subsequently
took into their confidence sheriff Brown
Of Stamford, Connecticut. Their inycstign-
tions were conducted with great cure. and
when they had got chain Of clrcumstantial
tacta they at once proceeded TO the work Of
arresting the robbers. The sesult Of the work
wns the arrest of two men named respective
ly Clark and Tristan, who were tired On an
indictment charging them win the robbery,
were convicted, and are now serving their
sentence in the Connecticut Stale Prison.
The conviction Of these men did not satisfy
the minds Of the company nor the detectives,
a. they had good reasons to believe there were
others In the plot They. therefore, deter
mturd to press the matter to a successful
| issue, regardless of time or expense. For
while their efforts did not seem to meet
With the success their zeal deserved, bat per.
sistent vigilance aud uuremitting toll found
their reward q few days ago by the arrest Of
| all the other parties concerned In the
[ robbery, and The p!otter md the be-
ginner Of The ntfnIr fully known. It seems
now that the entire scheme originated in the
bsain Of q brakesman on the New Haven
| Railroad, named John Grady, and that Mar
lin Allen, whom We shall more particularly
/ reier 10, wRs the director ol the affair. Grady
was subsequently arrested on the charge Of
| rphhing passenger, and this fact gnye rise
TO tho belief that be w9s one OF the parties IN
the E1uress robbery. How far this suspicion
was well grounded tho sequel will tell. The
tlIcn remaining robbers, who were arrested
in this city and Brooklyn. within the past
| week, art named Martin Allen. Gilbert Nc
Glnnc, alias Gilly McGlory, and james Wells
H. $v,t y
VT re- made under tue direction Of detective
Pipkertou, assisted by Deputy Sheriff York,
Of brooklyn. and Deputy SheritIs McGonigle
anti Moore, of New York. The regular police
detectives Of Brooklyn and New York had
nothing whnteyer to do with the affair, and i
the robbers were Immediately after the iact.
became known, made very little or no etIor
to arrest them.. In rcgnrd to the arrest OF tn,
prisoners, Martin Allen Was arrested ut Is:
Carlton avenue, Brooklyn. on last satnFda.
morning: Sherias McGontgle and Moor
and Saturday morning, and at FIVE o'clock
| just ~ the occupants wore astfr,- the officer
| entered the house III search of ttieir prssouar
It feerna that Allen got intlmasion-p probably
The of3eers. and whcn they entered the hous,
he weM Into the back yard, aud WAS tbest
met BY two officers in pursuit, returned, and
boiling the door. cnmo out of the front base
| iEEuk NuQ1+ WHITE Ut lu1t AuOlHEF UllEEEt II Q(
demanded his surrender. The prisoner far
back into the house and endeayorcd to f1ni
refuge In the basement. The officers, Whit
bad entered through the parlor window, al
Il this lime came down stairs and secured him
The prisoner, finding himself corncred, mad,
/ the best Of the atuatfon and walked alnns
quietly with his captors and cuetodians,
.Actiiaue alias McGlorY, Is we'll know
New York th1cf, and had his haunts in some O
the low places In Howard street, near Crosby
He Is well known to the New York detectives
and no doubt has been constantly operating
ID Ills professional line, up 10 this time cludint
the vigilance Of the officers. He was arrest
ed last Friday night In Howard street, In TIL
city.
James Wells was arrested at nine o'clocl
the same night, on Broadway, near the 81
| Nicholas Hotel. He WAS pleasantly chatiin
with two friends at the time. When the of
cers told him their mission be did not exptes
the least surprise. but look 1t as matter 9
fact piece Of business. The prisoners Ter
taken to Bridgeport, Conn.,, last Saturday an
Sunday, and there brought before Judge Hal
| Of the Supreme Court, and committed In d.
lault of 81, coo bail each. They will be trle
at the next term OF the Criminal Court {
| Fairfield. Tho proof against the prisoners
said 10 be very conclusive, and they will prot
ably, ere long, 60 and keep company wit
their eoHiTeTts, Clark and Tristra1. tt
l1torB Of the detectives arc rewarded ',y til
most complete success-the recovery OF viii
| fu forty Thousand dollars Of the entire amour
| stolen and the arrest Of all the robbers.