The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-05-10
IME ADAMS CYPRESS RnRREaY.
Additional Particulars of the ARaIr-A
Hole Op0Fatto - How che Oase was
Worked-PriveteA Against Public Polioo
Detectives, Elo .r.|

Additional Particulars Of the ARaGr-A
8old Oporatt0 - How che OaSe was
Worked-Privete Against Public Police
Detectives, Zee. o.a.I
We published yesterday an account of the arroz,
OF three MOI OF She robbers Of the Adams Express
car on the New Raven Express on the MIC nj OF
apntlorities OF Conneoucut. TneY arc now m
brdgeIort IN close confneweni, where they will bo
'gt until the next term OF court.
Inc train on which the robbery was commit Cd
was lLe regular express between New York and
Boston, and lett New YORK ate in the altern OOn
The idea OF the robbery first originated IN the m nd
OF John Grady, the brakesman OF the train At the
me OF the aiAir he had teen year IN the em-
S,cS Si b .ne new Haven kalrosd company. por to
ment Grady 10 shrewd, observing fellow and
showing t1e messenger OF the Express Company
was IN lne hADlt Ol Q plug during the passage Of
tho train, he thought the plan Of rOboing the Esx
press COMPANY yery good one.
lie nfst disclosed hB plgn TO his brother-n Ia ~
james Wells, wel.knuwn New YORK chara stos
nov nnaer sIrtst, who cemmunc ed 1t TO tho
h ,er Psle, sngagel, Al OF "h0Ln Teie now vi hin
sons IN the confidence of the affair. On the night of
the robbery portion of the rob- ors mada surrep-
otheTs were TO got ON the regular passenger ears
GlaoV, the brakeman, did not on ihe tram that
night, but got substitute, he going 10 STANFORD
where he was TO take part in tho affair
The men that rode in the tram got cor nt certain
point, expecting TO be aDe to assist IN the sair.
but The plan did not work az they expeoteS a. x
was said the 0O could be done within the limits of
the state el New York. rhe psrte, thaA got OF the
New York and proceeded to the house OF Au tustys.
TnstIam. No 76 horatlO street-the latter being
among the gang. This portion Of the robbers were
traced az far as Norwalk, where they went INTO
saloon to drink and remained there until tho sans
Haven. The tram was behind time on lis Tetnpr,
and when the par les got on they ere spotted Ov
CONDUCTOR Hurlbut and Mr.. Spooner one Of the
New England district superintendents OF Adams
Ia press Company.
In regard 10 the amount of money in the car that
was ROBBED, and that was actually in possessioa of
tne thieves at one tIne full statement has been
pnbllshed IT amounted to $3.50 900; but one safe
they did not breek open. The one they did bfeaS
open contained Ss1 600 in le9aitender notes and
$4,000 IN hVe-twenty bonds in addition to whIah
there were promiscuous packages The robbers car
red on $lSO 200 in gold aud currenov. The party
got of at COscOD brdge, three ana a-half miles from
stam ord, and hid their booty near that place A
of the track where the robbers rot of
The robbery occurred on Saturday night and On
the Sunday evening following Mr. Allen Plnkerton
OF the National Police Force of this city, with a
corps Of assistants, accompanied by Mr. opooner of
the express COMPANY, proceeded to the New Aaven
depot at FOrtY-second street When in the train
Mr.. Plnkerton observed a man that attracted ms
attention, ana who subsequently turned out to be
the man ark who has been tried and convicted "a
one of the robbers. Clark paid his tare 20 Nav
Haven, but rot of at Stamford in COMPANY
with Augustus GrsTam aud Nc Iuire He made
application to livery stable 10 90 to his uncIe's
Lut the night belng cold and he q stranger IN the
place the sab e-keeper refused to lend HIM a eam
and the party was Obligea to remain at a bo'
IN Stamford until Monday morning, when thoy
look The frs train to Norwak, but CLARK got on at
and remained SO until arks arrest Augustus IRIS.
tram proceeded 10 Norwalk, and went to tue house
OF his unc e, Joe Irlstram TWO and half mi es from
the depof, procuring wagon for that purpose ut a
hVer, stable Irl5D am met at the tram a cOnfrere
and they proceeded TO Coscob bridge where the got
some OF tne proceeds OF the robbery which had been
buried near that place. They returned to Joe Iris
trans house. where they arrived on the fol owing
Tuesoay morning, at hali-Dast three O'Clock. Mr.
Hopkins the livery stab keeper at Norwaik who
loaned the horse and wagon to Augustus Trstram
and Clark, apurenenslve that his property would be
stolen, sent his TO follow them. no abN
facts were obtained.
When the robbers returned to TrisLam's from Cos
cob bridge the detectives were notified ana the
house was watched until tuesday afternoon Mean
while detective Pnkerton aud superintendent
lrIst1am ana Cork When Tristram iornd himself
IN the hands OF the law tried TO appear an Inno
cent party Gy wing that the stran gers 10
him, and the money found in his house was IN their
baggage. 1bIs story fell 10 the ground, however
when upon SEARCHING his person 60 atch VIII CHI
was stolen from the exprt IS car found Detective
Pinkerton here obtained further information OF
the rootery and at once telegraphed to New
York TO Mr.. Henry Sanford, the General SUI
pt rinrendent of Adams Express Company and
Fl ON the information he received he proceeded,
attended by private watchman of the 81, N choIas
Hoel 10 tie house of one Barmore, No 100 Dvi-
SION street, where they found bag in q barrel
SlO0 OOO IN currency part Of the proceeds of tle
rot berry. Barmore was arrested, but was subse-
quenty discharged without tria. While at Joe
Tristrams house Detective PInkerton observed a
bag with sthe bottom twisted and from this iact
concluded it must have contained gold and that
the precious metal was not far of, and upon push
1np MS Investigations 1urtnef large amount a
gold was found three.touTths OF a mile from Iris
trans house, under stone wall beside the road
On the trial TTistlam pleaded guilty.. and was sen-
tenced to three years and SIX months III the State
Prison.
Clark was tried and convicted; but his counsel
subsequently procured writ of error, and the case
is now awaiting the action of the Supreme Court of
Connecticut. Subsequent developments showed
that there were other parties in the robbery. While
the detectives were watching Joe Tristrains house
Augustus 1rstram, Allen, and McGuiIe said that
the proof against them ana also against Wells be-
i've unf IN hoan,
elusive, and they, with McGlory, were arrested as
described in yesterdays Herald, Grady, the brake
man on the train on which the robbery was con- ,
mitled, suspected to be party in the affair; bI
the testimony AGAINST him was not deemed sufHcieI II
to hold him until about one week ago, when he a
caught in the act OF frObbng passenger on his ira, n
and il was then deemed time to arrest him, charg AZ
also with participation IN the express roO0ery- N
y. Herald.
Markets by Telegraph.
NEW YORK. Nav 10 Cotton Is quiet at 340 q5o