Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-01-13
THE ADAMS EXPRESS ROBBERY.
Capture of Three of the Parties Implicated and
Recovery Of Large Portion of the Money.

Three persons implicated in the robbery of the
Adams Express Companys safe, on board the train
from New York to Boston, have been arrested.
They were traced up by Mr.. Sanford, agent OF
the company, and some private detectives acting
under his orders. Two of the parties were arrested
in Norwalk, and one was tracked down to low
lodging house in Division street, New York, where
he captured, last night and nearly three-iourths
of the stolen money found in his possession,
The whole amount taken from the safe did not
exceed S550,O0O.
The Express Company feel no doubt whatever that
the whole amount will be recovered within very
brief period.
From the New Haven Journal of Wednesday,
Yesterday afternoon Assistant Superintendent
SpOoner, Of Bridgeport accompanied by 5. b.
Beardsley, Esq, and Sheriff Barnum, of the same
place, proceeded TO Norwalk and arrested two men
on suspicion of being engaged in the robbery OF the
express safes the Saturday night train, and found,
on examination after the arrest, that they had got
the right fellows.
The manner in which the arrest came about is as
follows: On Saturday evening three men called at
tile hotel in Stamford and reg istered their names,
two of them as Lockwood and the other as Clark.
Their actions towards each other at first, far as
observed, was that of strangers, and no one sup
posed that they We're acquantanCes. They had
been there but a short time when one of them de-
sired to hire conveyance to go to Norwalk, but he
did not wish to have a driver accompany him, say
ing that he going to take some ladies, and there
would not be room.
Being a stranger, the livery man would not let
the fellow have the conveyance unless he sent Il
driver with it, Notwithstanding he was offered ten
dollars for it, After the failure to hire conveyance,
the fellows were then seen for the first time 10 hold
conversation with each other. They remained Il II
night at Stamford and the next morning took train
and went to Nowalk While at Stamford their
presence and appearance was such as to excite the
remark from citizens that they wouldn't wonder II
these fellows the that robbed the express.
On arriving in NOrwak they hired u conveyance
and went upon the hill back Of the village to an old
shoemakers, named Tristan, who is an uncle of
Cark's Here they stopped over night, and returned
to the village the next day lAlonday). On Monday
morning the old man Tristan came down with
bundle. which appeared to be pretty heavy, and
which he refused to have checked, and was also
scrupulously careful to keep in his hands all the
while on his way to New York. where lie took it.
In NOrwalk, also, the appearance of the three fell
| lows was such as 10 excite suspicion. Their pre-
SenCe at NOrwalk and the suspicious connected with
them coming to the ears OF Superintendent Spoonef
yesterday he went over, with the three gentlemen
named allowed, and accommodated little and then
had the two fellows arrested, as related. Clark, III
the meantime, had absened himself and escaped ar
! rest lie was formerly substitute broker, and 4
nephew of Tristan, who had heretofore been sup
posed TO be perfectly upright man.
On the persons of the two men was found gold
watch some money and few other artic les which
were in the safes at the time they were robbed, so
tHal lHclf iuclllHchtioH ~ COhplvle' iHc wv h'h
| who were arrested have the appearance OF being
Englslmen. They were put i'll the lookup ut Nor
walk and will be brought over to Bridgeport this
morning and put in jail for sate-keeping
| The old man Tristan went with Mr. SpOOner yes
terday afternoon to New FORK to show him what he
had done with the bundle, and TO inform him with
whom he left it, 50 that there is fair probability
that some treasure will be recovered, and it also
seems most probable that Clark will be secured.
The bundle which Tristan took to New York, from
its apparent weight, is supposed to have contained
some of the gold.
No further information concerning this remarkable
affair has reached u.s. but we hope in a few days To
be able to lay before readers some particulars as
to how the robbery effected and where the rob