The New York herald., 1866-08-31
THE ADAMS EXPRESS ROBBERY.
OUR OAABURY CORRESPONDENCE.

uuh uAHBuhY CORRESPONDENCE.
Triai OF tho Perpetrators at Danbsry, Conn.,
An Unexpected Witness Interesting Details
Of the Robbery, &c.
DASBUnr August 70 1880
Al nine o'clock this morning the Court House
even more densely crowded than yesterday. The nrst
two witnesses called Superintendent spooner and
Mr. Washington Webb The latter Is the agent at New
Haven OF tho Adams Express Company Their evidence
was short and referred the mos, part to tho idon
ncaion OF certain articles and persons Just a. Mr.
Webb sat down the
UNwrHnD AND UsEIPEcTkD ARRIVAL
Of witness for the plaintiffs producsd marked
ton In the court room ned the breasts Of the defcnd
ing counsel with disappointment vexation aud sent
despair and CONSERVATION to the hearts Of the unhappy
prisoners This was none other than Thomas Kenyon,
better known in this under the Allas
Of sa Thomas Clark This person, II WIN be ,eso-
tired several months ago at BRIDGEPORT, convicted
and sentenced to the State Prison for Ave
the carrying out Of the delayed until the
proper court should decide TO the merits OF the writ
Clark however, became tired Of prison life and prison
fare and determined 10 turn States evidence against hts
pals
His testimony was rendered in a confident, straight
forward manner and he did appear in the least dis
concerted by the rigid and close examination TO
which he was subjected might here say that the
counsel for the prisoners were completely thunder.
struck and thrown OF their guard as the unexpected
arrival of Clark witness will alter all their maurcd
lines OF defence. However, they very recovered
their equan nifty, and all day have been using their
legal skill TO invalidate the evidence OF Clark
The DETAILS os rnE RoBgKRY
Clark My connection with this robbery com
menced on or about the 10th day Of December last
met Martin Allen al the corner OF Prince and Mercer
streets; he told that his brother insw, James
welles had acquaintance by the name OF Gily
McGotn, and that Gily had brother. .inaw by tho
name Of Grady, brakeman on the express train OF
the New York and Nov Haven Railroad which left
New York at eight O'Clock p. ~. and that
Grady wanted him lMcGloinl to get somebody
help throw the safes out OF that trnn II for this
purpose that McGoin went to welles, Weles told Allen
and Allen told me- the next day Allen, Welles McGoin
and Grady met mo at Lafayette Hall, drinking and
billiard saloon Broadway, this was, far !
Judge about the 2lst day Of December that in
terview Grady produced piece Of soap. which
the impression OF keyhoe which he said that Of
the keyhole in the lock OF tho Adams Express car
Grady said in the Of tho conference that there
were two messengers who looked after this car altor
natey one, named Moore, was the most careless his
Mooresl evenings Tuesdays Thursdays and Satur
days and Grady therefore, thought these would DO the
best days to commit the robbery.
After some evidence to the PREDATORY arrangements
the wtness continued The next night that Moore had
charge Of the express car got on the train at Forty
second street into the smoking there was
man there making IRE, IN a lew moments Grady
time, "Blly Moore, yon don't know how 10 make
nre;n thus It was knew tho messenger; the place
selected TO throw on the safes was between Coscob
bridge and Stamford hit upon this spot for an obvious
reasonviz because was only short distance there
between stOppageS, u ABOUT tnt"r
bridge to stamford; at bridgeport got on the train,
stopped the Atlantic Hotel thai night and went back
10 New York by The ten clock train - tho morning
think II was on the same day tha, tn parties mon
toned before had second Interview at Lafayette Hail;
this conference arrsnpod plan 70 get tho cafes
out ., Forty second street the next day Alien Grahy
and mct al Forty second street, whsrs got the sixc
Of the iock the Adams ESpress ear.
hUy
Tho next day Allen and visited nearly every hard
store in New York for the purpose Of pureh1ngs
pearance found In a store on Howard street bs-
tween Crosby and Broadway We wsntod th lock 10 put
the door Of the s,er breaking the other one or
the day Allen and welles vent TO the same store
and bought slsdgc hammer; ON the evening OF the
day Allen went 20 Groves livery stable, aud hired
that aome time before his Alien ana went 10 BLACK
smith shop at the corner Of Hudson and Canal streets
OF pry ing on the lock OF the car.
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think the next Day after this las, ~ mp, that
tsryiew Lafayette Hail. when arranged 10 abandon
The plan Of taking on the safes s Forty second street
vsh 20 state here that Trlstrsm Hudson and Mcclure
present during conferences ., Lafaysts
Hall used 10 meet NcGuire and tell him What trans
pred aud he used 10 convey the neisence TO Trisam
and Hudson the plan was that three Of va 10
ourselves In tho express durag Us brief stay
fortysecond street and tho other ryo 70 70 in the
passenger ears the three 10 throw on ths safes after
The train got Harlem bridge the ys 10 get on
the bridge after the three lad thIosn OF the safes
they 70 ring the bell stop tbs ran, 90, % and
take The safes 70 some convenient plscs, break
them open and pack tho money and yainables
in two yslises, which they bad With them, and
leave tho safcs there, on The night of tho 9th OF
January We that Il tho egi ~ ~ mentioned before
met by prev,ons agreement about seven clock n the
evening tho depot ~ Forty second street hrGulre
fetched with him tao carpet bags msriing spike and
common mortising ohso the others of ~ had piece u
stecl. locs, sledge hammer and a dark lantern
Lasr
Hudson. Grady, Mcclure and myself got in between
tho cxpfeH car and freight tram and managed " break
So rFY 1TRU
door and hr.e of got IN these we're Grady AcIuTe
aud myself Hudson hen drew the dor q AMI PLACED
the lock the staple but not "a the hasp this Sm 70
appearanceE a. quietly until the tTaln got 70
the 'unnel bctween NeS York and Harlem, 40 ionnf
three sas, ~ the car se got one q then over and
Tiled T. break ~ ~ bottom riih acdye hain.
mrr but this We found would not work
then took the mariing spike. drove 4 into ,he
door ~ tho safe and thus pred 4 open, Ne
Gurs held ths spike, and Grady snor ked IN having
packed ne contents of this n carpet bag ~e broke
open smother ssfe the contents u which 80 also acked
away the reason did no, zet out after p.esng Hnr.
lem bridge was becsuse discovered afsr geitnx Into
the car that 'he rope IRON tate and thai pre-
vented 0nr stopping the ai coscob station We cot
ouf mi hid QUO II our rags in pile u lumber;
then walked np the track about nie toward stamford
where bid IN stone sall the large carpet Gag ""
three n ~ then, unencumbcrod, walked 20 stamford,
here Grady lived hs wished 10 20 10 barn, and ssf
he would bring a. .onstbng 70 cat but Mcclure and
hor IN, |, best - 10 back New York po-si
~. ~ re ~, aboard freight traln for Sorvsk and
took the owl q sht tram from there going 20 Sew
York drcrvnt parts of the car aud fid noi
Al i2oh street and here Hcfuirc and got then
made the best of 70 Tfistrsms noese N Hors-
ITO street here met Allen, Hudson and IrIfrsmi
,hsv tod us that they hsd got the agreed, and
got % al Harlem bridge and hsf walked ~ ine usrs
about miles but failing " fall Ia wth - nal become
d,-gu.t~f and retarned home, tbsf cysnns Irrifsm,
nrs,uire and started for N0rwask % ihs hRe siorA
train. ws sll got on a. Stamford, and vent 70 NJ
Rosn, wbo keeps livery stable 20 w Pitpsse 80. y
hiring hor> and wagon 40 that ss shi remove thr
stolen property told Nr Brown ~ss goins 70 Nof
~slk bu, uss 80 cold be would no' hire y. ha,ssa
the n.rs v~in for Sorwalk 80 reachsd N1f-As NC
nert dAy and stopped At the house % od lossh isAm
un Tuesday evening
RVS Anrssf
On Monday evening ve we're Io'ned ~ hlaspn he
came 70 ua bouse with rristrsm 10 focks-y ,.rfsse
% then Co~cob bridge sot ihs h'ddsn tss sna
rssurnsd 10 rrs,rsm's houss 80 hers snt..so snl
then rspacssd the baxs tyas eonpls ~ hns .tAps
sss,,, than 40 a. 10 10 handy fof josah Ifsfsm 70
carrv them 10 ssu York N. nsrt dr. January ' -
remained hers til russisy svsniN .heh - N"sh
rsstsd CLARK vas here s4tlefts1 - eFrfs cf,N- ~
animation NJ Judge stuart -ho srce~ei.1 ss.eths