The New York herald., 1866-05-10
THE ADAMS EXPRESS RoBBERY.
Adaitiou"i particulars OF the ARair-A
Bold Opcrntion-Iiow the Case Was
Worked-Priv"tcA Az gsinst Public Police


Additional Particulars OF tn. A9air-A
Bold pc~ation-aow the Cas-, Was
Worked--Privatc Against Public Police
Detectives, &c.
We published in yesterdays HKaArD an account Of the
OF three OF the robbcrs the Adams express.
tho New Haven express train the night Of the
oh OF January last and their rendition 10 the authorities
Of Connecticut They now in bridgeport clos,
nncmen where they will DO kept until the next term OF
court The train which the robbery committed
the regular express between New York AMI isos-
ton, and left New York late In tire afternoon.
The IDEA Of tho robbery first originated In tho mind q
John Grady the brakeman Of the train. AZ the time u
tho affair no had bcsn year in tho employ OF tho
New Haven Railroad Company. prior TO which
he a soldier in the Sixth Connecticut regiment
Grady n n shrewd. observing fellow, and knowing
the messenger OF the Express Company was in
tho habit o. sleeping during tho passage OF
the train, he though tho plan OF robbng the Express
Company very good one. He irst disclosed his plan
TO his brother m law, James weh~ well known New
York character now under arrcstl who commun Gated
II TO the other PARTIES engaged all OF whom now
within the custody of the authorities There
persons In the conndenco Of tho affair On night OF
the robbery portion Of tho robbers msde surrcptous
into the express car while the others
get the regular passenger Grady tho br ake-
man. ala not run o." W'o uah 'h"' nigm but
got a substitute. lis going to Stamford, where ne
,y,s IN ,ah. n,rt. II, N. affair Tn. man ,h.,
p " " '""'
rode In the train got out at certain point cx.
pecting IN bc ,ide In s~si.a IN the ,gair. b,, ,he
Dian did not WORK AS thcy expecnd as Il w,s sci, bc
Job could be done wthn the limits OF the State of Now
mart OF the venture returned to New YORK and
To the house Of Augustus Trisiram. No. "a Hora'io
m the robbers wcrc traced N IA, ns Norwak horc ,hey
went into saoon TO drink and remained there until
New Haven The train wns behind tune on i,s re,ntn
and when the parties got they were spotted by Con
ductor Vnrbur, and Mr. snooncr onn ~ no NV w.
land district superintenden,. OF Adams Exprc., Com
pany
In regard To the amount OF money I'm the car thnt v,s
robbed and that wns oc,n,,iy in tbe nossession or
Tho thicyea at one time no nm s,niomen b, becn orb
lshcd IL Amounted In s4sO 900. hu ono a,fc ,hcv s
not brrak omen Tho one thcv ala Irc,k omen contained
ssi 600 In legal tender notes and so 600 in ayeyon,v
bonds In addition TO whieh there were promiscuous
packages The robbers carried or 81 10 600 in gold and
currency The party rot or at Cocob bridge three and
n half miles from Stamford and hid their booty near
that place A bag oonianing AZ 600 in gold wng
found ON the aide of m, trnck whore tho
robbers got or The robbery occurred on SATURDAY,
nioht and on Tho Y, ,d.v ovenina rniowi, NJ ,llon
pinkerton OF tho Naopal pocc Fore or ,hs cI,v NH,
corn of assistants accom- paned by Mr. Spooner Of Tho
exnross oa,nan nrno"| -, ~, W. w. W 49,, ~ ~, -,
Forty second street When IN Tho train Mr. Pinlcrton
observed man that attracted his attention and who
subsequently turned out to be tho man Clark who has
been tried and convicted AZ ono az tho robbers Clark
paid his fare to New Haven but got on nj Stamford in
company with Augustus Tris,ram and Mc;n.rc Ho made
apply alton "A livery stable VI Al hi uuClc's |
but tho Dieht being cold and Iie a stranger In
the place the stable. keeper refused to lend him
a team and the par,y was Obliged To remain
t hotel In Stamford unit, Monday morning whom they
took the Hrst train Norwalk but Clark got of at
Darcn Al this time tho detectives got on their track
and remained until Clark Augustus Trstram
proceeded to Norwalk. and 10 tho house Of his
uncle, Joe rris'ram two and half miles from the depot
procuring wagon for that purpose ut livery stable
Tristrnm mot nj the train conrerc and they
to Coscob bridge where they got Of the
of the robbery which had been buried near that place
They returned TO Joe Trstran's house whore thcv
rived the following Tuesday morning at half past
three O'Clock. Mr. Hopkins, the livery stable keeper
nj NOrwalk who loaned the horse and wagon 10 Augus
tus Tristram and Clark apprehensve that his property
would be stolen sent his son 70 follow them when the
above facts obtained When the robbers returned
10 Trsrnm's from coscob bridge the were no
tined and the house watched until Tuesday after.
. noon Meanwhile detective Pinkcrton and Suterinten-
dent Spooner procured warrants for IN. arrest OF
Trstrain and Clark When Trsrnm himself In the
hands OF the law ne tired appear innocent party
by saying the strangers him aud the
found In his house their baggage This story fl
TO the ground, however when uron searching his
person u gold which stolen from the
express found Detective Pinkrron here OBJ