Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-04-22

ARREST OF ACCOMPLISHED NILLAlNs.--
-Four men, named respectively Phil. StanIy,
alias Young Jack Adams Jack Wright,
&c. William Walton, alias 'Brummy, Bob
Smith &c; Joseph Bufo1d, alias Pepper
mint Joe, &c. ; and Jack Wright, alias -Four
Fingered Jack, &c were brought to this city,
from Washington, yesterday, by COL Wood
and ". ". Levy detectives, on the one o'clock
boat and are now confined separately and
each with guard, iii four rooms IN the attic
Of the Mansion House They were arrested
for the robbery Of Paymaster Belknap, in the
Brooklyn Navy Yard, four years ago, OF
| $50, 900 of government money, and were
brought to this city to avoid the possibility OF
release under writ Of habeas corpus, which
had been applied for in their behalf in Wash
linton city. The following account OF these
men is FROM the Washington Chronicle
As no explanation could be given BY Mr..
BeIknap, and the circumstantlal evidence was
against him, his dismissal from the navy was
recommended by Marshal Murray, and be was
dropped from tho rolls. Since his dismissal,
with the aid Of friends and detectives, he has
labored untiringly to erase the Odlum from his
name by the arrest and conviction Of the guilty
persons. The robbers, having evaded pursuit
for four years, have at last been secured, aud
will soon be taken to New York The persons
arrested are the most successful and dangerous
thieves and burglars living, having all OF them
been raised and educated to the profession III
England Stanly, the master spirit OF the
robbery, was protege of Old Jack Adams, Of
England, and was sometime since pardoncd
out of the penitentiary, TO which he had been
sentenced for ten and half years for opening
and robbing fifteen of Herring safes He is
very wealthy, as indeed are all the persons, and
did prominent brokerage business for some
time in Wall street, under the name OF De
Witt Z. Wright The day after the Brooklyn
robbery this man, having every appearance OF
gentleman, accostcd Marshal Murray on Pine
street, and began conycrsins about the rob
berry He stated that Belknap was IL gambler,
that he knew him well, and that he Bclknap)
had lost the money in Broadway hell. As he
WAS passing along he remarked to the marshal
that he was in Il hurry then, but that he would
during the day call at his osicc and show the
marshal the very place in which Belknap had
lost his money on the night before. lie then
passed along the street, and Mr.. Murray has
not seen him since until the day he arrested
him in South Carona Other persons, lroba-
bly, connected with the robbers, reported the
same story respecting Belknap's gambling, not
only 10 the detectives but also 10 the Navy
Department here, which was the reason Of his
dismissal. Stanley is 4 man OF the most fault
less appearance, and moved III the best society.
He was heavily engaged in cotton speculations
in the South, and became very rich. William
III roI ,Io Gt,l
screwsman in the world. There are few locks
he cannot fit, having been at the business from
childhood Joseph Butord is Il very expert
thief and an old offender. Jack Wright is the
most daring burglar in the country, and in ex
pcrtncss is not surpassed by even Dan Noble
The detectives have yet some hope Of asccr-
tanning the Whereabouts OF the stolen money,
unless its identity has been lost during the
long period since the robbery.