Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-12-20

ed plausible, especially as it had pre-
cedent but to the mind of the expert 1
enced expressmsn in Augusta it sug /
gested fraud, and he objected a close !
watch to be kept upon the messenger
The advice was followed By the early 1
appearance of this officer in Montgom- |
cry, who Immediately con erred with the /
conductor and engineer cf the train on
which the alleged robbery had been com /
mitted, and after several pertinaeious in
ouiries. was convinced that the messen- /
/ ger was q party to the. transaction, not
| withstanding the latters story being cor
roborated by the production Of the car
bearing evidence that pistol balls had /
passed through it as represented, coupled |
with the fact that his past record had /
4 been unimpeachable, aid a man who
stood high in the commu atty in which he
lived
The officer conceived the idea that
something about the car might have es-
capped his notice, which further exam
ination might aid in detecting the guilty
party or parties. And With the aid of a
ladder and lamp, the toy of the car was
/ examined. and it was found that it bore
neither foot prints nor finger marks. The
absence of either might appear inmate
rial, but coupled with the fact that the
J express car was next &c the engine, and
necessarily received on its roof the SCOT
and dirt falling from the smoke-stack n
/ the engine, be could no. then credit I'll
messenger statement. taat these masked
men had entered from the top. Satisfied
now that the messenger knew more of the
transaction than he had made known,
search was Immediately made Of the resi-
dence of the messenger and at two 0 clock
the next morning, scarcely twenty-tour
hours after the news had been commu
nicated, both the large amount Of money
stolen and the express messenger were
in custody The latter confessed his
guilt and acknowledged that he had con
ceived and carried out the plan. hoping
to divert suspicion froIn himself and d.
rect it on innocent plrties, whom he
knew could not be apprehended,
Another instance where a knowledge
of human nature and the peculiarity es-
sential to detective skill was demon
straled, is in the case Of a leather pouch
Containing valuables cf an express COM
pany) which had been cut, and contents
abstracted. between two distant terminal
points. This pouch passed through the
hands Of some twenty employees en- route,
but it had been cut in such a skilltul
manner as TO complete its journey with
out detection. When discovered, meas
ures were at once taken to ferret out the
author of the robbery; and, although 1t
/ was difficult TO obtain a foundation on
which to build suspicion on any one OF
the employees, the matter was taken IN
Z hand by an officer of theeOnpany. Whilst
he was en- route 20 investigate the loss,
| messenger travelling on the same train,
] exhibited a degree of uneasiness which
5 to an expressman quickly fastened sus-
: picion on that messenger. This suspi-
cion resulted in the messenger being
? watched. and it was confirmed by his ar
rest and finding upon his person Pecu-
liar kind Of gum which had been used
for the purpose Of cementing the open
5 ing made in the pouch The messenger
= confessed it, and is now in the peniten-
e tiary.
4 few years ago some $4,000 was
distracted from a pouch, containing that
| and other valuable matter, IN charge OF
the Express Company, and it was only
after two years Of unceasing trial and
: skill. that the perpetrator Of the THEFT
= was apprehended and severely punished
This was a case wherein----, who
+ was agent at, was acting as money
$ clerk and handed the packages to the
n messenger, as he checked aud called
= for them. At that time llS5S) there
s was an outside pocket on the pouch
J. with Zap attached, in which was de-
d posited way matter. -sealed tht
o pouch and handed it to the messenger
3. who started out on his run, but having
E occasion en- route to put letter in the
outside pocket. discovered that the
II ipouch had been cut uuJoTIloaeh ths AaFo
d lie telecraphed the fact at once and II
e due time il was discovered that S4O,OU
IA was missing. N, was apparently
10 relieved from responsibility, as he hell
the messengers check for it, bat from
OF triiing circumstance in connection Wit
a Ms life, Pinkerton was convince
tn that n. was the theft, and as
D. said before it was only after two year
" labor that this fact was established.
es To accomplish this he not only had
es large force of males employed, but ais
or females. who accompanied Mrs. NJ, o
C. various travels. Ms detectio
We was owing to a ruse practieed by Plnkel
en- ton. NJ. visited New York an
sss whilst there was arrested upon civ
mt suit and thrown into prison. Duriu
Mt his incarceration another debtor vi
a thrown into the same cell, who succeedC
ty, in obtaining M--'s confidence to
ler extent which prompted the latter to te
do his new found friend the circ1mstano
ms connected with the robbery, aud whe
the tho money was concealed. The friend
course was soon liberated and went
or the point designated by NJ, al
bes recovered the money intact, ne
mo hardly add that Ms fellow prison
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