The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-11-24
ALL CAUGHT,

ALI THREE OF THE THIEVES CONFESS, AND
ARE PLACED IN CUSTODY WHOLE
STORY TT MONEY OBTAINED.
The Cincinnati Enquirer of the 18th inst.
contains fhe following additional particulars
of the late express robbery in that city:
Yesterday Edward ]. Hackney, the big tall
man who helped Black carry the trunk out
of the American Express Company's Office
last Sunday afternoon, was arrested. On
Monday Col. Kiersted got the clue to Hack
ney as a participant by a remark Hackney
was heard to make to Black in a saloon on
Sixth street. 1t was this, "Well, Pm going to
get out of here. or I'll have a collar on my
neck" 81 don't care a d-n," said Black.
"Well, / don't want any of it." added Hack
ney.
Yesterday morning Captain baylor went
to the house with Holland to arrest Hack
ney. Officers Fox and Kidney and Charles
Moody, the porter, were called in to see him,
and they identified him as the big man who
helped Black carry cut the trunk. George
Black, the boy, was the first to squeal. AT
first he said he'd De id if he squeal on
any one else-he'd take his twenty years.
Then be told conflicting stories, first one
thing and then another, and at last settled
on statement that he did it for the cOnsid-
Grafton of $500. He also told the course
the parties took with the safe on
Sunday. 1t was this: Down Race to
Fourth, up Fourth to Vine, down
Vine to Water street, where they met Abe
Monroe, who asked, SIS it all right?" Eyes"
was the answer Monroe walked over the
suspension bridge, and Black and Hackney
drove over. On the other side Monroe got
in the express. They drove up by the way
of Third street, turned up Bullock street,
and came to where it was closed, and then
turned back, went up the Ludlow pike be-
yond the distillery, where they turned south
on q rOod oIono tho hillside Thio fhau <A1
lowed three-fourths of a mile to a point west
of Economy, where they turned to the right
again, following a pike to a ravine, where
they halted and took the trunk out. Hack
ney stood guard about a hundred yards
away while Black and Monroe
BROKE OPEN TIE SAFE
wit a pick they had taken from a tool chest
by the roadside. After taking the money
out of the envelopes they put the safe in the
trunk and slid it down the ravine by some
locusts, put some stones on it, pulled alittle
dirt overit and left. On their return they
let Monroe out in Covington, near the sus-
pension bridge, and themselves returned by
the way of Newport and the Newport and
Cincinnati bridge to the city. AT Butler
street, Hackney, who had the money, rolled
it up in the messengers coat which he found
in the safe. Before leaving the place where
the safe was opened'Monroe gave each of his
two confederaIes S400, as he could guess it,
and took the same amount himself. From
Butler street Black drove the express to the
alley where Martin Nick kept his horse.
hitched it there and left. They did not dis
turb two or three gold watches, a lot of jew
elry and some county bond coupons that
were foundi in the safe.
EDWARD ].
"squealed' yesterday afternoon. He said
the money was in his house in a basket un
dera bed in 2 certain room occupied by
Nelson Briggs, a coIored man from Lock
land, who worked in the city as a white
washer, and occupied the room
when he ssaid in the city
He also stated that a Mrs. Toland oc.
cupied a room in his house. Here were
Hackney, his wife, Briggs and Mrs. Toland
all registered, to be looked after if the money
lie not turn up as Hackney said it would
1t did not. The basket and buffalo robe
were found, but the basket was empty. TIL
next thing to be done was TO see Mrs. To.
land and the colored man, Nelson Briggs
Mrs. Tolan was seen. She said that Mrs
Hackney had thrown $500 in the fire and
burned it yesterday morning, and she said q