St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-20
IMPORTANT CAPTURE.
A. D. Sly, who Robbed the American
Express of s10,500,
in Limbo.
His Arrest Effected by St. Joe Parties
Who Came Here for
the Purpose.
He Was Given Away by Someone
Who Wrote Anony-
NOUS Letters.

On Monday night N. Worden, agent for
the American Express company at st. Joseph,
Missouri; S. G. Seaton, special de-
tective of Des Moines, Iowa, and
w. c. Naylor, general agent for
Minnesota and Dakota, came to Mime
apolis in quest of A. D. Sly, who stole from
the company &c. 500 on September Z, 1888.
They had been directed hither by anony-
nous letters mailed in St. Joseph, stating
that Sly was in Minneapolis under the name
of A. d. Bennett. They had no trouble in
finding Sly's residence, as it was given in
the directory. He was employed in the Mil
waukee yards as car sealer and lived at No.
316 South Fourth street. Upon the suggestion
of Detective Hankinson, they decided to wait
until daylight before making move. At IL
O'Clock yesterday they found and arrested
him. He was placed in the city lookup.
Sly talks freely and admits his crime. He
says he has spent most of the money.
When arrested he had a few hundred dol
lars. He claims that portion of the time
since the robbery he has secreted himself in
st. Louis and other western towns. He has
a wife and two children in st. Joe, and yes
terday he expressed bis regret that they
Mr.. Worden explains that Sly was en-
ployed by the express company in st. Joe
about four years ago. He discharged his
duties honorably up to last September He
was entrusted frequently with large packages
of money and valuable articles. On the 7th
of September he was given the $40, 500 in
money and some freight to ship. The freight
he sent but the money he kept, and from
that time until yesterday Mr.. Worden had
not seen him.
Detectives have tracked Sly from one end
of the country to the other, but were unable
to corner him. 1t has cost them more than
the sum stolen to cage him.
Mr.. Worthem states that the first anony-
nous letter he received said Sly was in st.
Louis, but visit there failed to find him.
Afterwards he received two more letters
stating he was in GAINESVILLE,
Wis, but the detectives had
no success there. The last letter
giving the information that he was known
by an assumed name did the business. AS
these letters were all mailed in st. Joe, it
seems quite probable that they must have
been written by a confdante Of Mrs. Sly.
Since the above was written it is learned
that Sly has since the middle of June occu-
pied rooms in the Reese block, corner
of Second street and Hennepin avenue,
which rooms he rented from Mr.. Arnold and
comprised suite of seven for which he paid
s35 per month. He paid Arnold $500 for the
furniture, and rented out part of the rooms
for $12 per month each. He occupied one
with young Swcdc girl named Emma Gus
tafson. This girl who is only twenty years
OF age states that Sly frequently absented
himself from the city for days, and when he
returned he brought quite large sums Of
money. From this Detective Seaton con-
clues that he has money in bank in st.
Louis. The girl says also that he paid her
So per week and often made her presents of
other sums. He treated her kindly. Every
one who knows him here says he is steady
in his habits. His captors will take him to
st. Joe to-day.