Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-08-23
BUN DOWN AT LAST.

A Defaulting Express Agent Who Stole
$4,000, Nearly One Year Ago, Caught
He Admits His Guilt-Hard to Find.
MINNEAPOLIS, August 22.-Last night
n. Worden, agent for the American
Express Company at St. Joseph, Mo-; s. G.
Seaton, Special detective Of Des Moines,
Iowa, and W. G. Naylor, general agent for
Minnesota aud Dakota, came to Minneapo-
lis in quest of A D. Sly, who stole from
the company Sl0,5O0 on September I, 1884.
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 was given in the
directory, He was employed in the Mil
wsukee yards as car sealer, and lived at No.
BIC South Front street. Upon the sugges-
ton OF Detective Hankinson, they decided
to wait until daylight before making move.
At IL o'clock 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 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, aud
Yesterday he expressed his regret that they
should be giver trouble on his account.
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 intrusted frequently with large pack
ages of money aud valuable articles. On
the 7th of September he was given the
$l0.50O 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.
Hart to Find.
Detectives have tracked Sly from one
end Of the country to the other but were
unable to corner him. 1t has cost then
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 Jaresville 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 COM
prised suite Of seven for which he paid
$35 per month. He paid Arnold $500 for
the furniture, and rented part of the rooms
FOR $l2 per month each. He occupied one
with young Swede 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
cludes that he has money in bank in St
Louis. The girl says also that he paid her
s. 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. Joseph to-day.