Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-10-21
Police Have Recovered
$4,000 Of sI0|,0OO
Stolen by Young CunIitte From
Express Co. in PittsbuTg.
Arrest Accomplished by Friends BetrayaI---
Latter Receives $2500 Reward.

Bridgeport, Conn, oct. 2O.-'rhr
chances that the police will recover
nearly the whole of the $l0l 900. stolen
from the Adams Express 90, i'll Pitts
burg, by Edward G.. Cunliff', who was
arrested here, yesterday, ana taken to
iitiSburS. today, seem bright.
Tonight $9OG5 WAS found in Il trunk
belonging to Il butler III A prominent
family at ElHck Rock but he butler
ANA the family by whom h- is cIn-
plnYcd are ignorant Of the fact that
the large sum found was in the house.
Although thrr" is Il possibility that Tie
remaining $l0,500 has been destroyed,
thr polio" are Of thr opinion that AN
other accomplice Of Cunlifc may re-
veal the hiding place Of the missing
sum. IN round numbers $4,000 has
llr, n found within the past ~ hours.
.\ftcr figuring uiI about $500 aS the
amount which Cunlitfr has spent or
which WAS found on him when arrest
cI, there is left Il sum Of $lO,5OU yet
To be accounted for.
The discovery uf til" money in the
I;llck Rock home. tonight, Was
brought about hy keeping Il close
watch on one Of Cuhiiir% chance aC-
quaintanccS. Geo. T.. Eiscnman, who
was With Cuniitfr when liz was an
rested, yesterday morning. Accord
ing to EiS"umuns story hc met cum
life in a cheap hotel, Wednesday night,
the two being together for some time.
Cunliifr had Il packing" with him and
rs IL" men We're about to leHV" cach
other Cumliffr said that he wanted
I.iScHmau 10 tax" care Of the parl:aisc
as it WAS laundry which he wanted TO
Keep III 4 safe place. EiSchman took
HE bundle to his sisters house, GSS
Nash street, anl Whon Hlon" opcnrd it
ana found the big sum or money.
Captain Arnold Of the d"trctiV"
bureau. who knows EiscnmAn ANA Who
saw him with Cunliifo when the lat
tor WAS taken, went to the home uf
f.iS"Hman'S sister ana found the bundl.
Of shirts but no money and he SlIs-
pectrd that Eis"nman HAD abstract-d
a part Of Cunlilfc's plundcr. Eiscn-
man was Swallowed all today, ana hc
was seen to give 4 small package to
his friend the butler. Tonight. Eis"n-
Mt"n was taken to til" Black ROCK
house and ASKED the hutl.r for the
rncl<Age. He went 70 Lis trunk and
turned it over to Captain Arnold in
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friend OF Cunliif" for tn" purpos" or
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