The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-20
EXPRESS ROBBER
 FINALLY CAUGHT
$8O,000 of the Money is Re-
 covered
oFFEREO NO RESISTANCE
Cunllffe Says That Five Minutes After He Took the Money He Was Sorry That He Had Yielded
 to Temptation.

Bridgeport, Conn.,, October 19.-Edward
 George cunliffe, the Adams Express em-
 ploye who disappeared from Pittsburg,
 Pa. with sl01.0 in cash, was arrested
 here today He made a confession and
 expressed his willingness to return at
 once to Pittsburs. He declared the money which he took was hisaet Nand that il could be restored. but he declined to tell
 until his return to Pittsburg where 1t Is
 hidden. On his person when arrested the detectives found s29o.
 l Detectives traced Cunliffe here. All the
 hotels were watched carefully, but Cum life was not arrested until late In the
 forenoon, when he was seen walking down
 Middle street Cunlffe made no attempt
 to deny his Identity and offered no re.
 sistance.
 Says He Was Sorry. Five minutes after l took that money
 I was sorry" said Cunliffe, but 1t was | too late to do anything. What can you expect from a man getting salary of s65 a month and handling thousands of dollars a day. I was tempted and l fell. I have handled larger sums. l remem- | Der once when had $250,O00 in cash l was | tempted, but I thought it over and de- cided to be honest.
 "The night left Pittsburg I rode In a sleeper on the way to New York and stuck my head out of my berth and saw Slater pass by. Slater Is our local man. ager in Plttsburg. I thought then that | would turn back but knowing that he | did not see me and that I had the money with me In cash I thought I would take | lAo tAz burg, restore the money and throw my self upon the mercy of the courts" Arrest Is Confirmed. Pittsburg. October 19.-The arrest of | Edward G. Cunliffe was confirmed at the | local office of the Plnkerton Detective | Agency and by General Agent c. H. Hines. of the Adams Express company. | Superintendent Bideman of the Pinkerton | agency received the following message from the New York office: "Cunliffe arrested at 10 o'clock. Says money in safe hands and intimates that | 1t Is In Pittsburg."
 When the fact that Cunlffe had been arrested was bulletined by the newspapers | at noon today 1t caused a profound sen- | sation. Hundreds of people gathered about
 the boards waiting further particulars | concerning the capture.
 l MTS. 9unllIIs, HIS HnoiHti. WitH se'h | today, would not talk on the matter. She
 said, however, that she was glad that the | trouble would soon be ended. and hoped | her son would be leniently dealt with l Cunliffe's wife and four children are at | the home of her mother at Hartford, | Conn.
 Gets Away With $101,000 1 Edward G. Cuniffe was the temporary | money clerk at the Adams Express office | in this city Monday, October 9, owing
 to the illness of the regular clerk. Tho
 Farmers Deposit National bank sent a | package to the office consigned to the | First National bank, Cincinnati. The
 package contained ssO,OO0 in $1OO bills, | y1O0O0 in $50 bills and $l0,000 in s, $10 and
 $20 bills. Cunliffe receipted for the money.
 The next morning Cunliffe failed to re- | port for duty, and an investigation dis
 closed that the s10OO0O package. and about
 5000 belonging to the local office were | missing.
 | The Adams Express company forwarded | another $1000O0 to the Cincinnati bank | last week.
 | $80,000 Is Recovered.
 Bristol, Conn.,, October 19.-Nearly ESQ.,
 900 of the money stolen by George Edward | Cunliffe October from the Adams Ex-
 press company in Pittsburg was recov-