Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-10-21
Visited Detective Agency and Said
He Knew Where Thief Was and
Asked What Reward Was
TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS
Plnkertons at First Thought lie Was
A Crank-Did as He Said aud Cot
Their Man

bridgeport, Conn, oct 2O.--The
chances that the police viii recover
nearly the whole OF the 100000 stolen
from the Adams Express company tn
Plttsburg by Edward G. CuulIffe. who
was arrested here yesterday and taken
% Pittsburg .oday seems bright To-
night S0.O65 was found in a trunk be-
longing to butler Of O prominent ihm-
ay at Black Rock but the butler and
the family by whom he is employed are
ignorant of the fact that the large sum
found was within the house Although
there is possibility that the remain
ing SlO.500 has been destroyed, the po-
lice are Of the opinion that another ac-
complete Of Cnllfo may reveal the
hdmg place of the missing SUM. In
round numbers $4,000 has been found
within tho past q hours, After hSur-
Ing ON about $500 as the amount which
Cunlffo has spent or which was found
Oh him when arrested, there Is LETT
sum OF SlO500 yet 10 be accounted for.
The discovery Of the money in the
Black Rock home tonight was brought
about by keeping % close watch on one
OF Cunllffes chance arquaintances,
George Nsenmap, who was with Cum
life when ho was arrested yesterday
morning. According TO Eisenm1n's
story, NE met Cunliffe in q cheap hotel
Wednesday night. The two being to-
gether for some time. Cunitte had 20
package with him ana the men were
about To leave each other Cunline said
that he wanted Eisenman 10 take care
Of the package, as 10 was laundry
which ne wanted 10 keep I'm a. safe
place. Eseumau took the bundle to
his sisters house. BSS Ash street. and
when alone opened 1t and found the
big sum OF money
Capt Arnold OF the detective bureau
knows Elsenmuu ana saw him with
Cuulife when the latter was taken and
went tO the home Of Eisenmau's sister
ana found the bundle OF shirts. hut no
money, and he suspected that Elsen.
man had distracted "a part Of Cunline's
plunder Eisouuun was Hhadowed AM
today end De was seen 10 give small
package To- his friend the butler To-
night Elsenmau was taken to the Black
Rock house and asked the butler for
the package Tie went 10 his trunk aud
turned 1t over 90 Cap.. Arnold in
tact The butler had not been told
what was in the package, capt Arnold
would NOT reveal The name of the but
Ter nr the family which employed him.
ElsCnman was taken to police head
quarters, but was released later.
Two other new features of the chap
ter Of events I'm connection with the
capture of Cunllffe cropped out today
1nc being AN attempt by Cunlfie TO
lIibe CAPT George Arnold of the local
detective force, and the other being the
AtGIHt % al lac Cd ftfiaBV .IF
for the purpose Of securing the reward
OF $500 offered by the Pinkertous for
his arrest During one of the talks
Wh'rn capt Arnold had with Cunlno
last night tho prisoner made % PROPOSE.
ton tO divide the N0O0O which he had
sent tp his hother-ln-laW, Joseph ".
Boarlmuu in Bristol. on tho promise Of
secrecy Arnold was 90 have $4,000
II To-" scheme Was carried out, accord
ing tn the plans Of the prisoner. who
was 90 tell the PttsburR authorities
that the hiding place of the money
would never be known. Arnold led the
prisoner on his wild proposition and aft
rr Cur lifte's plans were laid bare the
detective told Cunliffe that the money
he hac intended to split up had al
ready been found In Bristol
The betrayal of CuniIffe by his friend,
James INSECT is interesting
Missett formerly lived In Bristol and
knew CunEffo well. They had been TO-
gcthcr q great deal when Cunlffe lived
in Bristol and Hartford, ana at the
present tmr Missett Is employed by
one of The cheap hotels I'm the section
az the city In which Cunlime was cup.
tUod Last Tuesday Missett went I'm
the fremont hotel bar room and sau
Cunlne standing at the bar Missott
went up 90 him and said.
Hello, Cunline, what arc you doing
here?'
tunlite turned around and pretended
not Co know Missett. who was sure OF
his man, Missett then said:
why. you know me- I'm Missett.
You used 70 play policy with me iu
Iristol'
Cuuifie still denied that ne had ever
seen Nlfsett. Missett then left the bar
room in a hurry and when outside In
qulrrd the amount Of the reward of
tcrrj for the capture Of Cunlifte Tho
next morning Ailssett went To- New
Work, and OF reaching there visited
the piukertun agency iu Broadway
Cent 'emen. he said, "l know whore
Cuuline s, and I want TO know what
reward IS offered FOR him
He was told $500.
The pnkcrton people thought al FIRST
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