The Expressman and the Detective

il with important points, and the rich agricultural country with which it is surrounded, make it a great commercial centre, and the second city in the State as regards wealth and p

st prosperous condition. "Cotton was king," and millions of dollars were poured into th

s banks. During their busy season, while overseeing the labor of their slaves, they were almost entirely debarred from the society of any but their own families; bu

and they were always filled to overflowin

ation by rail, steam or stage. They handled all the money sent to the South for the purchase of produce, or remitted to the North in payment of merchandise

sidered men above reproach. Montgomery being a great centre of trade was made the western terminus of one of the express routes, Atlanta being the eastern. The messengers who had charge of the express matter between these two points were each provided with a safe and with a pouch. The latter was t

enger of course had a key. The pouch was carried in the sa

had been in charge of Nathan Maroney, and he had made hims

itable inhabitants of Montgomery, so that he was "hail fellow, well met," with most of its populace. He possessed great executive ability and hence managed the affairs of his office in a very satisfactory manner. The promptness with which he discharged his duties

m Atlanta arrived in Montgomery, placed his safe in the office as us

t to Columbus, Ga., via the Adams Express, but the person to whom it was directed had not received it. Inquiries were at once instituted, when it was discovered that it had been missent, and forwarded to Atlanta, instead of Macon. At Atlanta it was recollected that this package, together with one for Montgomery, for four thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars, had been received on

n excellent character, and the company could not believe him guilty of the theft. The lock of the pouch was examined and found in perfect order, so that it evidently had

nquestioned, no one now was willing to admit the possibility of his guilt. However, as no decided action in the matter could

innocent man. Among the detectives, however was one from New York, Robert Boyer, by name, an old and favorite officer of Mr. Matsell when he was chief of the New York police. He had made a long and tedious examination and finding nothing definite as to what had become of the

me military title-nothing lower than captain being admissible. Of these self-imposed titles they are very jealous, and woe be to the man who neglects to ad

. On leaving this position, he was made treasurer of Johnson & May's circus, remaining with the company until it was disbanded in consequence of the pecuniary difficulties of the proprietors-caused, it was alleged, through Maroney's embezzlement of the funds, though this allegation proved false, and he remained for many years on terms of intimacy with one of the partn

s trip, but nothing was discovered, with the single exception that his associates were not always such as were desirable in an employé, to whose keeping very heavy interests were fro

its were expensive, and they had lost, somewhat, their confidence in him, they

others, "Yankee Mary," a horse for which he was said to have paid two thousand five hundred dollars; but as he had brought seven tho

perintendent of the Southern Division visited Montgomery on the twentieth of January, 1859, but was anticipated in the matter of carrying out his instructions, by Maron

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