The Expressman and the Detective

eely admitted his inability to fathom the mystery surrounding the loss of the money, and thought the officers of the company did Maroney a grea

rge business. He (Boyer) had every confidence in his integrity and ability, which was more than he could say

eveloped by them. The Vice-President, still anxious to see if anything could be done, wrote a long an

ightest idea who the Vice-President was, and knew very little about

le of the Vice-President's letter, debating every circumstance connected with the robbery, and finally ended my consideration of the subject with the firm

I wrote to the Vice-President, explained to him the ground on which I based my conclusions, and rec

o in a few days; but I heard nothing more of the affair for a long time, and had almost entirely forgotte

half horse and half alligator? I have go

was made of how the robbery was committed, or of the amount stolen. I had not received any further information of the ten thousand dollar robbery. How had they settled that? It was hard

ompany were, or whether they would be willing to rewa

be received in the South. I had held my anti-slavery principles too long to give them up. They had been bred in my bones, and it w

en a man somewhat after the John Brown stamp, aiding slaves to escape, or keeping them employed, and r

y one. From the Vice-President's saying he wanted a man "half horse, half alligator," I supp

the rough element, or to pass among gentlemen? I could select f

me I had not been informed that my old friend Boyer had spoken so well of me

other in rapid succession as

that Porter would start for Montgomery by the first train. I then sent for Porter and gave him what few instructions

for the Adams Express, and as their business w

above all things, not let it become known that he was from the North, but to hail from Richmond, Va., thus securing for himself a good footing with the inhabitants. He was also to dress in the Southern style; to supply me with full reports describing the town and its surroundings, the manners and customs of its people, all he saw or heard about Maroney, the messengers and other employés of

five thousand, and two thousand five hundred respectively, were intended for Augusta. These were receipted for by Maroney, and placed in the vault to be sent off the next day. On the twenty-eighth the pouch was given to the messenger, Mr. Chase, and by him taken to Atlanta. When the pouch was opened, it was found that none of these packages were in it, although they were entered on the way-bill which accompanied the pouch, and were duly checked off. The poor messenger was thunder-struck, and for a time acted like an idiot, plunging his hand into the vacant pouch over an

red with. He had immediately telegraphed to another officer of the company, who was at Augusta, and advised him of what had happened

he way-bill, and, finding them all right, he threw

oceeded to examine it. He suddenly exclaimed, "Why, it's cut!" and handed it over to Mr. Hall. Mr. Hall, on examination, found two cuts at

scovered, and the affair seemed surrounded by an impenetrable veil of mystery. It was, however, discovered that on the day th

d that the affair should not be allowed to rest, as was the ten thousand dollar r

ilies, and at the hotels, the great robbery of the Express Company was the universal topic of conversation. Maroney had become such a favorite that nearly all the citizens sympathized with him, and in unmeasured terms censured the co

thousand dollars-for his appearance for examination a few days later; prominent citizen

in that amount to appear for trial at the next session of the circuit court, to be held in June. The evidence was such that there was l

a reward of ten thousand dollars for the recovery of the money, promptly made good the loss of the parties who had entrusted the several amounts to their charge, and looked around to select such persons to assist them as would be most likely to secure success. The amount was large enough to warrant the e