The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-27 00:00:00

Capture of a London Swell-Mobsman.

An incident occurred in Edinburgh on Saturday,
which, verifying by another example the old adage
that "truth is stranger than fiction," has, on account
of the singular circumstances of the case of which it
has proved the denouement, created no little sensation
amongst the inhabitants of the town. Some two
Months ago there arrived in Kelso a person of rather
a stylish and prepossessing appearance, and took
up his residence in the house of a widow lady
connected with some of the most respect-
able and influential families in the district. The
gentleman, who became known to the public by the
name of Mr. Weber, had formed the acquaintance
of the family in thefollowing manner : Mrs. D—,
one of whose sons had, during the course of last
summer, obtained a situation on board of an East
Indian merchantman, proceeded to London in the
antumn to bid her son a good-bye before his ship
sailed. Mr. Weber was then introduced to Mrs.
D— by her son as the keeper of a lodging-house
for gentlemen. Theyoung man, it seems had boarded
with Weber, and recommended him highly to his
mother for the attention and kindness he had re-
ceived from him. In the course of conversation,
Weber expressed a desire to visit Scotland, and re-
ceived a kind invitation from the lady. Of this in-
vitation he availed himself,as wehave already stated,
by making his appearance in Kelso about two months
ago. Various circumstances connected with his
visit, and his general deportment, led many of the
public to suppose that he was an intimate friend of
the family of which he was for the time being an
inmate. Ile treated the eldest daughter, an amiable
young lady not out of her teens, to carriages drives,
rides on horseback, presents of jewellery, &c. Ho
addressed the lady of the mansion by the affectionate
name of i 4 Aunt." He was, or was supposed to be,
the most intimate friend of Mrs. D—'s soli, the
young gentleman formerly alluded to. On these
grounds he stood well in the estimation of many of
the shopkeepers and hotelkeepers of Kelso, who gave
him such credit that with several of them he con-
tracted debts to a very considerable amount, his
bill for jewellery alone 'amounting to upwards of
£3O. How long Mr. Weber (who was popularly
known as " The German Gentleman," with per-
haps some under-current of belief in him being
a nobleman in disguise—a count at least), might
have pursued his little game, cannot be conjec-
tured; but anyone may judge of the astonishment of
the public, the sinking at heart of his easy creditors,
and the outraged feelings of the family whose hon-
oured guest he.had been for such a considerable time,
when, on Friday evening last, a detective of the
London police force arrived in Kelso, after a
nice search for the gentleman, and, arresting him on
a charge of burglary, had him conveyed down
to the county police station. At the time of his
arrest Mrs. D-- and family, it is said, were ab-
sent in Edinburgh ; and he himself, probably think-
ing that he had honoured Kelso with his presence
and patronage as long as he could consistently with
safety, had ordered a carriage to be in waiting to
drive him to the railway station next morning at 6
o'clock. The officer who arrested him had traced
him from London to Dublin, from Dublin to Edin-
burgh, and from Edinburgh to Kelso. The detec-
tive having found out where the gentleman was
" putting up," applied for aid to the county superin-
tendent, who furnished him with a requisite number
of constables. Accompanied by these he went to the
house, and having cautiously cut off all means of
egress, found the object of his pursuit in a room
with the door locked on the inside. On his person
was found several pawn-tickets of articles which he
had pawned in Edinburgh, where it is suspected ho
had, along with an Irish accomplice named O'Hara,
been doing some business in his own peculiar line.
The real name of the prisoner is George Webb. His
departure from Kelso took place on Saturday
morning.

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to the Inns of Court Volunteers, to erect a monument in
the Inner Temple Gardens to the late Lieutenant-Colonel
Brewster. Subscriptions to a considerable
.amount have
already been sent in, and the nature of the proposed me-
morial will be decided upon with as little delay as possible.
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