Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-03-31
ANOTHER MAIL RoBRrRy

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miles ~ Register
ANOTHER MAIL ROBBERY.
MORE, March %. The great Eastern
man Que al the Post Office in ,his CITY, not
ns.rns arrived al the appointed time, four o.
.ioeh 'his morning, apprehensions were gene
RAJ ihat robbery had been committed. Far
y 'niS morning Information was received Mt
~ Tue Once OF the mail contractors Me ,rs
1'", ht'n d Stokes, that two horses were seen
''Vu IN ,he WOODS Oh the PHILADELPHIA road
"ithin hVe miles OF the city near Herring Run
me description OF them answered to those
employed on the routc.-Nothiug has bsen
ne"'u Vi Inc mail, the driver or the mail cart.
Upon the receipt Of this information s,,erni
parhes proceeded ON horseback tor the pur-
Po>e OF securing the adjacent country IN pura
sun ~ we TobbeiS. Other prudential meas
"'es nave likewise been adopted .or the pur.
pose OF Their apprehension.
An express had beea despstcbed IN tLs
iostmas,er General, with the inIeli. ence. by
the osIinas'' rbere, Mr.. SKINNER, vino las
WIN Hteat aiacrity. employed ali means mus
power Tor me recovery of the Mail, d lie
appEenensIOu q! the culprits con erued m his
d'gh handed otjuUcc. A hu has also h..n
leSpal he'd To ROckhali I'M b the presun,p-
io", NAT The mail migAt have been sent. ~
me V''ians, TO b. Es,t, ~ Shore as the d.
lance from The - osed place OF the robhe,v
10 noe va 'ei Is very small
we save Just c0nverSed with the person
WHO brought the horses TO town. He states
.hat 'he driver changed horses last night. be-
tween III and II O'clock at Rouse's. n m;lrs
distant, and proceeded on foI Baltimore 20.
tween Tins place and Herrlug Run, the Rob-
perS must have been committed. It is now ~
CLOCK, noon and we anxiou,ly wait for fun
Their particulars
past II o'clock.-Seyeral ne,,ons bavs;,.,
come III from the pursuit, and state thai the
!Hnt, Carriage and Drirer were found "a mile,
from hence about 100 yards from the road.
al ne hia'i mad been sttned T., letters ii.
ahn IA ttaa
Diver was found dead, tied TO a Tree with ,wo
bullet holes through bs breast!!l
r. o;-Ihe mail and the dead body of the
S Ser nave just been brought L. town by Mr.,
MAIL ROBBERS.
BALTIMORE March q .-Ou Saturday after
hooon CUE Citizens aud peace officers were ON
.te alert To apprslend The murderers. Three
OF ihe peace officers, Messers. Ross. May,,
we, anu Norris, proceeded up Bulge street
between aud o'clock III search of a su.ni
Cious character, asd on their return towards
gay street bridge, that visiamt officer, (Mr,
Nv IS 10 paSseu TWO men, one lac recognized 10
DC feres'ihe Hutton-he imme diately desi-
reu Ms companions 10 tall back aud follow him
slowly. lie Joined Hutton, and fTl HIM
nuitV" knew hun, they shook hands nd
iiu,'"n receives him friendly though apneAr-
Gu uneasy and dtsir ns OF get ing clear OF him
when they arrived some d.tayCe M Cav ~
iSoss was J0ued by MI. JOHN wilson MIR
ROSS ,hrn fOiu Hutton that he was a man nj
"a" Ih%i dc'ef ana lie would take HIM before
Judge BrIce. He also asked his comuaniou
"ho he was, the other refused 10 Give am,
satisfaction, q Mr.. Ross promptly informed
Nih that he was iii bad COMPANY a. m, .bnnId
lake I MIN also. They were taken before judge
BIlce, who committed them for tuttt., a.
ann''""t'oh' on arriving at the g.Ol the of.
HrVT> proceeded to search them-uu Iuitnu
was fonnd absut i33-on Hui. ,p,.re,.d n,
Ms pahtaloons upwards OF 6;uOO dollars: lev
a Ga, slau |" KEY round on them, which IN Ock-
iIg ~, 4
Keys Mr.. Ross, aud The other officer nrocecd
W '"e boarding house where they lodged ann
on searching The trunk Oh top Of their cIotbes
w '1"n" Shdli pocket pistol aud IA flask
OF powuer-and several parcels of RAM ,,oIas
amounting IN all TO upwards of IO.Oua dol.
lars. "0i
:, Yesterday morning judges Bland. Brice and
W. ,hSChe" were engaged in the examination
VI he prisoners dnd the wItnesses-i il aDpears
mat PeregrIne Hutton one of the nrisn C
was porn III delaware, but has lived mo Of
MS lie In Maryland-Illdl he has been 80 o.
I "a, years Stage driver, and for some lime
n. ~ 'nr "aiie mouse with the GcCeased,
lie Is we understand Wei known IN Richmond
va Morris B.IHnli, the other uri,op.r ia -
h"Ii'e OF the state ON York, ana viii AU,-
ton arrived from \. York on last tuesday
w, r. nt h"s Ialber IN Utica. The p,l soHers
ave Ooih young men, probably ne ,tber of them
- years o. age. They will be tried before tie
CiFrnl' Court OF the u. 5. which viii set on
thr first of NAV ' va
Open review OF these facts, il would -p-
pear thai the discovery OF tie inutd4Isrsv
IL may he SAID prOrid, niiai-th, act of the az
Se'Hg GOd NJ Ross went INT Bridg, street
mol IN search of Hmtton-on Temlulns acc.
- ,ntai,y ne joined nm and Il pleased the
Almighty that he should be HIS instrnme,,i
To deiec, ana dppTchend Tue authors of he
most bloody deed ever committed in onr conn.
ny. " 'O''"'
A"'ouht Of notes toupd in tie trnnk-5 Post
hoit' oi y 100 each l. 90. of \ inI
each II Bank uo;cs of 8 100 j6 do of 50
zach - do. OF ) 20 each-iI5 n s 10 each
" o. > . ana 81 small notes found on N. ~.
- Hm ) 800 OF various Character and A.
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