Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-04-11
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OUTRAGE AsD RoBBERY!!
Our re aders will recolleet that in the Bea-
con OF Thursday last, was announced. IN
der toe above caption, most daring attack
upon, and robbery OF the family Of Doet.
John Saunders. highly respectable inha.
bitant of Southampton county, near Urqu.
harris store The information we then pos
sessed, was obtained from letter, hastily
written, 10 bis brother. then on bis way to
Norfolk, and as might be supposed from
the personal injury he had sustained, old
not enter much into particulars. The fol-
lowing letter, written al the particular in
stance Of the Doctor, describes the persons
and dress of this gang Of highwaymen, and
directs an addition Of FIFTY DOLLARS
10 the reward of. red in the advertisement,
making it ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY
DOLLARS.
We hope our brethren of the type will
comply with the wish of the writer, by CO
Py this notice.
Southampton, IVA April 4, 1891.
.Hsssrs. Shields, .Ashburn T. Co.
'Gentlemen-l have to-day been to see
my friend and neigbbor, Dr.. John Saun.
Gers, who had last evening. about sunset,
one Of the most outrageous and daring rob-
berries committed on him, that has ever oc-
Cured in our section Of country. Three
men came to his house and enquired il he
had any spirits, being answered that he had
none, they said they would pay him for it;
be told tbem il he had any they should be
welcome to it. They then went to the we'll
and took a drink OF water. after which,
coming up to a Mr.. Crumpler, young man
who was with the Doctor, they seized him,
and drawing pistol at the same time, one
of them knocked him down with large
stick, drew him into the house and tied him.
They then treated the Doctor in the same
manner; drove all the domestics into the
house, fred pistol through the wall, and
broke open and tore to pieces every article
Of furniture that they suspected had any
money in them. strewing the house over
with closthing, taken from the trunks With
the fire tongs, with which they had broken
them open. Every individual expected to
be murdered. They got FIVE hundred dol
lars in North Carolina Bank Notes, among
which were two Of D50 each, that had been
cut in two, having some name endorsed on
them, not now recoIlected; the balance
were mostly Do notes; about DO in silver
dollars and half dollars, one an American
dollar with two holes through It, near the
middle; two Joes, Spanish gold,) and one
Eagle.
Leaving Dr.. Saunders and Mr.. Crumpler
still tied down, with one to guard them, to
prevent their release, the other two pre-
pared three Of the Doctors horses, when
! they made of with their plumber
These rufians were each armed with
pistols and dirk. and were. no doubt from
the vicinity of Norfolk, or some where that
way, as they looked more like sea-faring
men than otherwise. The largest Of them
was tall, stout, we'll looking man, with
small yellow wbiskers, bad ona dark round
about jacket and dark pantaloons. The o.
ther two were common sized. we'll looking
men, with blue or dark pantaloons, & short
bearskin great Coasts that came down about
their knees, and all appeared to be men Of
no. more than 25 years. The horses they
carried of were of the following descrip-
tons: bright bay horse, only in tolerable
order. PAGES slowly. blind in one eye, aud
elegantly knicked; veV handsome bright
BAY mare, FROM [, ct 10 inches TO feet