Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-03-14

"rhat The finger Of Almighty God IS IN mis- fha'-
ter.'
The Jury retired for about te" minutes, ana
returned with the verdict ofGUlLIf.
The ut,erance OF this verdic' did not, IS tar
we observed, produce any Effect upon the prs
oner, save that ne co'ored Hitle. lie, ho"t
yer, made few remarks. accompanying III,
same with vphemen, tone Of voice and v'oie"'
pe striking the prisoners o"H' !"
which he was. with his hands, several '''''' :,
with great force He saic he had not s"o'"
falsely-every thing he had SAID was rue '"'
il would be proved so in ,hc course OF u''''
Mr., Redmond had deprived him OF MS ona
ar,cl and OF his honor. Judge Rlkfr :"
shown great pre- iudite towards num- ~"
Maxwell also, he said since the last tla'' ma"
shown much prejudice. and he d'hed mem y"
d.nv it, lie was willing 10 suffer any punish. .
men, the Court might iuflir,, because he had
said noting but the truth, &c, His haransue
was here ru, short, and i, might have ias'ed
hours, by the o Ulcers who removed I'm ITO"
Court.
The District Attorney entered no'!e prose
mi m the case of John Ware, who, win his
brother David, had been Indicted FOR perjury.
Police john Stevens. alias Giles, alias A.
kinsop, was arrested az six o'clock on Saturday
morning last st a boarding house IN wooster
street bv Jacob Hays, high constable, MS son q
| Mr.. Holman Stevens Is the acrompiee on
Reid and the man who made his escape at TIC
time of the arrest Of Reid in Broadway BY
Hays. Ever since, HAYS has bern on the tra'
! of Stevens. He traced him 10 Philadelphi" *
| back. and to boarding house in Orchard 81.
the same al which Reid boarded But hav-
inp left this house he was for shor, time lost
sight OF. On Wednesday last little boy, who
was PLAYING on some logs in Wooster street,
! found among them in a handkt rchief. Tin box
containing some blank bills o. ex"hang", blank
notes If hand several post no'e' from which
! the filing mp had been extracted, AMI Wig
! They were brought 10 the Office and Hays TOOK
! his cue ther.fro He instituted inquiries In
the neir hbor hood for strangers, AM ascrrrainr
| that man and his wife had lately come t"
| one Of the houses in Wnosrer-s'r ct tn board.
| ASA VI on Saturday Havs, with his NV"
,rus,v colleagues wen, rhtre and inquired If
man and woman boarded there They were
answered IN the afirmaive by person from
the second story wiunow. who said :hey wou d
be found in the back room Hays 'hrn passed
| INFO the house, broke open the door OF tbe
( room and rushed In, he caught Stevens in his
arms, " no iumpcd out of bed and was running
to an open trunk whirh contained pistols. loa'
drd and cooked Stevens wife afterw ard,
told Mr.. HAYS If he had asked her, sh" wo"l1
have opened the door for him. To which The
high constable cnolly replied 81 forgot that"
In tive course OF his exploration, Hays discov-
cred g 500 hid in The straw bed upon which
they slrp,
... Lib parties were then brought TO the po-
rri"keIs; TWO splendid gold watches, o variety
Of inks, ao ids. chemical tests, SC. &c In Sc.
vrrs' hat were found ano her wig, a. d a mag
ni6' ent pair IF black whiskers wrapped up in
piece of viii ish brown paper.
The post notes spoken Of above, were ten in
number each for SIS o arc identified 4, having
been the property OF ;he M,s,rs Aliens and
were robb from h mail ab,ui Two wears a
go. Oh the filling up, only the signature re-
main, the Other manuscript parts ha,Irg been
ex racted with wonderful and consuma,e skin.
Stevens is on EreliShman and apparently "a
bout so years Of tg". He was quite >habbply
dressed, in DIRK mix crater, black pau,a-
looms, black ha', and boots The clio, hes in
his tr"uk seemed 10 he of the best quality and
latest shion His wifi was dressed in a blue
cloth riding habit, AID wore plain leghorn
har with green gauze veil.
we understand that gentleman who was
IN court WHEN Steve gave his testimony re
g''i'ed him j. having he'n il Ha,ana about
n years ago, wh're hr prerndrd t" be = son
OF l. re Er.ki'c-nn tn, faith If which pre-
'ensio'' he ewndlcd pc tlrman in ma, place
out OF 6'e huud;ed pounds sterling He wa,
afterwards advertised IT, The papers through !
out the United S a'rs. Stevens was also ,e
c"gn'sed ny ano,her pc son j, c"urr; who saw
him some years ago a, S.. Tn mas and ST /
Bats; where he called himser Mr.. Stevens |
He afterwards him in Cuba, and here he
had changed his nam" 10 Henry i. Erskiur,
Esq He made his soap" from Cuba in a
schooner, in compan, with two Young foreign
trs, br"th'r>, Wy The name of Hart, who, our
r. adrrs will IccoIlrc,, SHOT tht mselyes in Aus
gust, 1924, at clearinghouse in Nassau
street.
Thus has been arrested another Of gang of
the most desperate ard autlacious villains that
'vrr inf s'ed any country. 1t would appear
ha band OF rogues have conspircd together,
nave orsa"ised ihemsel'e-. and laid their plots
With such skill and precision, and with such
'rgard 10 s>>'em, as is absolutely frigh full
10 shew what immense projrc's were conceiv. {
ed, We will State wha, Reid i, exported 20 have ,