The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-03-26

chased with the balance Of the money, should
be restored to Mr.. Dana. The Court then sem
fenced. him to suffer solitary confinement Is
days, and to hard labor afterwards in the State
Prison eight years
Stevens was indicted for breaking open the
store of +. & II. Sheldon & Co on the night
ofthe 18th of Oct last. A piece of silk, box
Of ribbands and quantity of silk hose, found
in his trunk, were identified as some which
were taken from that store. The store of
Charles Z. Brugere, which is under the same
roof, and that of the Howlands, were both brok-
enopen the same night, and, as it appears, by
the same gang. Tools taken from Brugere's
store, were found in Sheldon's. In the tin box,
mentioned in our last, which contained the wig
and whiskers, were found bills of exchange
taken from Brugere's store, and bills of ex-
change and other papers, taken from How
lands Writing was found in the same box
which was identified Stevcnss, both by wit
nesses who were acquainted with it, and by
comparison with papers found in his portable
writing desk Laces were found in Stevenss
trunk answering to the description of large
quantity which were taken from Brugeres
store.
In the course of the trial, an attempt was
made to account for the laces by witness,
introduced on behalf of the prisoner, who
swore that he had sold him (Stevens) laces to
the amount of $1,000 He was an Englshman,,
and called his name VIM. Jones. On cross ex-
animation he could not give a very consistent
account of himself or his dealings. Hays, the
police officer, swore that he had information
that Rockwells jewelfy store was to be robbed,
and watched it three nights in succession, on
one of which he saw the witness, Jones, 90 to
the door and look into the key hole, after
which, he went away and joined some compan-
ions. Rockwell testified that Jones came to
his shop one day and offered to sell him some
watches, and that he then went by the name of
Jackson. Abraham Collins testified that he
had known Jones in London that his true
namo was Isaac Solomons, Jew, and a most
notorious receiver of stolen goods. He was
usually called key Solomons. The Sheriff of
London took him up, but he was rescued by
his companions and made his escape.#
After the arguments of counsel and charge
from the Court, the jury retired, and, in
Short time, returned with verdict of guilty
This trial has furnished still stronger confirm
alton of the falsehood of Wares charges against
Redmond. He uniformly declared that there
were three persons and only three, concerned
in breaking opon the stores above mentioned
and that these three were himself Reed and
Redmond. 1t is now proved that Stevens was
one of the three. There can be no doubt that
Ware, after he was imprisoned, ascertaned
from his brother that Redmond resemblance
to Stevens. had caused him to be suspected of
passing the forged check, and that he then re-
sol;ed to get Redmond convicted, if possible in
hopes, thereby, to obtain a pardon for himself
Three more persons, supposed to belong to
this gang, have been arrested in New York
One of them is Holgate or Holdgay, mentioned
in our last; the names of the other two are
Sutton and Raynor,
During the last summer the English papers
published an account of this PERSONS extensive
operations as receiver of stolen goods. At the
same time the people of this country were mott
fed that he had left England with the nten-
ton of payiHg us visit Jones, as he calls
himself, is rather good looking man, with
Jewish physiognomy; and is apparently not
more than 35 years old.
STATE Prison. The able and fearless Editor
ofthe Massachusetts Journal attended the late
investigation of the affairs Of the State Prison
hefore tho a0iSla4ura,s. Cor,o,;t+oo IL -
published statement Of facts as testified to by
the witnesses. We have rarely witnessed the
development of a system of more gross fraud
and peculation than this testimony has discos-
ed. We had prepared an abrdrement of if.
embracing all the most important part, for pub
ication IN our paper, when we were informed
that Samuel r. Johnson late an Overseer in
the Prison, had instituted libel suit AGAINST
the Editor of the Journal for the publication of
that statement As, Johnson has been removed
from the station he so unworthily held, we for
bear making the publication we intended, for
the present, remarking, by the way, that the
Editor of the Journal asserts that his statement
was not so strong or full as the testimony of
the witnesses would have justified. He saws
also, that it was clearly proved that Johnson's
office has been moro lucrative for several years
past, than any other in the State
THE TARIFF BILL. Accounts from Wash.
ington all agree, that whatever probability
there might have been of the passage of any
bill, at the present session. for altering the rates
of duties on imports, it is daily diminishing
. The Jackson men, who have heretofore sun
ported the protective system, appear determin-