The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-05-15
NEW YORK POLICE

NEW YORK POLICE.
fragrant Case Mr.. George Locker, arcaf.
pa led 10y his Attorney, George " Ni,eu f.
came petore the sitting magistrate Nj. Nymsl
and solicited his assistance under the lollu8isz
! circumstances. On the l2th Of necen,ef
1928 IN Washington, Maryland, Mr.. l. and on
| J I'm adams, Jointly became security tor w.
persons IN bond tor the payment OF SG00s
ihcse parties became iusolsent, and sun
~sts brought against Locker for the amour.
of the bond, Adams having ieh pfe,Iousio
The failure. He negotiated With the plaintiff
aud 50 Far succeeded as 10 get receipt in inl
" i'teu on the back of the bond. He also paH
the clerl, OF the court the requisite fees and ma#
cured a receipt for the same. Last week Mr. l.
arrived ~ New York and immediately called
upon Adams al the Eastern Hotel y 50 Wattr
street, who pretended not 10 know him, but a
ter some l'tle conversation he remembered Nh
L.-lnyiled him into an adjoining room ard IL
CURED most kindly after the better portion Of In.
county-Lucker al last was compelled 10 bfeaa
through has inquiries, 20 inform him thai he pos.
sessed the bond and solicited hun TO pay IN,
share OF its amount. Adams mGs aslonishfd al
the request. swore he would never pay a cent q
any security money, aud began 10 display symp
toms of off nded dignity Locker entjealed
he mad lost 5000 by the affair, ana could ne
afford TO pay the full amount Of the bond, fie
hoped that he would advance some Off 10
prevent bin from losing the whole hocnttl#
ven proposed reduction Of fifty per cent baz
Adams was nhexible and would not listen TO a
NV pfoposas--he however expressed Hsa
that Locner would take ~ his residence at the
" Eastern Hotel, during ms stay IN the cd5,
and he should have the best ii could afford, VT.
out the payment of cent Two OF thic" dats
after Locher with his baggage went TO Admi
who appeared reioicpd 10 see hinr--tod Inn lie
must stay -four % five days and maze bm,eli rs
com ortablc as ne possibly could. a CONVERSE
ton took place relative TO the bond, but Attain
not complying, Locher went TO his Attunek
who commenced a sui in thr Common Pleas n
rec0yet the amount when Adams was conscious
that such measures were going on, he m'iea
LpCher 10 get the bond from his Attorney, am
they would settle the business by themsf'es=
To this iocher l,oshly consented, anu as snoh
as he produced the bond Adams seized II, TOTE
H. and hrew the pieces into he .tirs, saying mai
wa the only settlement he would make mai he
was worth $4,000 there was no family l'ta
better than h did that he had money " ult
bank--hIs furniture was worth %4ooo-m ia#
he boosted Of his property at some length am
concluded bF stating that the hord he htea"sa
for me time, but now his mind was rt''ase
aud he cared nothing about il lie compfoea
Locher TO 60 TO thu Theatre that night and ea
his return home, insisted upon his sleeping IN "s
same toom. Locher from many clrcumslaoee
began 10 be alarmed for his safety, aud undei :
pretence of going out OF the room, he sutceea
ed il, leaving the house and getting to the Si't
Hotel. The magistrate considering IT n'os'
iiagfnn' case. issued IA warrant, and John AHaaA
was bound over hmselfin $1,000, and Two sete
rites ,n 5000 each. 10 answer the charge Oh =
long which will be preferred against hn.
Y. Y. Journal Of Com''erff.
Mail Robberg-On the 18th instant, toa
berry vas committed on the great Ne''tt'
/ Mail, between this place and West onlpH.
Ohio. The robbery was not discovered UNI
ii the 10Th, when tWo individuals, VINO ha'
since been apprehended, were op'et,''
some distance from the road IN snch s''.
ton as 10 create suspicion. A stump ~
where they were seen, was Afterwards ui,'9
vered on fire, and on close eAaIhlhah'1t
several parts Of letters We're tonnd-hln"I
them, one addressed TO the Honorable h5'h
ard A. BuCkner, member OF Congress nv"
Kentucky. One of the men was, al the '.'''.
engaged IN carrying the mail, the oiher
mechanic OF the village OF Aberdeen, 9lp',
site this place. The sum oil $3.50 was nun "
upon the post rider, who was committee "
the jail Of Brown county, Ohio. Inc ono
individual gave bail i.hayspiHs rag"
CoIoNIzArIoN.--Mr Joseph BURR, Of ,o
mont, lately deceased, has left the Ane, ,,.a.
Colonization society stuen thousand aof'a9
We hope his good example will be io"e" CO
BY others Hit be true, that sooner OF ia'''-
every enterprise will receive encoura Elm
propnrtioned to It's usefulness and mas'
tude, surely we need not despair OF me s Wv.
cess of this great scheme. There IS no ~
ject in our opinion, upon which every w..
American, ambitions of enrolling his nun,
among The rhilanihropists OF every, M
and the benefactors of his country, sboul-
more firmly fix his aiienlon.-The more you 70,
contemplate its various merits-moraL Pon,
ical and religious, the more IT grows upon '''
view, and approaches the sublime