Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-01-22

Jackson made feint to pay from the bank bills
in his nocket book: but not having money enough
TO meet it, said, Never mind have check
you may as wei! take it ont of that, and give
me the balance" The check OF $50 was taken,
and the balance of $40 paid to Jackson, who i'm
mediately made of, with an earnest injunction
that the keeper should be punctuai IN sending the
carriages appointed. The unsuspectng Keeper
with many thanks for his custom,rePl!ed he would,
and in fact did; but neither the bride or BRIDE
groom, or even the number of the house which
had been given, could be found; and it was on
ly after frultless search, during the afternoon
and evening, that the keeper suspected himself
to have been imposed upon, which to his sorrow
was the fact.
Many other cases, of a character like that which
we have related, occurring between the time we
have stated and the month of October, he then
found it necessary to secure retreat, which thro
the aid of friend, he accomplished on the west
side of the city, in the neighborhood of Canal st.
Here, in measure secluded from the world, he
contented himself in the enjoyment of the spoils
which his artifce and fraud had obtained from rhe
credulous, without venturing abroad unless under
the cover of night & with what he considered suit
able DISCUSSES. At this time the public had been
made acquainted too generally with his crimes,
and the police officers were too much on the alert
| for him longer to elude their vigilance. He was
surprised by Messrs. Hays and Conclin while he
was amusing himself with 4 flute, upon which he
Is represented to be no inconsiderable performer,
and escorted to prison. A number of indictments
succeeded his arrest, upon Seuen Of which he was
convicted. and sentenced to an imprisonment at
hard labor in the State Prison for the term of six
years upon each conviction, making in the whole
fUrtv-twO years.
The authorities of the State having made provi
SION for building prison at Auburn, and the re-
m0val of portion of the prisoners confined in the
one at Greenwich to the one then building, Jack
son was sent with others to serve out the remain
der ofhis time at Auburn. His character for
mldness of manners, submission to the keepers,
and general obedience to the discipline and rules
of the prison, added to an apparent reformation,
induced recommendation OF Jackson to the eX
ecutive for pardon, which was granted. lie was
discharged about the middle of the month of Sep
TENDER last. and Immediately came to this city,
| the place of his nativity. Here the reader, from
the account of his trial and conviction published
IN the evening Post few days since, is fully "a
ware he did not long remain idle. The forgery
perpetrated on Mr.. Judd was committed on the
9th of October. With the funds obtained, by this
crime, he went to the eastward, where, after va
rious excursions about the country, he was final
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in civil action at the suit of Mr.. Judd Afraid
Of being sent for by the executive of this state.
and tried here for the forgery upon Mr.. Judd. he
deliberately perpetrated, while in Prison, SINH
lar crime. in the forging Of three checks, under
the impression that as criminal in that state,
they would first require satisfaction for the vio-
laton Of their laws before they would hand him
over to the punishment awarded by ours. He
was, consequently, as debtor transferred to be
kept as criminal, and artfuly, as it is said, but
in what manner. we have not been percisely in
formed, effected his escape. Leaving his baggage
behind him, he came directly here, and on the day
OF his arrival. presented himself at the office of
Mr. Judd's Attorney, who. although Informed of
his arrest IN Providence at the suit of Mr.. Judd,
had not been Informed of the proceeding against
him for forgery, and naturally supposed he had
given bail, and thereby effected his Liberation
from confinement.
| His next offences were the forgery of two chicks
in the name of Dennis Mccarthy. by which the
sum of $3.50 was obtained from Gen. Bogardus
1t is by no means matter of wonder, that the
bare recital of the plan, and the gradual deve-
opement of it, by which this money was obtained
should convulse an audience with Iaughter-not
at the crime, for that merits the gravest reprehen-
sion, but at the successful. adroit, and artful
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individual defrauded himself admits, and he con-
fesses that Jackson managed the thing with such
consumate art, as really to persuade him to the
belief that they were former acquaintance. Du-
ring the relation ofhs testimony. the court, coun-
sci, jury. witnesses and bystanders, and we may
add the prisoner, joined in hearty laugh.
| After the commission of this latter fraud in
stead of leaving the city, he remained here at a
public boarding house, in the vicinity of the Hall,
where he abundantly supplied himself with the
comforts. and superabundantly with the Iuxuries
of life. Here, under the name Of Captain Scott,
with splendid collection of charts, and sextant
that circumnavigator might have been glad to
possess, together with flute, he apportioned his
time in the study of philosophy, navigation.- and
music. t is to be hoped that he has acquired
enough of the first TO qualify him to dispense for
the remainder ofhis life with the two latter as in
all probability they will be useless to him in his
new employment
Jackson is about five feet eight to nine inches
high. of rather dark complexion, but with regu-
lar features-biack beard and eyes, and unusual
| ly bald for one so young, being now in his ssth
| year. His appearance when in public is by no