Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-07-18

4rres, of one of the Rioters, Eho turned out TO
be a thief-A short time since, fire occurred
al the house ofMr Madden, in Catham square,
by which large portion of his property was
DESTROYED. In endeavorikg to save portion of
his furniture, he brought two valuable clocks In
10 the street and left them there whilst he re-
turned into the house. On again coming
out he found that the clocks had been taken
away. and he could at that time find no further
trace of them. The ensuing day, young man
named Henry Steward alias Wood. called at
the shop of Mr.. Aorahams, pawn broker, in
Chatham street, and offered to pawn clock; but
Us they c0uld not agree on the sum 10 be lent
the young man went away, saving he would
call the ensuing day with his aunt Mrs. Aims
BY who resides in Madison street. MIR. Ahra-
hams having some suspicious that the clock
was not honestly come by, called at the Police
Office and examined the record Of lost and So
len property, amongst which he found an ac
count of the tive clocks stolen from Mr. Mad
den Mr.. Abrahdms then Informed the Police
of Woods having pawned the clock with him,
and accompanied Mr.. Holman, the Police Off
Ger, to Mrs. Aimsby's and asked 10 see 1t. She
had, however, already parted With il, and gave
the ticket Of the pawnbrchers where it was
pledged
They then searched her house, and found the
skeleton OF the other clock, from which the In
terior works had been taken out. Mrs. Aims
by refused 10 give the officers any information
about it, expect that il, and the clock which
was pawned, had been brought TO her house by a
young mau named Reed VINO had since left the
city. Finding that the matter could be no fur
ther Sitted at that time, Mr.. Holman went away
and got the other clock from the pawnbrOker,
and gave il up to the City Insurance Company,
who had paid Mr.. Madden the amount of his
losses by the fire. In this state the matter re
manned until yesterday morning, when Mr.. 10
man, having information that Wood had been
concerned IN the late riots went in search of
him to MIR. Aimsby's house, where he understood
he lodged. On his arrival at the house, he
was Informed that no such person was there;
but not satisfied with this information, he pro-
ceeGed 10 search the house, and went into Mrs.
AmS5y'S bedroom, who had not vet rSen-
After having thoroughly searched the bed room,
and received the strongest assurances from Mrs.
Aimsby that the person he was in search OF was
not IN the house, he was about to leave the room
when il occurred to him to search the bed, and
on doing SO he found Stewart alias Wood,
dressed, and snugly entrenched under the
Clothes beside his aunt, in whose bed he had
sought hiding place from the search of the
Police officer.
Mr.. Holman Immediately pulled him from his
hiding place, and brought him down to the Po-
nee Office. Knowing that he was fellow of
pad character, and companion of the fellow
VINO was caught the other evening under Mr.
Tappan's sofa, and finding him also in Mrs. Aims
DyS house, It occurred TO him that this Mr.
wood might turn out to be the Identical Mr.
Reed who, as Mrs. Aimsby said, had brought
TIE stolen clocks 10 her house. la order to as
certain II his suspicious were correct, Mr.. Ho-
man went Tor Mr. Abrahams, to whom the
CIocS was hrst offered for pawn, and also for
the other pawnoroker at whose house it was
found, aud as soon as they saw the prisoner,
they AZ once recognized him to be the indivi-
GHal Who came 70 their houses to pawn the .ock.
he was accordingly committed for the larceny;
50 mat, between the two charges that are now
against him for rioting and larceny, he stands
Soou Ghance of spending some time in the
State PriSon.-N y. Jour. Com.