Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-04-13
DOMESTIC NEW =.
A TALE OF KNAVERY.
FROM THE NEW YoRK TRANSCRIPT.


! Robbery of In Lirimgaon (ffenea lMnlaeT,)
and subsequent ia,se Fargcry and Ar,ea Our
readers will remember lhet some time after Mr..
Livingston the French Minister 10 Ffnnce, lcft this
country in 1888, IN the United States Ship Della
ware on his ambessadorinl duties, his residence OF
Red Hook Formerly tina, OF Mrs Gen Mon'gome-
ry, now Mrs. Livingstone was burglarlonsy cn'er-
Cd and all the valuable moveables II contained, 10
the amount Of moro than ? 900 dollars, consisting
| of costly curtains, beds, bedding, &c which must
have filed ono or two wagons were carried II ny
the thieves but the rich service oil inmIiy plate,
which il vas supposed was the great object OF the
burg lars, had fortunately bccn removed from The
house to a place Of safety. large rewerd was
offered of The time by Mr. Vancuren, The agent oil
Mr. Livingston, but not the slightest trace OF The
thieves could he obtained though the most diisent
search was made a, the time Even The very rccol.
lection of the robbery was almost buried IN obi
WON. when, most unexpectedly and sngularly. the
whole affair was brous BIT TO light n week or two
since, and nenrly oil The properly recovered
There was living a, the time OF the robbery, close
TO Redhoek, young farmer, with his "iic and
three children, anmcd Peter Il. Moore, about "
years Of ngc His father, highly respectable
man, had moved out 10 the West, ond LEFT his large
farm (, his son, who was supposed 10 be dong
good business; and who, having married The
| daughter of Mr.. Bolus Wagner, OF Redhook, Ga
some " hat ohlpent individual was considered
very reputable ma responslhlc peIsonhge. Be-
tween two ard three months ago, he suddenly DIS
appeared " one fine morning." apparently without
fh yme or reason, and great was the ameniation in
the ncighborhood for his loss because the good
grendames of ReJhook naturally concluded that
Moore was no more in this world and that he bad
b en- drowned, or spirited away like RIP Van WIN
r IL, Il.
ture However, had hnrdly reached the boundary of
his birth place before II was discovered that he had
obtained something more than golden opinions
from oil sorts Of men" Il was found tlaal he wos
deeply indebted 10 his ncighbors for substantial
matters than advice and good will and his credit
ors, thou h they p,iod his wifcs ioro'n situation,
and her comor'sless nights, us she restl1ssy tos cd
upon her widowed bed, yet thought II necessary to
take that bed from under her, TO satisfy le'r claim
against her husband. But the blighilng b0W 10 The
bankrupis best friends, was the appearance OF suns
dry slips of paper, on which the following chuioc
ters were leghly inscribed
" tcdhoek, Nov. -, ls3l-Sixly days nier date,
WE, either Of us, promise to pay to the bearer,
the sum Of .s-- PErEH Il. MooRE,
BALrus WAGNER"
To several of these unassumins slips, he had ia
ken the liberty forging the name Of his f.therin
law, after filing the blank with various ufng
sums, to tho lune el from $500 to $1,000
These notes he bad got discounted 10 The amount
Of several thousand dollars, by different individuals
IN he nee hborhood who knew Mr.. Wagner to be
highly responsible, and Mr.. Russol cashed two of
them for $1,000 crch. Soon nftcr the flight Of Mr.
Moore, these notes were presented 10 Mr.. Wagner
who Instantly pronounced them iorecrlos. The hold
ers of tho notes then pursued him, and tracked him
a 4, IA ha hnI dad 10
Canada They then gave up the chase, returned
to Redhook and attached the small property he had
left behind. This wps not of much value, for it
was a.ccrtaincd hat before he left, he had sold the
most valuable part of his stock. The creditors,
however, discovered that his ipthcr-n.law (who
had taken the wife ard children 10 his own house
had also taken with them several large boxes, the
contents Of which were unknown; these, however
they followed to Mr.. Wagncr's house, and seized
by virtue of the attachment issued against his pro-
pery, fer the orcdi ors benefit, by Judge Llvings.
ton When these boxes came to be opene J. they
were found to contain all the properly stolen fom
Mr. Livingson's house, ca year back,) except two
or three of the beds On this singular discovery
tho desire to arrest Moore became greater, and
Judge Livingston came 10 New York md wait
ed upon Huntington, the officer, (of whose fame he
had so often heard) and particularly requested him
to use his utmost endcavors to arrest the thief.
Huntington heard the description Of the man, and
Immediately exclaimed" know him well--havo
seen him within the last twenty four houtS-
will take him shortly
We must now STATE TINT about the time Of
Moorrs flight from Rcdhook there arrived ut Love
Joys Hotel q man about his agc, who sporcd n
horse and carriage, lived in dashng STYLE spent his
money freely, and csrecred under the coenomen Of
Can't, Paterson HUNTINGTON (Who il ever on the
took out for the " whereabouts" md why" of
such characters Immediately cfer his arrival took
ccgnjzancc OF the Captain, and watched his mo-
tons Late ono evening, loud knock WAS heard
nj Hualingtons door ii was opened, AM in Walk
ed Capt Patterson. As soon as he was seated, he
commenced long detail Of grievances, which he
wished Huntington TO redress, TO wit: lie had
picked up at tho theatre few evenings previous, II
pleasing chcre amic, on whom he had lnvlshed
much money-bought her n beautiful cloak, worth
! 70 dollars-diamond ring, 80 dolars-and n gold
chain, md sundry other " mig nass ) moreover, he
had redeemed her gold watch, pledged for 100 dol.
lars, which she subsequently pledged, and which he
again redeemed But she, Notwithstanding this
left HIM for more favored lover, and he W shed
the officer to procure the gifts from her hot the lat
ter declined interfering, he did not like the np-
pcarance of the Captain. When Huntington was
applied to by Judge Livingston, he Instantly knew
that Moore was no o'htr than Capt Patterson.
Moore got scent Of the arrival of his rursuers in
this city, and departed instantly for Philadelphia
there no staid for short time at the U. otes llo-
tel, under the name of Johnson thence he went to
Harrisburg, under the name of Warner, and short.
ly Afterwards made his way TO Rcoding, Pcrnsyl-
vana. Here he boarded at hotel as a private
gentleman under the namo of Capt. Chauncey