Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-02-03

- TnE Mock PAksox CAuonr AND C,etp.-A
= few days ago, II was stated 10 tbe National lntelli.
gsncer that an unknown person had applied 10,
boAtd and lodging att"o respectable houses in this
cry, aud, after being accommodated therein had
fd"predsted upon the boarders, Nv stealing sund,y
articles OF wearing apparel, or e1chaBqiap his own
shabby clothing for better garments winch lac found
IN their rooms The fellow represented himse!fto
% Protestant Episcopal clergyman, and by his
ssnettinonious demeanor, pretending 10 want mn
asas room to wfc his sermons M, aud various oihe
ases oil hypocrisy, such as insisting upon saving
grace bslore and after meals. &c. he succeeded IN
2 imposing upon tue keepers OF the boarding house
and obtalnng the necessary opportunity FOR robbf o
tbs boarders. His cateer, however in ihis d .trie,
has been very short. Ii appears thar, after The
pseudo prizes, had committed depredatlons In the
sossding houses Of Mrs. Richie aud MIS- Miller
thu siiy, he went to ielandria and on Nom, ~
last, with the same hypooical peiensions of being
eiereyn en- be succeeded in obtaining boarding nj
L. The house Of Colonel Hopkins. On The following
day, IL was discovered, about noon thai the parso
was missing aud, on examination of the trunks oil
Two 1.-The boafdcrs, il was discovered thar clothing
= and money to considerable amount had been raken
. oW Of one, aud clothing out of the other The
Ioarders robbed. Ia Mr.. Wise and Mr.. VaraonA
thinking the impostor had returned to this cy IN
sned'alely pursued him. and had the good fortune
- oveuske HIM near the Centre market use
@here ne was arrested, and taken to the Office oil
Justice Thompson, by Il. II. BUR, constable. T. c
prisoner gave in his name TO the magistrate as ~
<A0fttH satH he was matchmaker, and from
Philadelphia lie confessed thathe had stolen the
eiot'iing At Alexandria, but not the money While
under examination before the ma .istrate rnessen.
gers were sent for the persons WHO had been robbie
NJ Mrs. RHchie's boarding house, one of whom
soon came TO the Office, aud found part of his own
Sc'othing on the person of the prisoner, who was
fully identified, aud who indeed, finally made a vol.
untary confession of his guilt in stealing the cloth.
= Ing. Being asked by the magistrate why he the
r'noner) had pretended 10 be prison, he said thai
no Knew that the keepers OF boarding houses and Ia.
scrns never required cle,eynen TO pay a weeks
o"aru 10 advance whereas strangers (of the isit
psesume) were made pay up beforehand and,
= nsng no money about him. ii would have prevented
nn rom getting board &C., at ALL had moi said
uaA ne was parson. The prisoner is a Young
map. about 81 years Of age OF fair complexion. has
= saAssrown hair,s aud dark eyes lie appears 10
VAIN father lame. His height is about feet 81 in.
rs fhsa- IN pockets were found twelve KEYS nj
sAnerent sizes. Ga being searched, no mouey was
found about the prs, ner, but an English silver
m'sde ty Wm. Virgin. Birmingham, No. 9o5' wa,
sonad % his fob. This possibly may have been s,o
IN Tor srotdnged) by the prisoner from some person
- tre.ent unknown. The prisoner was fully com.
s'aeo'os"sI 3 80 Nat Int.