Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-10-12
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The nlessrs Brown and Mr. Corrie have lad tie
good news to-day that the VILLAIN who swnd!ed ihc"i
OF .2 000 had been arrested, aud win plenty OF mo.
nev n his possession. IL JULY Icio, there appeared
narorraui III the newspapers stating that lui Moore
Edwards Of Louisiana, had wish great philanthropy
brorrh his two hundred slaves from hif plantation up
10 Cincinnati; where he had sci them all Tree VI.
Edwards about that time introduced himself To slr
Lewis Tappan and other Ab"litonts, and stated mat
he was abon, Ia proceed TO London to procure the IN
reference of the British Government, for the purpose
al obtaining the release oil I large number OF slaves
who had been illegally struggled from Cuba INTO Texas
Before lie left this country, however, he became
s,or, oc funds and desired his abolition friends TO fur
nsh him some aid in this respect; but they il thr mean
time had received adslces from CIncann that no one
there knew any thing Of the two bundled hefa''
slaves and they had also 10 know that the Colo
mel had with him young negro naive African, ""o
was sometimes a black boy and sometimes bach gri'
as he had occasion for the services d ether ihey
therefore declined to aid the Colonel This poor black
GIRL was last winter tenant 81 our Ams-linus "here
She was delivered Of mnlaito ln:ant Col Ld"atos
went 10 London and ms plans there were defeated oy
letter written to Mr.. Buxton.
In conversation with The mayor, air. 'of's, ia't
wear slr Tappan told the story Of Col Edwards, ana
n The pursuit Of rogGcs, sone snspicon was turned 10
yards Edwards and comparison Of the letters when
Mr. Tappan received form hun, with the letters -
Caldwell to Messrs. Browns, the writing was "anu /"
be by the same hand. mulatn man N fhil1eipia
vas EMPLOYED to hunt up the African sr, wiich ne ar
couplished in f. w hours aud very soon Io Ea"atos
wos found under her directions lie was taken 70 'e
Police and, on searching his lodgings, h's trunk was
found. continuing a very lare" sum OF money when
The last adyccs came away, SO oO0 had been counted
and more remalned
Tine Colonel IS the son OF highly respectable gem
,I.rnan in Kentucky, who deceased in l-}2 Whether
h vas the robbrr Of Tie Messrs. Little and others,
some months ago, remains yet 70 be determined Some
Of the money received hy him has passed through the
hands of persons here and several arrests have been
or will be made here.
Mr Jacob Little went to Philadelphia last evening
for lie purpose Of determining whether Edwards is the
man who swlndled hun.
| Mr. Tappan has furnished with the follow ne
statement
Some time in May Junr, 1910, a paragraph was
inserted in the Cincnnat, Ohio, newspapers, that Col
Nlunroe Edwards, of Louisiana bad emanc pated ~
that city, between and two hundred slaves. ih'
was copied in various papers in different parts OF lh'
country. In the month Of June, the person named ar
rived here and 10 the store Of Arthur Iappan
n Co. with note Of introduction from Morris Robinson
Esq of this city, TO whom he was introduced by lie,
Ter from the late President of the Bank of the u S
Mobile, accompanied by handsome looking colore
lad named Henry, whom he represented to be his ser
want He appeared TO be Of about 90 or g year
Of age, five feet and six seven inches in height, Ho