Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1842-11-04

"IieufendHf' IStOtccr IN LimOO.-We an
nounced week or two since, that young
man by the name of Charles III. Slower,
who represented himself as Lieutenant
in the Navy, had been making love TO a
Young lady of Boston, and was on the point
of being married to her, when the fact OF
his having wife in Buffalo became known
and that to escape the Indignation of her
friends and the penalties of the law, he found
it convenient to leave that city very abruptly
between two days-taking along with him
the trunk of fellow lodger, well filled with
clothing, and leaving his own filled with
stones. We heard nothing more of the fell
low until Wednesday morning, when we
were told that the night before he was Tod ged
in our Jail, by Messrs. b, ID. Quigg, of
Tompkins County, and Francis J. Stratton,
ofths city, charged with horse stealing -
The facts are these
Some time in April last, Slower applied
to the stable of Mr.. George Charles, in this
city, for span Of horses and light carriage,
representing himself as the son Of William
G. Bouck the Locofoco candidate for Gov
ernor, and stating that he had a note due in
Lyons, which it became necessary TO collect
with the least possible delay. The horses
and carriages we're furnished him, and with
cigar in mouth and flourish of his whip,
Mr. Bouck left the stable. 1t seems, how
ever, that instead of going to Lyons, he pro-
ceeded to Auburn, i'll which vicinity he cut
an extensive swell for some time, and finally
pawned the horses and carriage for his tay-
ern bill and left for the east After practis-
ing various species of roguery in other places
he proceeded TO Boston, where his love af-
fair was enacted, and on leaving that city
returned to the interior of this State, and af-
ter attempting to "play the 'possum" with
Mr.. Quigg, of Ithaca, was finally arrested
by that gentleman in Oswego county.
We may here mention that Mr.. Charles
did not obtain his horses and carriage until
some weeks after they had been gone, and
only then by his paying the sum for which
they had been pawned. about SIG.
The following may be taken as a fair spec
linen of the daring roguery of Slower Be-
fore leaving Boston, he heard Of the desertion
Of two midshipmen from the Navy, and
forged warrant in the name Of Commodore
Hull for their arrest. Appended to the war
rant was note to the effect, that if the mid
shpmen should he apprehended, and it
should appear that their friends were opposed
TO their entering the Navy again, they might
be released upon the payment of the Pursers
fee. One of the midshipmen was apprehend-
ed in Palmyra short time since, and very
cheeriully avaled himself of the condition
named IN the warrant, by paying Slower the
sum Of $50.
We are told that in most places where
Slower has sojourned for some months past,
he has pursued career of vice and knayery
almost without parallel in the annals of
crime. The greater part Of the past winter.
he spent IN the "tombs" at New York. for
fraud and other crimes
Slower is about - years Of age. has had
liberal education and is the son of the
Hon. Mr. Slower, of Madison county for
merly member of our State Senate, mem
Der of Congress, and either Judge of the
District or Supreme Court Of Florida. 10
winch latter office he was appointed by Gen.
Jackson.
We close this hasiy notice by the following
extract oil letter from gentleman of Buff
ialo well acquainted with Slower, to Mr..
Quigg:
"To use the words of his TStowersl ru-
ined father, 'he is the most consummate VIII
lam for so young man now extant ; his
history is one continued chain of crimes
from the time of his first confinement in the
tombs in New York city, there has been no
cessation, but rather an increased CELEBRITY
in the criminality of his career. "-Roohes-
ter Democrat