Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-03-02
Chivalry at a Discount.


DuELLtNe, LARCENY AND Assault AND Bate.
Rr.--Mr r. W. Pooler, the individual engaged
as Mr. Mays second in late "affair of honor"
IN which Mr.. Cochran was murdered, is now
charged with being concerned in a little transac.
tion, which savors very strongly of dshonor, and
is anything but chivalric, or exhibiting that sen.
sative regard for reputation which duellists
ally boast of so much. Mr., Pooler, the Balti-
more papers tell ms, was arrested on Monday
morning 10 that city, at Barnum's Hotel, where
he had been sojonring for some days, by officers
Hays, Zell and Ridgey, charged on the oath Of
Mr. John S Litz, who is also boarding at Bar.
NUNS, with stealing from him the sum of 5000,
The Sun says ii is worthy of notice, as ilustra-
tive of his notions of gentily that, on his arrest
for fe'ony, something being said ofthe afiay of
the previous evening, he asked the officer who
the person he had struck was lie was informed
that he was young man much respected, and
the son of bookbinder in this city, "A book
binder - exclaimed Poolcr, "ehly a bookbinder?
Why, | really thought he gentleman, or !
should not have quarrclled with him On hear
ing this, wag remarked that the difference was
binder and the other highbinder.
. The facts as stated before Justice Gray are as
follows;-'On Saturday evening last Nr John S
Lutz, to whom roelcr had introduced himself in
vted him TO share his room with him, it being a
double bedded one, and on retiring at night, lch
his pocket book on the table containing in one
department, three $50 notes and in another Sis
.,fc No.
rose first and went down stairs, on returningt To
the room, he had occasion to look into his pocket
book, and discovered that the three $50 notes
were gone and $50 ef the smaller money He
Immediately informed Pooler of thc fact who
expressed wall eigned surprise at so remarkable
and unpleasant occurrence. lpt2 then rlnc
a bell for a servant, and sest for Mr. H. Barnum
who instantly took measures for thorough in
vestigatien olthc affair The room, beds. furn
ture, &c, were all duly examined. when il was
deemed advisable to search Poo1er, and accord
ingly he was desired To strip; he did SO, and as
each article of clothing was taken off it was
carefully examined poocr earnestly denying a.
ny knowledge the money Being stripped to
his drawers and linen, he asked to be allowed TO
20 uoNn 10 tne NdTu, bl!l was refused, ana dlrec.
ted to strip further; he demonstrated about the
cold, when pair of drawers belonging 10 Mr.
Lutz was pulled ont ofa lot of clothing lust re.
turned from the wash, and he was told to pail off
his own and put these on with good deal fumb-
ling he did so, and then got into Mr. Lutzs bed
ihere he was observed TO be working about under
the clothes, and presently he kicked the drawers
Crut at the bottom Of the bed. and then got ont
Alimself and sat down trunk by the side of
these drawers. Mr.. Lutz then went and exami-
ned the bed, thinking that Poolcr had left the mo-
ney in il, but whIie doing so, Mr Barnum saw
Pooler pushing thc dawcrs under the bcdstead,
and Immediately drew them ont on examining
them the whole ofthc money was found in one
ofthe legs the elastic Examinations having clo-
sed upon the notes, and prevented them from
falling ont upon the floor
With the recovery Of the money, il seems. the
party wronSerwas satisfied, bat the facts having
come to the knowledge Of the officers above named
they collected the evidence yesterday morning
and on 1t made the arrest of pooor, who was
forthwith'commtted for trial"-Phl Leds