American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-10-26
Baltimore eItpper,
correspondence of the Baltimore CIippcr'l
WAsHINGroN, 90. 81, I946.

Richard Burnet, noticed in the 'Cllppcr" Of
Yesterday rs having been committed TO prison
for stealing eighteen silk handkerchle's, 10 the
same individual, who, few days ago, stole IN
this city pair Of panta!oons from Mr.. Mar
shall They were taken from hlm heioFe he
had an or portunity to put them on. Baltimore
Is the last place to visit for predatory purposes
especially as there is an efficient police, and
after arrest, the booty does no good to the
thief
The individual, spoken OF in my letter Of
Yesterday, who robbed man on horseback, al
ter being tak9n up behind the animal by its
friendly owner, who was coming from the ra-
eos, rs said TO be Joseph de la Fontaine. He
has made tracks towards Frederick, and the Of
6cers of the law are now in pursuit OF him
This is the fellow who was arrested several
weeks ago for robbing Mr.. Duley, of Virginia,
Of sixteen dollars, in Cat-tall Row, and who
was, at the time he committed the last offence,
under bail for his appearance at Court.
The day before yesterday, gehtIeinahly
looking parsonage Rccosted Dung man III The
neighborhood OF the Capitol aud asked him the
way to the Patent Office He said that he
had new invention, a small box OF remark
ably curious cOntrlvance, a0d then TOOK IRON
his pocket the result Of his ingenuity, and be-
RAn 10 SLOW us E6CuIdl SOlolthNNiOh' OO'''
two other gentlemen came up, and the party,
all apparently strangers to one another, began
10 talk about the box, and admire its beauty
The owner left the company for few minu.es
and, while he was absent one of the pigeons,
by chance, opened the box, and took from it
little bit of paper, and closed it just as the 9TH
or returned. The box was still the subject OF
conversation. "I'll bet you" said the InVen-
tor, 'that there is piece of paper inside OF the
box, " at the same time putting his hand in his
pocket, as if for money. 81 don't wantt bet, :"
said the "young men," "Do, do" said the pi-
geons, giving him nudge. After some ban
tering he agreed-thnking that it would be
safe 10 bet that there was no paper in the boz,
as he had seen il removed! The box was, az
ter a little twisting opened, and 10! there was
10 it piece of paper. The affair was manag-
ed after the thlmSle game. The young man
lost eighty dollars, sixty Of which he forced the
ingenious gentleman to refund. The remain
ing twenty could not be recovered. The young
man followed the party short distance, that
he might get assistance to arrest them, but they
slipped through the railroad depot, and are
now showing the ingeni0usiy constructed little
box to green-horns in another vicinity. The
dupe came before Justice Dom, and made oath
to tho fact, and the necessary paper for arrest
vas placed in the hand of an officer. But the
inventors have not been overtaken.
The argument before the Circuit Court, on
The motion to dissolve the injunction issued at
the instance of Mr.. Coffin, { hat he might re-
cover twenty per cent. of the amount due TO
Robert Fulton, jr.,) was concluded to-day
The Court adjourned to Tuesday next, when it
is probable the decision Of the Judges will be
made known. +.