The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-05-19

HE SUPPOSED CHESTER BANK ROBBER.-Our
readers have doubtless heard the report of the al
legged apprehension at Matamoras in Mexico of one
Of the robbers Of DR.. Darlington, President of the
Bank Of Chester County Some account of the mat
tor, therefore, has since been developed may not
be unintcrcsting
Sometime in February March last the bank here
received a letter from Mr.. Reynolds, an officer In
the Galveston Bank, Texas, stating that by the
name of Harrison had been in that place passing
500 notes. of the Chester County Bank; that in
quiry being made Of him, as to his having with him
notes of bank distant he accounted for it by rep
resenting himtelf as the son of director OF the
bank; that shortly after he left in the direction of
Matamoras, on the Rio Grande, news of the robbery
Of Dr. Darlington reached Galveston; that pursuit
then made by Reynolds, who followed on to Mata-
where he overlook Harrison engaged in buying
mules apprehcnded him, found some eleven hundred
dollars of Chester County money him, which he
took, and put him in Prison. At this interview,
Harrison told Reynolds that his real name Hitch
cock; that he had received the money in Chester
county. in August last from George w. Lefcver, and
that he in the Texas country at the time of the
robbery which last Reynolds subsequently found to
The story of Hitchcock, last told to Reynolds in
relation to the money we understand from gentle
books of the bank show that Mr. Leftover at that time
did draw from he bank considerable sum of money,
which Mr.. Lefevcr says he paid over to Hitchcock
thus fully clearing II. from any participation with the
But who is Hitchcock! Why, he turns out to be
the man who disappeared very suddenly from Phila-
delphia some time last fall and was supposed to have
been murdered. Quite an excitement prevailed there
for some time on the subject, and suspicion was for
time directed to Mr. Hood, with whom Hitchcock
was last seen; suspicion now proved to have been
entirely groundless.
Hitchcock still lives and the fact appears to be that
he secretly withdrew himself from Philadelphia at the
time referred to. for the purpose of defraudng his
creditors, went to Texas with all his money under
the assumed of HARRISON and there entered into
the mule business
The creditors of Hitchcock will doubtless make
effort to the money in the hands of Reynolds,
and will probably succeed If they reach Galveston be-
fore the letter from the bank here recently despatch
ed, giving notice of the redemption of the notes
West Chester (Pd) Republican.
Hail. SroRM-RAYMoyD & Co.'S MEyAGERIE
TEvr Blown DowN.-A correspondent IN Rensse-
laerve writes that there tremendous hail storm
in that town "Wednesday last which resulted in
considerable damage to garden vegetables and
window glass but particularly to the huge tent OF
Raymond X Co.'S menagerc. During the afternoon 1t
was filed with spectators Some 500 present
when the hurricane struck the canvass. The scene
which beggars description. Men, women and
children-hats, bonnets shawls, and wearing apparel
in general-wcrc piled together In most admirable
fusion Shrieks nd groaus and oaths and supplica-
tons mingled with the passing hurricane.
The tapping canvass dashed all hands indiscrimi-
nately and those whose imagination opened the cages
Of the lions and tigers and the panthers and by
houndcrng among the Frustrated multitude, felt
good deal relieved when, crawling out from beaeath
the canvass they found that one was seri-
ously hurt, and that all the animals
snugy Gagged when the accident happened
The damage except in wearing apparel, was but tr-
doors all hands home satisfied that matters might
have been great deal worse. II is fact, which
correspondent thinks worthy Of notice. that Warning is
native of Rensselacrvic and that this his first
visit to the town in twenty five years.4bany Journal