Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-06-07

TRIAL OF BULLOCK.-The trial Of this individual, the
efau,ing bank cashier postponed Savannah the
2ls May till January The following particulars relative
his apprehension and the circumstances that led TO it,,
taken from the Macon News, new, and not without in
cres They may read with profit by every one but
caly by youth just entering the busy world who have
characters orm and whose condolences adnonsh them
that their habits unfxed The great and important les
son il teaches youth is the difficulty, amounting almost
to an mpossb of the perpetrators Of crime escaping de-
lection The statement shows that the most ingeniousy
con,riyed plans for conceanent the adrot managed
tricks to diver, suspicion frequently conspe direct
the eyes of the vigan officer the guilty object and his
lurking place This truth is strikngly illustrated in the
case of Bullock If earthquake had opened to receive
him as left the deck of the Abel and set his foot on the
soil of Wales he could have been more astounded than
when he found himself in the hands Of the sheriff Of Savan
nah the instant he left the vessel.
"Buoch absconded the moment of the sailing OF loe
steamer Isabel for Havana and another vessel for Cali
orna around the Horn The probability was that chase
would be given both of these vessels wne me
little schooner, for the obscure port OF Cao IN Maes'
youd he entirely overlooked. The plan adroiiy con-
lived slight circumstance however, caused its complete
aure
uoch it seems, had in the bank four jars Of preserves
which nc sent for the evening of lis departure Inc vesse
m which he sailed had cleared for Cowes but subsequently
changed her destination Cardiff without any apparent
-eason The captain, before his DEPARTURE inquired Vi .h
,onspnee if he could carry passenger without reporting
Inc fact 10 the collector and answered in the afra-
tive The inquiry excited suspicion at the tme but the
nortcd dsappearance o Bdoch after recalled II TO
he recollection The cinscnce who mentioned II 10 the
nank officers llr IT,, further examination, which re-
,,ed in the discover , British Captain had placed 2
erson on boar! 81 Al having in his possession trunk
md Two lar. OF preserves. After further Search the other
TWO lars Of found and in one OF them several
ndred dollars in American gold This left no doubt as
20 the point of his destinations especially as il was known
that the family of Quntock with whom he was Intimate.
4 once by telegraph 10 Mr. L. O. Reynolds who
eay despatched police officer in the steamer which was
bout to sail Sheriff Pendergrast of Savannah followed
n ,he next steamer and both reached Wales sometime IN
'dvancs of the Abel They had therefore complete oP,
por,unty 10 prepare for Buocks arrest before he could
zach ,ha shore which they accordingly accomplished
Wha may be the result of the arrest cannot now oe
cted 1t has never been supposed by those best ncquan
ed with the facts that Mr.. Buoch carried away much OF
the funds of the Bank 1t is reported that only small sum
was found upon his person. The inevitable conclusion IS
,ha, the money . in the hands Of his aceompees in
tho whole matter in the OF the investigation when
must soon follow 1t is due to himself and to his friends
that such development should De maoe iteey' iaAy' ~
| without regard TO persons