The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-06-30
rocAL MATTERS.

|inyesteased before the Mayor on charge OF en-
Ibexxlenent against Bloomer preferred by Archer
OF which charge BIoomer was fully acquitted on sa
rurdav last ia doubtless fresh in the minds OF our
ra.arx R,aau,er,s servant, Lucinda Hill, ran away
from her employer last Wednesday, and Bioomei
believing that she had sto en- the money oneleu
,sw.ra for her capture On Wednesday she was
.een at Mr. Quarles' store, on Broad street. AID On
expressing her design of going out on the FRED
-. .b,ro railroad with an improperly written
,..s excted suspicion as to the correctness cf ner
.orau.t she was not then arrested however A.
soop rs her flight was fully made known, word wasb
..n, nm the road to wstch for her, a.a on Thursday
r r. Jones, jalor of Caroline county, succeeded in
.rrestug her in the county. She was Immediately
brought to the city and confined In Taits JAIL Al
warrant was yesterday, issued by the Mayor re-
curing Lucindas appearance before him to answer
the charge of stealing the money, and also that OF
Betsy Hill, free negress, charged with aiding Lu
cinda in stealing the $3.50 from Bloomer. LacindaA
y Hill belongs to Mr.. Tabb. We give the testimony
4 in the taken before the Mayor yesterday inI
Sfull it is matter in which citizens generally
! have taken considerable interest.
Edpar3 Bloemer was first called to the stand andl
xdeposed nearly as follows: l received, for safel
4 keeping, some weeks ago, the of ss00a from!
M. M. Archer. The Saturday before the day on!
: which lost the money, Archer came to me ands
&obtained $500, with whicn TO purchase negro
IN went up stairs and took the amount from theI
&S20O0, where it was secreted over my bed. Igave!
&him the $500; the remainder rolled up and putt
lin my pocket along with As so dollars. Onj
ASaturday evening and Sunday morning received
Hsome more money which incre ased the amount that
belonged to me to about $40. In the course of Sun
$day evening changed $40 note for Archer end
&placed his money, which had been lying in myI
*poeket book, by itself on the top of my desk, and
my $40 placed in the drawer underneath. Saw
1.-THE money several times before O'Clock on Sunday
3evenng. At 8 O'Clock, Mr.. Tickle, everseer of the|
8hog pens at Stearns & Brummelrs, came in and
&opened a conversation with me. | changed somel
money while Tickle was in, and saw Archer's'
money lying in its usual place. then went in the
$oack room to get some milk for customer, where
n found Lucinda sitting, and told her to go to bed
2She started and went out into the kitchen where!
#she slept and went back to Mr.. Tickle and conf
8tinued our conversation. was sitting. while con-
#versing with Tickle, with my back in the door, and!
1T. was in front of We were smoking. WENT
&up to bed about 10 O'clock and thought that would
Enot disturb the money and that it would be sae
in the store as up stairs. The door was fastenedE
that Lucinda could not get into the store, and he
y Windows were secured The next morning onE
Becoming down stairs, was my custom, looked to5
$see if the money was safe and found it missing
NThe doors and windows were just I had lett
8them the night before. For some two weeks after
{N.L;, Ioee cf Ho2 nj
) most deranged. During this time Lucinda wass
livery unruly and one evening when was sitting
Yin very melancholy humor, she commenced sing
Sing, and for some insolent reply which she madeS
zwhep told her to hush, chast;sed her. | heardE
tiat she, AFTER at the well, told one of the:
: neighboring servants, thss she knew where theE
money was. l heard thaE she was in the habill
&of visiting Archers about this time during my
absence in tie day. As soon as Lucinda wasI
taken up, informed Mr.. G!sbb of the fact and Del
told me that had better pat her in Tat's jai Yes
Sterday morning Mr.. Tabb and went to Lucinda to|
+ see if she knew anything about the msFer At irstl
Eshe hesitated to questions. Finally she
d acknowledged that size took the money on Sunday
night at the time when [ was talking with Mr.
Tickle. She said that she took of her shoes went
Sbshnd the counter. and took the money out of M VI
Still or desk and took Mr. AS money. She deposi
8ted the money in my ROOM She then took it out oil
ny ROOM soon after for fear she said that my wite
Ewould come across it when she came home. Il
&asked her if she told to do it, and she replied
hat she first took the money to Mr.. Archer, tut field
afraid to give it to him for fear that she might get
BIN trouble.
i Mr.. Shelton here objected to receiving hear-say
testi,nony of negro which might affect the char
Zlacter of white man, and Mr.. Bloonler left the
&5stand.
MIR. Tapb was next called. His statement was
the same in regard u Lucinda's acknowled sment
Is the theft and the manner of committing it. Mr..
IL went on to say "We USED threat to force the
confession from her. l told her that she would be
sold at any rate, and that she would gain nothing
10y silence or denial She then said that Archer
promised to give her (Lucinda) $40 if she ould
get the money from Boomer and give it to him
but that he had only given her S.. Betsy the free
negress, Archer's wife, had also promised her sone
articles of clothing if she would take the money!
and did give her pair of shoes, bonnet and one
or two dresses. She did take the money and han
ded it TO Betsy, but Betsy said that she had better
give it to Archer, and Archer being in the lot she
called him and gave him the money. This was
about the middle Of tie day. Betsy told her moi
70 60 back to Boomers any more, but to 60 up to
Stafford county. Lucinda said that she did moi
know the way, and Betsy told her to stay with he,
during the day and she would pur her in the right
path in the evening. Betsy also promised to give
Lucinda pass. Lucindaaccordingly staid in Bet
sy's room all the afternoon. In the evening sac
was given pass, tae S. and articles of clothing
and told to fellow out the track of the Fredericks
burg Rail Road and that would carry her near to hel
owners IN Falmouth, Stafford county She Their
proceeded up the rosd and was taken as heretofore
noted
John Crab am, slave in the service of Stesrn
& BruInmell, said that he met Betsy, Archers wife
and was talking with Ter about Luci nds's running
away and OF the money lost by Archer, when Bet
10y stated that Archer had the money.
The testimony here closed and the accused wer