The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-07-19

CHAncr or BunorAxY--A slave named Ed
mund, belonging 70 Mr. Davis OF King William
county, and who 10 employed here - spiastsrer'
was, on yesterday, arraiensd before his Honor ON
the charge of bslng concerned In the commission Of
the heavy robbery of Nicholas Riviera, who Keeps
store near the Old Market. on the evening OF ga
turdsy, The s5th of June last 1t viii be recoiiected
perhaps, that upon that evening some person or
persons. WIN must have been secreted In the store
when ii wa. shut up in the course Of the night en-
te, .a Mr. hiv,srs,s s.eeping apartment and stole
email chest from uEder the bed, containing Some
$500 in French forty and twenty franc so'o p's'e,
about $500 in American gold and no'e'' an1 So
watch Mr. Riviera reiterated this Statement. oe'o'o
his Honor Yesterday, and said that ne receiseo .ne
gold francs from Italy about six years sinee
had locked the front door and put TWO oaiio'
against It that Saturday evening" and next morning
he found the barrels put aside, the lock unlocked
and the door omen. No other door was open In inc
house. He supposed the thief or thieves to nave
beep .eere,ea in cellar Edmund, the negro. was
arrested on Sunday morning through the indea'i-
gable efforts of Captain Wilkinson. upon the tesfi'
mony of Mr. Meads.
MIR Meads, of the firm of Il. I. Paire q 20, eA
change brokers, at the corner OF lain ana MAN
streets, deposed that one day in the beginning OF
last week the negro Edmund entered their once
and e., hibited four forty franc gold pleces' winch
be said. Mr. Goode (mentioning his residence) de-
s;red m have discounted. Mr. NJ. thought inme'
d.,ev a. this kind of gold was only to be found In
Tho hands of Italians, that it was portion OF the
money stolen from Mr. Riviera, blu. conceiv,ngthere
was a possibility of his having been sent by Mr. G,
e 10 hot f-v Uund ror.
tainiy return soon with other pieces OF the same
money for discount, he gave the change, some $50.
He ali, took good look at the negro, SO az to re-
coanise him. Last Saturday afternoon the negro
came again with two of the forty franc pieces
and said this time that Mr. Philips on learning that
Mr. Goode had changed his pieces, desired to have
these two belopgingto him (P.) also discounted
Meads Immediately turned to Mr. Pairo and said
that that was the negro who had come before with
the French gold, when Edmund took the alarm and
started eff, going in direction which Mr. NJ. could
not find out. The negro left the money on the
counter.
Captain Wilkinson, although only having slight
description Of Edmunds perlon, succeeded in ar.
resting him Sunday morning. He identified the
negro Immediately upon seeing him. gold key |
OF peculiar c0nelIueuOn, Wds louno III LIE Possos
sion. He had also seen gold watch, said to have
belonged to Mr. K.
MIR Riviera here identified the key, and said the
two pieces of gold were similar to those he bad.
In relation to the finding of the watch, Mr. Ballard
of the Exchange HOTEL was called and examined.
He said that on Saturday young man from Savan
nah left his servant at the hotel for few days.
while be went North. On Saturday morning the
servant came to Mr. Powers showed gold watch,
and said 1t had been offered to him by another negro
for ST. He wanted to get loan OF the money
until his master came back, as to buy the watch
Mr. Powers had the negro brought in, who stated
that he had found the watch that morning on Cary
street Mr. P. said he ought not to sell it until 1t
had been duly advertised, and that he would keep
it until an ordinary tins had elapsed, as surety for
it's being honestly disposed of. The watch WAS
here shown, and accorded precisely with descrip'
ton given of it by Mr. Riviera prior to Its recovery
The case was here continued until to day, owing to
the absence of witnesses, and Edmund was re.
man5ed to jail.