Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-08-05
NUMBER 30.
He obtained that note 1t va. on the Bank Of virvi.,.

He obtained that Il vas on the Bank of y,v;,;
payable at Petersburg. No. sOee
In reply to Mr. Crump he said he received .l,os.th
heen dollars Of the money which the prisoners Obtained
from the strange man. lie got s. aorthw est.rn not. from
mr. LoVens'en for which he le him another in iieu Tn.
o'ner notes in the possession of Griffin and Snoote hs
also obtained leaving similar in lieu OF them, Heard
ho'hg OF the balance Of the money. Smoote told him
he gave one Of the notes to Mr. Dibrel IL sx 80,
on the Bank Of Virginia Thorpe said he passed som. of
the small notes he received on Mr. Lovenstein Tb.x IN
admitted having received $40 e.cS from the man nv La,
ing him CO. They did say that the man admitted b.v
ing 'oooeu the packet boat He made particular in
qy INTO tne condition or circumstances which they
got the money Being pressed by Mr. Crump as 10 M,
opinion IN relation to the destiny Of the stranger he said
ne was oil opinion when the enquiry had before
' "'heo'ook' that the man was murdered and that
opinion he was Of still He found no trace Of him since
ms disappearance though having mada particular inquiries
nor ud he see any person who had with such man
heard OF man having robbed the packet boat who v,.
described to him being in his shirt sleeves and h,ra
0o'eo Ihs person was represented having gone en-
le'! inherent road Heard of persons having seen
~ strange man except the witnesses examined on this
rial As far as he could learn Lovensein was the first h
had seen him. Did know as a fact that robbsrv ..
committed on board the packet boat believed that Brox
hng was the hrt who informed him of the robbery Heard
Il a'.erNarus from smoote and Thorpe Believed thai Mr.
Blackburn and others got their information or tia,
head from the prisoners The first information he reeeivsd
this robbery the 9th of last month The warrant
uPon which the parties were arrested was for rohh
Before the issuing OF the warrant he wen. n IN. Ill.,
where the affair said have occurred bv advcs ~
several Justices TO make inquiry nthere any robbery
murder or any other offence committed which would justi
" the arrest Of the party He the guilt of the
party so Tar as arrestng tho under false
lions and getting from him considerable sum of mon
by improper There was no warrant for murder
issued Was engaged eight DAYS making search
in the region where the but discovered moth
ing of him. There twelve persons at one time in
search Of him through that part county and abou
th'ry at another time In reply Mr.. August he said
he was not aware that any medium in the way of Split
hAppng was resorted to the destiny of this dis,
tnguished individual.
Walter Newman called up to testify On tn. all. -
the defence. But wctt was As tight as dr,r had a.,
10 the surprise OF the Court the identical individual
"ho about half an hour before had be taken roughly
ana launched outside the courthouse door, for creating
considerable noise in the Court lie was of course inca
pAei'ated as witness, being perfectly drunk
Mr. John j. Brown was examined. He said bs
was passenger on board the packet on the morning
OF the 9th July last. Was coming from New Canton
where he took the packet the 5t When within abop.
nine miles OF Richmond, and it was getting about dav
break, on the morning of the 6;h heard it said on board
nat ROBBERY was committed The Captain in his Of
ice at the time it being his watch came ont to ascertain
what the confusion about and soon discovered thar
one OF the passengers board had been robbed
pelred further inquiry that one of the p,ssen,o La
LEFT the boat Heard the mate state tbs. tb. ma. =
e't the boat took his passage Scotsvire but after
wards appeared that he took his passage at Columbia
Mr louhg counsel for the Comm oaxealth objected tn
hs telling anything which he heard from others What
ne himself hSd seen was only evidence In reply to Mr.
Ne SAID that in consequence of the eommoton on
Ooau the ooa about the robbery the Mate and Preach
er who was said to have been robbed with another man
e'' the boat and in pursuit Of the man who had
decamped from the boat. lie had no idea there was n
PeAcner on board until the robbery said have bee
committed John C. Rave was the preachers name who
was said to be robbed. Would not know the gentleman
if be saw him. 1t dark the confusion first spran
up and was therefore unable discern the individual m
curatey. He knew the mate preacher and ,b. Or.
uan 10 have left the boat in pursuit of the sunnoe1
oer As the persons leaving the boat he remarked
20 them that the best for them use the robber in
ihe should arrest him. would be him TO tree and
give him 'IS ashes He suggested that as better REM
edy man bringing him before magistrate He consid
eed then there could have been delay to hs ares, "a
he was gone but short time when he was pursueJ U
had not the least doubt OF robbery being committed on
board The boat proceeded to Richmond Abou, twelve
o'clock NJ same day he the boat to ascertain the
result Of the pursuit. but informed that the mate b,d
not returned that time. The who was robbed rave
some description Of the money. He said he bad ten dol
lar gold piece and some bls The amount in all he up
derstood to be $40. He did distinctly hear ,he con-
versaon which took place after the robbery was first di.
covered He was doing in his room at the time 'rb.
conversation was going short distance away from
him He merely heard it stated that ten dollar gold piece
Of the amount stolen.
The Court yielded to an application by the counsel for
the defence, for postponcment Of this case until soma
day in the ensuing week enable the preacher who VA.
robbed the captain and mate Of the boat to bs b,ob,
forward.
Yesterday week was accordingly fixed to resume tho
examination.