Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-12-21
LOCAL NEWS.

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oMeeF Iy'F Was httr ssqin lie 4 hi, btYira re-
ccivei o,ce geOut w O'Clock on MONDAY mora no inFe
ence to tie passage q counter cit bs parties
went TO the store of Mauics Neson accompanied by oi
cers Seal and Wheat und there observed Manchester
of the prisoner nsle the couatsr fitting on y.st
III iniorIned him VI hs nteIton to his person
ooseTSng At the same TIN" THAI he u Pol ce OiH.e-
lie expressed some eurpriss upon bearing this intention
a'ow,d It submitted TO tho seirch Az he W .s abou,
10 prose- 9th the search Nelson. ,;s Young m IN
ha id him s2Jpil which no mentioned was CEASED
upon him ny Manchester: p" "a -
Cpo searching his person he discovered pocke,b ,nk
eon'4'nhs considerable sum OF money and some pers
1--WE or sh gentemen entered shle hS "a. IN ,Lb sosr
and upon examining the $50 motto declared il tn he
genuine. III opinion however was that IL was a conn,
teri notw thstandng the declarations of these gentle
men TO the contrary.
tro; this he proceeded to the Uui.el States Hotel
s"r he fund that room No. 60 vas allotted TO aumphSv
And Whitman and l. "hiclr imhcd oppo,i,e
Aahehes'ef Heearned how yeT that Manchester did
not occupy ,hat roam TIP previous night but slept In No
30 With friend OF his named Gibson. lie Proceeded TO
the aud searched all over but failed 10 discover
anything cal uated TO throw uIther light on this sub
ject.
while engaged upon the search Whitman entered the
room aud he ike the Other was suit cited to q like
searching lie found possess three Of the
counterfeit Ii's 9Th considerable suount of good
money These tvs were thea eto6gny to tho cage
Constable LeweIlen soon sfter arrested HGmphtey hs-
wing upon his advice awaited his 70 the hoel
He found sovereign 10 Na:hes,ers pocketbook, which
We unI .rstocd 10 base coin. The whole amount OF
good 9ney Found .pon bi, person s66 81 made up,
no Doubt, In part by the sum, received in Exchange for
the counterits Humphrey and Whitman though regis
tered for 20, slrpt No. 81 Humphreys pocket
book contsned s8S good money, couss ing of notes
gold and silver while Within an. possessions did not ex
coed $50. We think il omeshst below that
Among the papers found in Whtmans possession was
receipt for - subscription The Bedford Sentinel sign.
ed kdg~ay Reese, aud one two other documents,
which bore his name.
c'cer Tve- went state that Manchester inform
cd him alter 81, sTes s. lac .a9 iroIa tbe county
B!ohvle New York and was carpenter by trade. lie
said he worked In this CRY about years 1go upon
building be"r ging to J. ". Royal, and nov on his
way to LynchOurg Bedf I'd county 10 engage in hi,
Ordinary eiypIo;m,p.,
Humphrey sai he was oversee. Of q section of the
LSnchburk and Tennessee Kailtoad aud that Whitman
worked uader him IN subb ditate capaty ON the siue
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piper was found upon hil person purportiny to be
rertb ate of Flfnhr-hip u Ger ain Lodge Of the
d"ro Fellows. ia Bo'ny III, eouny Sew York. Il 80
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1anch'srer did deny thu. he possessed these noo..
and admitted that no lont tho other two amount OF
h' found in their possession lie siid he got them in
" York 4" gao money In eIch,ngd.
Mr.. Us. l. Davis, superintendent of Water Works in
this CITY, testified that he knew Manchester last 0tober
November two years, when be engaged with Mr.
Carpenter from Pail dep! ia, who then ms ing out
mp u 'hs lnI +ni s.n,y ne frequently called at his
oio 10 dscopcf pohis ~ tns ipqp H. , po,-
for his guidance. lie kes him lobe very correc pr, per
man. ard 40 FAR as he had any knowledge Of hun, Of
| c. ut character.
Frank O.g cd testified that he was acquainted with
,nmphrics shie acting engineer the Va and Tenn.
ha1sa he business on the line was bridge Inspector.
lin ale
thesnpcrvson aud direction Of soh work. he was brought
10 IT, q'Hut contact with Humphrey. He NEW bin to
have stood we'll in the confidence OF tho Compsny and
bad no doub, but that his reputation 10 Liberty Bedford
ooany. rheic c ss been fjr two years. very good.
10 knew whitman to have ~ofse3 .uaer Bfn ION the
same line and SO far az hs knosrdgc him. When Wis
not very accurate, could wsirsn, ofniou he HAD
s' ION npronouncl1s him person Of good character
The lat tHe 90 sar lIlmpbrey was last August o.
atIa'. Wslsi,, ss5 lie knew panchrsitf ip iby city
IN the year 1862. He received letter from bin since
biz d'psarTs from here i vas d'ted Bionyills. Nv
'ofk ne frai hscamo acgu intei With him when he
worked with Ar CarPsnicf, ibis city, atd he E var.
r.ntcd from hi; srowedsc d kP 10 stating hal his eAac
ac,er vas good. Knew nothing Of the other par,ies
Richard Dennis, who bad known Humphrey in bedford