Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-02-06

OF suspected party, while standing at fire
on ~ street. The individual, whose name is
Beach, was it appears quite a notorious char
acter, as appears from the following statement
which We copy from the New York Times of
| the 4th instant: 5. u - --,a ,r
Yesterday, officer Keefe, one of the at.
taches of the chiefs Office, returned to the city,
having in Gust dy the principal burglar con-
ne cted with the heavy robbery Of silks and
other goods, in Broadway, several weeks ago
As will be reeollected, the dry goods ware.
house of Messrs. Hitchcock b Leadbeater, cor.
ner of Broadway and Leonard street, was en-
tered by three burglars. who plundered the
establishment Of a quantity of rieh goods, to
the amount of nearly 81, 900. The rogues had
aeartman already engaged, and standing at
the rear OF the store, where they committed
the crime. 1he stolen goods were given in
charge of the drayman, with instructions to
denver them at certain number in the Bowery
put while going through the Sixth Ward he
was stopped by the police, and the property
seized and conveyed to the station house. A
9hort time elapsed and officer Keefe bounced
upon one OF the burglars, named Theodore
Beach, alias Tilt and Collins, who was brought
10 the City Hall, and locked up in the prison
department attached to the chiefs Office. Du-
ring MS frst two weeks confineme mt he made
full confession Of the affair, which impli-
Gated and led to the arrest of a notorious rob
de'phia by officers keefe and Brown but who
was recently discharged from tn Tombs owing
to the fight of young Beach; the particulars
OF whose escape were never published as the
publication would have probably defeated the
ends Of justice.
Young Beach is a native of Maryland, and
mas been once In State Prison, although he il
not yet eighteen years old From his earliest
noyhood he has exhibited a rowing disposition
lie has travelled during the past four or five
years, from Maine to Georgia practicing his
dishonest profession regardless of conseau en-
ees, or of the feelings Of his family, who are
OF the first responsibility. To show the bold
manner In which ne would commit crime.
we may mention the fact, that he secreted
himself in the Broadway store, and during
the night cut out the lock of the door leading
. TO an alley, and gave admission to his confed
crates. His mode Of escape from the chief
office, and his departure from the city were
! adroitly managed. He had been locked up TO,
some three weeks, with the notorious Chauncey
, johnson, the Wall street bank robber, and he
has no doubt received instructions from him
After Chauncey had been called to receive his
sentence he was left alone, there being no other
, | prisoners confined there.
!, On the night Of 18th December last, one OF
the chiefs officers entered the prison to hand
Beach his supper, on a waiter. 1t was quite
dark at this time, and while the officer was
: and effected his escape He then sought the
asslsi ance OF others, at a notorious rendezvous
: in Church street, and being of feminine
, appearance, he disguised himself in female
: wearing apparel, and walked down to a house
IN West street. where he made confident Of
! an old crony, and was secreted until the next
. afternoon. In order to take the O'Clock
!. train for Philadelphia, Beach left his Yves,
= street quarters, and, attired in full dress Of
y ladies' clothing, walked to the ferry with one
;, | OF his associates. crossed to Jersey City and
started for the City of Washington, withou
being observed, or exciting the least suspicion
E about his sex. When the officer reached
mashington, he found the gay youngster living
! with mistress in a fashionable part of tn,
city. He consented to return without the
, trouble OF Governors requistion and BIZ
now stands fully committed for trial on 8
charge Of burglary in the first degree"
RIsLEY AND GooDALL's VARIEfE There
was crowded theatre ON Saturday night to
E witness the performance of the young Ameri-
can actress, Mss Eliza Logan; the company
present being large and most fashionable one
Tonight, the same actress will appear again in
the play of g Lucretia Borgia," drama well
suited to show her great histrionic talents
The afterpiece will consist of {: the Dead Shot 81
ANOTHER FUSERAL.-Yesterday a funeral
4 w,
traeted the attention of hundreds of our c,i
zens. The deceased was an Irishman named
John Fitzgerald, and was so large that in order
to get the body out of the house, it had to be
let down from the second story window-the
stairway being too narrow for the coffin to be
turned The corpse was carried by hand. the
! procession followed walking, and was without
: doubt the largest of the kind We have eve,
. seen.
UNFORrUNATE.-A very genteel lookine
young man, hailing from Michigan applied al
the guard house for lodging last night. He
stated that by hard labor he had accumulated
three hundred dollars, and had started to vsi
the large cities and the various places of inter
est In the country. On the road between
Wheeling and Baltimore he fell asleep, and
his carpet bag containing his clothes, and his
pOcket-bOok containing the money was taker
: from him, leaving him without a change OF
clothing or dime to carry him hcme.
: CHANDLER & Co.'S ExPREss.-Last evening
the baggage of travellers delivered to the agenl
OF this company who arrived in the cars wa:
not delivered, and the consequence was grea
complaining at the hotels
The hotel proprietors are about taking 6
stand against this Express, and we learn arr
preparing card for publication, notifying
, travellers who intend stopping at their houses
that their porters will be at the railroad depo
to receive their baggage checks, and conduct
them 10 the coaches
We do not know what has caused this failur,
On the part of the Express.
WASHINGTON AND ALEXANDRIA RAILROAD
A very large meeting of the citizens of the
; latter place. in reference to the Alexandria
!, Loudon and Hampshire Railroad, was held
at Liberty Hall, ON Friday evening last
: Benjamin Hallowell in the chair, and Reu
ben Zimmerman secretary The meeting
! was addressed by Messrs HalloweIl, T. M
! Monroe, d. Funston, G. w. Brent VIM D
Massey, and others, great interest being mani
tested throughout the proceedings.
CUTTING IS.-Last night, poor miserable
locking fellow was arrested and taken to the
guard house for attempting to cut into Mr.
q Fugits Office, near the canal, between 9th and
4 10th streets. He was heard at bis operations
8 by one of the neighbors, who gave the alarm
and caused his arrest His name is William
Thompson, and he was sent to Jail this morning,
), SMITHSONIAN INSTIrUTION.-Tho Board OF
1 Regents are now sitting, and we understand
topics OF much moment to the future of the In
stitution are pending consideration On the
ID of May, there will be meeting of the Es
adjustment of the Smithsonian Institution
consisting of the President of the United States
The Cabinet and honorary members.
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