Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-10-04

OHAhok CO GRAND lAkcksr.-A young lady Of 70
spectacle appearance, neat aud preposscrsin
named Mary Anne Shepperson, brought before the
Mayor on yesterday, on charge Of stealing gold watch
valued at sls? FROM Charles Il. Lo.eubs on the even
| ing Of Friday last
Tho cuprt about sixteen seventeen years Of
She betrayed In her evident Inconsistencies OF the So
rous nature OF the charge pending against her. what
would regard the strongest priDd ded token Of uno-
cence and confronted her without the least ep
oarssment There was an unspeaksbls simplicity In her
and cOuutenance which might predspose any one
70 favorable conclusions in her regard. Few perhaps
her SEX and at that tender age resting under s weight
! OF so grave charge, could have manifested such
eomposue and awaited the result Of painful iuyss
legation with the same indifference Few indeed Their.
are OF this class whom Consciousness Of
| could sustain under such trying circumstances.
Lowenthal tho complainant, being gave tho fol-
loving testimony. lie said that the Young LADY was en-
poyed at his house seamstres the whole Of last week
commencing on Monday On Friday last she imputed ne
pea.ed,y probably fifteen or twenty times day. what
time IL was During tho whole of that day, his watch
was hid on the table, In the In which she worked
Immediately to the rear Of bis store About eve minutes
Ps sn O'Clock that evening" she inquired what time ii
WIS., aud his wife who did not understand tho Engll.h
language we'll took the watch or the table and ksndsd
to her to ascertain the time She took It. and having an
nounced the time to be five minutes past oix rtn1nsd
the watch to his wife, who replaced it on the table
AT o'clock that night the hour when II Is usual with
nun 10 wind up the WATCH he sought It for that purpose
but to his surprise discovered gone He and his
vile searched zealously for IT, but without effect Tho
day following (saurday.) the search was renewed I'M,
with no better effect Being satisfied is was not within
soeh and feeling assured that living being had accees
to the too the accused suspicion at once rcs,sJ
upon her, The fact Of the watch being on the tabIe !,
hTe minutes past six and missing at O'clock while tho
young lady had left for her home during that interim led
them to suspect her strongly. Upon rejecting too
upon her inquveness to the time Of day they found
uher cause for suspicion, regarding the object Of those
repeated inquiries TO have been the creation of
to exhibit the watch that she may observe it the more
fully " ''s
On Saturday morning the day after the watch was stolen
she came 20 work, but manifested the outset snpu
ndspostion to do anything She complained during the
DAY oil toohache and seemed very TO 60 homo
whenever he LETT the house upon any business she naur
co OF MS wen rather nervous tones where he WAS pon,
and Tor what purpose he left He felt assumed thai ,b
watch was not observed from the time she left tho bonso
ohcer Seal said that upon executing the arrest warrant
ne took occasion TO search the premises of the youn,
watch. ~ y" '"e
Officer said that being npprzed OF the robbery nv
tne complainant he called upon the mother of the youp
lady and asked her to return the watch and tbereby
e trouble nf taking legal proceedings its
lie searched the premises with consent of the old i
but in vain. Wv ''
Upon asceraning from the complainant that be c.,s
upon the old ady Tor the watch he declared il useless
procure search warrant inlsnuch the application wa,
q suiheient caution, TO enable her set il aside
lie examined the house Of the complainant which Ia
uated on the corner of 81 aud Broad streets
lie scovered that the room from which Tho
"eu was uken was available through back door SEN
Atated om only by small lock up, which he ascertain
eu vas open the whole of that evening TIE place occu-
pied by the complainant Is portion OF largs ten.m.n,
through which dividing wall was run There il bowev
no corresponding diyso in the lo the
OF Shich 10 Tree federation white negro bows To n,
and rePass as they please The window OF the back room
was uosn Tue evening OF the robbery but fastened
Inc Mayor observed that there not sufficient evil
discharged.