The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-08-19
xocAL MATTERS.

Tur LATE ROBBERY. - James HOWE
= ..d xrlfl, being engaged In the robbery o. ~.
ssfe GcMulen onthe 7th inst was arrsizneo De1o'o
he Msvor, yesterday. for examination. 1885,
NJ WrNuIlep on being sworn, made, suos.l
,,1,r Tie following statement Having Deen I9.s
= he slash Cottage. was on my way n the csy =
..hsnd rsr propelled by two negroes w arnv'nf
:, cross road short distance beyond the nsr -
taae the boys stopped me car sno III s, North 10
80 While there, the prisoner and announcer m.n
800. nm md stopped After waiting short nme;
,old the boys 20 putthe car ON the Track assn nv
Howle and his companion aioeo .ue n - - - |.
DIM with. and gave him five cent piece. pc
FIRE stsrfpr told the boys 1t they saw the tram
snproachinr to reverse their mofion-lnM wo ~,
Keen one band on the brake, and win the olneI
wsire white handkerchief as signal to the engi,
nesr oi The train to hold up We then started and
when = short distance from the Hermitage saw
The train coming around the curve. gave me sig,
/ nal and lust before the conclusion, jumped Hon'
the car leaving my carpet Bag conIa,Is csnsbt
The hand car took 1t up the road about 4oV yaros
and followed it. On reaching the road wneIe .ne
hand car was being taken off, asked the negroes
where my carpet bag was Ih h hpsn ,brnwn N
uhere the conclusion took place, and where nad
ist aeon the prisoner and his associate. Hearing
this walked back to the place, but did not see It.
A little farther down the road, saw my carpet oag
min Chs
Inc On no shoes asked him to get Il for me, which
he aid remarking at the same time that 1t was very
| heavy. The boys having come up with the hand
car cot upon 1t, and we started towards the CITY
Ifter soiue short distance thought Of my money,
and on examining my carpet bag found that 1t was
cone ] then said to the boys that had been rob-
Bed. Howle, bearing the remark, replied that ne
did not have the money, and said mat could
search him told him had not accused him OF i,
and surprising 1t possible that the money, whic b
was wrapped in a buckskin belt, might have fallen
into the branch made the boys run the car back 70
where the bag was found. On getting there soon
became satisfied that either Howle or bis associate
had taken 1t; and after sending for several Ia the
neiphborhood informing them OF my loss, by the
advice OF Mr.. Holiday and Others came on 70 the
city and put the police on the track OF the robbers
Alter Howle was captured and Gagged, called and
had a conversation with him. He stated that On
| SUNDAY evening he had started into the country In
search of work. On going along he came across a
Dutchman lying down in the road asleep He
walked him up, and the two went on together until
| in the night, when they slept under tee. That
morning they made early start to go up the road
towards the mills, but missed their route and
came down instead OF going up, as they intended,
until coming to the place where the hand first
stopped After the conclusion he saw the Dutch
man pick up the carpet bag, take out the belf re-
move the gold and tie it In dirty handkerchief,
and then throw the bag into the creek. He saw no
bank notes-nothing but gold. Did not know the
Dutchman's name Had never seen him until the
day before. After robbing the belt and throwing 1t
away, the Dutchman gave him $50 in gold to say
nothing about it, and then started towards the city
Mr. McMullen further stated that his belt con.
tanned as near as he could estimate Sl7l0-$400 OF
which was In gold-one package of Virginia notes
amounting to $500-another package of $3.50 in
Virginia bank notes of Kanawha issue-another
package of $500, and one $780, on the bank of the
Metropolis of the money belonging to small
boy.
DR. John NJ Powell and William A. Irving were
examined, but their evidence added nothing to
the strength of Mr.. McMullens statement, being
principally made up from the confessions of the
prisoner at various times, and the finding by Irving
of 1871 in gold ON the person of Howle.
At the conclusion of the evidence, the prisoner
was remanded to Jail, to undergo an examination
on the charge of felony, at the September term OF
the Hastings Court.