The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-04-09
LOCAL MATruHs
sERIous AccIDapT. y Yesterday

LOCAL. MATTHIAS.
SERIous Accipsnr. ~ yesterday morn
ing. between The hours oi and . o'clock. Nr.
MAnTIn B. SWEENEY, q merchant On the north
side q franklin street. between 18th hnd 18th sts.,
met WIN serious accident which came niah cost
ing him his lite Az he was passing from his store
20 nth street. In sulkey, bis horse took fright and
dss@ed off at the top of his speed towsrds the dock
Mr.. s. finding that he could not control the anims
endeayored TO pull Ito head up Main street, but
falling to do %, the sulkey came In contact with
lamp post At II. w. Tyler's corner, the conclusion
from which was 90 great thatit threw Mr. Sweeney
about thirty feet In front of the vehicle, which was
shattered to pieces, and knocked the horse down
Mr. s. being knocked senseless by the fall the horse
again started, ran over him, and coming 10 contact
with another horse and buggy knocked them down,
breaking the buggy and injuring the horse.
Mr. Sweeney was Immediately taken into Mr..
Geo. E. Sadler's hotel, and from the variety OF
bruises and Commissions about bis head, fears were
entertained that his skull fractured. Dr. JACK
son, who had been called 10. then sent for DR. Glib
son. who, on arriving, made an fneision into tue
scalp of Mr.. SIS head, and, on an examination,
found that the skull was not fractured When we
heard from Mr.. 8. yesterday he was improving,
having recovered his consciousness, and though
badly bruised, hopes were entertained OF his
speedy recovery.
ARREST OF COUNTERFEITER.-On Sat-
urday afternoon last Police Officer G. w. ii. Tyler
and High Constable Tyler succeeded In arresnne.
and committing to prison. man calling himself
GEORGE A. EVANS, charged with attempting to
nass $40 note on the Bank of Easton, Md altered
70 $500, on Mr.. Franklin Slaughter Exchange
Broker. OF Fredericksburg: Mr. Slaughter having
Rad the notice published In the dispatch" of
Friday last, of similar game played on Messrs.
Peters Spruence g. Co., OF Lynchburg, on the 3Oth
March did not bite at the bait. but finding that
Evans was on his way to Richmond, sent the fol-
lowing dispatch:
"Hiqh Constable of Richmond "A man calling
himself GEORGE A. EVANS, OF Newburn, NORM
Carolina has this morning presented me Sooo
note of the Bank of Easton He answered the de'
scrintion of BOWMAN who defrauded Peters. Spru-
epce g. Co. of Lynchburg He left here on the cars
and will reach Richmond in to-day's train The
Conductor W I'll point him out.
FRANKLIN SLAUGHTER,
----.s Exchange Broker"
The Messrs TYLER Immediately posted Them
ssIves nj the Richmond and Fredericksburg Rail-
road depot, and when the afternoon train arrived,
took Evans into custody. The prisoner stoutiy
Rowman and pretended to be quite indignant at
the charge but on searching his person $llO in
good money was found in his porte monnaie' and
an altered Easton $50 note, purportlng TO be ior
$500 In addition tothis, the following letter was
found on his person, which was taken from him:
PHILADELPHIA, April ID 1855.
DEAR Sir Your letter OF the 50th uitimo, has
iust come to hand, and 1t Is with pleasure hasten
TO YOU find to be just $500, as you stated, and
which amount enclose in this letter at your re-
quest consisting of a $500 note, the Easton
Rank of MARYLAND which am informed is as good
You will please forward a receipt of the same by
return of mall and thus obiige,
Yours etc.,
GEORGE F. WHITAKER"
This letter is similar to the one exhibited in
l.vuchburg, by which means Mr. Peters was de-
ceived for after exchanging the note, Mr.. P states
that he became suspicious of it, and called on the
prisoner, who stated that he lived in Richmond,
the $500 note from a gentleman in Baltimore, re-
marking at the time to Mr. r that if he thought
the note spurious he the prisoner) was willing to
take 1t back. All this was done with such cool in
differences that Mr.. P. became re- assured and did
not discover his error until too late.
Bowman alias Evans was fashionabIy dressed
when arrested, and sported handsome gold watch
and chain He is just one of those smooth tongued,
plausible characters that would be apt to deceive
a stranger, and judging from the neatness with
which the figures and words $500 are placed over
the twenties there is very little doubt in our mind
that he is one of regular band of Northern thieves
and counterfeiters, who make their money by such
dirty and dishonest operations.
The prisoner also had In his pocket memoran.
dunn book, with portion of the pages torn out,
but Judging from the memoranda in it, he was the
travelling circulator of this spurious money, using
the book to rate all expenses, so as to be able to
divide accurately with his partners settlement
AS the first offence was committed ia Lynchburg,
and as Mr.. D. T. c. Peters is expected to arrive
here this morning. there is very little doubt that he
will be sent directly to Lynchburg to answer for
the offence.