The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-02-16
LOCAL Matters.

Daring RObbery-some few evenings since. =
and finding Mrs Egan, tie keeper Of a small cro'
esay ~ me corner Of Leigh street and Brooke Av
- ~, anProsecfed one Of them named John (slaye
e,,,,a. Lawson,) entered the house, got upon the
the act OF leaving, when the u,sd., s;s.,...s -
MN and seized him by the cost as;1 No.,;'.S
aaunfed by bis position the feIlovr t,.. Nosnlns
.ha na.ieo ner to the floor, and made off ith
..c usawe, ana Its contents, but in the rrfs ts.
his hat behind A day or two ss.s. go ssuHe ieit
renee, the hat was found to belong to 80, oeeaI
want named William, who. on being aness;oasS ser
and n,h .t leaned Il to John TO go into the
the street for him until he returned with ,ns n
er and money, when the thy Lief tocatha sN
statement was made to the FOR yesteri.v y ,,on n,s
ing, VINO ordered John John and Charles thirty nine
stripes each, and William thirty. Pretty eo-,S
doses for cold morning. sooo
The Grab Game.-Granville Montere wa. a.
raigned before the Mayor yesterday morn;n, :,
answer the charge of stealing fifteen dollars in
money, from Jesse Barnes, last Tuesday niohf -
fhat the ease may be properly understood we an
pend the substance of the evidence below: =
Jesse Barnes, sworn-That evening I rode or
horseback to Baeon's quarter branch and took
drink OF spirits On my way along Brooke Ave
nue. to Broad street / stopped at Mr. Lyneman's.
ana oeing invited by the prisoner and another
| man TO drink, went IN and took one drink with
| them After talking some time got on nv horse
and started home, it then being near night con
tlnued along Brooke Avenue until reaching Broad
streei, and then turned down Broad, Montelle
walking on the sidewalk in conversation with me
When we got near the Broad street Hotel Nom
| telle was joined by the man who was with him a.
Lynemans and the conversation continued until
| reaching College street, where dismounted min
| ute when attempted to re-meunt my horse
Montelle assisted me in doing So and then run his
hand in my left vest pocket seized a $40 and
a 20 note and run off. instantly called the
watch, but none of them came to me. had fire.
quentiy seen Montelle before, but not knowing his
name, rode back to Mr.. Lynemans and there
got the names of the two persons who were with
me at that place. procured warrant and gave it
| to ofleer Chalkley to have them arrested / had
about 10 in nay pocket at the time / was robbed
SD notes, which were taken by the prisoner
| and SD IN gold and silver, under the notes. NV
| impression is, that he was after my watch-not
| my money. | had taken but two drinks aud
| was not drunk. l knew all that passed did
not fall from my horse ON Brooke Avenue
James Munday, sworn.-Iwas at Mr. Lyneman's s
| when Barnes Montelle and Ridley, came In aud
took drink. Barnes seemed to be under the in
fiuence OF liquor After talking short time Mon
course of half an hour Ridley helped Barnes to
get on his horse, and the two started Off Where
they went am unable to say. This was about
o'clock.
F. L. Wingfeld, sworn.-On my way home
saw Montelle and another man walking along the
sidewalk talking to Barnes, who was then on his
horse, and seemed to be somewhat intoxicat
saw them about o'clock, at the intersection of
Leigh street with Brook Avenue They were
then about one hundred yards from Lyneman's,
going towards Broad street.
Anthony Lyneman, sworn.-AbOut 6 O'Clock
Barnes, Montelle and Ridley came into our house
and all three of them took a drink. Shortly after
this Montelle went out and saw more of him.
He had been gone ten minutes when Ridley helped
Barnes on his horse, and they started off Barnes
| had been drinking. Iheard nothing of his having
a fall ON the Avenue. -
The Commonwealth being through with her
testimony three witnesses were introduced for the
defence, and deposed to the following facts
| J. E. Emore, sworn.-I was at Lynemans last
| Tuesday evening, when Barnes, Montele and Rid.
| ley came in and called for drinks. Barnes was
then very drunk. They talked about ten minutes
| when Montelle went out, and turned as If going
| in the direction of the branch Barnes remained
there for half an hour talking to R., and was SC
drunk that he had to hold to r. g coat to support
/ himself While they were talking, some one re
marked that BIS horse was about to leave. B
| then went to the door. 1 then saw Ridley helI
| him on his horse and the two started off.
Sarah Foster, sworn-I live in the second tene
ment from Mr.. Lyneman Virginia Turner, Mon,
telle and myself were looking out of the hosted
window, and Ridley was standing at the gate when
| Barnes came along on his horse. He was toe
| drunk to sit upon the animal, and when he GO
opposite to us he fell in the street. Seeing Ridley
standing at the gate, Barnes asked him to aid hin
X, h.
| go with him to Lynemans to take drink, ana
| Ridley invited Montelle to join them. Montells
did so. / saw the three go into Lyneman's. Mon
| telle remained there fifteen minutes and came
| back to my house. He had only been there fifteen
| minutes when Ridley came in and the two sa
there and talked to Virginia and myself until hal
/ past 10 o'clock, when they left for their homes.
Virginia Turner was next sworn, and repeated
the testimony of Sarah Foster, word for word, ex
1 cept that she went down to the gate and saw th,
/ three pu into Iyneman'S house.
Officer Chalkley testified to receiving the war
| rant from Barnes about 10 o'clock that night
/ Barnes was about three quarters drunk, and tolt
him that he did not know how he came to be OF
| his horse in College street. He said he did NO
/ know the names of the men who robbed him, bu
/ would know the largest one ifhe were to see hin
| again An
The Mayor in summing up the evidence, tool
occasion to say that he did not believe word ut
tered by either of the women who had testified il
behalf of the defence AS cold as the weather wa
last Tuesday afternoon, it. was not probable tina
three persons would be at a window airing them
selves-nor was it likely that if Barnes had falleI
from his horse, and intended going into Lynernan'
| to take drink, he would have re-mounted to rids
distance of forty fifty feet He further statet
| that as the prisoner had once been convicted Of
felony and sentenced to the penitentiary the Law
| required that second committai for petty larce
| nv should be punished as felony, and he there
fore remanded the prisoner to Jail TO undergo al
| examination at the next term OF the Hastings
| Court. .se & sac s.zz s.ssss = unssss
| our of Seasoa-One of our readers on Church
| Hin sent us yesterday morning very neat pack
| age, which we hastened to open, when to our sur
prise there laid before black snake, about two
feet long neatly coiled up If about to strike and
| perfectly dead This hideous reptile, from some
4 unknown canse, had been walked up the day be
| fore and started on accommodating trip, buf
was discovered and dispatched before getting az
| opportunity to complete his surveys.
parements.-The City Council win no doubt and
II necessary, in order to prevent the street pave
| ments from being torn up by large and heavy We
hicles to prevent the running OF street wagons
aifcgethcr. and require teamsters to use In fhei
stead light broad tyred spring trucks or drays.
this pIan is adopted it will have the effect of keep
ing an open carriage way on those cross street,
witch are now frequently blocked up By wagon
| standing across them to load and unload.
cy;pples-There are more cripples, Of ever,
/ Grade and color in Richmond, than In any othe
| city In the Union that we have ever visited II
taking short stroll yesterday morning we met o
nassed nine persons, each Of whom had lost leg
seven with but one arm each, SIX walking q
crutches, two blind, three with one eye eacn w
drag afng themselves along on their snenos n
kaees and one who was 20 mach anccted ref
rherlrn stism that he had to be carried about N
chair How many more cripples there are. ID tn