The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-11-13
KonERr PuIl lse. Alias Wur,,rp -.

esatvA ~. House kogRER This individual ebsrg.a
WI. WI entering the nstom House, In this ritv ~,
S,,.ssa y ous'pcr i2th and stealing SO sss un-
- ~. e"t tong examination yesterday before the
justices of the Hastings Court which ra..,,., ~
his being committed To Jail for final trial hsfars ~.
cifeniI Court OF the city of Ricbp,oud ~h;ns
isets on she sts aprii next Messrs. Crump ana
diimer defended the prso..er Mr. Jame~ t.vor.
appeared iof the General Government. and 4 r
DANIEL Tor tho Commonwealth. Inrys nr,rt...
OF witnesses. both for aud against the nT.onsr -
tlned "a tne case. The testimony and condnct Of
some of the comBOnwealths witnesses were .s-
verely commented on by Messrs. Crump sad an
mer, and gave rise to several exciting scenes Ths
charge on which the def ndant WAS examined WAS
Tor entering house owned by WilliAmo George.
aild used az Custom House. and while there with
stealing the above named amount. i'm copiunetio,,
wifh one Wm.J. Sommerville. The following is an
sosFact OF the testimony given against the pSiso-
ner:
VIM. NJ Harrison, sworn-Deposed that on the
lZth day Of uctnber last at night tbe f,u.toy,
house was locked up rs usual, aAa the key taken
70 ms store. The next morning he learned that IL
a' seen rnhhed- aud on going there found the safs
conta ng the tnotey, had been blown epep ard
robbeu of S-o.6SS ne outer do,,r of tbs C,,.,.,
House MAS locked and hs found some difficultv in
sss'ths " open, 1t having been tampered with =
me me Loopery 1ook place Monday night. The hosse
had been locked by Mr.. Laughten and a ..~vsnx
whose dnty II was had gone to II about " a,eica
Ia the morning. The Custom Hous. bslaags -
"m, y. 6eorge, was leased by the O. g witness
:, 'Sase'1r d the port aud Of public money
on u'posite mere Nitness, also, said that hs hass
aceosted the prisoaes ia the Court House and sai,
70 MN foa aave given me great deal OF trou-
Die -gad ne replied. "yes, but yeu will hive me a
s'Fse ueai more, aud asked how much money had
oeen recovered. Witness stated this anopnt and
prisoner then said If thai was ALL witness ought
10 nave somebody else In the Court House arrest-
ed There u yst about $500 unaccoun,ed for
H. = l~wers. sworu-ppesed that the prisoner
aad @ hiiam Semmeryille went To the Exchange
h"tel on Friday morning preceding the robbery,
'slu TOOK room together. On Tuesday morning
aiter the robbery, dr. Mann asked witness who a
.s.''ih t SrhueAan was, pointing to a man In the
sTes,s Witness said he did not now his name, but
ehat he boarded at ihe Ballard House pulling and
eou"er'hIe len Wednesday, in the Fredericksbu,R n
yam. ruling settled the bill Tor himself and for
prisoner also, with three $lU gold pieces
Anthony La fTuitte. .sworn-.ep, ,set say rnllinr
III ldll IN Washington, After his return from
hlchm n SAID to hiui-"it IL u dead thing on you.
,hey via convict you sure" Related to him what
had occurred i'll Richmond. relative to the arrest
ot somInefvllie. and hnling the 81 0o0 in the Va.
lice Pulling asked him why he did not IN ke the
amount aud slip out. Pulling afterwards said
boss ana Allen could make more money by letting
hitu 60. Next day, Ruling said 20 him that Allen
c'uid let HIM out Of jan; asked bin t. DO 30, aud
now much he would cha ge. Witness asked il he
""uid give sl.0u1. lie replied you let HE out;
gave witness his check 10 get his trunk. which,
prisoner said contained Il ,vOo Witness came to
I'D, cndrayoring 10 get said trunk
Aquiiia Il. Allen. swOrn--Deposed that he came
with prisoner from Washington, after his arrest to
ttiebmOnd. When here they went down Broad
street, near to the Central Depot. Prisoner show
ed him where some of the money was; gave him
two bags Of gold. one 0fwhjch he took from under
Is stone, the other from under the house. lie then
found another bag from which he filled hir pVck-
cts lie said there was another bag under the
house belonging to SOmmerville. Witness brought
prisoner IN richmond under directions of the Sc
cretary of the Treasury While i'll Jail at Wash
ingtOn. prisoner promised TO give witness $l5UU0
II he would release him from Jail. Witness pro-
mis-, d to see him the next day about IL Went to
the secretary and told him about il; suggesting
that he should bring the prisoner to kichmina
ana iet hItn md the money, and that other officers
| should be III waiting to arrest him. This plan
dsiocd 10. When witness received the two bags of
gold from the prisoner, aud being uuahe to carry
more, lie Intended to 20 with the prisoner to the
nearest hotel. Alter prisoner had ailed his pock-
e." With the gold, witness and prisoner started up
! the street; witness carrying the two bags, and
| wien they had gotten across the street, near the
| Depot oue OF the bags broke and tue mouey fell
outi prisoner ass.sted witness to pick up the
money, ana when they got to Main street prisoner
asked witness which way he should 20. He told
| Lin 10 20 io the petersburg Depot, knowing that
Mr.. Philips or MIR. Loss, would be there AMI
| arrest him.
rrsVner then went of. Carried the two bags Of
money to The American Hotel, aud gave them In
charge of the clerk. MIR. Phillips stewards
counted the money. Next morning witness, with
fhiiilps and Boss, went to the place where tho
money was found, and got the other bug from uu-
| der tile house,
William A. Boss, sworn, denOsed--That on We'd
nesJay week after the robbery, III the morning,
witness arrested prisoner ut the Petersburg Depot.
witness took PRISONER lii carriage aud when
hey got iu, prisoner said, For God sake take this
mouey from me, aud don't let me be carried before
the Mayor with the money in my pocket" Wit
uess then spread his handkerchief the carriage
10 sat and prisoner put quantity Of gold In II,
which witness carried 10 the American Hotel aud
; deposited with the clerk.
William :. Wood sworn, deposcd-That on tho
4 morning after the recovery OF the money, negro
j. boy brought to witness bag, which he said he
. had found IN the creek