Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-11-25
Daily Jir9inian.
From the Alhany Evening journal Friday Evening
Extraordinary SWindler

lcet hlEh. slim built nlli invutly dtc sr,i. 'nlel ut
the residence Of James d ny crty. n Sc Beaver
c,. anu applied "r l"urd nnd lo,lglnps. He
re,.ortc himself rs being the I. s. INSPECTOR Of
Ar,cnals. that his name ~n. Ci lies Johtson. and
| that he wns u son Of Richard NJ. Juhnson. f. rmcr-
| ~ Vice President of the United Sta,es. His al.
pcararcc. T. grther with his plausible story and
winning manners. not only obtained for him
home in the family o Mr.. Doughcry, Lut ho was
soon the lion OF the house. He was lavish in tho
expenditure of money, with which he seemed T."
| l,e nbundantly supplied. Ilo "sported' gold
| watch aud hcnutiiul dirk cane. Music he was
| cxtra,agantly fond "t, and promised to Instruct
| tho inmates Of the house in both playing and sn-
! gng f which he prcteael to Lea professor. His
waning manners aud blarncy speech so pleased
the inmate, "f tie house that they thought him
the b,nu ideal If man. So captivating was he
tlnt he soon won the affections Of Mr. po,Igher-
n's sis,crn law. mud offered her marriage and as
| the story rnns. was accepted. Thus things went
on swmmingly until last saturday when two e.
vents occurred which tended to throw suspiclons
up"n his character. On that day female board
or WAS tnaen in hy the name Of Miss Jones, Whose
hcwitchng smiles aud spori,e manners soon cap
ti,ntr,l the hear, of Mr.. johnson. Tho same day
Mr.. johnson being little short Of funds. applied
to md obtained loan Of S3j from Mr.. pougherIy
E,r which he promised to give him $50 out Of the
Sqnn dnlt expected 10 bc received the FOLIO" ing
VI n,lny Rather than bn disappointed in obtnin.
ing this very small amount. he offered Mr. ID. his
watch n- se uriiy: but Mr.. u. being oond''"nt TINT
he wa, n gentleman mud n nun Of his word reiu-
sel the rendered security. Monday came, butnot
the money.
In the meantime Mr.. johnson was called upon
to- instruct tho inmates Of the h"usc IN music, aud
when about being put /, the test hc became en-
rngcl ut nm imagined insult, when he exclaimed.
IN bed il III teach youp' The sudden
hurst uf Indignation nn,l tho very unpentlcmnnly
expression threw the use into confusion aud nlnr-
If. ,..,..
ma My pointed ut MlssJnnes, whom ho denounced
a~ n vile women. mi he renewed his affsctons for
NJ. u ughcrys sistcr-in-nw, But shc wns not
long the rct of his udoratinn. for IN cdnesday.
much I" her surprise. he went To the livery stable
of Arch hnll NJ. cornrk, obinincd II hor-c nnd
wagon aud t,mk Miss zones out for mn n'ring.-
They went tn the "Ahhcy" where our friend
Scohic got item mp very petty "tct down. in-
rung II couple uf "sll,er neoks," which both
Cniaved.
lovard evening Miss Jones returned To the
hon-c when she represented johnson to DO thief
and an tni,nStcr. Her story was tina, he had tn
ken her to Bcthlhan, and thnt upon returning
home he pat her out nt k"nw"od, and that hc in
tended to sell the hors" aud wagon there nni then
,nkc The h. AZ Tor New York. Mr.. Doughcrty,
,luuldlcSs thinking of his $50 instantly started oH
f,r the station house. where hc had IN interview
with Lieut. Mrighnm. lie also informed Mr. Nc
ror.nnr of what had trnn-rirc,l. but he wns not
would r,mr hnck. Late in the evening Policeman
Suu ~ br night Juhnson into the second district
statIou house and arrnighcd him before Lieut.
Mcighnn. MIR. Dnugherty wns also there. Tho
sem" nud the chnyer|nt$bn That cnsncd between
the three cannot lie purtrnye''-the time md space
would not permit were We disposed to undertake
the uneruus task. Up tothc moment Of incnrccrn-
ion J, hnson ln ked upon he entire proceedings
~ II inrc. f. he c,,uld not hc male to believe that
Mr.. Dugho,iy seriously intended to prefer NJ so
rio,s n charge and for A,,snall nm amount against
his suon -to-"rnne broher-in-lnw. Johns N, how
ever was made L. disg,rgc hls witch nnd the
remnant of tie S35 borrowed of Mr.. ID.
A letter was f'und upon his person, Of which
the following is n copy;
Ain,NY, Nuv. 10, '59
10 Ws Hmoy IIiRAM TorcEy, Ser'ry ~ I. ). Nary
Yours Of the 9Th il duly received and nm hap
~ to inform You that upon investigation. per-
rcyr that all tho officers in West Troy Arsenal
nrr on duty and everything has healthy appeal
ancc, slnll their payments IN ih"nsnnd ana 20
dollars which is n reduction of hundred dollars
from this quarter, and think TINT the government
works never wns carried On better than nt present
and ON investigation perceive that there nre none
# the marines sick of du'y--whch speaks well
f,r the commander Of his place in reply to your
inqur, whether have been to Vest Pont.l would
my ,hnt had nor. but shall X soon and attend
To- those matters named in your letter. the renson
y
ns | expected you this week
With due respect. your ser'yt.,
Inspector Of the Army and Navy.
CHARLES JOHNSON.
Among his treasures was found portrait Of
female encl ,sed in II common pocket case, which
lie SAYS is n picture Of the daughter Of Z, NJ. Gem
eral Brown.
johnson is evidently an old hand Mt the conf
drncc business, and prctenls to he former resi-
dent Of Blnlrnsburg lie is about thirty years of
aye, full sx feet high. rather slim. with small
dark mustnrhe, and wearing brown wig. his
address md dep 'riment savors much oi the gem
tlcman bur his conduct does not prove him to be
one lli- clothing and tIrir cut nre rich and in
the height If fashion. His manners and address
are such ~ are well calculated n de.eive the un-
sophisticated, and especially iemale-. That he 10
nn inlposter there can he no doubt, but whether
he is inclined To lunacy or an arrant khave re-
mains to be -een. lie is now in Jail. having
been fully committed upon the Charge o! false pre-
tcnces.
Mr. Doughcrty seized upon the effects of John
son, which consisted OF n gold watch and Chain, o
n trunk. containing wearing apparel, together
with sundry letters and dirk cane. II appears
from the letters that his real name is A. Z. Ben
SON. and that he has been n travelling book agent
in the employ If Mr.. John Shepley, Of Providence
t. I. Most Of the letters upon business were
d recled to him ut Woonsocket, and his letters
of love, to Miss Celley, are dated from the same
place.
THE ATTACK on THE CRY OF MExico.-The
New Orleans Picayunc has the details of the news
from Mexico, nlready briefly noted by telegraph.
A letter from the City of Mexico, dated Oct Goth,
saws:
| On the 18th this city was beseiged by 1900
| Felerulsts under Gen. Blanco, and on the fol-
! lowing day an attack took place. but notwi'h-
standing the garrison of this city amounted to not
more than 1000 men, the attacking force withdrew