The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-10-23

| the murder.
SHOOTING AFFRAY.-A man named Dennis Toll
! bert, who resides at place called Soptown near
! Mount Washington, Baltimore county. was shot a
| few days since by an lriShman named Michael Wall,
| who was intoxicated at the time. 1t appears that
Tolbert was in drinking house, and was approach
ed by Walls, who tried to get him into a fracas by
insulting him and pushing him about. Tolbert took
no notice Of him, but turned around and was about
to leave the house when Wall deliberately pulled
out his revolver and pointing it at Tolbert, fired,
the contents, consisting Of large sized buckshot,
taking effect in his leg and thigh, and causisg a
very severe and painful wound He was brought to
! the city and conveyed to the Infirmary on Lombard
street. where he was attended by DR.. Bucker, and
! is now considered out of danger. A warrant was
issued by the Sheriff for the arrest of the accused
! but he has not as yet been arrested.
ATTEMPT TO MURpER.-Yesterday evening, be-
tween six and seven o'clock, party of four rufans
entered the clothing store of Henry Weisberger on
| Franklin, near Paca street, and demanded money
| from him, which demand he refused to accede to;
upon this one of them drew revolver and fired at
him. the ball entering the side of the nose Just
! below the eye and lodging in the region of the
! brain. The party then made their escape from the
! premises The wounded man was carried to the
! drug store of Mr. BaXly, on the corner of Howard
| and Franklin streets, and DIR. O'Donovan sent for,
| who was unable to extract the ball. At late hour
! last night Weisberger was considered in a critical
condition None of the parties to the outrage have
yet been arrested Weisberger SAYS that he
/
Since writing the above, a man named Marion
Cord has been arrested suspicion of having fired
| the shot Al eleven O'Clock last night the phvsi-
clans in attendance expressed opinion that Weis-
| berger could not survive until morning.
RoBGED.-A young man named A. B. Wheeler,
residing Annapolis and who arrived in the 6
O'Clock train over the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
on Wednesday evening, was robbed of his pocket
book soon after getting out of the cars at the Cam
den station. The pOcket-bOok contained some very
| valuable papers, and sixty-two dollars in notes.
| Thirty-fve dollars of the money on the Bank
| of Maryland and the balance several Baltimore
| banks. He communicated his loss to an officer
who was near by, but all efforts to discover the per
| petrator have failed.
Another gentleman named Thomas Moxley. from
! Chestertown, Kent county, robbed of his
pocket-book containing two hundred and fifty dol
lars, on Wednesday last. He was standing at the
bulletin board in front of the Patriot Office. and
was approached by genteel looking young man,
who inquired the way to the Maryland Institute.
| Mr.. NJ. started down Baltimore street in company
with the man, and upon their arrival at the corner
of Frederick street the man abruptly left him. He
discovered his loss shortly after the departure of
! his newly made friend.
HIGHWAY RoBEERY.-About three O'Clock vestcr-
| day morning, man named Francis Lawrence.
| when passing the corner of Caroline and Wilks
! streets, was attacked by three men, one of whom
! grasped him by the throat and threw him to the
| pavement, and while he choRed him. his two com
| paniOns riiled his pockets. taking money to the
| amount of few dollars. They then left him and
| in few minutes he met with officers Hornev,
| Armsworthy and Habert, and informed them of the
outrage. They Immediately started in pursuit of
the parties, and fortunately succeeded in arresting
all of them. The names of the are Henry
Sandus identified as the one who did the choking,
John Smith and Joseph Kelley. They had an cx-
animation before Justice Audoun. who committed
them to jail for Court.
A,-n NJ n.
calling themselves 'Black Snakes" entered the
drinking house of Dennis Sullivan. on North street.
near Pleasant, and called for liquor, and after
drinking refused to pay for it. They then com
menced an assault on the inmates of the room,
striking the proprietor the head with large
bottle, cutting deep cash. A daughter of Mr..
Sullivan ran to his assistance when she saw him
bleeding, and they made attack upon her, tear
ing the clothes from her person. policeman
having arrived, he was requested to remove the
party, and apparently did so: but in the course of
fifteen minutes they returned, and made a second
attack on the house. stoning it, and endeavoring to
get INTO the room. They were finally taken away
by the officers
EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.-The iewelry store of Mr.
Robert Steinbach, No. 200 South Charles street,
was entered by burglars on Wednesday morning,
between the hours of four and six o'clock, and
robbed of some forty silver watches two gold cases.
several chains breastpins, finger rings, &c. The
articles were contained in case in the front part
of his store several ofthem belonged to customers
who had left them there to be repaired An en-
trance effected by forcing Open the front door
completely breaking it from the hinges Mr.. Stein
bach's loss upon his own stock will amount to 5000;
he estimates the loss upon the property of his
toners at about $3.50. Mr.. S. sleeping directly
the store, but heard no noise nor did he know
anything Of the robbery until half-past six, when
he came down to open the store, and found the
front door broken off the hinges and standing
against the wall. No trace of the guilty parties
has as yet been discovered.
PRoPERTY SALEs.-S. II. Cover, auctioneer, sold
on Thursday last, tract of land about five miles
from the city, on the Bclair road 1t contained fifty
acres, and was sold in lots Lot No l. containing
seven and thirteen perches, was purchased BY
John II. Kaufman, for 500 per acre. No. .. six
and three perches by David Greeves at S52 50
per acre. No. ), six acres and three perches, by
the same, at $50 per acre. No. f. of the same di-
mensions, by Mrs. Mary Kinsmore, at $40 per acre.
No. ), Of the same dimensions, by VIM. Lurtz at
SAG per acre. No. G, six acres three roods and
eighteen perches by the same, at S42. 50. No. :,
six acres, three roods and twenty perches, by the
same, at 500 per acre.
IMPORTANT AEEEsT.-A man named James Nc
Cam, who resides near the Relay House, on the
Baltimore ONO Railroad, was Yesterday arrested
by the Deputy Sheriff of Baltimore county, on the
suspicion of having placed obstructiOns upon the
railroad, and having opened switches, &c. The
accused was formerly a switchman in the employ
of the company, but was discharged for not attend
ing to his duty, since that time he has been sus-
pected of having caused several of the many acci-
dents which have occurred near the Relay House
from Instructions, and the displacement of switch
es. He was accordingly arrested upon the affidavit
of persons residing near the Relay House, and
| lodged in the county Jail at Towsontown, to await
the action of the Grand Jury.
ACcrDENT.-An accident occurred between two
and three O'Clock yesterday afternoon at the resi-
dence of Thomas Winans, Esq, on llollins street,
by which William Griffin, stone mason, pain
fully injured. n number OF Workmen were engaged
IN IN putting up d wal AROUND the Gr9uhus ol MT:
" mans, anu Iney were craving up d large piece OF
granite, weighing about hVe hundred pounds to be
placed upon the top OF the wall; they had h0lsted 1t
rope Attached 10 the stone 0roKe the stone IN ITS
lall STRIKING Mr. u. upon .he heaa ana inlicthg
painful wound; lie was taken TO his residence No.
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The affair occurred In llght street near Cross, on
Tuesday afternoon. The two met in the street,
| when the accused commenced tantaliZing and in
| sultinr Kniohter; he told him to 90 away and
fnolly nusbed him whom +bn occueaI pulIod out n
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urely through MS MANU. anu lhliicJhg hofilDie
wound. lie was committed TO jan Tor Court by
Justice Boyd.
p,psov,I Tho Hon Tobr u rlol Coo.otor
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