New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-12-29

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A particular Providence seems to have the bnfg-
lar Charley Robinson in its custody, for il has q
second time handed him over to the police after
the police had exhausted their best detective
efforts in quest Of him and were beginning to fall
into despair.
The feats of the burglar, his shooting by Monte
rio, his arrest and his escape from Charity Hospital
are well known to everybody. Let US tell how lie
was caught again.
Last evening, at about hall. past seven o'cInck a
poor courtezan, living on Perdido street, between
Baronne and Dryades, saw the reflection of a light
in the second story of the house opposite the resi-
dence iof Mr.. Seruggs, the negro trader, ljoin-
| ing DR.. Eliiott's stable. Knowing that Scfuggs
had been for some time and was still absent from
the house. she crossed over to the stable and told
the men there assembled about the light next door,
and inquired if seruggs was back.
Knowing that Scrnggs was not back the men
called TIE officer OF that beat, Joseph Fleming,
alias Dago Joe, and assisted him in entering
scruggs' house. They got over into the second
story of the house from the roof of the stable
| Pat Dougherty foreman Of the stable, Sam Hull,
an employe in the stable and Dago Joe, the
policeman, constituting the army of invasion.
Hull led the way with lantern and hatehet;
/ DOuEHerty CaltiS neXb WIFI 0rdW1 revolver ana
Dago Joe followed with his club and rattle As
they got into the house, they heard some one IN
the yard below beating hasty retreat
In the back room they found two freshly-killed
chickens and a lot of apples probably dropped
there by the fellow who had just escaped. In the
front room they found the bed tumbled and other
signs of recent occupancy of the room, but saw
no man. They were about to retire, when Sam
Hull STOPPING with his lantern saw a half-naked
man lying the floor under the bed. He ex-
claimed, !" There's the son of b-h now ~ Upon
which the man crawled up between the bed and
the wall, and said. :. For Gods sake, don't hurt
me, gentlemen-please take me back 10 the hos
ptal!"
The invading party had expected to find some
lusty and desperate thief, unknown to fame, who
would give them trouble But when they saw a.
sicky and feeble looking ed-haired man, wearing
nothing but an undershirt and Of the blue over
shirts of Charity Hospital, heard his appeal for
mercy, and saw his wounded condition, they re-
cognized him as the redoubtable burglar Robinson
alias Gordon, whose feats and escape had emily
ened the city and puzzled the police much.
Their astonshment and delight may be better
imagined than described, especially reward of
$500 had been offered BY the Mayor for bis arrest.
! Robinson was taken to the First District lookup
i and safely lodged in an upper cell He walked
! feebly and had to be assisted up the steps. He
talked freely, but evidently did not tell everything
He said he escaped from the hospital at about
tive o'clock on Saturday morning about an hour
after Lieut.. Jaquess visited him. He said he found
+ Conklin (the officer who staid with him to watch
him) asleep slipped on pair of loose old pants,
much too large for him, and pair Of rough old
d shoes, which he found under his bed, took Conk-
Inns hat, walked ont Of the room, and out at the
i back part of the hospital and over the wall on
Gravier street. AS he walked down the street, he
met watchman and asked him the time of night
e the watchman told him, and passed on. This same
e watchman was Dago Joe, who aided in his arrest
last night.
in The news of Robinsons arrest of course spread
electrically. Dr. Shupert, DR.. Nichols tof Charity
l. Hospital) DIR. Austin Dr. Chopin, and other ply
sicans, feeling some interest in this unusual pa
L. tient visited him at the lookup and redressed his
Or wounds. He had suffered much from the incision
in his neck for the want of daily dressing. He had
u also suffered for the want Of food, and after hiS
Is wounds were dressed and rebandaged he de-
voured greediy the refreshments with which hi
ar was supplied. He is doing frstrate, and viii
es probably not escape again. When we left hin
last night (for we went to see him. as matter Q
IN course) he appeared tired and sleepy, and utter
p reckless as to his future fate.
When asked about the friends who had helpe
him, he sarcasticaly remarked that he had n
TO- friends and in speaking another person, he sal
CO it could never be proved that he the burgla
people said he
m The town may now rest easy Robinson is feehls
and his head all bandaged up; and last night b
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officer Billy Crane seated IN front OF the cell watc
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