New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-12-24
NUMBER 251.

shotin the face and had the above property in his
room. He goes by the name Of Charles Fl. Robin
son, alias Gordon, alias johnson; il a good-look-
| ing young man about "a years of age; and has
passed as sportsman. or genteel gambler, mixing
freely with respectable people, and passing himself
off as real good fellow. He always had plenty
Of money, and regular visitor at the differ
| ent gambling saloons, where he frequently drop
ped large sums Of money. No one, not even the
police, ever had the remotest suspicion that he
was the sharpest and most daring burglar that ever
visited this city. 1t is believed he has been in town
about two or three months, and that, with the
aid Of his partner, one Billy Monroe, who roomed
with him at No. Carondelet street, and also
passed as gambler, he perpetrated all the above
robberfes and no one knows how many more, in
| this time. Both Robinson and Monroe boarded at
the City Hotel, and were recognized as being
among the most agreeable gentlemen in the house.
They also attended the lectures at one Of the Medi
cal Colleges, and were much liked by the students
This fellow, Billy Monroe, escaped, and the
police are after kim. 1t seems that, getting wind
Of his partners misfortune, and becoming scared,
he applied to the Captain of the steamboat Repub-
Lie and asked him to pass him to Louisville, as he
tBlly) had got into a shooting scrape. Then he
l
| pin as security for loan of $50.
The Captain told him he had no money on board
| the boat, but weud see if that amount in silver
was in the Office. The Captain, while in the act Of
seeing about this, and being struck by the gentle
manly appearance of Billy, and having seen him
heretofore up the river and in this city in company
with some of the most respectable citizens, had
very little suspicion Of Billy's character. How
i hid 1 oIota
his fix, Billy came out with a long expose of his
| course of life, and who and what he was. He de-
clared himself one of the best burglars in the
South, and that he could fool all the New York.
Louisville, St. Louis and New Orleans police and
that for two years he had committed all the burg
ares in this city had picked pockets one recently
| of $500 from gentleman coming out OF bank,
| gentleman whose name we withhold at his re-
quest that he (Billy) had done all the bg thngs,,
of burglary in this city, but that his pal had got
| into bad fix, and he wanted to 60 of. The Cap
tan seeing this state of things Of course thought
less of aiding Billy, and was in the act of going
after proper means of capturing the fellow, when
Billy suspected matters and sloped and is now at
large.
The following letter to Monroe, from his mistress,
| was found in the room of the rosber:
| DEcrmBER 8 1860
| Dearest Wdie-Why don't you writer It has
| been nearly three weeks since wrote to yon and
three papers-the True Delta and the Picayune.
| Did you send them, Willie? If SO, thank you,
darling, for your kindness, for they were very ac-
ceptable Ia me. Willie, write to me truly, am I q
burthen tdayou? Tell me truly, I beg Of you and
not keep me in suspense. told you, darling VIII
/ lie before left how would feel. You said if /
received no letters it would be the fault of the
mail, not you. hope it is so. But still, I am
afrotd
| thing singular-on the whole, it does seem
| almost too singular to be true-does it not? How
is Charley? When put this letter in the office,
put in one for Charey-likewse my sister'a daguer
you the letter. so you would see that it was sis
| ter's letter. Those were the very words. Nov
don't be angry, will you, dear2 | do not 60 any
4 where, Willie, nor have anything to say to any
one. But Willie it is useless for me to write this
Il way. The one you love must have that virtue
that feeling, that you can feel rather than see tha
she is true. Willie, you know that have tina
trait; that when you put confidence in me
and say you leave your honor in my keeping
Willie, would sooner die, if need be- than prov,
/ false to the trust. Willie, you know this Gomez
| from the heart of one who loves you dearly: one
who has seen trouble and sin in its worst FORM ant
4 who is, for your own dear sake living life the
most virtuous need not blush at and will continue
for your sake Willie, ! hope my hopes will no
| be wrecked the second time, for the fall would b,
SO great there would be no chance of recovering
1 again from the verge of ruin worse than DEATH
write truly, Willie, for were you to prove false
there are not ties strong enough this side of HEAVIER
| to keep me. Perhaps do wrong in writing thus
If 50, may be forgiven l write with a conviction
/ of the truth Willie, dear, write to me. Willie
have written two pieces for the paper. When
receive the papers they are printed n will sen,
4 them to you-the name affixed is Stranger'' 81
you will know. Don't criticise them too closely
for it is my first trial. Now, Willie, do not della,
| in writing, will you? And now, goodbye. Co
bless you. From your own loving and true
To Willie Monroe
4 On the envelope of this letter was the following
the local application Of which may be determined
Mad. Avigne Lapeile, L. $. B.p
M Armadezi State Tax Collector
Robinson was at first thought mortaIly wounded
but, fortunately for the purposes Of Justice he wa
not, and will soon recover, though the wound is
| very distressing one. The coneal revolver ba
entered the forward part of his right cheek, nt
far from the mouth, shattered the bone, passe
round, and lodged just under the skin on the le
side of the neck The robber exhibited grea
fortitude in doing what he did after receiving th
wound. At the hospital he refused to convers
with any one, but wrote a note stating that b
would not tell who his partners were, and that, a
| he expected to die in an hour or two, he did nc
desire any one to talk to him.
Mr.. Monterios shot was in every respect fortu
nate one. Had he missed the robber, the latte
would of course have got away undeteeted. Ha
| he shot him dead, the discovery of the robber'
room and the stolen property would not have beel
made. When Monterio heard in the morning
greatly to his astonishment that his bullet had hi
the robber and hit him seriously, he went and sur
rendered to the Chief Of Police, who allowed hin
to go on his parole. Subsequently, Recorder
| Adams, acting for Recorder Emerson, discharged
him, no one making any complaint against him.
further search of the robbers trunks resulted
in the discovery of a vial of strychnine, vial o
| arsenic, and a bottle of chloroform. Scientific
directions as to the and powers of the poisons
were labeled on the walls. 1t is not unreasonable
to suppose that Robinson had the poisons for his
own use, in case he got into such scrape that
death would be preferable to capture or imprison.
ment with the fear of the penitentary or galows
before his eyes.
We heard that gentleman who visited Robinson
in the Charity Hospital, advised him to make full
confession, to which the burglar remarked that ii
he did he would implcate more parties than could
be imagined, who are now deemed respectable.
Yesterday the lucky bullet was extracted from
the back of the burglars neck.
THE MUNICIPAL IMRRoaLio.
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