Evening star., 1863-04-15

sup TOSed 81 hrrt ,itr it.-SOme light has al
length been thrown upon the robbery of MI
Ssml Hoover, which was effected by thieves
entering his dwelling in the Third Ward on
the nth of March LAST, full particulars Of
which were given IN -s1e Star at the time. I'm
medlateiy after the r@rrrtration IF the robbery
Superintendent Webb 2fsaited Messrs. Barry
ana Kelly uf the Met-ofnssttn Detective Bu-
rrau, TO endravo5 TO discover the thieves and
IL possible, recoS2- :be mone2.
"alRr b. Donald<tu II, the urtor ouS little till
Litter, was in Jail last week On a charge Of
grand larceny, AID Betg ctive Kelly visited him
there, and =. .aldson, in moment of elee, lie t
out hint that II, knew who robbed Hoover.
Kelly had Donald son released on bail, and still
retained IA IN in custody As witness. Upon
the information OF Denaldson and other per
sons, Kelly. assisted by IAetsetive Barry ar
rested Richard alias Rangsya Joues and John
Harrison TIE charge or aying committed
I0Sesy Served STm ne 4 s.n W pr,on BE r
Bill. ->
a partial investigation s,t t.se case was had
yesterday before Jnstiee Clayton.
donaldson testified that for two or three
" eks previous TO the robbery one of them
would follow MIR. Hoov''Y home from market
each day, and by that means as scnrtained that
he placed bis money up stairs in the front
room. Donaldson says that lhey asked him to
take tura az watchman, which he did He
also states that Information as 10 the where
ahcuts of MI Hooyer's money was given them
by person perfectly familiar with all his do
mcsnc arrangements. After prrfrcting their
Oh Saturday evening, when Hoover and the
male portion of his family Were Al market. at
ending to business, On the night OF The rob-
be1y, and Just an hour or TWO before It's COM
mission, Donaldson and Harrison went To DA-
Wis : hat store, in Bro WINS Hotel baIiding and
&ndeT pr"trucr of buying Il har, each stole one.
donaldson also states that ZONES and Harrison
sOld I'm that thry intended to commit tins rob
irTI trat night, and asked him to go with them,
ara mat he promised 10 go. He says that they
irlt INN on the corner OF Tenth and n streets,
niotgiSing 20 return and get his assistance. ID.
- MANNED about an hour, during which tttne
the robbery was con n.itted. lie says that Har-
rislu admitted thei guilt 20 him, stating that
sE,y had ..PlaBteG" most Of the money and
could not s.rprIBg t;G p!aus' until the excite
that these parties have treqn' ntiy induce him
10 ssuut uU" icts, which iHcy afterwards rx-
-, ,ut.d, andt refused TO -'T hack mp" lie
20. dis gusi.d with this arrtn cement, and'went
~ work afterwards on his ''owp e2ok.
.ICstuh Johnson, Wiio had Kept company
vylth tl;,.,e partit.s IN some meas UTC cUTTCD1-
rated the testimony OF Dom; ld~oH.
Thr families OF the prisoner attempted %
prov, al CI,ti, but the evidence was not suiii-
JuSlire olav.cn. N order TO have ts-nl3rc
thorough -, stigati IL, committed joa2S aad
Harrison TO Jail .or further hearing, III c"iauit
of . ,5GU bail each. . .. . 60.
Detectives Kelly aud Barry, in Connection
with Sergeant Johnson, of tho SECOND PEeciGc',
have been inGefauga5le in their eGertions 10
ferret ont this robbery, and have spared neith ar
tabor NOT expense, and are now satisfied that
they have sufficient eyidC ace to secure the con-
YictiOu OF the parties ARE ested. Many cIrcun-
stances cCnspired to lead the officers to the be-
lief that the persons who were Yesterday az
rested were guilty, but They foraoTe ~ arrest
them, until such time as they shodff be AL" -
bring evidence sufficient 10 warrant belief
that they would be convicted.