The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-08-08


Mayors Counr, sAruEpAr.-rhe most important
case which came before his Honor Saturday was
that of the negroes implicated in the robbery of the
residence of Hon. Alexander R. Holiaday, about
one mile beyond the corporation limits, on broad
street. of six thousand dollars' worth o groceucs
The robbery oeCuled On Monday, two weeks ago, at
Tonight, and among the articles stolen were hFt
hundred bounds OF sugar, neatly two barrels ot
flour, fifty pounds Of nee, AMI large lot oi butter,
lard ralt &c The mode oi entering the building
was ty forcing open the window to the ba.enenf,
where The provisions were kept and removing them
the,efrom. Ever since the night OF the robbery
officers Seal and Jenkins have been unremittng III
their efforts to ferret out the perpetrators OF the
deed ana after N arrest Tor nearly every otner Gay
they finally succeeded, on Thursday night last, IN
taking the whole party into custody and lodging
them in jail. The following are the names OF !ise
negroes who We're arTagned on Saturday morning
before the Mayor James, Charles and SAMUEL iiaf-
ris, free negroes; Henry, slave oil Mrs. linfley;
George, slave OF Reuben ~ Lacy, and ltrnry, slave
of Mrs. Fanny Wlngo. A great deal ol testimony
was given as to when, where and how the robbery
was committed, but only one witness testified posi-
lively who the guilty parties and that was one
Of the prisoners, named George, slave OF MT Lacy,
who made the following statement: Last Monday,
one week ago, bargain Ya5 made between MN Ell
and the negroes naned above (save sam Harrsl To
rob Mr.. Ho!laday's residence that night. Ac-
cordngly, between ten and eleven O'Clock, they
repaired thither, and after first depnting one
of them to break in that portion OF the
house where the yoceres were kept, the rest stood
leader fl ed open the window and helped themselves
to the articles enumerated above, some taking bags
of sugar, others.carrying away flour, ana the rest
loading themselves with the remainder Altogether
they were in the house from eleven at night tau two
| O'Clock in the morning, at which hour they had
l swept the store-room of ats contents, ana tneh
started the old fedm the direction OF scream
ersyille. About midway between Mr.. Holladays
and Buchanan Springs they halted, and after wait
ing till about five O'Clock III the morning part o.
| the plunder was offered for sale to lazy named
hN lhA
| purchase it,, and drove them oil. The witness
1George) Charles Harris, and Mrs. Tinsleys Henry
then started to Bacon Quarter Branch, where they
sold about fifty pounds of sugar for one hundred
and fifty dollars The purchaser was a man named
/ Bney George stated that it was agreed upon be-
tween them that the stolen articles should be sold
| and the proceeds divided among them lie was not
the nstigator of the robbery, bur was paLhclpator
| in it, Why he made the confession which no did
was because his master told him when first arrested
that il be knew anything about the robbery 1t was
best to tell the truth. Sam Harris, he said, was not
/ engaged with them. Upon hearing this testimony,
the Mayor reynanded all except Sam for examination
before the Hastings Court. Many robbeiaes nave
been committed in this neishborhood lately, and the
developments in this case leaves little doubt but that
these fellows are the thieves.
Lewis, slave of Lucy Phillips, and Reuben, slave
| of Charlotte Wright, charged with stealing
three hundred dollars worth of furniture and one
hundred dollars worth of wearing apparel the pro-
perty Of Robert II. Davis, and also aiding Leslie
his slave, to escape to the Yankees During MIR
Davis's absence from the city, Lewis entered his
kitchen and took away all the furniture belonging Il
Leslie, his slave woman, and afterwards carried hei
off also A few days since the trio were oyerhanled
in the neighborhood of Old Church, Hanover, where
they were awaiting opportunity to escape tht
Confederacy. On the person Of Lewis was ioane
one hundred and twenty dollars in greenbasksn - ane
thirty dollars in gold Tho Mayor remanded then
for examination before the Hastings Court.
Erasmus, slave Of E. c: Epps, and wiliiam, slav,
Of Louisa Burton, charged with going at large, an.
believed to be runaways, were committed to JAIL
await investigation in their cases.
Joseph Abrams, charged with stealing one hun
dred and fifty-three dollars and fifty cents in Con
federate States Treasury notes from Catherin
Achs was sent on for examination before the Aust
| ings Court.
The charge Of obtaining fifteen hundred dollar.
under false pretences, from Lima Casleburg, ailege
some time since against John Head, was agar
taken up, when the Mavor after reviewing the evi
dence previously elected before him. considered tn
offence not fully made out and therenpon discharge
him from civil prosecution but subsequently tuine
hrn over to Captain boswell to be tried Tor attenp
ing to run persons thIoagh the lines.