Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-02-26
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day evening, in screamersyille, knocked down and
beaten ard robbed Of $685. his horse and buggy pair
of sadie-bsgs, raw hide and an order on William g.
Dsndridgs io 81 100 We have been enabled to gather
some particulars Of the STAR hr HGIal says he was
driving Gu. to the house Of his moherin law, il the
country and as he was driving along at the hesd Of
Broad street. had OCCASION 10 get down to arrange some
thing about bis harness. Whilst he was so engaged
three or four men ran up to him He was knocked
senseess by one of the men, aud when he recovered has
consciousness, found himself lying alone in the street,
his face and head bruised ard bloody his pockets rsd
and his horse and buggy and the contents Of the latter
gene. The raW.hide, which he had tied behind his
buggy, though the least valuable piece of property he
lost is it seems likely prove Of great Importance in
leading to the detection Of the hghWsymen Yesterday
morning officers Griffin and Kelly, being informed Of
tae affair." went to the tannsries in the neghborhood Of
Bacon Quarter Branch, to lee If the stolen hide had
zen brought 10 any Of them for sale. Az Jimmi's
tlnnsry they found hide which was identified by Mr..
Hax.n as his property Mr. Jimmi stated that boy
named Charles Islacs had brought the hide to him to
sell on Wednesday night but that he had refused to buy
i: then, but told him to bring it yesterday morning
Yesterday morning he brought il again, when Mr. jim
mi paid him sos for it. Il is probable that Istacs bad
nothing to do with the robbery but Was merely EN-
poyed by the robberI to sell it. After considerable
search, the officers found Isaacs in rogue's render
vous a. Bacon Quarter Branch and locked him up in
the watch house for examination before the Mayor.
HEAVY THETr.-On Wednesday evening" Mr.. David
c. Mayo, tobacconst Of 10Th and Cary streets,
finding his factory in very crowded condition, was
obliged to leave a bogshead Of tobacco out IN the
sar,et. Tive soldiers, John Barnes and Richard Nc
Gregory, coming along and seeing the hOgshead lying
unprotected determined to appropriate it, and with this
view laid hold of it and rolled it up Gary street, They
had gotten It up iaras the corner OF 10 h and Cary
streets when watchmen Page and Dkc being informed
of their proceedings, pursued and took them into cusIc.
dy and carried them and the tobacco TO the first sta
ton house, where the tobacco yesterday morning
seen and identified by the owner The brought
before the Mayor yesterday morning One witness te1
tiled that he saw the prisoners rolling the hoghead up
the street about seven o'clock on the previous night
Saw them stop and go into GROCERY to get drink,
and then come out and begin rolling it again. When
the watchmen came up he identified the prisoners the
men who hsd been rolling the hogshead, and pointed
them out they having left it on the approach of the
watchmen. member Of the city battalion stated that
being on guard at the government stables opposite the
cid gas works, two soldiers rolled hogshes1 up Cary
stree and wanted to roll it into the alley alongside the
stable but he would not let them. The Mayor sent the
parties on to be tried before the Hastings Court.
A SuTLER RoBBED.-As Samuel H. Hunt, sutler to
the 10th Alabama regiment, driving through Rock
et1 about o'clock last Monday night having his trunk
containing gold watch and valuable clothing in his
covered wagon, he stopped at a grocery and bought
some tobacco; then kepSo on his way down to some
point on the Williamsburg road three miles below town.
On reaching his destination he discovered that his trunk
had been distracted from the of his wagon and
believing thai it had been done whilst he was in tie
grocery in Rockets be returned thitber, and there
learned that whilst he in the shop youth named
James Doyle and another, were seen in the street in
close proximity to bis wagon. He had Doyle arrested
and brought before the Mayor yesterday, but the only
evidence agains. him was what We have mentioned that
he was seen in the street at the time Mr. Hunts wagon
vas standing in front of the grocery door. Officer
Granger stated that he had executed 6eyers search
warrants on suspicious houses in Rockets in the hope
Of fndiug the stolen trunk, but without success. A
white girl, about twelve years old, said she in the
grocery when Mr. Hunt in, and hearing whistle
in the street went to the door and Jimmy Doyle at
the corner but did not him go to the wagon. The
Mayor continued the case for future hearing.
A CoSTIDEScE MANA man named John +, Fitz-
gerald some time during the last month, went 10 Aessrs.
Fisher Bailey, Commission Merchants doing business
on the Basin and stating that he had eight ten
thousand dOsrs worth Of apple brandy, whiskey, but
ter, ETC., at William kcELlory's, in Lynchburg, and
showing what purported to be Mr.. McEllerys receipt
setting forth that the said goods had been received By
him 10 DO forwarded to Aessrs Fisher Bailey, he in
duced the latter gentlemen to advance him 81 $780,
The goods not arriving Mr. James Fisher made trip
to Lynchburg and there learned that the recep, shown
him by Fitzgerald forgery, ard that tat indi-
vidual had no such goods he hal represented. The
telegraph was called into requisition, aud Fitzgerald
who had left the city, arrested in Stanton The
Mayor sent officer Crone after him. aud had him brought
to the city.
The case being brought before him yesterday
mo nirg, after hearing the facts, the Mayor sent
Fitzgerald on 10 the Hastings Court. When arrested,
Fitzgerald had With him negro boy, who Is supposed
have been stolen Kidnapped from Tennessee. Tie
negro Gays he is fee.
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posed of by this Court yesterday.
Daniel Whalen, indicted for Obtaining $500 from Da-
vid PArr under false pretenccs was put upon trial.
L. appeared, from the evidence, that in he times
when substitute sWindng a. its height, Mr.. Parr
hired, for the of 81 900, one Mckinney to 70 inc
the amy substitute, $500 to be paid down and $500
to be paid to Ellen Mckinney, his wife, when he should
be mustered in. Mckinney was mustered il, and de-
serted The prisoner (WhAlen) then took his wife,
Ellen Wtalen to Mr.. Parr, aud swearing she was Nc
Kinneya wife, induced Mr.. Parr to pay her The $500
stil due Mckinney. Mckinney If that were indeed his
name had been married. and the whole thing had
been gotten up as sWindle WhAlea was sent to the
Penitenilry foy three years,
Jeremiah QbbeIts, Yankee deseTtsr, was tried for
breaking into the stOrehOuse OF Smith, lip comb Co.,
and stealing $40 and sent to the Penitentary for FIVE