Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-12-28
CITY AND SUBURBAN.

TIE BALLARD House ROBBEEY.-Wm. Nuchol''
cha red with robbng Mr.. Weithe, guest al inc
Ballard House, on Monday morning Of a large
amount of money. consisting OF grcenbaeks ana
notes ON stat, banks. amounting in the assIesaS
500 was before Mayor saunders yesterday ana uau
a preliminary exam nation Tie "i7 ue'eHi'u u!
Me,srS 4 Jud,on Crane and :. J. baIiey' r.,
Mr. W.tbe declined swearing, but affirmed a Io
lows. ON sunday night between III ana . o CLOGS
] was asleep in my room. ON the LTst moor % uas
Ballard HOu>.. facing Oh Fi@HN'ih ssI'''- on
avvakin,, about the ll>t-uamed hour iOunA my
yyindoy, ,,ra, and aS,ertairet that had been rob-
bed of so ia grreubacks and notes on Tue Std'e
banks Of Virginia, North CaTo.ina' LOUISIANA lSn
-ess.e Alabama anl Georgia. amounting ma '4IuS
~ over s6D The morning following The robbery
,vsnt a, I,,r. x Taylor's broker establishments aud
informed them ed nv loss. soon Afterwards WINE
we were vet talking about the robbery Tue prisoner
came in and Offered The LOUISIANA notes now IN
.nurt 10 NJ TIvlbr Tor sale. Tie handed lhel u me
mi Immediately recognized a portion OF them as
the money had lost booked Tor policeman, but
couId NOT find one and the prisoner, getting uneasy
Al ms movements lett. He went do~n Nam street
and ran through several alleys. ] followed, crying
a. sion thief iic was arrested on the Seventeenth
street brl.se bv two soldiers. would swear 10 two
of the not..s among hundred thousand dollars
Hetb.D cave a. lcIgth, and with great Particularly
the reasons which had induced him 10 notice the
notes alluded 20.
Mr. TAYLOR being sworn, said got TO the Office
LAT. ON MONDAY morning, and heard that Dir. Weithe
had been robbed, vino came IN shortly afterwards
and while we were think, talking about the anAlr
the prisonrN who ! recognize, came in aud offered
the note, now in court for sale. perhaps he hrst
asked their value took them into Mr.. Weithe, VINO
identified them AS his money. endeavOred 10 ne
tain the prisoner under the pretrXt that "ahIeu
them examined by judge 81 that Mr. Meithe ihisht
have time 20 secure the services OF policeman ana
have him arrested He became impatient however,
end Ief, The Office. leaving the money in my posses
sioa Mr. weiths followed him.
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,r.oD.r-Mr Weitho has been ma the bank note busi-
ne.s for several years and j. consequently familiar
with notes Louisiana bank NOES ave scarce anu
are rarely offered for sale m the l'chmahd nafAeL
i hardly suppose thdt All the oiONeIs "5e'i49' 'N
By Mr. Rrlev-I Kept tbc notes in my possession
untl to-day aud .ir. Wethe did not examine them
during the time.
pr SLeuEerL ie'n- sworn, testified that he 10 ned
Air WeItl. in tie chase after the prisoner and saw
him when OverlaUIed ou seventeenth street bridge.
lie sty him searched but did not notice whether
any additional money found ON his person
/ 4, wilson sworn-N r. Strother, the broker,
gave me the live dollar note On the Canal Bank OF
the state Of Louisiana, 10 sell Mr.. Ne'the who =
engaged in purchasing such notes. On showing II
10 him lac said Il looked bad; Mr.. Allen, the banker
however. thought IL genuine, whereupOn he
purchased The note in court is the one sold him.
Mr. We,the recalled
Nv Mr.. Crane-llaye Won seen any Of tie rest oil
your money since the robbery
WitneSs-,pOiutiHg % the prsoner)-NO, wish he
would tell me where Il Is.
ErideHre for tge dcleEcc.-Mrs. Goodwin being
sworn said-rhe prisoner boards with NE. live IN
Bakers allcy, between Seventeenth and Eighteenth
sheets. He did not 20 cut on sunday night, be-
tween ten and half-past three O'clock nor until hall
past nine o'clock on Monday morning. Ills room
ndOinS NINE and to get out Of the front door which
WAS locked. he would have tr>t To procure the Key
from me. There is back door, but have
DANGEROUS do., Of whom the prisoner Is very much
afraid even in the day time. Know he was asleep
at eleven o'clock because passed through his room
Ia ascertain the caus. OF noise going on among
some Germans in the stree; directly IN front ot my
house. .,
James Smith being sworn, testified met Mr..
Nichols on Monday morning, between nine and ten
o'cNocE IN FergusOu'S barber shop, near the Old
market While I was being shaved a man, whose
name did not know came in and gave him par
eel of state money, which he requested HIM TO sell
+ for him saw there was five dollar note on top.
Mr. Craue-lf your honor will look sharp, you
Will get that mar.
Witness have seen the man s.nce al The same
barber shop.
Before Arthur Wes,ey Furguson, molungeon,
was exam utl. Hr. Crane produced proof thdt ne
had les, tlln Oue-iOurth Negro blood m ms VEINS,
whereupon. in accordance with Judge Lyons decis-
ion in the wel-remembcre prosecution against John
Hapan-knOwn as iiJgiuS JOhu--hIs testimony
Was admitted lie confirmed the statement OF the
I.SvTnrs witness as 10 what occurred IN the barber
Shop on Monday morning.
was in "a diving condition and he hoped, as mat
Der of humanity that hs honor would therefore bail
him. 80. -,
hail HIM in the sum Of five hundred dollars 10 APP
near AT the next term OF the Hastings Court Tor
further trial. Mr.. Nuchot', OF uehllco county De-
came his security
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