The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-03

The ChHttanOoga Gazette, Of the 3lst nit,
gives the following particulars Of q heavy
robbery in that place $50 s-aI
Mr. Long, a cit zen Of Augusta, Ca, ae-
compauied by a friend, was a passenger on
the the Lran which arrived ia this city on
Tuesday evening irom Atlanta. On the
arrival OF the tam atthe depot Mr. Long
produced his check, and received IA return
his trunk, which had been checked through
from Atlanta. Tie friend OF Mr. Long al
yIsed the latter gentleman 10 give his trunk
~ charge Of porter, with orders 20 take II
30 the lruichhsld House. He did 60, and
knowing the value Of ID, intended TO ac-
company the porter 10 the hotel, but Welded
Goo the solicitations Of his friend, who, being
vorEciously hungry, wished 20 immediately
apPehEe hls appetite ut the w4ll- lied tables
% the trutchueld louise and leaving the
porter 10 carry the tfunk 10 the house went
20 the holsl, engaged "a room, bought tickets
Tor the supper, proceeded 20 the dining
room, began sc once to demolish the sub
stsntIai repast there set before HIM. Alter
the mtai vas finished Mr.. Long concluded
90 look up his trunk, and have Is carried to
his room. Great, therefore, was his aston
i-hmsut, on arriving az the hall, where the
trunks are piled by the porters, he could
not discover his own among the number
An lnilueuiste and thuaOugh search Was
mode, but 10 trace Of the missing trunk
was found about the hotel OF ia its vicinity.
Mr.. Starr, oi the house, told Mr. Long
that about ten minutes before the trunk
was missed, hs had noticed man ia the
uuli rm of q H.. s. soldier, psiug out of th e
door, and carrying trunk on his boulder
Mr. starr, whose auspiei0ns were aroused,
questioned the man, who replied that the
trunk belonged 90 him. He then asked the
srs
D lac man, evidently discoucefted by this
question, heSi'Eted moment, and answer
ed Stevens" Mr.. Starr examined the
maine vu tno trunk, aud found that Il was
not Stevens; be did not recollect the name
buL Do was not "LOug." He then told the
man 20 replace the trunk, aud that he would
kuye him arrested. The man dropI ed the
runF hastily and He'd before a guard could
be called.
luo porter into whose care the trunk was
given 30 thedePot, was questioned, aud de-
clbr thst be mad brought the trunk into
fhr hrn oi The hotel and left Il there. Mr..
Long then went over TO the depot, and quea-
r.,iyd vary one who IuIs hi have hHa the
lrart knowledge Of the trunk but 10 DO
avail. The trunk evidently, was non est
Lieutenant johnson, commanding the
depot guards being informed OF the affair,
immediately cent the guards out ia ell di-
rrruuus 10 search ior the stolen trunk.
About nine o'clock, the same eysnin a
Young man, citizen, about sIXtoen years of
ego ~ ho ret ided IA a tent at the foot OF Cam
sr1u H.ll, iu the vicinity of the Euainbt q
Head Quarters. had LTD down q sleep out
side "t the tent, ia order 60 escape the mos
guitH,H, which infested the canvass lodge.
shorty bi.er, Ls he WIS about dropping OH
90 plcvP, has attention was attracted by
talking ia bis Immediate vicinay he
ruIacd his head 10 ieOE around and observed
three men standing near him. with what
APPEARED, 10y the FAINT light of the moon, 60
Doe 60 trunk, at their feet. One OF the men
reniaf kvd "that it D. a heavy trunk. we had
better examine it soon, and see " hat sort of
haul We have made" The youth, with
that want ui caution common at ais age,
arose 10 investigate this curious matIer for
himself hc bad scarcely arisen, when he
was observed by the men, one OF whom
he'd 90 HIM, eNclaiming, what do you
want here and without giving time for an
answer knocked the youth down. The
youth though weak in body, was oi strong
lungs, and hisyuciier0us cries we're heard
by tie men OF Company !, lst United
a.ates EugInneTs, who were quartered but a
lew yards from the scene captain Thomas
commanding the company. was almost IN
-tuuty ga the spot with four of his men.
uue of the three ruiiians started % run, and
although several shots were fired az hum,
succeeded la making good his escape. The
other two we're arrested, and, together with
the trunk, were Immediately taken 20 the
uhlco of MHlor Burch, Provost Marshal. The
youth who huu been 30 uncetemoniouslv
Knocked down. accompanied the party.
Captain Thomas explained the affair 10 the
NrFor, and few minutes afterwards Mr.
Ing, being sppuzed OF the re-capture OF
has trunk, came into the office. Ho imme-
dIBtgly recognized the trunk as the one
which had been stolen iryln him about an
hour before lie described the contents 10
abe MAJOR, who, 90 opening a., iound the
contents g. correspond with Mr.. Longs de-
tcupuou. Tho trunk contained many val
uatlg articles ct wearing apparel, but its
chief NHluo consisted ia the TACT thar one,
apartment Gift contained six thousand dol
Jars in gold, on thousand IN grsenbacks,
tour Thousand IN drafts payable in New
York tlty, and large amoul,t uf Eve TWEEN
ties and other Government bonds. The
whole value OF the money IN The trunk
amounted Co forty three thousand dollars.
The trunk was placed in possession of MI.
Long. who had ID carried back 10 the hotel
under hIs own supervision, first having
handsomely rewarded the soldiers who NJ
rested the robbers, snd the boy whose cries
has first drawn attention 20 them.
Yesterday muruidg the cnlprits, who gave
The ubmes oi VIM. Hanley and Alexander
lrambull, both OF Co. 4. lst Z. s. Engineers.
were examined before the Provost Marsha
Ml- starr recognized Hsnlty ~ the mau be-.
had prevented from carrying Oh the trunk
the evening previous. IL is surpassed that
hHhley, alter his fret escape, body return
Ell, seized on the first trunk that he noticed.
aud carried It of, afterwards encagiDs his
$3.50 "mPsumns 80 help hini Slosg with the
booty.
o., alley is an old offender. He has besp q
Notorious bounty Jumper, aud bore A very
bad reputation generally. lie Was sentens-
81 thrty dsys' imprisonment, with hall
chain sud shackles. Trumbuil received ten
days.
capt Thomas will prefer charges against
ihen' and they will probably he afterwards
Tried hy Court Martial. The robher who
escaped mas lot yet been arrested. A strict