Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-04-14

ESCAPE OF CoNvICr.-Yesterday, about
one o'clock. while a body of negro peniten-
tary convcts were at work on the south side Of Cap
itol Square, one of them made his escape. He
quickly slipped into a small house near by and
about forty yards from the sentinel thinking at the
time probably that he was unnoticed, but he was not
The sentinel very fOolishly fired his gun. and the
ball entered the house. but did not enter the negro
as was intended. The negro, then, having the ad-
VANTAGE Of the sentinel, with all his might
through the Square up to Capitol street. by the Pow
hatan Hotel, as far as Marshall street, and down
Marshall street towards the Valley, thereby making
good his escape.
The other cOnyicts under the watchful eye of this
sentinel did not make any attempt to escape, and
doubtless their chances were much better than the
one that did escape. They were as quiet as lambs.
LEE WHIrEHURsT ABROAD.-The man bearing the
above name has arrived safely in Petersburg, where
ne has commenced his old trade. It will be re-
membered that Of late whitehurst has several times
been brought before the Mayor Of this city, on the
charge of vagrancy The first time Mayor Saun.
ders ordered him to leave in twenty-fOur hours He
failed to do this and was again arrested and brought
before Mayor Mayo, who required security of him
to leave the city Immediately This was on last
Wednesday and by the evening train he left for Pc
tersburg. man by the name of Durney is said to
have ACCOMPANIED him from here. On the same
night they arrived in Petersburg they were arrested
and accused Of entering the room of Mr.. A. NJ
Wing. stopping at Jarratts Hotel by means OF bur-
Vlarous tools and relieved him Of his pocket
book containing two hundred and fifty dollars in
currency, and a draft for one hundred dollars. On
bs ing arrested, they were searched by the police
and on their persons were found burglars tools
f,Iss KEYS, brass knuckles and other evidences Of
THAR b. character They were committed to jail by
the Msvo, of Petersburg for examination on Friday
morniny I, st. About ten o'clock, however, on
Tbnrsdav MIC bt, they broke Jail by taking up plank
from the oor the CELL thus gaining egress through
a hole in the eastern wall Of the building
bo had not MAJ le their escape long before the po-
Ice force commepe, ID search, but failed in their
efforts to arrest them.
wbiteburst is knolcn to be desperate character
in these regions and tn sooner he Is arrested ana
brought to Justice the b 'tter will be Tor the com
munity at large. About d. rney we Know but httle'
lint presume he is of the same stamp as "hitehurst
M,voR's CorRr-MAyoR MAYO PEEsIDING.-
Henry Botz white. charged with having in his pos
session two mules stolen from the Government was
called up.
Detective Knox stated that he arrested the accused
ON his place, about six or miles from this city
on the Charles City road The prisoner was work
inc with the mules, on his farm, at the time OF his
arrest When arrested the accused first stated that
h. bouVht them in Chesterfield county; subsequently
Ia stated that he bought them from negro named
Z. 'Iah Jackson. a..
q Nptain Faulkner recognized the mules as the
nrona rty of the Government
Pin, Patterson stated that Billy BOltz' brother
- ar =. ,eused brought the two mules to the farm
o,5 ron. 4ted him to work and feed them until they
- III for They were constantly worked by
the accused.
The case was, tSeE transferred to county mags'
trate for examh lat!on-
The case Of Fl jah Jackson, a negro charged with
stealing the above mules, was also sent on TO county
magistrate for exa uinaton.
Tn, unD,sr no, TO. charged with entering the
store of West 4 Andrews, on Wednesday nlguN iO'
the purpose of robbing it, was called up Inc Prn
cnal negro engaged il the robbery mas not As yet
beeu arrested He was rescued oy the accused VINO
nv an doing. hung him elf in TIE clutches Vi 'n'
law. ., -.
Several witnesses testified that the accused |a'
osr+o,nIv the man that rescue u another negro VINO
had foreibly entered the store Of West Anure"s
thereby causing him to escape.
The accused then asked that william huu'e-
witnesses be called. This was do ne Oy olu'ei nv
", when some eight or ten whOpl Nng Dig hes'U''
rushed to the witness stand. One { be talIeSt ln'
marty, and evidently the spokesman uade 3 eog'n!
statement, the sum of which that the accused
was with a band at the time Of the robbery serena
ding a party nearly opposite. He wound up Dy
saving that gentlemen on Church Hill could see DC
peace for the white people.
The other witnesses made similar statements
His Honor then informed the accused 'hat h'
would hold him to bail in the sum Of $3.50 Tor M
.appearance before the next term OF the Husung'
Court. W. C. Taylor, white man, became his seeu
rity.
A negro boy named John Johnson charged wi'l
sealing quantity of cigars from Dr. L W. mo
mas was called up, when the charge was iully SUI
tantiated BY the Doctor. The negro was then Seu
for further trial, and in default of bail he wa