The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-11-08

rho Clerical Piekpec,Ess Cssss
Tho examination Of tho Rev. 0eorye =.
,r lTs the Episcopal clergyman who
crested on Friday last, charged with
wa p;ckcd the pocket Of Mrs. Clara J.
ha = lady from Philadelphia, In Fifth
aye stare, was held before Justice
80 a, the Jefferson Market Police Court
p',srday morning. Ever since the par
.,",ars Of the arrest were made known
.s.re has been no little excitement preva.
w, in the community, and . vast amount
- - selling on both sides has been created.
among the Episcopalian clergy Of this city
,sa utmost feeling Is manifest; thxt one Of
.sc;r brotherhood should DO accused Of .
sc,nny is regarded by them as an injustice
.od An outrage. The unfortunate prisoner,
s;nce his incarceration, has received many
manifestations Of sympathy, and has been
visited by ssany people of respectability
with whom he is personally acquainted,
and who express great indignation at the
fact of his arrest. On Sunday he was
visited by large number Of clergymen,
and expressed desire to partake Of tho
sacrament.
Al the examination yesterday morning q
large number Of people, both gentlemen
and ladies, were present. OF the former
were noticed Mr.. Cyrus w. Field and Miss
Field, Rev. Drs. Foster Ely and T.. G. Ben
ton. Rev. A. Il. Hart, Rev. DR.. Higbee,
General Hiram Walbridge, Washington
Murray, Rev. DR.. J.. j. Roberts, DR.. f. II.
Dixon. sydney ii. Stewart, A. Oakley Hall,
! X. Hackett, Warren T. Wordcn, and
Washington Murray appeared for the
complainant. The accused was attired in
neat black suit, with white cravat. His
face was very pale, but no seemed other
wise self.possesscd.
Miss yictorine Irving, the lady who was
the first to notice the alleged pOckct-pick-
ING, was the first witness examined. She
testified as follows: live at 403 Fifth
avenue: got into Fifth Avenue stage at
tbc corner of Thirteenth street and Uni
yersitv place, in company with my aunt,
Mrs. Amanda 7. Kendall +; sat on the right
side. going up; opposite to me was this
man there the witness pointed to the &C
cu,cdl; on his left was Mrs. Clara j. Moore;
took ont my fare, and the prisoner passed
i, M to the driver; sat looking out Of the
window until near the corner of Twenty
second street, when my attention was at
tractcd 10 the accused; he was sitting in
this manner iwitncss here turned and sat
partly facing Mrs. Moore); while he was
sitting thus saw him put his hands under
the folds Of her dress saw his hand 60
under her dress, and after moving around,
il WAS drawn out noticed q pocket book
in his land; saw him pass his hand quickly
NJ and place the pocket-book in the inside
left breast pocket of his coat; saw him then
lean ont Of the window; spoke to Mrs.
Kendall. and said "That man has got that
lady's pocket-boOk y; she replied to me,
"Oh, no; it can't be-" and leaned over to-
wards Mrs. Moore, and said, !" Madame, he
has taken your pocket-book -; she did not
appear to understand me then Mrs. Ken
dali spoke to the man, and said, "Give me
the pocket-book stop the stage" He then
started up to pull the string, when Mrs.
Kendall seized him by the skirt of his coat |;
he struggled to get away from her, when /
caught hold OF him, and my aunt spoke to q
gentleman to help hold the man the gen.
lemau did so, and the man struggled until
BE- got out of the stage, when saw two
policemen come up, and saw him give to
Mrs. Moore her pocket-DOOK. r-Ue-c
Mrs. Amanda p. Kendall, of 403 Fifth
avenue, was next sworn and testified to
Substantially the same facts as the former
witness. She stated that when she saw
tie accused get up to lesse the stage she
seized him. | noticed that he was very
much agitated and apparently frightened;
said, "Give me the pocket-book y; he re-
Piled in low tone, havn't got it," and
continued his efforts to get away.
Miss Emma +. Thayer was the third wit
ness examined. She was also one of the
passengers in the stage, and as far as her
observance went, made allegation to the
same facts substantially. She stated that
while there was an abundance Of room on
tie side opposite to that which he took,
aud although that side was nearly full, Mr..
Williams had nevertheless sat down there.
She testified to having seen him deliver up
the pocket-book to its owner on demand.
Mr.. NJ +. Gale, of 22l Fort Green place,
Brooklyn, was then sworn. THIS witness
was riding in the stage at the time OF the
alleged larceny; he had not noticed any
of the occupants particularly until he heard
one lady speak the words, she has your
pocket-book y; turning, he had seen the ac-7
NuNtu iIylg w lCdSC TIC btabC WftuCoo
had then reached after him, and caught the
accused by the collar by reaching through
the window; the accused got free from him
and fell on the pavement; witness then
sprang out and seized him; the lady whose
pDcket-book was missing had then stepped
from the stage, and now asked the accused
to give up her pocket-book; the accused
replied that he would If she would let him
60; he then gave her the porte monnaie,
drawing it from his breast; the witness
Mcntifed the prisoner as the man whom he
Lad seized. Ea"
The counsel for the defendant then pro-
ceeded with cross-examination of the
above witnesses. No new facts of import
ance were adduccd. Pending the cenclu-
sion Of the cross-examination the case was
put over until next Saturday afternoon ut
O'Clock. ,aaSAi
The accused mean while stands commit
ted no bail having been offered .-Neio
l@h Herald, 9Th. $500 Il u g., Z.
Governor Perry's letter on the
Amendments iRgss ,+aseet