The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-10-18
CITY INTELLIGENCE.
tFoR ADDITIONAL LOCAL ITEMS SEE INsIDE PAans. j
A ROBBERY AND a MYSTERY.


An old GsntIoman OF sixty Years is
Found Dead I'm tho Outskirts of Cam
dsR-Hs is Robbed, and Foul Play is
Suspected.
Our quiet neighbors across the river are in a
state OF excitement this morning in oonso-
ouence OF n very mysterious Occurrence in
their midst which bears on its face the appear
ance OF foul play, and even OF murder. The
circumstances attending the affair were as fol-
lows:-
James Hall, an eccentric old gentleman. aged abou
road Ia he rwenty.ffth Ward of this city. He was
married. and had quite family OF children about
eet above MSrfet and subssGSeny T presided over
avenue as host In this occnpStion he ac1uired con.
siderable wealth, which he had Invested in a neat
and in TWO valuable farms in the southern part of
New Jersey For some time past he has not been en-,
large trade In watches at times carrying as many as
ter Il is also said that he seldom left home without
having as much as slOO in money about his person.
visit to Camden. he was known 70 have i've watches
been as well provided with money as Usual 4 little
girl who saw him just before he entered the house
noticed prominent t Watch % chain % Which he @ Wore ' az
the Time. About four o'clock In the aftern9on
for, for the presents as Der Whereabouts are
ran out OF the large brick house az No. II Kaighns
SH e ou & agde oeTS e1 Ss
that there was desd man In her % room The apart,
house, nearly every reom Of which is tenanted by
separate colored family. The neghborhood enjoys q
rather unsavory reputation and II is said that the
woman referred to above, who passes under aeveral
aliases, is very desperate and drunken character,
and such an one as would not hesitate to commit
an unnatural crime for the sake of money, She sub
sequently stated that the man who had died In her
apartment was old acquainta OF hers, aud that
he had visited her for the purpose Of giving her
udings of her son. for whom he some time since pro-
cured situation in the navy. The woman's husband
lB hardworktng man, and as he absent from the
house during the entire day, and did not return until
7oclock in the evening. he could not have had any
thing to do with the mysterious affair.
When the neighbors entered the room, they found
only the dead body ofMr. Hall, There were signs
ofViolence upon his person, but there were unms-
taxable evidences OF his having been robbed, as
nothing but bunch Of watch-keys was found In his
pOckets-money, watches, and chain all being miss
Ing. subsequently another coored woman entered
the room, and she is now in custody q witnesg But
the tenant OF the apartment not arrested last
evening, although she present when the officers
visited the place. She was then decidedly under the
influence OF quor and the fact that she shortly after
disappeared and no traces OF her Whereabouts could
be found to that she guilty of the rob-
berry, II nothing more,
When the body was taken into the custody Of the
Coroner last evening. the deceased had the appear
mortem examination Is to be made and the truth in
the matter arrived at. Coroner Roberts this morning
summoned jury to inquire into the affair. but the
nves gation was postponed until o'clock this even
ing.