The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-07-26
CITY INTELLEGEN
GTORGE F, ALBERT.
He Ia nead-A Sketch Of his Lfe-Tr cldents In
his infamous Career.


me noorf6e professional -goer-the gallowsman
me heartless vindicatOr OF the mercIess Fugitive
iao law the man at sight of whom children ran ar
frIqhted, would die natural death, ne would have
6een derided and laughed TO scorn But the Fates
Secreed ON Thursday last, so quietly as almost to
escape the knowledge OF any save those few who
stood NV his bed, he 'shfted OIL this mortal coil, -
and Vye11t"to meet his God lie was seventy-nine
wears of age. In his younger days he was known as
Infamous. AS he ruthlessy ground the sorrows OF
the unfortunate and desperate so the tenure of his
Hfe like the sword of DamOCles, for years seemed
suspended but by "a hair His dead body re-
weapons which sought his life. He the son
of Dr. George f. Albert, a physician of some note
,io1 WHICH rounded on and polished parts natural
rood Physically he was very powerfully built pos
seeainp n vice like grip and athletic frame. Even
tempeTcd and placid more by nature than by habit,
A was wel-pgh impossible to irritate him TO a point
Of anrer-a disposition which gave him every ad-
vaSfa9e i'm fhe knd Of life he led: determined and
pcrsistcnt. he seldom failed in any enterprise he
ppndertook Combined with these Charactcristics
poWeyer he nurtured, in heart cold and
hard by birth, feelings OF Indifference and
contempt for others, especially Tor those whom
odction had oyCrtaECu, and was never known,
when shielded by it entrusted TO him for CEeCu-
lion to delay it a moInent TO accommodate the un-
fnrtunae TO ease the rigOr of his manner i'm serving
n or display any the slightest COmpuuCtOn for the
misery ii might occasion TO a household As the
Se Ssspiy never cn"onragcd any in his bosom During
many years Of his life ne was. beyond all question:
The most unpopular man III iMaoI lliai; m i Sl,i Ile
his having rendered himself obnoxious 10 the good
citizens Of the community by any miraculous OF the
law and immunity from punishment; On JuG Other
hand, the odium with which he was burdened was
consequence of the manner IN Whicl ne carried out
the DEGREES Of the law. II seems to nave been his
fortune to be conspicuous in the execution or laws
that were unpopular, of laws Which had received the
righteous reprObatiOn of oil the ncrcnu.
EITHER his poverty or his fate led him into course
Of life which made MIN very notorious HIS earliest
appearance before the pubic was as Watu oOnstl-
bic attending the Office of justice OF the peace IN
Southwark, whose reputation was that OF an Oppres-
sor OF the poor Al0erti executed with vigor writs
which his superior issued, and,it was frequently said,
without feeling. Time came when he could no
longer be elected constable, and he then appeared
as an instrument of the law in department which,
at the tme was exceedingly oalous TO the peo-
ple He became collector OF militia Zines, th9
militia law being very unpopular. ms method OF
manded from her citizens was rough, and frequently
led to riot and collision. When the militia law failed
Albert made his appearance in new character.
He became the champion and one Of the most yigi-
liant officers who could be found in the execution Of
the Fugitive Slave law He was engaged for some
years in almost every in the seizure OF negroes
who were alleged to have abseOnded from their
Southern masters AS the act Of Congress Justified
him under his warrant it was diticult to do any
thing with him. IN 1850, however, he got himself
IRto difficulty.
Mitchell, citizen OF Maryland. to arrest black
woman named Betsy Galloway, alias Catharine
Thompson, he was engaged in the three following
years in an attempt to hnd the woman. IN lS5O ne
captured her and took her. with her infant, before
alderman Of the city, VINO, deciding that the
proof was clear, gave a certificate that she was
slave, and ordered her return to Maryland.
Against this action there does not seem to have
been any legal objection; but the trouble
was that when the woman was sent back
10 slavery, her child, who had been born in
New Jersey and was therefore claimed to be free
was sent with her, and thereby handed over to the
master to be held as slave. For III ohense Albertl
and Frisby Price, coIorcd man, no assisted, were
arrested on the charge of kidnapping, and being
fricd neiui2 Judge Parsons they were Doth con-
Vcted Aberti was sent enced to pay me Oh S5Ooo,
and to undergo impTs0hInL Va 'Si' iiU
to pay fine Of 5000 and undergo nm IMP @
of eight years. Albert remained in prison for sUP
time, but was finally pardoned. Under the circunl-
stances, if any other person had been convicted OF
the crime, connected as it was with subservience to
the slavehodng power, which was populAI he ore
the Rebellion, his case would have excited much
interest. But Alberti had, by ,org course of un-
favorable conduct, made hI Iself so unpopular that
ne was without ITlen',s and no interest was felt in
ms MS iate VI ate years Abert has not been before
pi vie Pu ' in any way His career has ended qnleCy
NhH.l years ago many thought must eventually
CLOSE by the hand OF violence.
A STRANGE LIFE.-One of the most singular cases
Of an individual living to good old age IN spite OF
the most trying circumstances, has lately come tc
notice in an obituary published in the Age. william
G. Mccormick ESQ, worthy citizen OF Altoona
position of collector Of tolls on the Canal and Port
age Railroad some years since and appears TO have
heen universally respCcted. Yet, odd to relate, he
voS on atardent friend and constant reader of the
Age from its inception to the close of his life" What
varied experience has he endured; what eventlu
changes has he seen recorded; what wonderful pro
phecies, yet unfulhlled, has he unused upon!
His weight and digestive powers unfortunately
are not given; but, Notwithstanding the most unto
ward circumstances he lived slXty-tnree years, an
died an elder OF the presbyterian Church May III
rest in peace!
A FIRE ExTINGUIsHED BY THE FIRE PATROL
About twenty minutes OF o'clock this morning
PatrOlmen Harris and Patton, OF the insurance ia
troll were informed that there was suspicion
smell in Front street. below Arch. The patrol an
Policemen Pidgeon and Muldoon made search to dis
cover the cause, but, falling, they reported TO Cap
tain MCCusker who repaired to the spot, and, o.
means of ladders entered several stores. In tn
.yOol and cotton warehouse of Edward Il. Mason
No 81 n Front street. a fire was discovered burning
nretty hYigkly. The flames were eXtinguished wit
but frihine loss to Mr. Mason Already l1 the g goo
effects of fire patrol arc seem Had notthey been
hand the probability sItnat the eGss would have bee
leavy.
FATAL REsULTs.-George Eshcr, one OF the fire
men who was injured yesterday morning on Brldg
street, West Philadelphia, by the upset.ing OF Tn
truck OF the Spring Garden Fire Company, died thi
morning at his residence on Thompson street. beloy
Seventeenth. The Coroner was notified to hold al
inquest
The Coroner was also notified to hold an inques
on the body OF Augustus Baltz, aged ten years, Wit
died from the effects OF injuries received on Satui
coal cars on the Reading Railroad, IN the twenty
NTH ward "
A Row OF NEW BUILDINGS TUMBLE DowE.-Yes
terday afternoon row Of new brick buildings, STU
ated in Dauphin street, above Howard fell 10 th
ground, creating considerable excitement IN th
neghborhOod, as but a few minutes before coup
men however, were subsequently seen. The acc
dent is supposed to have resulted from the settling
the foundation walls.
RAms.-The Second district police made raid o
Saturday night on Shippen, Baker, and BedlOl
streets and pickedup fOrty-ive bummers, VINO WEI
ali accommodated with quarters in the Coun
Prison - A.,
the Seventeenth district police also raided on u
same locality at a later hour, ana captured lWenG
seven of the class, who were disposed OF Ill u
same way.
A u1nnwAy,I IN--Iohn- Conner at an early hO