Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1871-10-10
gPiFjt III ss53.sGan,
Robbery at the State Department in
Washington City,


from the wssh!ngi9n Star, September &c.
las, evening, at abou, 6 O'Clock, Detective
McDoyittarrcs,ed George II, Chase, messcn.
gor ct tho postoilico Department and Frank
NlcGraw, a wntchman q: tho State Depart
mcnt, on the charge Of rOlbiug the State Do
partmcat Of unumber Of go.l aud silver treaty
seals, the money vs!Go CT which !, several
hundred dollars
The accused we've .: once taken to police
headquarters where finding tina: tho dcicc
tives were in possession oil the most indubita.
bic proofs OF thair guilt, they confessed to the
larceny Of several seals, which they stated
they had melted and sold. Both seemed to be
fully aware Of tho terrible position in which
their crime had placed them, and earnestly
plead that they bo caicully dealt with, pro-
testing that it was tbor first offence.
Ac.mgunlor the direction Of the prisoners,
Detective MlDayitt recovered number Of
gold aud silver nuggets into which the seals
lad been mcl.ci, and which they were as,
suroA we're what rem4iqeI Of tho .ayca seals
which they confessed % have stolen from
treaties in the State Dcpagtmcn! scyera!
week. siuca. The Department aInims t!iatten
seals were sto'on as lAgt nrmbcr are missing
One Of the seals a43 attacked to Il Turkish
treaty, one to German convention, aud the
Others to different treaties between tho United
States and foreign countries. tits understood
that the rripciPa! party in the robbery was
Clasc, tic PUsiulige Messenger, who vas i
ircad Of M.Graw, and who stole the seals,
with the conpiyaaeo aud permission Of the
latter.
The seals, most o: which wcro gold, wcso
enclosed in circular boxes (s0mo Of gold aud
others Of silver, about an tIch high and from
8 to 5inches in diameter. Their money vGluc
is, of course, not So mnch Of consideration
as the embarrassment under which the GOy>
ornment must necessarily labor to replace
them to the nPoriaa! documcnss from which
they were stolen.
It should have been stated that the value
Of the melted silver recovered is SO, whilo
that Of tie gold il several hundred loi.am.-
1t tis roughly estimated that the money value
Of the utaaG seals il between &iuO and 55yV.
SuucElNa 0yr&AaE ny N&GRoEs.-A
dispatch from liiahm9Gd, Va, to the New
York HiUii, dated 10Th ult., says that = re.
poy, received IRON Grceabscr county, West
Virginia, gives The details u shocking out
rage Which occurred iu thH township Of l'al-
cssiuc. II scems .hu' q lan ia .as employ Of
Mr. Geo v. Perry had difficulty with Mr.
Lewis L. Watis, ia which Watts woswhiPpcd
Watts then employed two uegroes and white
man TO go to Pewy's az uis6. giua ior the
purpose Of beating bsaa'a ;ooisE The T5ito
man remaincd III The road and the negroes
Knocked as tho door, ind woro aimit'eJ b.
Mr pctTy. The u.aa they wera a.!or stepped
behind tie door as it was opened and tho ne.
grocs, not ,oeu: him in the room, wen. up
ssair5 in search Of him. As soon US ilay
started no stairs he sprang ont aAd ran to tla
railroad for assistance. The negroes, a!tor
searching il vain i1r lin up stairs, came
down aud tell upon Mr. Perry aad bis young
son aud beat them lsariu!iy.
They then seized Mrs. Perry, threw heron
tie bed, and tied hor By ,h9 hair TO tie bed,
after which they outraged 5rpcr5on, They
then attempted to outrage little girl only
twelve years Of ago, dong her serious in-
jury. Mrs. rorry, in hor strugs!cs to escape,
had ndarly all her hair pulled from her head
by the roots, but she finally succeeded, and Gnd
to a neighbours in her night clothes for pro,
lection. The manwho had gone for assistance
returned with others and captured the oeen,
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