Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-04-11

| ARREST OF AN ACTIVE Horse THEE On
| Monday morning Chief OF Police Parent received
| information that stranger, giving his name as
| E. T. Smith, was offering horse here suspicious
ly cheap He Immediately spotted him, and
during the morning sought him out and
commenced bargaining for the purchase OF the
horse himself. he seller was slender young
fellow, about % years of age, with sandy hair
and goatee, having quick, sharp look. but awk-
ward address. He had just offered the horse for
$75 but offered it 10 Officer Parent for $50 -
| He said be had been at work on the Valley
| Railroad, and had purchased the animal in AL
bemarle The fficer took him in charge and
| telegraphed to Char lottesvlle for information
about any horse that had been sold. He was an
| swered that none had been sold but one had
been stolen from Mr.. Woods Garth, three miles
| from that town, on Monday night. A neghhor
| of the owner came to Staunton, on the train,
and identified the horse as the one stolen. On
| Smiths person were found several notes, writ
| tea in he same hand, with signatures slightly
differing. showing that he had prepared them to
| satisfy suspicious purchasers that he was in the
| horse business One was as follows
"ApRlL 7, 1873 On demand, for value re-
! ceived, promise to pay to VIM II. Smith the
Just and full sum of $3.50.
R N. WooD."
Another was to E. NJ. Hill for $40, signed by
S. T. Watkins, Bridgewater, and asother was
by Peter Gret,on for $l5. The party was com
mitted to Jail and on Wednesday morning
handed over to the Charlottesville officers who
came for him. In convelsing with Chief Parent
he told the officer 'It's no use asking me any
thing about it. l don't mean to say ANYTHING
more. Time will show am innocent" He
was carried down on the morning train. 1t is
charged that he ole the horse of Mr.. Roller at
Mt Crawford. carried it to Nelson and sold it;
then stole one in Ne'son and sold it, and wound
up by his AlbemarIe feat In carrying him to
Charlottesville, he confessed to officer Parent
that he had stolen Gar,hs horse, and also to
the theft of Mr.. Rollers horse. The officers
went On the hunt and found an old colored man
blowing with Rollers horse, having pail $25
and given his note for the balance. The
identified Hill as the man who sold it,
COMMISSION ER TO VIENNA = Mr.. Simon H. Hilb
of this city on Wed nesday received his Commis-
sion from the Governor SO one of the Virginia
State Commission els, provided for by the Leg
islature to attend the Inter Exposition
at Vienna. 1t is handsome pare hmt MT gotten
up with taste with the great seal of the State al
tached by G b, Dad blue ribbon. 1t reads as fol-
lows:
The Comm onweahh Of Virginia:
TO all whom these presents COME Greeting
Know you that by virtue Of authority vested
in Ire, as Governor of the Commonw wealth, |
ha We this day appoinl Simon Fl Hllb, COM
missioner to the International Exposition of 1873
at Vienna, with all the powers privileges and
rights appertaining by law or comfy to that
position.
In testimony whereof | have hereunto set my
hand as Governor and caused the Great Seal OF
the State to be affixed at Richmond, the 6th day
of April, in the year of onr Lord, 1878, and of
the Commonwealth the e7th
G. G. WALKER.
Governor.
By the Governor,
Jas. Mcdonald
Secretary of the Commonwealth
and Keeper of the Seals.