Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-03-07
Strange Career of u Virginia Col
Ored Man in Europe.

During sEo years past a c"lpreo mau q
herculean frame and about forty years oil
has been performing as juggler at variou
provincial cities of France. He nance
himself Henry Cor Harry Buck. she Viz
ginian ju. eler," aud by his extraordinar!
feats ACHE, ed so much celebrity that he wa
finally engaged at the Cirque N 'tionale, il
Paris. where his per 'orwances every nigh
were applauded by the delighted spectator
to the echo.
Buck lived with very Eight mulatto wo
man at very pretty cottage IN the suburb.
of Passy and was fond of giving little sup
pers to his friends of the circus. whom he
always treated with lavish hospitality,
which would have excited suspicion but tor
th= fact that he req lived a salary of 200
francs week, an ext aor'inarv comp.nsa
ten in that no of business in France. - IL
rerl'ry, how YER he jusgler increased bis
earnings y prowling in the nj ,ht tnr,ugh
the aristocra'ic suburbs of Paris as high.
wayman. He must have carried on this
nefarious business for sew raj months, for
when his house was searched there wer.
found nearly Que hundrd gel and silver
watches besides countless tel IS Of j-w, Try
1t was found also that he ID r-gulnly de.
posted in one of the Psrisau savings banks
sums far exceeding the salary which be re
ceived at the Cirque Nationale. The man.
nsr in which he acted as high wayman may
be best seen fr 'm what occurred during the
affair which led to his arrest and conviction.
On tie 10th Of January. between IL and
II p. m u. Monsieur Bare'rs. retired bauk-
er Of Paris, who owns sumptu ,us will. at
Passy, returned in hack from Paris to his
home. The hack stopped at the gate, and
drove on as SION as NJ NJ Baretre had
al'ghted. A second or two afrerward, be
tore the oil bank had time to open the gat
which was locked tall, dark farm rushed
upou him, and Selling him by the collar.
Exclaimed in Inv me. @ nck. give me
your money and your watch = NJ. B .refra,
rs a matter of course. was not lii L. star
tied at the sudden appearance of the stran.
ger. and his surprise changed TO doVu.right
terror when lie looked his assailant 10 the
face and saw thar he was as black as the
aee Of spades. Will, the 6r,n expression
the mans eyes lent additional Significance
t the t rest which he now utt red. Q1ick,
quick. or it will be bad for you y T ,e ol
banker wanted to open his mouth, but h.
was silenced by the appearance Of a pistol.
which the mysterious aud formidable high
@syman leveled at his head Th,re was
nothing LIFT for Barefre but SUR .n1er his
purse aud watch to he roober NV you
will give ne your handkerchief" said the
robber. The banker produced,it. Tue RIB.
Der thereupou tied it very tight round the
old genll-man's face no doubt in order t,
bliudfold and gag him at this same time
Then he dealt his vic in RI BILE hl W on
the head, and ran swAw II. rad p onanly
but he was mistaken. NJ B.retre wore
wig. aud the la t,r broke the force O. tie
blow in part. Iu a moment be was his teet
again tore the handkerchief from his faca
and criedNout in a shriil voice, 'rMur Ter,
robbers, thieves!' A p l'ceman stationed in
a neighbor;ng avenue hea d bis cries, and
the high~ayman was arrested. NJ. B.retre
identified him at o1ce at the staton- house,
and there the prisoner made the following
statement to the police commissioner 10
charge:
My name is Henry Buck l am forty.
one years old. My birthplace is Richmond,
in Virginia No-'h America, where was
Il I'VE Tor twenty-five years. In 1854 ran
away from my ma ter, aud I'D to Casada
Betty good h,-tl r. found ready employ.
neut, and finally jined the circus of Mr..
Van Am urg at Toronto travelled with
it until 1869 and learnt my present bust
uess. juggling. Iappeared in nearly every
large city in America. Daring the civil
war. l made New York my headquarters
and being taken sick, left the circus bust.
ness. and opened restaurant; but I lost
money and then went i, t, the army of the
Union. as sergeant in colored regiment,
but desc ted soon a'terwari. and Joined an
other circus. In 1868 I came to England
ana in 1870 to F ance. have been pun
ished repeatedly in America. aud twice in
England. for assaults. but l have never
been long 10 prison. am married a d
have two children | canuot deny having
assaulted the complainant. I d,ny t. an.
swer a. to 9th ar crimes may have commit.
ted whils in Paris I desire couns -
o. the fol owing merniug the tl eek high.
waymau W ~ taken to the Maz.s pris ~, in
Paris and subjected to rigid examination
at the hands Of the Judge d obstruction. who
succeeded 10 worming full 'nfession out of
him From this contest 70 it turns out that
Buck had bbed whenever the weather was
favorable, and that b - victims had gener.
ally fallen an easy prey. his bl,ck face,
which near y all Of them hal taken for
mask. having Hhn 'st always rick terror
ino their heart. n, one ha ever lspected
that b. was the author of these cr,m,s He
had dressed very fAshiouably, and his it t'r.
course With people i'll good circumstances
had precludei any surveillance over his acts
on the part of the p lice O, January 2lss
he was taken befor the Seine Tri unal, and
on bis confession in the Baretre case, seu
fenced to five years transportation He
was. however. sent back to tn, Maz,s jt'l
10 order to be tried on numerous othrr
charges of highway robbery, aad it is hard
ly doubtful but that he will be transported
for life
A LADY Dentist Il st week at the
commencement OF the Baltimore College of
Dental Surgery last, among the graduates
were Geo. Il. Cheroning, Eugene Craboe,
Cal Ter Litle, Jos M. e. Jordan, R bt. S
Swi'zer. Juo. II. Vaughan. Geo E VII
ley and jacob H Yost of Virginia. An
other gr ,udats was Miss Emil, F,ekiug Of