The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-03-18

THE NOTED VIRGINIA HoRsE-THEP Re.
TURNED TO Observation-Disclosures VDWyer
and Woods arrived in Richmond yesterday
afternoon on the northern train, having in
custody Lucien Beard, the notorious Yirgi.
MIA horse-thief, who was arrested some time
since by the deputy sheriff of Pierce City.
No., and was shot and slightly injured while
attempting to make his escape, During the
early part of 1871 Lucien Beard was arrested
on the charge Of horse-steaing. He was
tried, convicted, and sentenced to eighteen
years in the penitentiary. While lying In
Jail awaiting to be transferred to the peniten-
tiary, or awaiting some action of the Court
of Appeals in his case, he managed, through
the kind Offices of friends outside, to get hold
of some tools, and with 4 fellow-cenyict
escaped. They covered up their tracks in such
way as to eude pursuit, and nothing more
was heard of Beard by the authorities until
about two weeks ago.
According to bis statement, after leaving
Virginia, he started for the West, passing
through Cincinnati, and finally settled in
Fayetteville, Washington county, Arkansas,
where he bought farm, and Us he says,
"settled down to try and make an honest
living" His young wife, whom he had
married only ten days before his arrest, on
learning his whereabouts, followed him to
Arkansas, with the hope, perhaps, that they
would be enabled to live in their new home
without molestation.
About two weeks ago Beard was arrested
at Fayetteville, by the authorities there, as
fugitive from justice but after remaining in
Jail one day he was released on writ OF
habeds corpus. While on bis way home, he
was again arrested by the same parties, and
run ACROSS the State line into Pierce City,
Missouri, and detained until the arrival Of
requisition from the Governor OF Virginia.
Last Monday week Officers O'Dwyer and
Woods arrived in Pierce City with the pro-
per document, and took charge of the pri-
soner. When the officers and the prisoner
arrived in Cincinnati, he was locked up in
the Third-Street station for safe.kceping
during the night, and The next morning pro-
ceedcd to this city and arrived yesterday
afternoon, as above stated, and was locked
up in the First police station.
The prisoner is thirty-four years OF age,
about six feet four inches in height, broad
shoulders, and a handsome specimen of ga
Virginia gentleman" barring his reputation
as horse-thief. Thus far he has been uD-
able to Gud out how he happened to be
identified by the Arkansas authorities, but
thinks lie has been "sold out" by some ac-
complce.
A correspondent writing from Mt. Vernon,
Mo-, TO paper says of Lucien Beard, or the
prisoner who has reached Richmond and is
supposed to be Lucien Beard:
GA reward of 81 900 has been offered by
the Governor Of Virginia for the capture OF
Julian Baird.
81 interviewed the prisoner, and elected
from him the following He acknowledged
his name to he Julian Baird, but says it is
misspeled in the Governors telegram. He
says he Is not the horse-thief from Virginia,
but must have been taken for man who
looks just like him.
"Accordipg to Baird's own statement, he
has lived with his family in Washington
county, Ark, since last October. The sheriff
of that county arrested him at his house and
took him before Justice OF the peace, W ho
committed him. His attorney took him out
Oh q writ of hdbcds corpus, and, brought
before the county judge, he was released.
The moment he was released, the postmas-
ter of FAYETTEVILLE, Mr.. Caldwell, in the
courtroom, ordered him to submit as his
prisoner, drawing a revolver. Baird says
| he also had IL revolver, and put his hand in
ter instantly fired and broke Baird's left
arm. Caldwell and others then took Baird
to the livery stable, put him in carriage
| and started with him to take him tc
Virginia. As the party crossed the county
line the sheriff overlook them, and arrested
all but Baird and one other for kidnapping
took them back to Fayetteville, and turned
Baird loose. The one man who had mol
been named in the order of arrest still re-
tancd Baird as prisoner and went on to-
ward Pierce City. Soon they were oyerta
ken by another man of the party, who had
escaped from the sheriff. These two men
took Baird to Pierce City, arriving there last
Wednesday. Here they confined him in
darkened room in the outskirts of town
Baird managed to get a boy to 60 after ar
attorney, and succeeded in getting the two
arrested for kidnapping. Baird was turned
over to the authorities at Pierce City, who
took him to Mt. Vernon on the receipt o
| Governor Woodson's telegram.
alt must be borne in mind that the above
] is all Baird's own statement Of the case
Baird's left arm is badly fractured"