Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-03-23

A Young Lady is Robbed Of Her Trunk mt
the DoDOt.

the Depot.
On Yesterday Mr.. James Ogden, General
Freight and Ticket Agent of the East Ten
nessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad, re-
ceived telegram from Huntsville, stating
that trunk was short which had been
checked No. 81, from Bristol to Hunts
vile, Ala. He at once examined the bag
gage masters reports and found that the
trunk was short between Bristol and Erin.
He also learned that trunk had been put
off here with a Knoxville and Bristol
check, No. 81, on the night train of the
18th or 18th. Mr.. Ogden, thinking he had
clue to the whereabouts of the trunk ,tele-
graphed to Huntsville for full description
of the same, and yesterday received the fol-
lowing reply AntIi.3 #t.s ,ltJLi
"New Saratoga, marked OH card, Miss
Emile j. Richardson; contains lady's
complete wardrobe, jewelry, &C."
Policeman Pat Cain and others discover
ed the trunk yesterday, and arrested one
of the men implicated.
From a partial hearing before Esquire
Ochs, A. J. Kicks, ESQ.,, appearing as at
torney Tor the Road and ]. CD Williams,
Esq, .or the defense, we gather the follow
ing facts: Taylor Williams, baggage
master left Bristol OH the evening of the
18th with IL pieces baggage, three of which
were checked to Chattanooga. A gentle
man came to him, asked him to change the
checks on these three trunks to Huntsville,
stating that he could not get them checked
through to Huntsville on the Virginia
road. The, baggage, master made the
change, and knows that it was right, as
they compared the corresponding numbers
and the man felt satisfied. After Mr..
Williams arrived here and had turned over
his baggage and taken a receipt, colOred
| man by the name of Pritchard, who was
a brakeman on the road came up and
called for one of the trunks which had
been checked for Huntsville, but was then
checked to some other place, claiming that
the lady had concluded to stop oyer here
He presented q corresponding check and
took the trunk. AS before stated, Mr.. Og
den having received notice of the loss of
the matter up, who yesterday, having
grounds for suspicion, with the assistance
of Policeman Cain, searched the house of
Samuel Jordan, a colored man, and then
finding Wesley Williams, a former brake
man, they asked him if the trunk was
there. He denied its being there, but after
Mr.. Cain found the trunk stored away in
the loft, Williams claimed that
Pritchard brought it to him and told
him to keep it until lady would call
and pay him ten dollars. He afterward,
however, admitted to Cain that Pritchard
had given it to him in another house, and
told him to keep it until the lady would
call and pay the ten dollars, and that he
himself carried it over to where it was
found. Cain arrested Williams, but SO far
Pritchard has not been found. It is to be
hoped, however, that by the time the trial
is to be concluded, (the court having set
Monday, at p M, for the further hearing
of tn cause) he will also be in the hands of
the law, that the partners in crime may
bear each other company in the punish
ment. ssoFFr-t ee
The trunk is said to be one of tbs best
and finest ever seen in this city, and was
the property of lady who had just
returned from Germany, containing her
entire wardrobe aswell as valuable ewelry,
and of course would have been no mean
prize. The trunk had not been opened,
probably owing to the fact of its being of
so superior make that it would have been
impossible to open it without creating con-
siderable noise and causing detection, the
place where the trunk was first kept being
in the rear and not far from the Atkin
House, { The trunk, without reference to
the contents, is valued at $25. Williams
not being able to give bail for his appear
ance on Monday for further examination,
was sent to Jail. .5s.