Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-07-23
Mail Robbery Case.

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Ct. with robbing the mails If "a letter lrom nr.
Thomas McCuiIey Of Huntsville, IA, to his
Two sous, } I. aud Htury, at the lInlv' rSitJ |
of Virginia, came oil for Trial before JUICE IL.
w. Hughes. in he L ). Circuit Iour' yes
terday fhc purt room wa- lllled WITH siec'a-
tors aud the par with attorneys lrOm tAls c'j
and adjoining couuiics The prosecution oG
the behalf of the government vas Conducted
by District Attorney l. J.. Lewis and assistant.
6. Y. Worhlugton. l.. II: Chandler Judge
Alfred Morton aud b. ". Huxley REPRESENTED
the prisoner The jury, composed OF 1our "hl'c
aud eight coIored, were called and sworn.
The testimony oi Charles McCaiiey developed
shat coupons Ill the letter 70 the two sous OF
Thomas McCai!ey. at the University OF |T,
uiuia. We're riaileu by wi;ucsS, who recognized
them by a small! nulc III tic cyrner, made W
| thread being run through, which tastcucu
them torethrr. The letter contalncd II cou-
| poi,s of The b,.uds Of the Vi mpills and Char
cston Railroad.
Mr.. Dean testified that he ha! business trans
actlcus with defendant Oh Sunday 10 NoVCm
Ger 5, and he applied Tor money; sald Ms
wife had legacy ia NV York, aud waited
money to uelray cxrcuse> there, ana oncred Dis
| collateral security twJ coupons ol Inc nleibPni
and Charleston Ea.lroad iur $50 each IT.
mes. had DO money, Uut went to ). IS iison,
grocery merchant III v ashng!on, who took
| the coupons aud advanced the luuoey. PriSoucr
| said This vile had received cuupous from
| pclOW.
j. Il. Wilson, grocer in Washington tcSil-
tied that Mr.. Tayior deposited Win Inn Nv"
coupvps (9o2; llO2) Us collateral s'curl!y l0r
$40. ILey were vi Uouds ol tic hclnphi, aud
Charleston Railroad. he coupons We're tot
ed aud he sect tn III tC New loik aud
received $40 Iur tatlD.
Dr. Johu Wharton testified: Knows defend
ant: had transactions with lum iattcr part OF
| May, 1873; defendant gave witness ;w-ivc cuu-
pous Of the NJ. 4 i. Il. r.; said lie received
| them from his wife, mUttcr : TX; cutor III J Gu
II, Ssac, and c,uid uul gci them cashcu III WASH
| iDgiuu, aud agreed to pay wltuesse expenses
| to New Iuik, aud also mcdcal hlll, II VII
ness would take thcm 10 NcW York to get
| them cashed. Witness took tleui Tor b!nl 20
| Nuw York and got them ca,bcd Taylor lod
wltDcss in getting the check Tor The money t"
| have the check made payable 10 Joho oaIuuels,
the executor Witness went to bank 10 gel
the check cashcd, but was refused: then took
| the check back had changed the word Orticr to
Jearvr The bank refused at inst to pay the
check thus changed, but afterwards paid It.
| Witness took uul MS oil, aud expenses aul paid
! the prisoner the bataucr. lie coupons were
on the VI 4 e. K. r. Some time subsequent
| To the transactions message was lett at VII
ness 5 house to call and SEC prlsOucr. cid 50.
| He said that he had got into difficulty because
Two coupons were found Oh ms person. lie
! SAID that In the confusion OF his arrest lie
had said that hc witness, knew tia! rIison.r
.ct them lrum man nalncu clcy ana wanted
witness 10 60 TO the depot anu >ubstautiale that
statement which he said he had made, which
witness refused 10 de- He then read tlIm a
letter, which he claimed to have from "a man
| ramcd Merrill stating that Il ;Iiey had been
arrested Tor rubbing the mall au'i AGAIN ask d
witness 70 go to the depot aud sta,c that IL Hey
| had given him the coupons. WltuC:s again re-
! fused. lie then produced letter Which COZ
taucd statclucu. that wltncss Was uuluic to
90 to the depot and that prisoner got the Two
coupons from kciley. Wi,ucss declined to Sign
| this He then said that his case was desperate;
that these Two coupons found on his person.
were Of batch OF twelve, aud if witness did
not do what be required be would duplicate
witness with Kelley, and added, saying you
| do not know what he'll OF d rascal | AN.
Samuel /. kmbal, recognized by DR.. w har-
ton testified that he was u clerk in the office
oil ii. /. Jcssup & Co.. n Y, where the ciu
| pons were takcu W; recognized the coupons W
the numbers.
Geo. +. Frost, clerk 10 the Merchants
Bank, n Y. ideatEcd coupons No. 9S2 and
HOP, paid by himself.
| James Kelley testified that he lives 10 Lynch
burg, and Is postal clerk from Lyachburg to
| Bristol; got a telegraph dispatch Oh the 10Th
| OF Juue to come to WashlDgou GU, sgped by u.
| a. Bangs, General Superintendent OF poSta
routes 10 W aShlngtUu; went next morning;
when he arrived he me! Mr.. Taylor and father;
| they shook hands very warmly, and asked hun
where he was going and invited him TO their
house; said they wanted to see him Gu partlcu,
lar business; he finally agreed to 90 with thcn;
went up to prisoner house; his father shortly
came in and introduced me 10 cousin OF theirs;
iathe- aud cousin went out alter breakfast;
prisoner said keep still, went up stairs
and locked the door; then shut the bilnds OF
| the window; said himself and father aud others
wanted to clear husclt of these bonds; said be
could get others to swear himself clear tor $ 100,
but that Bags would believe witnesses word,
aud he would not be required to swear; prison.
er said ycu eau do this better than anybody |
koow; you are acquainted with the parties; |
want you to go to Bangs and tell Bangs just
what tell you; that [ lent Merrill $40, and
when time for payment was up Merrill said
tlmes were hard aud he had no money, but
had Two bonds for $50, aud that You saw mc
about ten days afterwards and SAID, Taylor |
believe | owe you $50, and | have two bonds
lust as good as money, they are worth $40.
1t bothered me ttle aud got him 10 tell the
whole story all over again; he said Il can get
several to do this tor $50 or 500, but as Mr..
Baugs knows YOU so well, | will give you 500
before one o'clock" | said, Taylor, there
amt money enough IN the treasury to get lne
to do such thug as that" He seemed very
much scared run his hand through his hair
and said, 'Oh, my Cod I'm gone. He SAID
ii you won't do that will you give me chance
&c get out of towu; told him 10; was going
right down to Mr. Bang Office; looked around
the room to see if could tud anything 10 give
him good clubbing with, aud when | locked
for him he was gone stald there about ten
minutes waiting for him TO come back; saw his
wife and had conversation with her, but uoth
ing about what he had said
The Court adj ,urned uqti ten 0 clock to-day.