Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-04-02
LOCAL NEWS.

,,vrsr OF SUSPICIOUS CHARACTERS. =
Wednesday evening, about five o'clock Othcer
orr,s,ed two men who gave the names
o tp. bsrt and John Carter respectively. who
oil n" '"n,,d themselves as brothers, and said
r,pl'r ,rsrr from Baltimore, Md. They were
t"'s at the depot preparatory to taking the
aF'eI Eor, train. and taken to the Mayors Off
n0i.nho ar. an informal examination was gone
C. s,,o,cb with 10 order to find out something
' hnnt Them. In answer to questions they stated
s Wv, ,hev came from Washington tor the pur-
I''', IT buyiug property FIR a Mr.. Benjamin
,.r.hal who, they said resided IN Alexandria,
va The Mayor at once telegraphed to Alex
ir;, n ascertain if their story was true.
a W.rnr k,mper replied to this telegram, say
~: ,h,t there was no such man as Benjamin
~, w,rsba|l in that city This, together with
-. fact that they had given diff rent names
s s those assumed, and cot being able to give
i'o; .e,c,orr accounts of themselves, determined
.br Mayor 10 hold them IN custody until he could
.,inrr,nh 10 Baltimore, from which city he had
.hsf Jar received letter from J. L. Gray Mar
sbai IF Police, describing two men who were
s sl,, with rubbiug Mr.. Whitcraft an employ
e :" " rhe Pennsylvania Central Railroad Co.,
uh;s deposi,ing railroad funds 10 one of the
civ banks. These parties arrived 10 TINS city
w onI Issr Saturday aud called on Jno. q. Minor,
on banker and real estate broker, to whom
NV introduced themselves as the sons OF
R.niamin Marshall, Of Alexandria, who desir-
I'd to purchase private residence 10 this place.
Mr. Minor, who is real estate agent, at oucc
r,nnossd to show them a house which ne
thought would suit them, and took them to
the residence of Mrs Joseph Alsop, on frlncess
Ann street, which they thoroughly examined
end expressed themselves as highly pleased
with it, and assured Mr.. Minor that Mr. Mar
shalI would be down iu few days to close the
bargain Just as the party left Mr.. Minors
office to 20 to view the property, one suggested
TO the other that it was not necessary Tor ootn
TO 90 with Mr. Minor, that one would remain
at Mr.. Minor Office uutll the other returned,
Mr.. Minor, however dissented to this PROPOSE
tjnn, and Immediately closed and locked his Of
fce. After their return from examining the
house, they took leave of Mr. Minor, telling
him that they were going to Richmond, and
nothing more was knowu of their movements
until Wednesday, when their suspicious actions
attracted the attention OF the officers, who close
IL watched them uutil they were arrested. lu
searching them, after their commlttal to Jail,
there was found on their persons new file,
two skeleton keys, and one brass pass key
which had been filed, and upon trial on yester
day, was fouud to exactly fit the lock on the
door of Minor & Go S Office. In answer to
DR.. Roses telegram, Marshal Gray. accom-.
p,nied by MIR. Wh,craft and Baltimore
city policeman reached here on yesterday
morning. Upon their arrival these gentlemen
were escorted to the residence Of the Mayor.
when the suspicious characters were carried
before them for identification. Marshal Gray
identified then as two notorious thieves-one
FROM New York, the other from Philadelphia
Who when In Baltimore, are habitues OF a
notorious den which is constantly watched by
the police. Fredericksburg Independent.