The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-06-20

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Az ORGANIZED GANG
Unjust be in the reighbdrhood for the pur-
pose of robbing Tile Suffolk banks (there are
two of them). i, ! 49,
! The plan agreed upon was that a guard
should be stationed around the old ware
house nj night, armed to shoot any persons
who might come for the suspected articles.
Five or six persons were on that Friday
night placed on guard, concealed near to
the warehouse, armed with d0uble-barrclled
Shot-cuns and rcvolvers. One went under
the Warehouse and lay down Just behind
the carpct-bag and air-pump. Thus sta
toned. they awaited the approach of the
enemy. Between Ii and IL O'Clock four
men were seen approaching, and one OF
them went up to the warehouse, and, light
ing match. looked under to make obscrva-
ttionS, when he was
FIRED rroN BY THE GUARD
under the warehouse. The man jumped
back, when the first shot was followed by
another from the same source. Then conf
mcnccd indiScriminate firing, which lasted
for about ten minutes. remndlngsoid SOL
diers of war times. The burglars rapidly
rctreated along the line Of the Seaboard anu
Roanoke railroad towards Portsmouth, and
were followed by two of the guard several
hundred yards, when the pursuit was aban-
doncd. At that point all the guard returned
to the depot except three. one OF whom
concealed himself OH the side Of the track,
and the other two continued on in the
direction
THE BURGLARS HAD REITERATED.
The one on the side of the track had not
remained long before three men rose up on
the Opposite side. when he fired ut them,
and they scampcrcd. He followed, and
they left the line of the Seaboard road at
the point where narrow-gauee local road
crosses. two going in one direction and the
third in another. The two of the guard
who continued to walk on the Scaboard road
found living on the track some three or four
hundred Yards from the depot, Il man with
= out shoes. They questioned him rs TO what
: he was doing there. and he replied that four
l men hal run rapidly by him and ordered
' him tn law down, and that he had done so.
They asked
WHERE IlE CAME FROM,
and he said that he came to Suffolk by the
. Atlantic and Mississippi railroad, in the az
:, ternoou. and had walked down the Seaboard
a road a distance. when he determined to re-
q turn. and coming back was met by the four
men. who ordered him 10 lay down. This
man was placed in Jail. He gave As his
, name lanes Sanford. On Saturday num-
: Der Of citizens visited thick woods near
! StevcrS's station. on the Scaboard road,
! about four miles from Suffolk, ana there
: searched for the other burglars.
They visited this woods because Il woman
furnished the information that she had seen
some men there. On Saturday no one was
/ found. and on sunday some ,Wo hundred,
. armed with >hot-gun$, rcvoivcrS. CLUBS, ana
, what NOT. visited second time the woods
, This time they
CAME UPON TWO MEN,
! whom they arrested, and bound with
; ropes Near the point where they 1ound
the men there was every appearance that 4
} tent bad been erected. The men III the
: woods had but little bag@age-a carpct-bag
| containing few articles OF clothing. Ihcy
denied having pistols. They were taken to
: Jail. and gave as their names Joseph Barnard
and Robert Thompson. They did not know
or pretended not to know the man first
arrested. On the following day two pistols
; were found in the woods, concealed by the
: fallen leaves, and il box. in which 1t Is sup
posed
| THE AIR-PUMp
found under the warehouse on Saturday
night was brought to Virginia. While III
jail a detective from Norfolk and one Gard
nrr OF suffolk were placed in IN adjoining
cell to ovcrhcar the conversations between
these suspected men, but they heard nothing
Of ronseuurncc The two last have all the
time claimed not to know the first arrested,
: anu he in turn has pretended never to have
seen them before.
So stands the evidence before the authcri-
ties OF Suffolk. Briefly stated. Wright and
Kawle, attorneys OF Suffolk, were employed
as counsel for the suspected men, and after.
:, wards Captain George ID. Wise. OF Rlch.
! momd. to assist them. AS the facts cilcltco
| upon the examination before the Mayor dlo
t MOI show that any crime had been com
l mitted or that any attempt had been made
: and failed to show that the prisoners liad
any connection with
TIE SUSPICIOUS ARTICLES
: under the warehouse. their counsel pctl-
toned for writ of habenS corpus, which
was granted Judge Blow came to Suffolk
on Friday the 10th to hear and determine
+ the case. ..t...
r / The substance Of the evidence given by
the witnesses has already been stated. Al
\ this point Mr. William Pinkerton, New
+ York detective, appeared upon the scene,
and then came new Developments. He
! identified all the prisoners Il, professional
> burglars wel-known to his agency. Inc
man calling himself james SANFORD ne lden'
tiled us Gus. Fisher, wanted In New Jcr-
: scy i,r completely in safe burglary there
, The man calling himself Joseph Barnard lit
| identified as Frank Mccoy,
= wELl-KNOwE AMONG TIE SPORTS
as big Frank-an accomplished thief, with
z many tlait~ to recommend him to his frater'
/ nifty. Frank he said, had been convicted IN
, Delaware OF crime, and been sentenced le
g the pcnitcntiary for eight years, OF Wllcn
!" term he had served but eighteen months
e when he escaped. So Frank owes Delaware
e several Years of hard labor. Robert Ihonllt
/ son he Identified ~ Thomas Mccormack, !;
/ daring burglar, who had once killed u com
panipn. Thomas had been tried and &c.
D quilted. and he did not know il there is III
: present any demand for him.
, Under these circumstances the prisoners
: counsel abandoned the idea OF asking fol
c their discharge and communicated to the
I Judge their opinion that it would be best to
dismiss the writ and await further develop
mcnts. .. ss". O.. h.
2 .....s. STAUNTON.
, HEAVY RAINFAlL--FE ESHET IN TlIE STREAMS
R,ss STRANDED IN THE LOW-GROUNDS-TIlE