National Republican., 1876-03-25
FAIRFAX COUNTY FEws.
Thieves Operating Among the Fars,r,

Thieves Operating Among the Fsrnsrs.
The operatlons Of the thieves IN Fairfax county.
Virginia. during the past winter has nOt only
been annoying to the farmers bat the property
stolen has occasioned them pretty heavy losses,
which they are. neither able nor willing to sus-
tain. At this season Of the year there is no yield
from their lands, aud what marketable goods
they have on hand affords tbeac the chief means
Of supplying the necessary funds TO mset the
ordinary expenses Of their families. To be de
priyed Of these By peculation is toficEtnK an un
deserved deprivation upon those who not only
work honestly but industriously to secure 4 live
Iihood. Neither are those hardy tiilers Of the
soil disposed to quietly Sit down. fold their hands
and permit their property to be stolen without
to ferret out the thieves. In winter they have an
abundance Of leisure time, and within the past
fortnight much oft has been devoted 70 locating
these robbers and securing proof OF their guilt.
Their diligence has been rewarded in one instance
certain. AT Mr. John Traux's place, known as
during the past three months, and the
amount OF property lost can scarce be told.
About sIS worth Of poultry was taken, large
what he regarded rs the meanest act was rob.
bing his money box Of his little son Of the silver
for use at some future time. portion of this,
however, he was fortunate in recovering. He
kept watch for the thieves, and, determined to
exercise all the vigilance possible, employed q
Mr.. Wilkerson to assist him in capturing them.
After plotting and counter plotting, in which his
uetecllNe SnOWel COnsiuefaDie luQSno1L, InoI
succeeded in securing two of the guilty ones,
with some Of their plunder. They proved to be =
cOlored woman named Susanuah Quander, and
her son, Thomas Quander, two persons who had
not only received the charitable attention OF the
farmers IN that vicinity, but had been frequently
assisted in their efforts to obtain-what the coua-
try people were obtainng-an honest living.
The accused were taken before Esquire ]. Ovens
Kirby last Thursday, when the boy was punished
by whipping and HIS mother fined Slco, or, in de-
fault, one year In jail.
From the deyelopmeuts since the arrest, 1t ap-
pears that Mr.. Truax and probably others have
been carrying ,unknowingly, their own poultry to
market, for these parties, wnere they sold 1t and
quietly pocketed the money They ueuld ask
the farmers coming to the city to give them with
their wares transportation, which they generally
did, and 1t has since been proven in the case OF
Mr.. Truax that on number Of occasions ne
carried TO town for Mrs. Losander the next morn
ing the chickens that she and her son stole from
him the night previous. These persons were
always regarded as honest, but since their CON-
viction other farmers think they can tracs goods
that have mysteriously disappeared from their
houses to the same hands.
But this does not end the designs against the
name and pocket of Mr. TruaN, for he has made
the discovery that some person by means OF
forged orders has been dealing extensively at
grocery In Alexandria, Va, and he has been
called upon to settle the account Tnis led to the
discovery of the fraud, which it Is expected will
be entirely une frthed at an early day and the
culprit brough TO Justice.