The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-01-21
TuE GROOM ON TEAL.
The Caroline Robbery Case-Lyneh Before
the MAGISTRATES Court-sent Univ" INV
Sheriff Found the Money.
- 81 lhe Richmond plspatch.l

,Correepoudence of the Richmond Dispatch'I
BOWLING GREEN. Va, January 20, 1850.
The trial of MIR. and Mrs. Lyncn was
called Yesterday afternoon at 300 ocIoch.
A. the prisoner made his way through
tbe crowded courtroom to his seat Withim
the bar ne was at once the cynosure OF si'
owes He bore well the concentrated gaze
~ the crowd, and seemed perfectly at ease
and thoroughly Indifferent to all that was
going on. roh, tt No
Jornette. Jr.. appeared for the defence.
The magistrate, at the suggestion OF the
Commonwealth attorney, ordered tha'
Mrs. Lynch be released.
MR.. JAMES wR1GHT's STATEMENT,
the gentleman who was robbed. was as fol-
lows: "On the night OF the 4th OF January
7 and all my family, except two OF my
small children, went to party ut my sons.
The two children that ] left at home got
two OF their little neighbors to stay with
them. Asst was bad night we did mol
return till next morning. My daughter
reached home a little before i did, and she
met me at the door, saying. 'Some one has
broken open your trunk and has stolen at
your money She told me, moreover, that
She found one OF the children with both
hands tied"
The commonwealth Attorney then
asked Mr.. Wright il MI. Lynch was at his
sons the night Of the party, and he an.
swered that he was. When asked wha'
time Mr.. Lynch left that night, he said nc
knew nothing OF that, because, rs he was
an old man, he took no part in the playing
and dancing that was going on, ana sat,
most of the time, of TO himself. Mr.
Wright said that the amount OF money
stolen from him was between 5000 ana SSOO'
RECOVERING THE MONEY.
Sheriff Coghll was then called TO the
stand and began an account OF his arrest OIL
the parties and of his execution OF the
search-warrant. lie said he searched the
house thoroughly, even to taking up The
floors and looking under the house, but
that he found no money. He then, in COM
many with Mr.. Trewolla, searched two
springs near the house, but still without
success. They then took each path that
| led from the house, and followed II
closely, but found no trace OF any KIND
of concealment. Mr.. Coghll then noticed
some tracks OF man and OF horse lead
ing from the house, which he and Mr.
! Trewolla followed for some short dis
lance, when they noticed that the mans
tracks diverged. They, too, turned aside
and followed n few steps the diyergins
stems. when our sheriff noticed just in
front of him small spot OF slight.
discolored snow, and he at once
remarked to Sergeant Trewolla, "There is
the money" They lroke away the snow
and made one or two digs, when they found
bottle with large mouth, and in 1t two
rolls Of money. amounting to 1870. They
found nowhere. however, that day any
trace OF the silver coin that Mr.. Wright
said was q part OF his stolen money. Still
our indefatigable sheriff did not abandon
the search; but, on the contrary, he re-
turned to Mr.. Lynch's house this morning
early, and continued TO look for the silver
com. lie wi h a hoe, accompanied by Mr..
Trewolla with "A knife fastened on a stick
to sound with, tried the paths again. FL
nally they heard the kuie strike against
something, and in digging they found an
old cigar box with an old bag in il, which
contained $l39 in com.
As our sheriff told the story OF his per-
siStent and ingenious pnd artiul search
everybody admired and commended hun
for it, and we congratulated ourselves on
having 80 faithful and worthy an officer.
The Commonwealth attorney here rest
ed the case and the magistrate sent 1t on to
the next term OF our court.
Mrs. Lynch spent last night in jail with
her husband. She leaves this morning for
Baltimore, her fatheT-n-aw's home.
ADGEE.