Rogue Caught.
--An old gentleman named John Morris, of Tuscumbia, Ala., came to Richmond last week with $1,100 in money to buy a substitute for a relative, and on stopping at a private boarding-house on Main street, near 18th street, last Friday, was so indiscreet as to publish the fact of his having the money and the use he intended to devote it to. Amongst his listeners was one Samuel Houghey, pretending to hail from Chambers county, Ala., who took such a lively interest in Mr. Morris's affairs, that on Friday night he stealthily entered the room occupied by that gentleman, and, withdrawing a pillow-case containing the funds, soon made an opening large enough to abstract the money, with which he decamped. Learning Saturday morning that the enterprising fellow had procured a passport and gone in the direction of Petersburg. Mr. Morris gave information at the headquarters of the Assistant Provost Marshal of the Eastern District, who, on telegraphing to the Cockade, learned that Houghey was there splurging about and apparently in possession of unlimited funds. The next train bore away two detectives, who proceeded to take the suspected man in custody directly on their arrival in the Cockade city. On bringing him here and subjecting him to an examination, it appeared that he had indulged in jewelry to a considerable extent — having bought two gold watches in Petersburg at $400 each, and other trinkets to the amount of $100. He had but $200 of Mr. Morris's funds on his person when brought back. An officer took charge of the prisoner, with the design of carrying him to Petersburg, so that the watches might be returned and the money recovered and given to its proper owner.
