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The Daily Dispatch: November 14, 1862., [Electronic resource], From Northern Virginia. (search)
Counterfeiting Confederates Treasury notes. --Detectives. Washington Goodrich and Ro. Craddock arrested yesterday several slaves among them four, named Dick, Oliver, Henry Smith, owned by Mr. Caskie, and Jim Stuart, owned by H. J. Corville, on the charge of stealing blank sheets of genuine Confederate notes from a room in the Custom-House, and afterwards filling up and passing the same as genuine. Several days since Detective Goodrick, who is in the employment of the Treasury Department, was informed that genuine notes, with counterfeit signatures, had been put in circulation by some means, which he was requested to find out.--Becoming convinced that the sheets were stolen by somebody having access to, and a knowledge of, the building, he secreted himself for several nights in the room where the notes were kept, and was rewarded on Wednesday night for his trouble by the entry of the thief, who he immediately grabbed, and found to be a servant employed in the building in attendin
The Daily Dispatch: December 17, 1863., [Electronic resource], Prison life at Point Lookout. (search)
Prison life at Point Lookout. We have had a conversation with Mr. Robert Craddock, late an orderly of the President, and afterwards connected with the detective force in this city, who was a short time ago captured by the Yankees on the Peninsula and taken to Point Lookout, from which place he escaped and arrived safely in this city a few days since. He gives the following particulars of prison life at Point Lookout: The prisoners' camp, under charge of Capt. Patterson, Provost Marsescape, and after letting them pass he called the guard, and two of the men were shot after they surrendered. A young man, named McLeary, was shot through the head, exposing the brain, and then through the body, by a man who was called an officer. Another one of the men was shot down and kicked about after surrendering.--These men were made to walk about half a mile in that condition. This instance of brutality came under the immediate observation of Mr. Craddock, who vouches for its truth.
The Daily Dispatch: January 19, 1864., [Electronic resource], A heavy freshet. (search)
Continued. --A soldier named John Carlton, charged with stealing a horse some time since from Mr. George Miles, of Lancaster, was yesterday arraigned before the Mayor for examination. Robert Craddock deposed that on Thursday last he was informed by Mr. Miles that his horse had been stolen from him, and suspicion rested upon a man named Carlton as the thief. He went in pursuit of the accused, and arrested him in King and Queen county. The Mayor adjourned further examination until this morning, when other witnesses will be present. The case against Lucy, a negro woman claiming to be free, but who was arrested with an improper pass on Sunday night, has been continued till the 20th inst. The Mayor again continued the examination of the charge against Robert, slave of Dr. W. B. Pleasants, of enticing Ellen, a negro woman belonging to Judge John Wright, of Tennessee, to abscond from the city some time since. Watchman Rowe arrested on Saturday night last a negro man n
The Daily Dispatch: February 13, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
a few miles from Richmond by Detectives John Rees and Robert Craddock, of Gen. Winder's police, on the charge of aiding desees, C. S. Detective, sworn.--On Friday last myself and Robert Craddock, a Detective, were directed by Capt. McCubbin, Chief oies who might be caught in a certain wagon on that road. Craddock went ahead, and I followed a short distance behind him — ed behind, and in due time came up to a picket post where Craddock, the prisoners, and a Mr. Weatherford had come to a halt.also at this post three or four pickets. As I dismounted Craddock and Maclure came towards me, when Craddock remarked that Craddock remarked that the "thing had been gone through with." I asked him if the passport was right, and his reply was that it was correct, at theok me around a picket post and said he had agreed to give Craddock $1,000, and that if I would not implicate him in the scraf interest occurred till we reached the picket post where Craddock and Rees were, and at which we halted. By the defenc
The Daily Dispatch: February 15, 1864., [Electronic resource], The enemy on the Peninsula. (search)
Burnt to death. --On Friday last John Craddock, a little boy not quite four years old, son of Mr. Robert Craddock, Confederate States detective, was burnt to death at the premises of Mr. Samuel Curry, of Union Hill. The little fellow was at play in Mr. Curry's kitchen, adjoining his father's residence, with some other children, when his clothes took fire, and being of a very inflammable nature, soon enveloped his whole person in a light blaze. The cries of the children alarmed Mr. C.'s they arrived at the scene of the accident it was too late to render much assistance, as his clothes had burnt entirely off. He was immediately taken home, where medical and other attendance was promptly rendered; but nothing could save his life, and he died in a few hours after the accident, suffering the most excruciating agony. The circumstance is rendered more distressing on account of the absence from the city of the father of this little boy and the illness of Mrs. Craddock, its mother.
The Daily Dispatch: July 23, 1864., [Electronic resource], Mayor's Court. (search)
ainst Mary, slave of Robert F. Taylor, and Mary, slave of Thomas Edwards, charged with stealing a breastpin valued at $3,000 from Mrs. J. E. Johnson, was again called yesterday, but for want of a witness was postponed till the 30th inst.-- Mr. Edwards's servant acknowledges stealing the breastpin and says she sold it to Mr. Taylor's girl; but as it appears the confession of the crime was extorted under a threat, Mr. Crane, the counsel in her behalf, asked a continuance in order to procure the attendance of Robert Craddock, to whom Mary made the acknowledgment. Hannah, slave of Frederick Caper, was ordered to be whipped for threatening to assault Mrs. Araminter Caper. The same punishment was inflicted upon Elizabeth, slave of George Dixon, arrested after hours without a pass and having in her possession a lot of ladies' dresses and other articles of clothing, supposed to have been stolen; also, Jim, slave of George R. Bagby, arrested as a runaway and for sleeping in the market.