9 December 1867
ROBBERY ON O., A. & M. R. R. - On Saturday evening last, a lady traveller on the Orange, Alexandria and Manassas Railroad passenger train, from Lynchburg, was robbed, previous to the arrival of the cars at Manassas Station, by a man named James A. Keys, of Prince William county, Va., who stole her pocket-book from her muff, which she left on her seat while she went to draw a glass of water. The conductor, Mr. Benjamin Pauli, being informed that the theft had been committed, commenced at once to search the passengers, and soon found the missing book in the boot leg of Keys. When the train reached Manassas, Sheriff Gooding, who happened to be there, was informed of the occurrence, and, with the assistance of Charles M. Whittington and Rhody Fewell - as Keys resisted and showed fight - effected his arrest, and carried him before Justice Butler, by whom he was committed to the jail at Brentsville.
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