The history connected with the above letters may be considered of great importance to explain the villanies of this band; and from the circumstances connected with this history, I have every reason to have full confidence that the same letters this note refers to, were the occasion of the bearer being robbed of some thirty-one hundred dollars.  We will now give the foundation for our belief.  During the examination of my original package of letters, I discovered a very familiar name attached to one of those apparent business letters, which caused me to examine the import, and upon so doing, I found that it contained the same which I have given, with a few omissions which I considered of importance to my personal safety, viz., the names of the parties, the place of residence of the man robbed, &c.  When I found that I had a familiar name to so base an article, to satisfy myself that it was not a forgery, I examined the same person’s signatures which had been written in the year 1827, and found they compared satisfactorily to my mind.  I then set upon a plan to ascertain from the man who lost the money, without his having an idea of my intention, which I did as follows.  I wrote to a responsible man living in the same place, to know of him if such a man of his village had ever lost any money, and if so, what amount, the date he lost it, &c.; to which I received the following brief note:  “Sir,—­You have written me upon a subject which I was not familiar with at the time I received your letter, but have made inquiry, and found that in the spring of 1827, the person alluded to in your letter was robbed while in Wheeling, on his way to Philadelphia, out of rising three thousand dollars:  which money he has never heard of.  He is a man in good circumstances, and was at that time, in fact he has always been, considered wealthy.  I conversed with him one time upon the subject, but he dislikes to have it mentioned to him.  You likewise wished me to inquire if he received any letters of introduction or recommendation previous to his departure, on the date mentioned.  He had several, and with one exception, they were all from his best friends.  One he had given him by a man residing in Lawrenceburgh, Indiana, was for the purpose of introducing him to Daniel Brown, a merchant of Dearborn county, whom he met in Cincinnati, on his (Brown’s) return, and had but a few moments’ time to converse with him, after he gave him the letter.  You, therefore, know all I can ascertain about your request.”  I could then see through the whole lead of his misfortunes, and it is about in this way.  The letter which he bore to Brown, having the particulars concerning his temperament, likewise the amount of money, &c., enabled Brown to set the band upon him, who robbed him, and then divided with Brown and his Lawrenceburgh friend.  These letters I had transcribed and put them up and lectured to the citizens of Lawrenceburgh concerning the horrible fact of their existence; and these are the letters spoken of, that made the pigeon’s flutter, and likewise caused so many threats of my assassination; and all that prevented them was, that they feared whoever might have the handling of the papers hereafter might handle them with less mercy.