New York Dispatch

A curious circumstance has happened in the parish of Seacroft. In June, 1870, two persons, hawking from door to door, called at the house of a Mrs. Burrell, and while her back was turned stole a gold watch and guard out of the room. It was the work of a moment, and when she found out her loss a vigilant search was made. The men were chased and found by the police at the Bradford Hotel, but none of the lost property. The men were tried at the Town Hall, but discharged in the absence of sufficient evidence to convict. On Sunday morning, the 21st ult., as Mr. Carter, farmer, and Mr. William Linley, were walking in a field looking at some cows, they stood talking near a gate for some time. Seeing something glitter in the hedge bottom, they took it up, when it turned out to be Mrs. Burrell's watch. It had evidently lain there for seven years. It is supposed that the men, afraid of being caught, hid the watch, and forgot all about the place. Mrs. Burrell, naturally much gratified at the recovery of her watch, made the finders a handsome present.—Daily Chronicle