Pilot Isaac Gough
Cincinnati Enquirer, Tuesday, 2 February 1864, page 3
NEWPORT NEWS
BOLD ROBBERY-On Sunday morning between eleven and twelve o'clock,
some daring thief entered the dwelling house of Mr. Isaac Gough, a well known
steamboat pilot on Columbia street, between Mayo and Ringgold, during the
absence of Mr. G and family at church, and robbed it of a considerable quantity
of silverware and other articles.
A negro woman, employed about the house as servant, came in while the rascal was engaged in his thieving operations. He drew a huge knife and threatened to cut her throat if she made any alarm. The woman ran out, however, and the robber, fearing detection made off with a portion of his booty.
This is one of the most audacious robberies that has been perpetrated in Newport for a long time.