The Sun.
London, England, 1862-05-05 00:00:00

POLICE"-THIS DAY.

MARLBOROUGH •STREET, THIS DAY.
ROBBING AN EATING HOUSEKEEPBII.—M3II,ISL
TlON.—Fanny Forest, a smartly-dressed young woman,
was charged before Tyrwhitt, with steal ng a watch, locket,
and chain, of the value of £B, the property of Miss Anne
Lane, eating-housekeeper, of 35, Warwick-street, Regent-

street.
The prisoner was permitted to go upstairs by the prose-
cutria, and an hour after she left the house she missed her
watch, chain, and locket, of the value of LS, which were
safe in her bedroom, the door of which was locked, but the
key left in it. Information was then given to the police,
and on Saturday Light she was taken into custody at the
London Pavilion, by Martin, 86 C, when she said she had
given the watch to a " gentleman friend," who, coming up,
said that was the case, she making it a present to him.
She said she had pledged the chain, and on the officer
going to her lodgings, 17, Westmoreland-street, Pimlico,
the duplicate was found.
Mr. George Jackson, of 29, Edward's-street, Portman
the
square—Said the watch produced was given to him by
prisoner, who he thought was respectable.
, A constable said he picked up the locket on the cill of a

window.
A constable said the witness Jackson made
oli him
ceself very
officious, and tried to get her away from the p.
Mr. Tyrwhitt asked whether he was charged ?
The constable said he was not.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said if he attempted to rescue her he should
h, we been charged in the usual way.
The prisoner, who was remanded, left the dock crying
.anci ' wiohi.s "good-by" to the witness Jackson.

THAMES, THIS DAY.
DropBEATE HIGHWAY ROBBERY.--John Desmond, an
Irish 10bourer, for some time the associate of thieves and
ai
well l'e wn to the police, was brouglat before Mr. Wool-
rych, chetrged with assaulting and robbing Johannes Stirr,
a German
between this country and Bremen. On
The prat Teutor is the second engineer of the steam-ship.
.ht about the 12 o'clock he was in Upper East
Saturday' )11.P. '1 tug
r the Royal Mint, in company with the first
Move, trad.
Smithfield, 115.
e.v were making their way with all possible
engineer. ...
and inquired of pa
police-constable the
speed towards tb. e vessel, which is lying in the river of the
Lneottiardeost:
reonatdr.a n
e,
rds the prisoner and another mare,
directed them, aid they went on. A
few seconds afterwa.
addressed the two foi •eigners and said they would show
them the way to their ship. The Germans said that was
quite unnecessary as a
liceman had just given them the
necessary information. Tprisoner and his companion,.
I.‘e
however, walked alongside the Germans some distance,
ge and valuable silver watch.
when suddenly the prisoner MOO a snatch at Stirr's gold.
guard chain, attached to a lar
in his waistcoat pocket. Thep roseeAtor_laid hold of his.
chain and struck the prisoner, who made another snatch at-
his watch and chain, and used so much force as to
went ar the
German's waistcoat to pieces. The first engineer
the assistance of his friend, and he was seized by
the throat
by the prisoner's companion, and a desperate struggle
ensued. The
_prisoner and his companion, finding the
Germans were not so easily dismayed as birds expected
the gold
, ran
away, the prisoner taking with him
`t
P twoolice-and " blur -
of
chain. The Germans called out !"
der 1" in the best English they could command, and Skip..
per, a police constable, 136 what had ha ened
and several persons mus-
tered while the Germans were stating pp
own.
,
through the medium of an interpeter among the pr
The prisoner ran out of Glasshouse-street, a narrow court,
and said, " What is the matter 2'9 The prisoner imme-
diately pointed him out as the thief, and he was secured.
The part of the gold chain missing was Valued at £5. The
prisoner had altered his dress since Saturday night, putting
his own coat, or blue smock, under another coat, but he
was clearly identified.
Theodore Kopven, first engineer of the Move, confirmed
the evidence of Stirr.
Mr. Wooltych committed the prisoner for trial at the
next Old Bailey sessions.