The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-19 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.—Charles Vos, charged with
having
tobrorkob broken into
ptortheme
iPseoss,tw-oaffisceb,rLouogmhbtabredf-osrte Mr.
Lombard-street,
intent
Al-
derman Lawrence for final examination.
Mr. Peacock, solicitor to the Post-office, attended for
the prosecution.
Mead, 426, who gave evidence upon the first examina-
tion, made the following addition to his former testi-
mony :—From the inquiries I made I went to 5, John's-
hill, St. George's-in-the-East, the house of a Mrs. Gal-
vin, on Wednesday morning. She pointed out the room
in which the prisoner, who was a lodger in the house,
slept. I received from one of the lodgers who was there
at the time the bag I produce, to which a ring is at-
tached. In that bag, which was taken from a cupboard
in the room, were one salt-cellar, one spoon, two forks,
one ladle, a leather bag marked " Lombard-street,
foreign paid," and some pieces of cloth corresponding
with the cape I produce. A comb and brush were yes-
terday handed to me, which were taken from the mantel-
piece in the same room ; I received also a letter-stamp
and shaving-brush at the same time.
Mary Galvin, the landlady of the house in which the
prisoner resided, said—l keep a lodging-house for all
nations, and I know the prisoner as a lodger in my
house. He slept in the room in which three other
foreigners slept. He came to lodge with me on Sa-
turday or Sunday night fortnight, and remained as a
lodger until last Tuesday night, when he stayed out
all night. He stayed out on the Wednesday night after
he came, and returned at 3 or 4 o'clock in the morning,
and was let in by my servant, but, I did not see him till
breakfast time. He kept good hours with the two ex-
ceptions I mention. Sometimes he came home at seven,
sometimes at eleven o'clock at night. I know that he
was absent on the night of Wednesday, the 2d instant,
for I went to the bed room about 12 o'clock to see how
many were in the room, and he was then absent. I
saw him next day. He was not absent any other night
to my knowledge. I was present when Mead, the
officer, came to my house, and I showed him the room
where the prisoner slept. A countryman of his, who
lodged in the house, pointed out his property to the
officer, and gave the officer this bag out of the cupboard.
The spoon, ladle, and two forks were taken out of the
bag. The clothes brush and shaving brush were taken
from the shelf. On the night of Tuesay last (the night
of the burglary) the prisoner had his tea between six and
seven o'clock, and I have not seen him since till this
moment. When he first came to my house he had the
coat he at present wears upon him, to the best of my
knowledge. I observed him with some new things, such
as flannels and stockings, a pair of trousers, a pair of
boots, and a cape, on the Friday or Saturday after he
had stayed out all night. I saw him also altering or
repairing a cape, which is the same the officer has pro-
duced. After that, on the Saturday night, the pri-
soner gave to me 4s. in silver, and he told me that he had
lost ss. in coppers, and he thought some of the Swedes
had stolen them. I said to him that it was a shame
for one countryman to rob another, and he said "Oh
say nothing about it ; never mind, mother." On Tues-
day last I saw the prisoner give my husband one sove-
reign on account of his board and lodging, and I asked
him if he wanted any change out of it, to which he re-
plied " Never mind, mother." He paid his board all
but 4s. up to next Saturday.
The prisoner said, through the interpreter employed
upon the examination, "All the witness has spoken is
perfectly right."
Carroll (454) said, I was along with Mead (426) on the
evening •f Tuesday, the 15th inst., at the Post-office.
At about 12 o'clock I heard a noise as of a person work-
ing with a chisel at the window. In two hours and a
half, during which time the chiselling was going on, I
saw the glass of the window broken and the prisoner
get in. He was in his shirt sleeves and without shoes.
I assisted Mead in taking him. He had a chisel in his
hand and a dirk or dagger in his waistcoat pocket. He
made no resistance whatever. He gave 'a screech and
said, " Oh, I am Dutch."
The prisoner upon hearing the last sentence inter-
preted, interrupted the witness with "I said I could
not speak English, but I could Dutch."
The witness continued—After we secured the prisoner,
I climbed over the rails of St. Mary Woolnoth church-
yard, against the roof of which was the window at which
he had entered, and on to the top ofthe vestry-room. I
there found two ropes, some paper covered with tar, and
a broken bottle containing tar. I also found two parts of
the legs of stockings, the cape produced, the coat he now
wears, and the pair of shoes he has on. I noticed that
nearly the whole of the outside frame work of the win-
dow through which he entered the Post-office had been
cut away, apparently for the purpose of taking out the
sash. One square of the glass was covered with tar and
partly broken; the glass of the other square, through
which he had effected his entrance, was almost all out and
covered with tar, and there was close to it a piece of a
foreign newspaper covered with tar. The windows were
screwed together with a common screw. I went to the
station-house with the prisoner. He said before we ar-
' rived there that the coat and shoes and cape were his
property, and he put on the shoes and coat and walked
to the station-house in them.
The tar, it was stated, had been no doubt used for the
purpose of preventing the glass from falling to the
ground when broken in pieces.
Mr. David Airth—l am housekeeper at the branch
post-office in Lombard-street. I sleep in a room over
the office. There is an internal communication.,between
the office and my bed-room. On the night of the 2d
instant, about 11 o'clock, I went into the office, exa-
mined all the windows and doors, and put out the gas,
and went up to bed. When I came down at a quarter
to seven in the morning, I saw that a table which was
laid the night previous for the clerks' breakfast in the
morning, had been disturbed, and I missed two silver
forks and a salt-cellar. I next noticed that the window
had been opened. Upon looking round I found that
several drawers had been broken open. I ran into the
court, and called a constable in. I looked at the draw-
ers where I knew it was the practice to keep money, and
found that a cash-drawer had been attempted to be
broken open. I have examined the forks and salt-cellar
produced by the officer, and find them to be those which
were stolen. From the examination I made of the pre-
mises, and from what I observed I should think it would
take a person two hours to do what was done—it would
certainly take him more than three-quarters of an hour.
Alderman Lawrence—With a good chisel, would there
be much difficulty in breaking open the drawers ?
Witness—No, not much with a good chisel, but some
of the locks were not in a very perfect state. On the
evening of the Bth inst., I went down into the office
about half-past ten, to examine it before going to bed.
All was then safe. I then went up and placed a screw,
which I produce, in the sash window over looking the
leads of the vestry. On the following morning I came
down about half-past six, and found that some person
had been cutting away the window on the outside, and
had displaced the sash. No entrance however appeared
to have been effected. On the night of the 15th inst.,
about ten o'clock, I let in the two constables Mead and
Carroll, by appointment. I then went up to bed.
Shortly after twelve I heard a noise apparently caused
by somebody attempting to break in. Eventually, the
prisoner entered and was captured.
Mr. F. Hutchins—l am clerk in the branch post-
office in Lombard-street. I identify one of the forks
produced, the spoon, the ladle, the clothes-brush, the
shaving-brush and comb. They were safe on the even-
ing of Wednesday, the 2d inst., when I left the office
about half-past seven o'clock. 1 also identify the leather
and the canvas bag produced, as well as the
.post-office
stamp.

Mi. E. J. Smith—l am clerk at the branch post-
office. I identify one of the forks, the hairbrush, the
cape, and the pieces of cloth, and a canister containing
half a pound of gunpowder. The pieces of cloth pro-
duced have been cut off the cape by some person since
I missed it.

Mr. F. L. Powell —I am clerk at the branch post-
office. On the evening of the 2d inst. I left in my
drawer 61. 10s. ; 2/. belonging to the office, and 4/. my
own money. To the best of my belief the 6/. 10s. was
composed of five sovereigns, one half sovereign, and
four five-shilling packets of half-pence. On examining
my drawer I found that the lock had been forced and
the money abstracted.
t:orTnhloomdgaisn.:oden—l am a Swede, and live at Mrs. Gal-
vin'sf lodging-house. I met the prisoner last Saturday
fortnight, when he asked me if I could recommend him
y
and I recommended him to Mrs Galvin's
Sometimes I slept in the. same room as the' prisoner,.
and sometimes in an adjoining one. He stayed out one
Saturday night,
ganmd
morning.
dinnot come home till four o'clock
tounrntehde
in bed,
following
spoons fell
spoons and ladle produced areOnl
On 0
tooutnhteee occasion,
same.c
thec a s i
floor,on
The, w hpeTonshtle.
office letter-stamp I saw lyingthe chimney-piece.
This being the whole oth evidence,
Mr. Alderman Lawrence told etnhne'foprrisoner he was
about to commit him to take his trial'
and
burglary, and
after giving him the usual caution asked him whether he
wished to say anything in answer to the ell
P r i s o n e r —A
Englishmanfortnight ago,came Ito was going
s e goingg
an.
overkon
se asked
as
me-
whatdon- languagebridge,
n I
spoke. I replied Danish, Swedish,
and
broken English. I afterwards said I spoke German and
Norwegian. The man told me that he spoke German
too. He asked me to go with him to Tower-hill, and I
went to a small street the name of which I do not re-
collect. He asked me if I could go somewhere with
him at twelve o'clock at night. I said I had something
on my mind, and I did not go with him. At four
o'clock in the morning he came to me again, and asked
me why I did not go with him. He gave me twelve
shillings, and a package containing the articles produced
by the officers. He said I could get some money on
those things by disposing of them. I went with him to
Tower-bill, when lie left me, and I went home to bed.
Before he went away he told me to meet him in a couple
of days at the Monument. He asked me to go with
him that night as he wished to speak to me. I replied,
no, speak to me now. He asked me to wait till day-
light, and said he would speak to me then. He gave
me four shillings, and told me that on the following
night I must do him a favour, which would bring me
plenty of money. He said to me, "There's a house close
by where there's a girl, but I can't speak to her, I can't
go in." He told me that he knew an entrance, and that
I must help him. He told me to come at twelve o'clock
to the burial-ground. I there met a third party, who
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asked me if I wanted anything to drink—wine or rum.
Tnohte first party whom I had got acquainted with was
hheatwThilnedowwtash,iradtnidpely;a.rty gave me so much
to
naiTdbetere brokri
want to break in." He said,thwe:'party,ething
sNth
ois r,odm it was
already broken
'
~ and it was to be put right again for
the post-fE
0 ce. He •
window, I cannot • said to me, "You go through the
me, ,c When° ,lam to too heavy." He said to
you go passage to get out a ai there, there's a small door in the
inside ; and he
gave guleuThtbere are two doors locked
you come to chisel and said, " When •
them, put thee
chisel down under them, I