Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-12-14
Police Office.


~ WAS propcunded to of the Police Justices on
Sunday morning, by reporter, and the only salts
iacuoh the inquisitve one could obtain was, that
Mister Jones" was an elderly gentleman whose
"frosty paw" displayed number Of very thin grey
hairs and whose STOPPING figure seemed better adapt
ed display the sk OF his tailor than the gracss Of
his outer man, Moreover, said the worthy magis-
trate, Mister Jones is a simpleton who goes about
with large sums of money in his pc eke, getting him
self deiuded into the bed rooms Of pretty little files
dgoie, loses his moaey, and then declines TO prose-
cute, lest Mistress Jones should hear OF his dopgs
while absent from his domestic hearth, where she
has to worship the genus loci in solitary grandeur
This being all the information which the
porter could obtain from the legitimate source, he
tarncd TO some illegitimate springs, and ascer-
tanned that on Saturday night. Mister Jones made
his appearance at the National Theatre and request
ed to have An interview with Police Officer One %.
the indefatigables OF the establishment made his
bow, and Mister Jones proce edcd to say, how,
came to this wicked city that day, on business, ana
fell III with a lit de beauty known Matilda amie
SON. He being Of susceptible disposition, the Ju-
vene Matilda had deluded him to a certain house
at the corner Of Anthony and Church streets where
she seducea him into her bed, coaxed him to sleep,
and then left him. How, when he awoke, he
searched his pocket, and found himself a loser by
the transaction in the sum of S4O3 with one dol
AR paid FOR the room, two presented to the fair Ma
tda, aud foar hundred carried off quito promis
Ike, leaving IN the said pocket, six hundred and
fiurteea dollars for Mister Jones to carry home
with h'rs-to his middle-Aged wife and the little
Jones's.
The 'ndefatigabe," thought this a queer story,
bat nevertheless promised Ia get Miss Matilda ia
m,cson sin time at ali if Miste Jones would only
just wait ia the lobby Of the Theatre for few mi
nutes. This was settled, and the Off Ger proce ed
toa pastry cook in the purlieus Of Church street.
where he found the petite demoisele quietly ma king
| her supper OF ice cream and Madera-A genteel
girl is Miss Matilda The officer ha wig told his
GRAND, she very readily promised to 60 with him.
but strange TO say, submitting Mss Matilda 10 TIA
searching operation, no money was found, and when
he was confronted with Mister Jones, that excel
lent old gentleman did not desire to prosecute
iesithe melancholy fact Of his peecadilces should
get into the wicked newspapers, and come TO the
ears OF his middle aged, domesticated wife, the Ms-
| tress Jones, aforesaid.
Tae fair and frail Miss Matilda was, however. ia.
Ken 10 the toinss, In the hope that Mister Jones
would alter has miad but alas! he sternly refused
| swear to the charge in the morning, and poor
Matilda, was permitted to depart, asserting her
on the elderly Mister Jones, who only as .bc
said, "wanted TO blk hsr How FAR either of ths,e
charges may be true, Ne will not pretend to say, but
81 the elderly individual, who does the respect
able name of Jones, has wife, only hope this III
tie htforis may reach the Of hat arne dones-
tic lady, and if IL does, Mister Jones will have 10
suffer some, as Dieky Rker would say. That's all.
But whether he will intrigue, at any future visit to
this city, with the softer part of our specIe 10 a
problem belonging To that class of moral phe non,ena
| termed doubtfu-by til. knowing ones
Worse fhan a Stool Pigeon -Abouta fortnight
back we esronieled the dougs Of one William Stok q.
y, creature who Just then added to the Corps
OF Indsfatigabes for tn. especial purpose Of dong
SEINE dirty work, which the other officers had re
fused a too losthsome for stool pigeon to be
dragged into That same 1T kelley has been s.an
melting certain persons to violate law Of the State
by inducing clerks In the employ Of three Exc
Brokers' ia sell lottery tickets and has then turn
| ed round and informed Of them, in order to gain
the reward odsred by the magistrates. Comment on
such rerhdy IL unnecessary, aud only call public
attention To the matter in order that ~ b. know
that hired spies aud nforners abroad. The per
1 so IL ar of hat
ham street, William FerrsR, 233 Centre street, and
David Bgnell, 1l5 Bowery-esch Of whom gave bal
| in $500
| II the Justices are so anxious 10 suppress gam
bling, why don't they begin in W all street, and from
thesce 60 certain large houses ia Park Row anc
Broadway.
More Soapiookism at he Chatham Theatre. -
| Three more rowdies of the sosplock breed wer,
captured at this house Saturday night and safel
lodged in The tombs In the morning n expressing
their sincere costrition they were permitted to de
part. They owr TO the following names .--Freder
lck Goodman, Joseph vsrict, and jobs varick =
Tits pity some of these worthless not prosecuted
TO conviction, and sent 10 dig stone by way Of
tion TO the remainder.