Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-11-30
Police Office.

| Nou. 29.-Another deiuded young man.-A belle
| OF the pace who answers TO the name Of Miss Jane
Scott, was brought up at the discharge ofthe watch
| to answar the complaint Of nice young man. >
! named william Eale Ross, who resides at No. Ii
| New street. The complainant stated that on the
previous evening he met the fair deluder, in Broad
way, and introduced himself to her, ard A.
naily prevailed upon to go to /" q house. in Cbsrch
street, and see the pretty pictures Miss Jane bad
her cabinet Of curiosities Having arrived at Miss
arms Of Morpheus or some other god, when sudden
ly M sster Ross heard a noise 90
4 "Good gracious" exclaimed Miss Jane there's
my friend, let me- ...,.-.r -.
LET him 90 To- was the rejoinder Of the de-
luded one, bnf Miss Jane spraag to the door, either
to bar the entrance, to admit her friend and then
her new lover thought Of his pockets, where snug
by repossd fifty dollar bill and he secure the
safety of,hat little aimsy He seized his INV hisper
shies in IN agony Of apprehension and 10! he found
his poe SITS empsy.
Miss Jane thes wept aloud, protested her inno-
csnce, and on searching her no trace Of the
was found Awhchman was called in but he could
net geSt any better thas the taking Mis-.
Jane TO tho tennis, her friend being Of course non
est. ii.
The Magistrate asked the fair dsladsr what she
Of the fifty dollar bin The magistrate said il was
very sasp'cious sdair, and committed Miss Jane
to the tonbs.
quite a Stocy.-For some time past a sort of gem
tee loafev has been figuring at the police Office in all
manner 90 bussnes banking the indefatgables,
becoming bail fog 0mense y.scals. end committing
to the great annoyance Of Messrs. Lownds, Homan,
and otheys. The doings Of this small unknown At
length became qnite I" hewdacious," and il vas de-
termined to keep very sharp look after his ions
The same day that this determination resolved
an, fellow named Lincoln arrested, and from
information got out Of Him, ID ascertained
that the small unknown dexteross improve,
Of the paper currency, who was in the habit Of tan
pering with that article by altering dollar notl
TO hves, and swenties. His Lame was found to bs
Thomas A. StAndsh, and his residence at the board
ing house of doctor of medicine IN the Bowery
Armed with this information, three Of the indefati
gables paid Master A. Standish morning visit,
their poitest manner demanded his pany at the
Tombs. The gentleman, however, stood upon his
dignity, asked for their authority, and said some
other things not worth reducing to writing. The
dispute wsxed warm until Gil Hays cut il short by
quoting the words Of the old hero, :" take the
sponsbihty, and so come along, quietly, ysu will,
forcby, IL you won't" Mob. .-s.
The other protested against the right Of the indefa
tigables 10 enter his domicile without warrant-but
all would not do, for like other great men, he had
to succumb to physical force, and before Jus.
tice Matsel. he was brought.
II then turned out that StaBdish had passed an AZ
tered dollar bill at grocery up town, and that,
in addition that freak. he had the previous FRI
day taken twenty dollar good bill, to the Bank of
the Delaware and Hudson Company, got IL changed
into oaes improved those I" ones into twentes, and
and set them afoat in less than twcntyfour hours.
Justice determined to commit Standish TO the tombs
although the latter was arrested without a war
rant, and talked mighty big about What he would do
to avenge the violated majesty Of the law. his
same fellow has bailed several immense rascas-
among others that notorious negro scamp yclePt
Charles Irwin His operations are, however, sus-
pended for the present.