Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-02-20
Police Office


There has been quite paucity Of business in this
once ior the last three days, and report would
De put dull record Of assaults and petty arcenies
put Tor the following gross of neglect and mat
tenion TO the suffering Of the wreched inmates of
=" the tombs" which were called on to inyesti-
gate, by one of the relatives of prisoner.
About the middle Of December last, a very pretty
and interesting girl, named Ann Partridge was ar
rested by WEIGH, charged with the preparation Of
three larcenies. The accused was placed in the
prison. and from information obtained by the officers
the property which the girl charged with steal
ing, was all recovered from the hous Sc of man named
Loughberry, who resides in the 9Th Avenue ONLY
one OF these complaints was proceeded with before
the grand jury and on that bill the foreman endorsed
recommended to the mercy of the court" No
witness appearing, the accused was not brought
to trial. and at the end Of the last term the court
directed her to be placed in the ASYLUM at Bellevue
on account OF her health she having become subject
to hts while IN the prison. Mr.. HYDE, the keeper
Of the prison, remanded her thither. but in few
days she was brought back, and replaced in the
tombs. At the last term of the court no action was
taken IN her case, but the Recorder stated to her
this week.
On Tuesday she appeared unwelI, and the keeper
locked her up in her cell, during the best part Of
the afternoon AZ night the girl begged for light,
and some one OF the keepers was imprudent enough
to let her have light which she pac ed on the floor
OF the cell, and then went to her bed In the night
the girl was taken in fit, fell from her bed on the
candle, and set her clothes all in blaze Her cries
alarmed the women confined in an adjoining cell,
and they ran down to the keepers and got the kew,
when they found the poor girl in deplorablc stua-
ton-her left side shockingly burned, and she in a
sort of epileptic fit No medical aid could be
obtained until morning, and il with great diff
Guilty that the common remedies Of lamp oil and
lime water could be procured within the walls of
the metropolitan prison. In this state she had to
lay all night; and in the afternoon, Mr.. Hyde, the
Keeper OF the prison. conveyed her to the hospital
at Bellevue.
a Preciou, Pair of Daylight Ro,cdies.-A couple
nj fell hear he A
OF luck" were brought before Justice Wyman bv
Watts, the constable Of the 9th ward charged with
making disturbance in the middle Of the day. at
one of the " female seminaries" in Church street
and with violently assaultng two of the demoiseIes
Of the establishment.
The riot and assault having been sworn to- and the
oath of the woman confirmed by the testimony Of the
constable OF the ward, his worship asked the accu-
sed what their names werel and what they had to
say in answer to the charge.
One of the fellows, who bore about him the out
ward and visible sign of most unmitigated rowdy,
gave the following list Of names, out Of which, Re
said the magistrate ight choose the one best suited
to his fancy -" Charles Sherman" alias Alfred
Sherman" alias Charles Johnso l." alias Charles
Thompson" alias Charles Brown Gas TO his resi-
dencc, cit was some where up town, and he did not
Tor reasons best known TO himself, wish make any
person acquainted with its whereabouts" His com
panion was little more communicative. He said his
| name was Edward Rittner He was a gentleman BY
profession, and had been for the last two years He
now resided at No. 420 Hsdson street. The worthy
magistrate having called upon this gentleman to de-
fine the meaning Of that universal phrase it turned
out that he was mere loaer and that being lazy
TO work, he had for the last two years. lived upon
the earnings Of his old father, who is clerk or por-
ter in one Of the city banks.
Mr.. Justice Wyman read these worthless long
but very proper lecture on the improperly Of their
conduct in first insulting and then whipping couple
OF defenceless women. He then committed them
both TO the tombs until they could find bail in the
sum OF $500 10 answer the charge al the sessions.
The pair Of swell rowdies were then oved i'm
custody.
Burning .-Bowyer brought up three in looking
vagabonds, two negroes named Zip Reed and Dick
Hall, and one white man named Isaac Rice, charged
with derauding an over cunning Yankee out Of $40
bill, by the stale process Of burning The trio were
committed.