The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-07-30

Thanks to our efforts and the generosity of the
Aims House Commissioners and superintendent potatoes
and rice have been furnished the inmates Of the City
Prison for their soup.
ANOTHER RoBsERY AND AsREsr-On Thursday last,
daring and clevely executed robbery perpea
ted upon the Office Of John Kerr agent and commission
merchant No. los West street. in the middle Of day.
and in such manner as to cause the integrity and excel
character of certain persons employed about the
office to be temporarily doubted and dstrusted but the
issue OF the has completely wiped from the mnd Of
Mr. Kerr whatever Of suspicion the unexplained loM Of
his property have Caused appears that in the Office
Of Mr. Kerr there deposited certain sums Of money,
in bank bills of various denominations also check
drawn his favor by Jonathan Johnson upon the
Ward Bank of this city, for $65-the amount of paper
money being over Scotland these were placed the same
morning in the drawer of the iron chest by the clerk,
Doctor Smith, which drawer locked usual, the
safe door being unlocked On discovering the loss every
person about the premises was called in and examined
and it almost universal opinion that the office had
been left vacant at any time the money had been
deposited This the most curious thing and what
gave to suspicion such deep shade. In this extremity
Mr. Kerr came to the police office, and when narrating
the whole affair to the magistrates, they selected officers
Stephens and Gil Hays the intricate work and to them
the matter related and the safe and office shown.
The moment officer Stephens the safe and the drawer
the manner in which the robbery had been committed
the gang who had committed il was present to his
active mind He assured Mr. Kerr that the robbery was
done by other hsnd than those of the persons engaged
four hours the guilty parties should be in confinement
This staggered Mr. Kerr, whose astonishment was only
erogsh. to BY the Officers presenting before e b III
money which from certain marks he at once recog
ni1ed .. hi. property. The way in which the officers
drawer Of the iron safe OF merchant in Cedar street had
been opened in the same manner and the parties were
arrested the Dry Dock with the property in their pos
session. and this arrest disclosed the gang its leader and
the in which they performed their operations The
mark the of Mr. Kerr answered exactly to that
the drawe Cedar and without further loss Of
time the officers made for the Dry Dock end there ar
rested William X RUSSELL young man about 10 years
to acquire liberty at the expense Of his honor made
full disclosure othe robbery and where the other person
O nm 70 os TO the
Philad lpha boats the officers bounced upon John b
Neder and Joseph Warren, who had purchased their
for the time by flying to distant city On Russell was
found small portion of the money, he having paid $50
the entire amount recovered and Medler fully
committed Warren allowed go clear there was
no testimony TO crimnste him.
During the examination of Meder in the back office
tho Police the presence of his mother he made sprin
through the open windows and reached the ground
the height beng 20 feet and before Justice Matsel
could put his head out OF the window and cry sop thief
he had sprang over the railing and was making for
posse officers and citizens giving close and eager chase
The full cry OF the pack caused citizen TO stop the pur
sued one, who again remanded back to the
| cure custody OF his cell.
The brother of Meder died while serving out his term
OF apprenticeship in the State Prison at Sing Sing.
| ARREST OF A CouNTGRrEIrER WILLIAMSBURG
About days ago the arrest Of John F. Bauer pub
ished for passing on certain persons In Mulberry and
and examination OF his trunk by officers Stanton and
F. Smith, quantity of dies moulds and materials
iound together with about Sl in the spurious coin
After his commitment he made such disclosures of hs
accompices caused the houses of certain persons
be closely watched but they had nmation of the arrest
and fearing lest he should bab kept out Of the while
officers stanton, Smith Freme and Dennson were on con
slant duty day and night detect the parties but with
out success. On the 26th ut a German calling himself
| Bernard Godired Leonhardt was detected in Williams
burg endeavorng to away bad quarter dollars
IN payment for three and four worth Of apples
dies and such commodities. Among the persons de.
ceved was Johnson q. Hill, who keeps drug
the OF Fourth and Grand Streets Williamsburg,
but who detected the counterfeit and after
Of Leonbsrdt he csusedhm to be arrested
young man, newspaper carrier believe, whose
is Edward Terrier nter much trouble hard tull.
ing brought him to the Police Office, the Ferry and
| delivered him into the custody OF officer RuDcie, who
brought him before Justices Parish and Rcmsen and
after prem mary examination, he was remanded until
yesterday When he again brought up before the
magistrates and the following facts then clearly pro-
we'd against him -
First the attem pass the spurious money Of various
stores in that vciDy next when arrested by Terrier
who deserved much credit in the affair he made the
earnest entreaes to be allowed to escape claspng his
captors by the knees, and crying bitterly, telling
ptous stories about his wife Tor rather wives for he
ted that he had seventy and his FIVE childrenbut finding
il utess he next tried force but equally unsucces
full sratsgem wise failed and then he had 10
the old game Of dsposng Of the coin BY syy throwing
them behind him hoping being searched thus to
detectonbut Terrier not 10 be deceved-and after
delivering his prisoner officer Runce he returned and
picket up eleven or twelve ofthe quarters.
| On searching his quarters at NO. 80 West Broadway
in this city, about Sl2 Of the same kind OF coin were
found, also six dies, some being for halt dollars guam
y Of plaster paris and other MATERIAL similar b that
iound in the room Of Bauer, in Walker street
AT the examination yesterday endeavored
explain how he happened to have such money about him
and such articles In his room by telling long story
about his having received them from another German
jeweller, named Henry LockheartI who owed him SUN
Of money in Germany, and had paid him in such coin
that the dies plaster OF paris SC left in his by
John r. Bauer who IL happened told the story
tsbsut Lsopbsrdt The result Of the sssnjps,ion wa,