The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-09-05
CITY Intelligence.


sive jewery store of Messrs E. S. g. Rockwell, of No
Asor House, was burglariously entered yesterday
morning. and valuable watches, silver and jewery,
estimated at about twenty-five thousand dollars, was
stolen thererom The store adjoining that kept by the
Messrs. fRockwells, vacated q few weeks since
by Mr. Simpson, crockery dealer. and since then has
been untenanted The robbers effected entrance by
first opening the front door of the store formerly occupied
by Mr. simpson, with the aid of false keys and then as
matter of cruon to prevent light from being seen
through the key hole, closed the inside and
placed bar the door to prevent entrance They
then operations with instruments by picking
hole through the brick twelve inch partition that
divides stores large enough admit the passage Of
their bodies and then entering the premises made such
selections of costly jewery least bulky and mos.
valuable All the elegant gold watches in the large case
the door taken and all the valuable diamonds
ofwhich estimated $1,000 Gold chains diamond
rings and breast pins removed and large quanti
~ silver and table spoons taken among other
valuables The hole cut through the wall Is not
than eighteen inches in diameter, and therefore the
rogues brawny square shouldered burglars They
must have we'll matured the plan Of robbery az the spot
selected open the partition wall was the only one in
which they would have met with difficulty as sheiv
ing and closets the remainder Of the space The
store forms L. having front Barclay street. run
ming in the Aspnwaps apohecary store, and
other Broadway. The door on Barclay street
curey locked the inside and the keys LEFT in the door,
After the burglars had secured their PLUMBER they quiet
ly opened the door Barclay street, closed after them
jumped into cab that standing opposite and drove
of, while the streets were deserted by police watch
men, daylight having dawned in the 1t is strange
that with such valuable stock of ewelry, no person
kept TO sleep in the store, but is still strange
that such robbery should take place in Of
public thoroughares and the rogues escape detection
They will quickly melt the available gold silver for
immediate purposes and retan the precons stones and
other valuables until chance obtained send them
for disposal European CITY, 1t will be remember
I'd that eaor. made about year since rob this
same store by breaking front window, but the fellow
arrested by Waterman who heard the noise and on
trial wss convicted and seat to Sing Sing The Messrs
Rockwell offer ewsrd of only 5000 fer the recovery Of
property, which, II extended 10 as many thousands
will probably be the means Of restoring large portion
| and arresting the thieves.
The facts that follow the discovery of such On exten
ve burglary tend more strongly than any other to show
the miserable character of police stem. Instead Of
there being some heed authority invested to employ
dozen OF the most efficient active and honest officers
start immediately in pursuit of these rogues
ment made except ~ those officers who voluntarily
feel disposed to spend their money in hopes Of
cess trusting to the reward Of $500 alone pay for
and rcompense given either by the firm that has lost
the property or the Corporation Many Of the officers
81 i that LEAD u % n
nay in such service and others who have all the dspo
tion to follow the track Of these rogues may not nave
the means to them How long these things to
| continue and how much longer we to be without Q
night patrol whose duty shs be to guard the property
Of the public until SUNRISE AMI not leave IT, as IL the case
with the present watch arrangements Of our city, from
The dawn early day, to be played upon by burglars
| and thieves
| SUDDEN DEArH.-Yesterdsy morning the Coroner held
an inquest the body Of VIM Rees at the house OF Peter
Jones, No 100 Hester street The diseased was car
penter by trade and native Of Wales aged about as
years He ofvery incorporate habits, and had been
complaining Of pains in the chest for several days After
taking medicine that he had procured from the City
Dpenssy he retired to rest on sunday evening about
III O'clock and found in the morning In the basement
Of the house. dead. How he got there or THAT was the
matter with him, nobody knows The coroners jury
turned verdict of death from Inflammation Of the lungs
and irregular habits.
| THE RACE between the troting mare Lady Suf
| folk and the pacing horse Oneida Chief, came oil
yesterday afternoon the Beacon Course. The
test was for $500, best three In FIVE. and by
Lady Suffolk In three straight heats, Time an Dos an
20s-2m 2ei. The course was well attended, and III
weather favorable but excessively warm.