The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-08-21
Citv intelligence.

Police Record.-RoBBEar or JoHs JAcos AsroR.-
The city residence of this millionaire" SIS and 6s7
Broadway gariously entered Thursday night
snd ten O'clock and silver goblet lined
with gold, valuable brooch PIN with the letter G.
graved upon IT, and several other articles Of jewelry,
were stolen. No reward offered for the apprehension
Of the thief or the recovery OF the stolen articles
Another MURDER SrREErs.-Between the
named william Livingston, baber BY trade, recently
Engaged al No Centre Market Place, found dying
in Canal street. near Centre He soon afterwards died
when II was found hst he had been stabbed with knife
dirk the right side Of the neck the instrument ha
vertebI9 Of the neck. A colored woman Lamed Sarah
Robinson mistress Of deceased, who with him in
the early part of the evening" arrested and coiored
Aaron Cisco who according to her statement
hnd been seen with him. also crested by officers
Cochran and Martin An inquest was held in the after.
noon which resulted in verdict of death by person
persons uni nown. Cisco was then discharged there
being no testimony against him. and he being considered
entirely innocent Of the least participation in the sar
colored named Charley Brown to be
mour Of Sarah Robinson, the colored woman has since
person who committed The murder from Jealousy.
RoBsfRY OF A FRENCH CooK-A few weeks since
Victor Goudilsr cook Bonnards No Mas sau street
lost 5000 francs in bank gold which were sup
posed to have been stolen and FTenchman named Ed
ward Msa who n, he'd been lettering about tho premises
Blrley received information relative the
Of Hen and succeeded in arrestiug him at one OF the
corners Of Murray street and Broadway The money
hss not been recovered.
SELLING LIQuoR SUNnAY.--The several complai sts
entered by 'Informer named Hunt against the Flank
lin House, City Hotel Blancards Lovejoy', Flor nces
Vultees. and Others for selling liquor Sundays under
penalty of $780, were met by he presence Of the
ties before JustIc Drinker Tuesday morning Legal
exceptions to the proceeding taken by the
Of Mr. Vnltse, and the postponed until Thurs
day morning, the 29h instant at O'Clock An affidavit
had also been made by the ntormer Hunt against John
and Joseph W. Howard he counsel OF Joseph w. How.
ard presented tes oony to that hs the pro-
prieor OF the hotel where the liquor sold and he
dsmissed The afida it OF niormer, Hunt and the
cumsanees attending the arrest Of MIR Howard will be
presented to the next Grand Jury for their action.
ATTEMPTED ESCAPE FROM THE Cry PRISON On Mon
in the City Prison, heard peculiar noise proceeding
from cell on the second corridor occupied by Daniel
Roach alias Nathaniel Rhodes convicted Of burglary
the first degree and George Potter charged with grand
larceny He Immediately placed himself the and
wooden cell door instrument used b, the prisoners
inside which he protrudng through the hole which
they hey were attempting to enlarge He then gave the
med and searched the prisoners but nothing found
except strips of blanket that had probably
upto aid in their escape the walls of the prison
descending to the yard at the Of the cell window
skeleton key was found made to open the door Of
used to cut saw teeth in the knives tha. had been
sent into them with their daily food With one of these
knives thus prepared they had separated the bolt Of the
work at the outer wooden with their knives. They
had probably intended to have used the saw knives in
rdor which would have admitted them to the yard from
whence they could have escaed the walls by
OF their torn blankets. But few minutes would have
fore the hole in the cell door would have been made large
enough to have allowed the prisoners thrust
.nsr hands through ana unlocked the door from the out
put into separate cells and ironed for safe keeping.
Fauna young man named Thomas w. Francis,
and John Doe aliss Hiram Youngs. who have recently
been engaged in an intelligence Office, something oil
ketcharactcr, arrested charge of fraud in OBJ
tanning small sum of money from Leonard Lewis, on
bail to answer