The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-04-26
City Intelligence.

Lower Police Onlce-Thursday .-ARREsr or
PIcKpocKETs-FIoHr BETWEEN THE OFFICERS JACK
HATriElp-ChAsE-ANp STEAMBOAT RACE WITH HABrAs
CORPUS TO ALBANY-On Thursday of last week. Jack
Hatfield alias Milton arrested board the steamboat
Knckerbocker Albany the boat was about leaving
the wharf, charged by Syvanus j. Penninan. OF $50
Broadway, Albany, with picking his pocket OF Sd2 In
bank notes while he paying his fare at the ticket Oh
fee. Mr. Penniman, feeling some one at his pockets
turned round, and suspecng Hatfield, arrested him, and
searching his pockets found $40 in bank notes. which
Penniman could identify they had been handed to
him but few previous to the boats leaving the
wharf by boy from his store Hatfield denied the charge
and said that he eweler by trade and resided al OIL
State street. Boston He was brought to this city IN Gus
tody where he Immediately recognized and iniy
committed on the charge Through aid OF counsel he
taken before Judge VandeTpoe and Immediately re
ease ed ball. to commit further depredations on the
community a pickpocket The day after the offence
had been committed on board the steamboat additional
testimony was tai a. Albany ana ms,orh
that city, being satisfactorily shown to him that the
pocket book stolen by Hatfield before the boat had
left the wharf, therefore making the offence within the
Jurisdiction OF the Albany courts This warrant was
placed in the hands of Albany officer who came to
this city for the purpose OF taking the rogue to Albany
for trial but finding that Hatfield had been discharged he
placed the warrant in the hands of officer Lounsbey OF
this city for service.
days. by the gangs of pckpockets that niest our
city officers Sweet Brown and Fream wended their way
ture at 50 Lafayette Place in search 'f the light fingered
gentry and sooner had Sweet entered the house than
he spied Hatfield and quietly beckoned him ont OF the
fields supposed partners named 10 Murray and Bill Cook
After notice of caution had been given to the persons in
the house attending the SALE then Cook and Murray
taken the Lower Police office but there being no com.
plant against them they discharged Hatid became
abusive and insulting to the officers at the corner Of
Franklin and Elm streets and demanded his release
refused the ground that he was held under the
warrant issued from Albany This he denied as he alleged
he had given bail before Judge Vanderpoel, and in
sstiDg upon his discharge scufle ensued between
him and the officers, during which the coat Of officer
Brown peeled from his back in strngets The des
perate rogue finally mastered and handculfed and
then placed in cab and taken to the Poughkeepsie boat
meantime knowledge Of theproceedng had been commu.
ncaed to N d. Blunt Esq the counsel OF Hatfield. who
with writ of habeas corpus to release his client but the
Ulcers had got the start OF him and hurried their prison
board OF the Poughkeepsie boat to the SER
vice OF the writ that they presumed would be issued Tor
his appearance before habeas corpus Judge The
officers doubt crossed from Peekskil to Caldwel
and took the last evening boat to Albany where in all
probability Hherprisoner safe in custody weunder
stand that his counsel with aid and hackers eok passage
in the evening boat to the writ of habeas corpus
upon the officers before they reach Albany and thus
pei them to return him to this city. Full particu-
lars tomorrow Immediately after the transaction, Mrs.
Dickinson who was attending the auction sale where
these pickpocket arrested called at the Lower Po
lice Office and stated that while at the sale her retcue
drawn by George Gould, Esq The payment oihe check
has been stopped but the $lOowl notbe returned in
hurry.
Persons attending auction sales and all places where
crowds assembled at this of the year, cannot
be too cautious in making safe depository of their
money the city, at the present time is overrun with
pckpookets OF the most dexterOus character
COrOner's Office thursday .--ANoTHER MAN
sLAUGHTERThe Coroner called yesterday to attend
the examination OF an Irsman named James
Gradahan who dying in Cross street. Of wounds re-
ceived from sung shot, alleged to have been received
several days since, from the hands OF man named Nj
cholson who has recently been bar tender ioi Frank
Reed in Cross street Before the Coroner arrived how
ever the was unable to speak, and has since died
fellow named John McGrah Five Point loaier who was
at the house of Reed when Nicholson committed the bru
tay and urged it forward was arrested by officer Burns
aud lodged in prison. Nicholson had not been caught last
evening. The inquest will be held this week.
DEATH OF A FISH CLEANER.-An inquest was held yes
terday the body of named Ezra c. Porter KNOW
about Union Market "teilaer" He was OF ntempe
habits land found dead in hay NOW at 81 Hous
ton street. Verdict" Apoplexy' He was native OF
Bridgeport Conn aged 35 years