The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-12-26

Police IntelJiRence.

Police Intelligence.
Rs q the M a, yCuns man BY The s. name
Friday jim custody Of the United States S Deputy Mar
shall J. 5. Smith, charged with having purloined from
the mail letters containing drafts and other valuable
closures We have not heard all the partc but
on for some time on rather an extensive scale sna &C.
cording to paD which induces the belief that he may
have had one or more sccomplcss In the business The
been something like this Quite number of letters,
purportng to from anonymous correspondents and
containing various OF money In bank notes have
been received at the post Office at Unonve, directed to
Col John c. Wisner the father of the young above
named the inside address OF the letters being young
Wsner. The letters mostly from a distance,
cordng to the dates and post bills accompanying them
verJ which was quite difficult to decypher The cir.
cumstance considered as strange by Col Wis
sb sna ns bS
tire confidence in the honesty Of his he received the
money as often as Games made no secret Of its receipt
and invested 1t in sefe and convenient manner for Will
liams benefit The he has received in this way,
have amounted in all TO about twelve hundred dollars
few weeks since the Post Office Department received
notice from the postmaster Of this city, that draft for
about $500 in favor of Tweedy Jennings Co.. OF New
York, had no doubt been stolen from the mail. some
whsre the route from Orwell Pa to this city. it
had been sent to the Newbnrgh Bank, upon which it
10 very v Nsw way sp S
request to send the proceeds to Tweedy, Jennings
Co., Point Jervis The draft not being endorsed by the
payees, the Newburgh Bank declined to remit the
money. At this stage OF the case the Post Office De-
partment despatched special agent Mr.. Hoibrook,
depredstor il possible 1t was discovered that the
handwriting in the letter. enclosing the draft to the Bank
Jarvis Clerk The suspicion thus started was followed
by further and closer investigation by the the
result Of %hiSn wa. thought to fully justify an srs'
nsy to Colonel Wisner from an unknown source, were
from young Wisner and mailed at Point Jervis the
money having been distracted from letters passing
through that office at different times Some Of the bills
We learn sent to Colonel w. in the manner described,
can he identified those contained in missing letters
On the whole, it s singular affair, and exhibits in its
details, degree Of cunning and skill, of which young
has enjoyed the entire Confidence Of ali who knew him
The investigation will take place this morning before
| the U. g. Commissioner.
Conspiracy Defraud Officer Joseph arrested, yes
terday, at IS Walker street, three Germans by the
names of Charles Niehrens, Hartman schwarz and
Henry Blute on warrant issued by Justice Osborne
wherein they stad charged with conspiring together
the 18th of september last to cheat and dsaud Henry
schniring OF the of $780, under the following cir
ter house which he kept at Gold street on the nth
| Of September last to one Of the prisoners, Hartman
that he was orth twelve hundred dollars
besides large property in Oldenburgh, Germany The
for which sch%srs gave schnirrns two notes made
payable one day after sight one fer 5000 and the other
on when schnrrns began to press his claim for the
| payment of these notes, and Schwarz finding himself
cornsred confessed Judgment to Mehrens for $469 on
the 2lst OF December, which an execution was is
sued the next day. and all the property consisting Of Ii
quors, Wines fixtures &C., the premises, No 30 Gold
the complainant that he has been cheated
and defrsuded ou Of his property by the above accused
Osborne Committed the three accused parties to prison
| for examination
| A Shop LITTER Caught-A fellow called Charles
Humphrey alias Williams, caught in the act Of "
ing" 10 yards Of blue cloth worth $40, from the dry
goods store Of VIM Young No as9 Grand street on
in, and Justice Ketcham locked him up for trial.
Disorderly House Officer Burre Of the 10th ward,
arrested yesterday by the of Nicholas Hand
on tho charge Of keeping disorderly house. the
complaint of Mr. VIM GiilApis. Locked up by Justice
Merritt.
a Female Lifter.-Oficers Van Ripper and Mansfield,
the 18th ward arrested Christmas evening ayoung
woman called Sarah Franklin, alias Rosanns Finnigau
entered the jewelry store occupied by Mr. Adams No
a5s Bowery, under Pretence OF purchasing gold
ed at the station house. card found of W. Hatch
Co., 72s Broadway, where she had likewise been, and
lsni6ed at the police Once as an old offender con
| quently Justice ketcham locked her up for trial
By the Of wS
fashionable crib at No. 100 Church street, war
rant issued by Justice Osborne. wherein she stand.
charged with attempting to shoot with six barrel
pistol, Of the bucks around town, called John A.
Briggs whose residence is at No. Al Jay street 1t ap
pears that this gentle youth entered the above premises
kept by the last night and not conducting him.
| self in suitable manner to command respect
from the goodly hostess, consequently she ordered
| beyed by becoming quite violent; when Miss Mary
made more to do than out with six barreed revov
err presented at her man, and snapped of one Of the
caps but luckily that barrel was unoaded the other
Ave being heavily charged with powder and ball Briggs
Immediately closed 10 with his antagonist, wrested the
pistol from her hands, and out OF the house Thus,
upon this Charge she held TO bail ia $500 by the
magistrate to keep the peace
Ertsnsire RoJbery-A young sailor by the name of
Charles Savage, just landed from cruize, robbed
yesterday by fellow called Daniel Desmond OF $500
in silver taken from small bag which he had fastened
around his neck with cord, while in rum hole kept
by Jane Page at No 81 James street The money, the
Young man says was given him by his father about
year ago. while visit to sec him at Calais, State Of
| Maine.
Preparing for ND Yesrs-A black fellow called Bill
Long caught the act yesterday by that excellent
ocer vsnderzee Of the 81 award stealing eight very
No 3 Washington market Locked up for trial by Jus
| tice Osborne.
brought in a charge OF stealing coat aud other co
thing from No l4i Walker street. Committed BY JUS
.arrest on SUSPICION Officer Watson of the 9Th ward
arrested last night big Mol Sherwood on suspicion Of
| stealing $40 from Dutchman. IA
Arrest Suspicion-Captain McCirath, OF the ct 1
ward police, arrested yesterday afternoon, felowo
rather gentee appearance whom he found concealed in
old trunk in the attic of O house Of old negro
in franklin street. Centre street. in the
The captain this fellow in the alley way in
h% up and hm Il
was subsequently ascetsned that two chaps had been
CT n in Or IT, IL IN the
plumber, when The gentleman Of the house surprised
hem and they made good their escape by knocking him
down and this fellow who calls himss John Ander
son, is supposed to be Of them" Consequently the
parties robbed, will further the ends Of justice
by calling upon thi, vgilan, oicer and identifying the
prisoner ut the Tombs.
Charge Of Fasting Spurious DJilars We noticed, tho
other day, the OF a by the name Of ~ Davis,
charge of passing two counterfeit cellars Or the
matter being Investigated before Justice Osborne, the
charge dismissed.
ALsAsY, Doc. %, 1916.
Mr.. Young and The anii Rentays again Information for
Conservative Whiss-7A Pardon of the .ann Rent