New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-12-07
CITY ITEMS.

CITY ITEMS
SATURDAY, Dec. 5.
v.clDE-s Gep HELP rsk Pooz r-Coroner
Raw.oa was yesterday called e hod an neaes; At IS
BsooGse CT re BODY OF an aged woman named Cath,
s-;ne Ws.ch native oiWestcaester CO. From tie ,es
.luouy ad5pcsd 5e-ore tbs Coroner. Jury i. appears
.aa; he deceased wo was Il yea-; q ss ,sss maiden
lady sde had Boarded az The house where sac died &c.
abou: four years an6 notwithstanding hcr ss asd SUP.
ported herself az probably aged ..sc, likewise Is
working at her ;.aie-ths; o .silo:,s, Her sister
wss taken ILL., and deceased became melancholy op her
account Her dependency saecrt acr hesl.h 50 la,
sae was nc; s5.c to work She 5iG ao; aowevo. cc..
PLAN CT hs- condition cNccp; lament Ter nasil.
i5 70 =; work For s5ou; weeks pas, she has
appeared thus melancholy On THURSDAY nigh. s5ou;
10 o'clock she retired 70 her bedroom which apartment
was occupied oy herself and ts caild. In the
in. she did rot sppear At breakfast and WOMEN
sent 10 call Ter pat Mss Welct not in her roorl.
Nothing had 5eon heard heT s;ter see retired on
Thursday evening ans search therefore iunedi.
ately commenced. which resulted n the discovery OF
her corpae in a.is;ern upon tue premises. She
dressed her night clothes and had neither shoes
uor stockings Her dre.s hose and shoes IN her
and the 5cd appeared 10 hse beer occupied The
in the cisern about four feet deep. post
mortem examination made npon tho body, which
presented the usual appearance OF person recently
drowned The Jury therefore returned Terdic;ast
Csthsriue Welch came 20 Der death by drowning her
SCI: in a cisteru. when IN ierspsed of mind
Poor soul Hers indeed q hard csse-her sister
sick her work gone dear friend to share her sreis
sHd smooth the rugged path @; her remaining hours Out
OF money out OF work, OF health. out OF hope -
Dark melancholy pgeyins her very jtals-Besson
to.,ered and the poor ;enenen; Of clsy rushed
ANY where. any where.
Gu: c. the world
God help the poor God help the poor
HABEAs CoKFUs.-The inquiry IN relation to the
ALLEGED insanity OF Nh Hoppock did not this
forenoon WI, issued requiring tho sisters OF
Mercy IN this city to produce the person OF Ezabsth
Origin girl 10 years OF age said pc detained by
them Tnis is denied, being alleged that she is DO
nestle in the Couven; and IS free to Leave any moment
she p!eases.
The sirl was brought before Judge Oakley. and de-
c!ared that sac detained at the Convent against
her will cut wished reside there. She was dis
charged but refused to so home with her stepfather
on whose apple ston and that OF her mother. she
| brought up.
EXTENSIVE RoBsERY AND ARRgsT.-On Satur
day Nov rs Me.srs. A. & E. 5. Higgins extensive
pet dealers 90 Broadstree discovered tina, they had
been robbed By person who had gained access to
safe IN the vault Of the store, and taken therefrom
pocketoook containing scrip &c to the amount of
about $4,000 Messrs Il al once sc, it down a case
of burglary and concluded that their store had been
tered BY false keys Application being made TO the Pc
lice Capt Wiley OF the lst Ward. accompanied by Off
Ger Stokey visited the premises and after careful in.
vestigasion satisfied themselves that the job had been
done by !nsders-that is by persons belonging about
/ IN, nd epha
were called up and conversed with about the matter
and a, last Capt Wiley fixed his suspicious upon young
man about nineteen years OF age named Augustus T..
/ Upham a clerk in the establishment
On being arrested, Upham after great hesitation and
seemingly honest indignation finally confessed the rob-
berry The pocket book contained when placed III the
safe nearly $500 In bank bills notes payable 70 the rm
to very large amount, and ST. 100 in scrip which had
been bought some years since al low rate, but had
since increased in value tina, with the current price
and interest the scrip worth 100 per cent (or par
valued large portion OF the $500 has been thus
cred but OF the scrip or the other papers nothing has
! been heard. Uphan is in custody awaiting far.
ther examination -
BuRCLARY-The premises corner OF Norfolk and
Riv.ngton entered last evening while the in.
mates absent, and robbed OF So III money
ASorHxR BCRcLARY.- house of L |. Cohen.
card manufactured - William ST vas burglsr1ously en-.
tered last night and much valuable property stolen
therefrom including or valuable work boxes IA TO
/ 10 gold pencil or containing gold pens,
or pearl card aud Sc in money. The rosues
made safe retreat with their booty
CHARGED WITH BURGLARY Samuel Jackson
was arrested charged with having been concerned in
the burglary at Mr. Campbells store in Center Market
place on Wednesday nsh, lie was found in garrett
/ IN Westinghouse
CHILD BURNT TO DgATH--A child OF Mr. Nc
knight was burnt to death in Secondst avenue B.
Fousu Drowned man who has not as yet
been identified found drowned last evening in the
I Eas, River near Wtlnutst lie IS supposed 10 have
! been recently drowned his coat found floating
near inc body and cap discovered floating
spar The Coroner called to hold an inquest.
SUDDEN DEArH-Mr VIM. F Anderson, of ll6
Waker.s, last nigh, purchasing some pastry In
bakery at the Of Elizabeth and Walker SIS when
he was suddenly taken H. and aimo.: Instantly expired
His death is supposed to nave osen caused oy rupture
OF b!ood.ves.el the heart. He was "a years OF
age and has been tne quite active in the tenn
perance movement o. the day
SrARBIxc-A man named Michael McCsnley
was last night arrested on charge Of stabbns sailor
named Edward Curtis at No 100 olvefst.
~ John Conroy was arrested for threatening
tbc lie OF ais wife
FALSE PRETENCE-A man named Michael Nor
ton arEeeted charge Of obtaining 81 barrels oil sp
! pies by fraudulent representations
Ex1REng VILLANY-A person OF respectable ap
pearance Yesterday the store OF Joseph crop
sew - Csnes and purchased bill OF goods which ne
ordered sen, to g Rvinstons, The goods were sent
according 70 directions and the man pulled out ro Of
bills but could ne said, MAKE cnanse sno sem
the boy 10 grocery hand TO Seta - bull changed
The boy wen: directed but found the OIL W" wotte
less and when he returned both man and goods hat
disappeared The value Of TIE goods was about sl7
General Notires.
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