The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-02-29
Police IntelllgSnCO.

Scene at the Staten Hou"-Comical scenes FREE
quenty at the different station houses thoss
places the reoeptaolss ofoasrs and vagabond Of all
descriptions who crowd in for lodging every night after
this Class Of ossrs ar. mary men Of SALIENT and sduss
ton, who have fallen through misfortune In business
the streets tatered condition during the day and
1t night beg lodging at tho police station houses
by the name Of James Burns who through
misfortune in business aided BY the free Of ardent
spirits %.s brought On footing n,aS, With the y:1;
police station house Burns was however, not exactly
on footing with his brother oAfsr having accidentally
strapped On ct tho knee which enabled him to travel
GROCERY to another, until the close Of night
and permitted lay BY hot stove and sleep
loafsrs and vassbonds both male and female could DO
seen huddled together the foor in every which way
even those showa up the Canal street plan It
was on one of those very cold nights, few weeks
pa:d.s out his %oos.n position Ito S s
the exclusion Of one or two others, who felt them
selves On an equal footing having been - constant IN
Irish woman who had previous to coming In to lodge
met with f.isnd who treated her to drop Of
the mountain dew, which touched the old woman's To-
nsrmost soul and raised the devil within. This old wo-
man. 1t seems in taking her position for the night lay
exactly In the rear Of Burns and the warmth OF the
stove began to enven the little insects associated WITH
Burns which the life and loafer or
der he began to move gradually, by drawing up his
wooden Leg md then by quicker retrograds
NTuck the old woman blow 10 the stomach and this
the old woman The fret one she allowed to psss With
only slight remonsrauce; but the second and third
were more than she could stand and she exclaimed
your old 81 you don't kape your feet to yourself
BY J. IS III tell the captain you old loafer you0
Burns, however, wss too lar gonen the Of Nor
pheus to >sy any attention to old woman but still
persisted tx using that leg, to sos great annoysnce OF
mis- female side partner She not wishing vacate her
was no relief turned on the other side but .t the es
was kept in motion, which 80 annoyed the old
that she took Nosmn OATH raised herself up aud in
quiet manner ,Vnstrapped Burns troublesome leg,
opened the tNoor and placed 1t therein thsn laid
herself down. and coon fell asleep Poor Burns still
tnued to keep his disjointed limb in motion, fsppng
up and down like tn I'm OF turtle, falling
snd half short of the old woman's back The un-
shipping of this leg peace to tho old and,
matter Of course helped to increase the sumbsrs OF
all which lasted unit! daylight, when the captains roll
OF hs non hi. s,Os ,0r 'as
jumped up, aud Burns, who made the attempt Z II
Gown again, being minus his wooden leg Suspect
Ing at that some trick had been played HIM he
seized his old walking stick, and the first loaier
near him he struck The head, knocking him down,
all present. and demanding the whereabouts of his leg
Search made (but suspected the old woman,
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captain observed . strap hanging from the stove
door, ard then the mystery was solved, IS por-
identified BY Burns one Of the attaches to
his lost leg. On this dscovsry general horse laugh
created by all the loafsrs, Of them exclaming
Well Jimmy by J--s your legs gone to h-ll before
yoursef which renewed the laughter and only helped
to Burns Ire, who by all that holy he'd
60 to tho mayor and have the whole police systern
broken up as It was outrageous that should DO
robbed Of his leg while under the protection of the law
Another loafer remarked that he had better make
andavit, and submit the to the caucus of Police
CAPITA who meet occasionally at the Chiefs Office
and pass upon the opinions Of Black Bill, the burglar
and other thieves and vagabonds, who decidedly
in favor Of the old system Of police. Another &c.
nius then spoke M, and said, Yes, and know
police captain who ssons to get petition sgnsd by
all the thieves Ia the city and present It to tho Gem
on Council showing the beauties Of the present police
and Its efoept management All this conversation
cut short by the loaers being turned out and
Jimmy Burns promised leg to be furnished by
the Corporation under the head Of contingent
Charge Of Passing had Money Oficer Donnelly, OF
the I'd ward srrestea yesterday Jew by the name OF
Isaac Meyer, on charge OF passing 30 counterfeit
bill On being detected he dropped his pocket-oook ana
of but subsequently captured by the ofcer In
the book found other bad bills Justice Os
borne locked him up fer further hearing.
Police OGes.-The case OF Robert Munson on the
complaint Of Draper Devlin for an alleged EN- zzie
ment, which WAS mentioned in the papers some time
since was decided Thursday by MIR Justice Osborne
The complaint ives dismissed IL is due TO the accused
to state that conceivng the charge TO be wholly with
ont foundation he offered evidence whatever. and
the decision the evidence Of the
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