The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-10-25
Police Intelligence,

.frrtst ef on Eaghsh .dbseuatulator. - For some
time, the officers Of the independent police Messrs
HAYS and Welch No. Wall street. have been engaged
in searching out the whereabouts Of an Englishmsn
by the name of O. Reardon who arrived in this coun
y: y wss charged with dsfrsadiaS number Of msr
chants Of Leeds and Liverpool out Of large amount
Of goods. After some considerable inquiry, Mr. Hays
ascsrtsined that he had made his way to Albany. His
family sent to this country from Liverpool under
the assumed name Of Rawdon In the ship Fidels the
accused took in from Lon
ceeded route for Chicago On learning these facts
Mr. Hays went In immediate pursuit and detec ted the
runaway board one Of the lake steamboats,, his
way to Chicago, where he was arrested. oh being
taken into custody he loudly appealed to the passe
gers of the boat for stating that the English
government had sent their boodhounds in pursuit of
him for his political offences committed in Engand
and, as Americans he appealed to them whether they
would allow him to be arrested All this however
could be arrested in this country for their political
offences; he was conveyed to jail in Buffalo. very
officer.
Larceny in the Enthusiastically quite an excite
ment was created among the rogues confined in the
Tombs. While one of the prisoners, a white man.
whose cell door left open, and the occupant some
little distance of along the corridor, was talking
with some Of his companions some one Of the light
fingered frater nifty likewise prisoner, slipped into
the cell and stole $50 from his coat pocket Upon the
loser missing his money he gave the necessary alarm,
and search was made but without success, as upon
the prisoners being questioned they all stated they
were innocent; and as all the prisoners incarce-
for nothing at all and quite innocent creatures, the
probability is, that the $50 walked out of the cell
alone. Times must be rather hard in the Tombs
when they rob each other
Caugh uith Prize Officer Crolius, one of the
vgilent policemen Of the 5th ward, noticed black
fellow, Monday night, trotting along at rather
unusual tate, with trunk on his shoulder and fol-
lowed him for some little distance. and feeling
tain that all was not right, stopped him. The moment
and ran of and being of the short heeled nggers
he out the officer, and ade his escape The trunk
conveyed to the station house, opened and found
to contain three pieces of hack CLOTH nine pieces of
calico and number Of plain black cravats and other
small articles, for which an owner 10 wanted. Apply
to Captain Carpenter at the 9th ward station house
As Leonard street.
.qrrest on a Bench Waran'.-Mr. T. w Meighan
was held to bail yesterday on bench warrant wherein
ne stands charged with melting riot at the Bowery
theatre. Mr. Meighan'gave the required bail.
Battery Extension.
Citizens and taxpayers in particular permit me
to call your attention to the extraordinary and
almost unprecedented secresy and expedition of the
Cor mon Council, in carrying this measure through
the two Boards completed last evening, will appear
by their proceedings; a measure, in my humble
opinion, Of much Importance 60 the city and con-
be seen They propose to add eleven to the Bat
terry at anlexpense of less than forty thousand dol
lars Lock at the report of the committee which you
will find at their Office in the Hall, and enquire of
your fellow citizens, how many have heard Of
seen it. This project was first introduced in the
September. On the 9th October, the committee made
their report giving the map, with surveys, soundngs
calculations, estimates So all of which carried
through the Board Of Aldermen on the Esd October
and the advertisements probably already pu blished
Tor proposals. sc. Was 1t ever known that q work of
his magnitude, which is tc lay waste your Battery for
1t least three years he committee say from two to
hree years., and entail upon you an expense the
AMOUNT Of which you cannot know, was thus hurried
through known, as / think, to but few you 1t is
not too late to put stop to such proceedings by i'm
nediatey calling public meetings in every ward and
put down SUCH as cali, their secret schemes.
RS