The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-07-31
Police Intelligence.

II Funny aquarium saturday night quite excl
ting affair took place at of large and fashion
able boarding houses situated corner Beaver
street and Broadway, in which watch and murder were
cried aloud bringing the aid of officer Collins of
the vigant policemen of that district On entering
the house. negro waiter by the name of Jim Madison
commonly called Robinson, was pointed out to the off,
Ger as the offender. He was Immediately taken into
custody and conveyed to the Station House, and in the
morning taken before Justice Lathrop, of eff
cient magistrates located at the Tombs; and in the
routine of calling the prisoners thus brought by the
police the negro Jim was called and the Justice
quir Of the officer what charge was preferred against
him. The officer replied that he took him to the Sta
ton House on the night previous charge Of being
disorderly, but he did not any to appear
against him The magistrate then asked the negro
(who was rather innocent looking chap, with lit
tie lisp in his speech just enough make him inter
0stngD what the occasion of the difficulty; and in
reply he went on and related the following circum
stances which led to the alarm of watch being called
NEsao-Wel, Judge, 'spose better tell you all
Trip all de winter waits on table and does other
things about the house; and last night Mrs Mix SAID
to me- after had just washed out few towels, Jm,,
said she, 6" want you to up stairs with me- and
move some trunks out Of one room into anothern So
did dat and soon after goes to bed; andi n the
night was woked up by a kind of whispering at the
crack of my door, and It sounded like a woman and
man. When heard dis, it q kind of scared me; nv
room where sleeps is on the upper floor, and No l.
and de two servant girls sleeps the same floor in
room No. g. and by kind of twist in de entry, room
No. 10 comes zackly next to my room. Well, Judge,
thieves in house SO quite s when was
such cracking and swapping in No. 10, where Mr.
q forget his namel-one Of the boarders, sleeps,
Just as if some thief forcing open a trunk.
Sometimes it would be louder. and some times
not SO loud, and so on, which so scared me
that thought thieves were in de house So gets
out Of bed and on picking shoes dropped one on
de floor making noise. Then heard voices say,
dat niggers awake, and den heard Whispering by
awake; he has us; we are found outs Some one
said den what shall do with him. another one said
give him some poison or get some fellows the
Of the street to knock his brains with some bricks
No, said man, I'll fix him with piece of cold steel
me aiming large knife. Dis SO frightened dat felt
well as could wild chair under the lock. and a
piece Of wood besides when the man came to de door
and said you id niger, open de door; dis wouldn't
do; but sooner than be murdered, opened the win
dow and cried out watch and hearing loud bang at
the door, jumped out Of window and landed on the
on de roof cutting my hand and almost broke my leg
! den got into small closet. When de NJ p come he
take me on; and OATS all know about it,
MAGisTRArE-Who those young women who
sleep in room No. g. on the same floor
NEGRo-One is de chambermaid, and the other is q
maid belonging to a family boarding in de house.
MAosrGArE-Do you know who this man was that
wanted to give you some cold steel?
NEcRo-l bleive he's student from Canada,
MAGisTRATE-Wen, don't that any one appears
against suppose your story to be true
stand here consequently shall dis
for your future conduct If you wish to keep out of
difficulty, you must not hear much It appears in
this instance that you have heard more than in.
tended you should hear and from that fact 1t
the trouble arose. and was the of your jumping
out of third story window where you might have
broken your neck.
NEeRo-Yes, Judge, OATS a fac; and another time
I'll keep dark and won't say nothing.
MAGnTRATE, (Laughing)-I guess that will be the
most prudent course and will doubt be the means
of saving You broken head There, you can go this
time and be more careful in future The negro
thanked the justice for his advice and liberation and
left the court with smile his ebony countenance.
Robbed on the Battery Officers Cady and Cunning,
OF the First Ward, arrested on Saturday night two
young men, by the names Of John Smith, and John
Kutz, alias King, charge Of picking the pocket of
Machior Francis of wallet containing $3.50 in bank
bills II appears that Francis fell asleep of the
benches on the Battery and while thus in the of
Morpheus his pockets in the hands of thieves.
The officers detected these two young men close by
Francis when he said he lost his money and arrested
them accordingly. On searching their persons no
money or clue to the same found it is supposed
the money was carried of by third party, who was
seen to make his escape Justice Lathrop committed
them both for further hearing.