The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-01-16
Police intelligence.

.drrest Of Burglar, and Recovery u the Property
On Saturday last, Marshal rooky, Of Boston, tels-
grspbed TO the Chief OF Police setux form that ns
hso Ju srres ed by the Of Robert oster,
whom he detained in custody having his possession
three vsluaole chToponeters and several gold wstche
which property be was end~ayoripg to SelL when he
was suspected Of being rogue, and taken into GUS
tody Ihe thisf ON examining his book containing q
hst OF stolen property ascerained that chronometers
OF that description had been stolen by some
who fofcsd an .nirasce on the 18th OF September
inte the store OF Mr. Henry Glover, No ll9 Wall
street corner Of South street Mr. Glover was sent
for by the chief Of Police and the given;
snd the description OF the chronomeers
exactly with those stolen, MIR Glover started for 8os
ton and identified the property 70 be three Of the
chron meters out Of the stolen valued at $500
each Foster agreed to return New ork in custody
of MIR Glover, without the extremity Of obtaining
geher in the steamboat, and officers Risd aud Coles
took HIM into custody and conveyed him before
Chief Of Police, where he committed further
hearing. his mAn, Foster, is somewhat known in
this city by the police authorities lt appears
keeps and has for time past kept porter house,
called bompson Hall located at No ~ East Broad
way, corner OF Market street. THIS Foster at the
time the barge robbers we're tried was brought into
court as witness for Parkinson, Of the robbers
ana tndeavored TO prove an abb for Parkinson By
swearing. at the time the robbery effected that
Parkinson With him In Brooklyn In treaty TOR the
purchase Of horse. Since that tims Foster been
kespirgs porter house, aud he stands charged
with the above described the property having
been found in his pos,essiou
a F.rra SaiIor-ConstabIe Joseph arrested yester-
day, on suspicion, young woman. called shorty
whom the officers found on the Five Points flush Of
her before the magistrate where being QUESTIONED
che said that about thirteen months ago of
Backwells Q Island, bavng served out q sentence OF
three months as common prostitutes; and not wish
ing TO engage again in the same pursuits In fs to
procure living she assumed male attire by procuring
. suit OF sailors clothing, and determined TO go
sea voyage. Consequently to fulhl her dssigns she
proceeded to Nantucket under the gsrb u . sailor,
and then took passage In q whaling ship for three
years. cruise. In tins disguiss this ysuns woman
maintained her position smong the other men In the
frecsste Tor over seven month"; until the 9th of July
after rounding Cape Horn ths ship put into Pco for
accident her discovered The fact vas
comnu nupicated - the captain, who Transferred his fs
male sailor to the of ths American Consul. The
Consul procured . respectable clothing OF her
return vessels About week ago rhs arrived and
having SEQ which she had mad. by her trip she
was spending ut various grogseries the Five Ponts
which tact looking rather Suspicious, IL was sup
her before Justice Mountfort. This singular female
has very good looking countsnsnos, short stature
and broad built: her hair short she both
che~ed and smoked tobacco and talked sailor lingo
bsllsbsd nov and then In their own ssy. Her nss-
ner Of Walking and movements of Der body would ap-
pear 20 the observer n she young dressed
up in femss clothing. The investgs proving az
tssctory to the magistrate shs discharged from
custody
I'm .9ftempt' 10 Bribe justice. We we're mislsd
In stating in yesterdays fe, cid that Samuel Drury
had been indicted by the Grand Jury. on q charge
prs~redr by Judge EdmoDds against Drury for an A.
tempt bske him. with two hundred doiiarbls The
judge understand the receipt 81 the i-ttsr
cubtainipg the money. immediately handed them
to MIR Mckeon, the District Attorney and In oonss-
gu. nee thereof Judge Edmonds vas subponed 60 st
tend before the Grand Jury But no 70 ons o'osck
yesterday We have T. from authority that no indct
msnt bsd been found by the Grand Inquest, on the
supposed attempt TO bribs the judge