The New York herald., 1850-05-23
Police Intelligence.


Case NJ Ons.Ep,d Thompson N, f" Torpedo Charss.
The examination Of hlam Al. Tbompson. or other
o'clock yesterday morning before Justice Osborne at
the Tombs. Mr. Mckeon. the District Attornsy, ap-
peared, and so did NJ. Ihompson accompanied with
his counsel. Mr. Camp. Mr. Mckeon asked the gis-
trate for posiponsment a. witnesses the part Of
the prosecution could not be proiuced under several
days as several of them resided at Canandaigua, in
this State that Is the witnesses whe testified ON the
trial Of Samuel Drury. as 20 the aoknowledgments
made by Tbom them In reference To the manu-
fsctsrc Of the torpedo" box that exploded in Mr..
Warmers house However Mckeon said that II Thcmp-
son would sdmit the declaration thus made by those
witnesses. he was ready to proceed Mr. Camp, the
part of Mr. Thompson, remarked that he would adiait
nothing Of the hind the testimony Of such witnesses
was not To be relied upon, aDd that he would show
very different state cf iacts on the cfus.esamnstion
Of those witnesses Justice Osborne ,ad. that under
those circumstances II would be advantageous to th.
prisoner 20 have those witnesses brought forward and
essmincd and as u would possibly take some Eve
days TO accomplish that object aud bring the par
ties here he would further postpone the he.nx until
Wednesday Of next week. at o'clock In the morning
irr,n II Dssreraie BwsLars-Thrce Of the most der-
perate looking burglars ~tre srres.s .bout clock
ycssi day morning by the police Of Fourth ward
sdsd BY an ofrecr nom the second and SIKH wards
III. rogues detected in the act II seems from
the testimony Of officer Harrison OF the Fourth ward
that about ons O'Clock ycsetdsy morning his atten.
ton was led 10 light In the second story Of the new
store No II North William street. .na by the giimmer
OF this light he distinctly observed men moving about
evidently in search cf plunder Therefore. without
making any alarm 20 disturb the rogue. he qui.tly
yftcured the aid OF officers Hsrbinson Ridden kustis
and Shea and thus itlrforced the officers proceeded
spprssehps tie outer door shsy a,.So,eres ~. p.a
lock o. be broken of and the door open The officers
then psccd guard outside and the others procecded
up stairs The burglars hearing the spprosch of
persons on the staiIs b~ow, whom their guilty
scere,s believed TO he tbr scers n Justice 90 the
head of the stairs to escape and lnding other out
let except running into the cf ,hs policenen
tufned and made fer the second story vndov in the
resr, threw Up, and spang out into the yard below
Oue cf the bsfglars landed tho shed In the ysrd
where he rtnsn ed With broken thigh u1ti conveyed
Irrri Af4f t.nr.s kHALa 49,
SECURED BY the police The premises thus bu arously
entered belonged TO scheper Comm. manufacturing
je-elcrs situst.d In the second story of ssd store
The burglars had broken open chcst anI carried on
What they hsd their PERSONS nineteen gold breast
pins paper containing come hne gold. together With
other portions ~ unfinished jevcry valued IN sl at
te The bsrslars also had IN their pockets So ,rsl
brsss skei-ton keys. large chisel matches &c rhe
rogues gave their pames ss James Murphy. John
Hichaels and John Meyers all we'll kbe~p Pve Point
Thigh In the jump This trio Of burglars are about AZ
desperate looking set Of fsloss the police court
have -itnessed Dor some time past Justice osborne
ecmmted Nsrphy and Mchaeis 10 the Tombs for trial
and Meyers vii be consigned 20 the Tombs vben the
surgeon pronounces him able 10 be removed Much
credit due 20 the above named ocer. N this arrest
and N the police generally we're - virssnt and judi
cious Ne believe hat many more OF tbcse desperate
midnight rObbers would be taken and brought to
justice
D,s.cr,a Coie.ss Issi,s Archer of the Fifth
ss t.s ssS sailed sailed .""ss W.T. Sf
lsms tnd sarah Williams, on charge preferred
against them, BY dandy lookine White young man,
vho ssve his name ss John smith, residing st No 100
Of Mr.. Jennings No. pi Brcsdvsy Thi, young man,
" seems BY bis evidence before the magistrate.
Induced 10 visit one ofthese colored damseis =. No n
time, be discovered that . ss gold piece and ~
bank bils had been extracted from HE ves. pocket
and he secsssd bosh thee ysov damses With havias