The New York herald., 1851-10-31
Police IntetIlQcnce.

ARREST OF THE FULTON STREET BURaLARs-s'GooD
BYE, JoHN"-REcovERY OF THE STOLEN PROPERTY.
On Saturday night last, the gentemens furnishing
ftore NO. lS7 Fulton street. Broadway occupied BY
John p Scott WAS broken into by burglars ana robbed
Of property amounting to over $780, consisting Of silk
and satin ersvsts stocks, silk handkerchief &C. Yes
terday information received by officers Stephens
and Elder two excellent thief cstchers the po
lice court respecting the supposed whereabouts of the
stolen property Accordingly the officers after several
hours careful search, and watching as a cat would
mouse, pouIced upon the rogues' secret hiding
place situated st Fredercks hotel corner Of Chambers
street and West Broadway, where the two burglars,
named John Turner and James Rogers, had put up fer
short time. as honest men, The two rogues were both
taken into custody and in large trunk in ths same
room found the msjo jorty OF the stolen property
Rogers is believud to be old offender and not long
out Of the Sing sing state prison as on searching the
person Of Turner the following unique letter oupd
written to him by Rogers in the slang phrase used by
thieves 1t seems by this letter, that Mr. Alexander
IL Wells the whig State Prison Inspector Is likely TO be
defeated at the coming elections ard Mr Robert Lent
the architect, it also appears, Will come In for his
share:--
yhSNWs arrived s sn and wen; soa e .
was engaged years and nire for bassia
M % up Will sns i'm n Gi %
pented for ever leaving you
ard did not care whether she was nehed or not 80 she
could get You must not think this Is 'barney.
There of people in town =. the
retler win Shoemaker J.ek Roach ssos,ed in
town On Saturday have not done much since aavs been
ping st one ofshe swell hotels, and shalt leave Mona
sSo Sta s1s
him and have bad him making speeches and writing 20 kill
ed Wells and he will do it, de 10 giving him h- and old
You will hear from me again before go a~ey when
shah send you some hooks. Most respectfully, -
The prisoners were both conveyed before Justice
Lotbrop, who committed them t. prison for trial
The WaH street Brug gar Further Particulars We pub
he'd rCav moi he Of an
named Christian Baurhaus, by private Waterman Hugh
McGregor. and policeman Watson Of the First ward
whom the officers found the night previous the pre-
mises of the Phenix Bank situated Wall street near
William street voring to force entrance into the
bullion Office Of Beebe Co. by boring he les in the floor
whereby be expected to gain entrance into the
The burglar whtn brought before Justice Lothrop yes
terday morning, stated that lie had accom- pce also
q German. who induced hra to Join him in an attempt
TO break open the bank, and thus become rich without
much further work. The enterprise gone into,
and they provided thems with srge aueur fine
saw suitable for cutting out circular ho.e, Jimmy
ppeers chiels piece Of tin tube to be used shade
for the candle and large coil Of new supposed be
for the purpose Of lowering themselves down into the
room bank. after cutting through the floor. When
discovered the accuse had already bored twelve holes
Through the eoor and from the ckerrg of the lighted
candle, the private watchman enabled to detect
the operation. On entering the building the officers
found the prsonsr endeavorpg to seerete himself behind
deor; the accompce had fed stairs the roof and
down the ladders attached to the building next
door. thus de his escape The rogues In the first
place. atcsnd.d tie ladder of the building, and
when the roof bored holes in the scuttle which
ahb thea TO the fastening These fellows knew
bus very little about breaking into bsnks. Before
der:slng slcb business they ought to have taken few
lessons Of Tom Kanouse Levi Cole The prisoner
his examination. represented that he u German tY
birth 40 years Of age and aor 10y trade aud ha. a
daughter resieipg In New Orleans and in hs defence,
sad lie had been persuaded to enter into the burglary
ly the who had escape d. and he hoped the court
would deal easy with him possible Justice Lo.hrop
committed bin 70 prison for trial