The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-08-14
Police Intelllrence .

Charge Of Obtaining $500 by False Pretences-On Mon
day last officer Smith Of the Lower Police Court,
rested Humphrey b. Durham, doing business at No LOT
Fulton street. warrant issued by Justice Lothrop,
wherein he stands charged the afhdavts Of William
ii Mills and jeremiah Hotchkss, brokers. No. 81 Wall
with obtaining from the said Hotchkss the
Of $500 in cash. under the following alleged false pre-
OF about the MN dsy o. July as. past Mr.
space Of ten eleven days the security Of his own
check on the Mechanics Bank Of Newark New Jersey
for the like which check TO b. dated ahead,
making to fall due the 4h day Of August following
ard in addition to the check Mr. Durham placed in the
hands of Mr. Mills. provided the money could be OBJ
tsined the following promissory notes. amounting in all
to shout Sl.7a9 A. One drawn by Daniel Adee
dorssd by Durham and Daru, Wells for $751; another
for $780, drawn and endorsed by the PARTIES one
fer s16l drawn by VIM Easerbrook; another for s4l1,
by g. w. Van Horn and also one for $40 by Brown
all endorsed severally by Mr. Durham These alleged
securities together with the check represented to
be good, and as Mr.. Mills believed them to be ample
curty. Induced Mr. Hotchkiss to loan the $500
Quested by Mr. Durham. The day the $500 check be-
came DUE Mr. Mills received the following note from Mr..
CHARLES MnIs ESQ regret to inform you that
in consequence Of the suspicion Of Daniel Adee and
others am compelled to stop. OF this necessity, was
not aware until yesterday, p. M. Yours respectfully
On the receipt Of the above note, Mr.. Mills became
suspsious and forhwith called Mr. Adee in reference
to the supposed vauab promssory notes. when Mr. dee
denied being indebted to Mr. Dunham that the
traiy he (r Dunham) indebted to him and further
that the notes In question not business nss but
merely accommodation paper. Consequently, upon the
above facts, rs set forth by the afdavits Of Mr. Mills
in the Of $500 to the charge at court for
trsl Dir Durham gave the required amount Of bail,
and was liberated from custody.
The Cose IF the Murdered Policeman Foster-Yesterday
very curious fact became known aud IL true, will cro
ate consds rable doubt TO the who actually
inflicted the fatal stab with dagger on the person Of
policeman Foster. spanisA sailor named Antoine
Lopez, arrested the morning the policeman
stabbed and when taken into custody he heard to
drop the dagger In the street. which picked by
the police office with blood visible thereon, and Lopez
held for the crime. However. another sailor
with Lopez who called himself Francisco Sanders but
whose real name, II Is Consoles. This has
been detained by the authorities as witsess against
Lopez. II tppears that another Spaniard, named
Manuel Tofre. who in the company Of Gonzales
the morr ing after the stabbing had been inflicted,
kr owledged him that he (Gonsaies) inflicted the
wound and In instant passed the dirk back to Lopez
and told him tc off, which accounts for the police
seeing him running Of giving chase and catching him
with the dagger in his possession. On thee facts
being nicated to Mr. Hail. the Assistant District
Attorney. the man Tefre taken into custody and
conveyed before Justice Lothrop, who committed him to-
prison as a witness