The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-19
Police Intelligence.

A Dshones Dry Goods Gle K Recovery 81 Lar Quantity Of
the Stoln S,lks SIn Sundays herald noticed the
cion Of having stolen piece Of brocade silk valued
about $780, which he ercd to cell for $40 At nrst when
taken TO the station house he declined to say from whom
lection in prison ell he disclosed to Captain Brennan
the ZANE Of rmssAy G. Hammond one of the clerks
ployed in the exter sive establishment If James
Beck Co., Broadway. On this information Mr..
Beck was sent for, who, on examining the ELK,
ecognized it as having come from their store. oM
Jordan and Bowling were then ordered to arres.
Hammond, which they did, AID conveyed him to
The station house, when he became alarmed and made
the sTsa sr oron Of hs stolen six Gould b found Tbs
young man, May employed by Hammond to sell the
ks receiving of course. centage SEINE tw. I've or
fifteen pieces Of silk have already been recovered and it
is supposed that upw, rds OF thousand dollars worth
have been abstr ,c,ed from the store. The OF
Ds h X making tss M
livery book and directing the same to different persons
with whox be acquainted, and in that ay the
ter delivered the goods without suspicion The accused
parties both detained In PRISON for further exAm'-
nation.
arrest Of Paxsrs Of Counterfeit Money-on saturda,
corps, arrested two men, named Lewis Morgan, alias
l; Stewart, and +. Rogers, charged with passing
appear ten dollar bills; and genousy the alter
stion made that almost every prsen to whom they
taton. The officers de4ctsd the accused parties at
Woods Ministries where they had just passed ten dol
lar bill; hut Mr. Wood discovered the error and went
after them They returned to the bex Office and
back the money. The officers being 1T hand hearo
tie alton, and offered their assistance The
ment they did SO the accused of Morgan went up
Broadway, and Rogers down. Officer Mssterson pursued
Morgan and secured him at the Of Grand street
Officer KenDer who pursued Rogers, caught him In Lis
peIard street These men had, during Saturday
Ing passed several altered bills of the above med
scrption, at various places Of amusement After their
arrest the prisoner Morgan essed to officer Master
that he arrived from Philadelphia Thursday last and
was almost hard up for money, when taking walk
the Battery, two addressed him. and asked II he
wanted to sell his watch and being short Of money he
took $780, and received for them eight $40 bills, which
turned out to be altered These bills pas sed of by
the Nation al theatre Franklin Museum and her places
committed them to prison for examination.
Assault Win an A1e.-Aary Shrevs, German woman
while in the shipyard Of VIM H. Webb, foot Of Sixth
street, East river, Saturday afternoon gathering
chips assaulted, ~ is alleged, by a man named
Michael Mcmahon, who kneeA cd her down with axe
AT FIRST 1t was supposed had been killed, but in .
short time she recovered sufficiently to 60 home NOM
hon arrested by onicer sutton who conveyed him
before Justice Welsh, who committed him to prison for
trial
Arrcstfor StaJing-A man named Thos. Howes was ar
rested II o'clock yesterday morning by officer McPher
son, Of the Fifteenth ward charged with stsbbing fire.
man belonging to Engine Company No. 70 In the arm
with large jackb mite It opesrs that the accused
conducting In . dsordsrly manner about the engine
house and upon being ordered of he became enraged
and stabbed the person who offended him. He was taken
before Justice Stuart and held for examination.