The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-05-25
Police Intelligence,

THE DEVIL AMONG THE TAILORs-A CUT BETWEEN
THE TOP AND BOTTOM sHoP-TwO OF THE AssAILe
ANTS COMMITTED TO PRISON.
On Monday evening, after shutdown, the police OF
the Fourth ward called into requisition by dsur
bance among forty fifty journeyman taiors,
workmen in the employ of Messrs. Brooks, Brothers,
wholesale and retail clothing store of Cherry and
Catherine streets 1t appears that Messs Brooks bave
two work shops situated the opposite Of Cherry
and Catherine streets to that Of their store which
their jouineymen employed. These shops desig
mated as the top ,hop and the bottom shop" Nov
it that two jours' in the top shop got little
tight, ntruded themselves into the domnions Of the
bottom shop" and CONNER ced to haste the bushe'
and they in defence fought back with their sleeve
boards ard geese; general kissing speedily COM
menced and the two shops in happy state Of
fusion, when officers oDay and Nugent OF the Fourth
As soon as the police arrived the jour tailers
called out skill the police" and . ferocious
wsas coSeea to Sea reea and
force, and subsequently succeeded in capturing
FIVE Of the taors who were taken to the police station
two Of whom, calling themselves Bernard dusson and
William Cuff he'd to charge Of assault and
battery inflicted by them on the policemen; the other
worst of the fight. Those who Witnessed the melee,
that the ailors made the fire during the time they
were in full fight
An Indecent Assauh-O1icer Mansfield OF the lower
police yesterday arrested coorsd named Stephen
simmons keeper Of an eating saloon on the corner OF
Rroed and Pearl streets a change of per0etratng
indecent assault Margaret Long, young Irish girl.
appears that Margaret and another white girl were in
day night, and slept together. During the night MAR
garet awoke BY the feeling Of person who was
she thought, eDdeavoring get into the bad
with them She became UGH alarmed and called for
assistance the wife OF the hearing the noise
from her with a lighted CANDLE and the stairs
leading from the nls she met her husband 10 his
night clothes coming up who explained the matter by
telling lis wife that he heard noise in the girls room,
and went there to what occasioped the difficulty He
denied the accusation made against him by Margaret
Notwithstanding. hs@ever, Justice Bogart held him to-
bail in the Of $780, the charge Of indie
cent assault
An Aggrarated Assault on a Child-Lieutepsut Ward
low Of the Eighth ward police yesterday ARRESTED Edward
Brennan keeper Of candy shop in Houston street.
charge Of violating the of girl only elve
of named Josephine Pray. daughter OF Mrs. Anna
Pray. residing at No 1870 Houston street. that
the child visited Brennans shop to purchase candy,
and, while there he nduced her to go with him into
back where he effected the crime alleged against
him. The accused conveyed before Justice Stuart,
who committed him to yIison for trial.
Violent ASSAULT by ShoottnS.-On Monday man named
Garrett Burns ariested charge Of violently
saupx one Thomas Cox. by dscharging pistol at him
while in house in the Third avenue, between Forty
first and Forty second streets. The bali from the pistol
pas sed close by the person of Mr. FOX Burns was in
toxicsted at the time which fact probably Mr..
ir tebed to missing The Injury intended Justice Stuart
committed theaccushd to prison to the charge