Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-11-05
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

Ing the daughter, child of eleven years and l;,,.
girl named Mary Hampton, to steal The lssts. 49,
charged with picking the pocket Of a Mrs Ann F. y
pi.iV while In one OF the Third avenue cars Tha a
mary hampton was arrested for picking pockets at ihs
nnericah museum When taken before his honor the
she stated that she had been induced by Mrs Bu
ier 70 commit the act and further that for more than
year past she had in company with the daughter OF Mrs
been In the habit of picking pockets of persons
g Ia the stages and ears, which vehicles they fire.
quenty rode in for that purpose and also that thew had
attended many places Of solely for that
pose ohe also stated that Mrs Butler had induced them
pursue this by giving them money to ride with
anu ny rcwarung them with few shlings each time
were successful in thieving Mr. Christopher Hamp-
tom father OF the child Mary called to the Chief Of Pc
nee ana stated ,hat upwards of year since Mrs But
e decoyed ms daughter from the school of the Rev. Mr.
Capp In the Church OF the Nativity and for weeks the
child was lost to him and under the tuition Of the
Butler who taught her the of picking pockets
py requiring her to pick her Mrs b. 81 pocket and
when she succeeded in doing SO without detection She
would reward her by small present Mr. 81 also stint
ed that MS he discovered the whereabouts Of Ma
child he took her home but since that time she had heen
repeatedly decoyed away by Mrs. b. and kept from him
Tor days. and even weeks before he could ascer
tain where she On some occasions whom he ans
pected her to be at the house Of Mrs. b. he found her
slowed between BEDS hid in Closets the yard Mrs
Is. denying all the time the house was being searched
that the child in it. On the arrest of herself and
daughter the latter corroboraed the statement of the
child Mary On searching the house the officers found
in trunk purse Of large number of portmonnaes,
which the daughter stated the proceeds of their pill
fering operations She also stated where each had been
obtained The aepredations Of these children in front
and within the Museum have been SO great that Nh os
good, the treasurer, has some times in evening
ceived several complaints from the patrons of the loss Of
their money and lately he has noticed that when the
girls were absent scarcely any would be made to him
The child Mary tried in the Special Sessions for the
crime for which she arrested but the complainant
failed appear against her. and she acquitted but
before being discharged promised the Recorder to leave
off her pilfering habits Her father is highly respecta
bic and old citizen, and feels deeply the course
which his daughter has been led to pursue The woman
Butler being taken before the Chief of Police used
very abusive language She and her daughter were lock-
ed up.
MURDER MIssIssPpI.-The Memphis Wing Of the
18th instant says We last evening heard Of the death
of Dr. Ross, of Tatesvie, Mississippi, who wayaid
and killed by of the of Hudson on Friday
night last. The particulars, eau learn
them, were these difficulty originated between DR..
Ross and Hudson growing out of note written by the
former to Hudsons sister relative the gentleman abe
about to marry in fact all the wedding arrange
ments were made AS the deceased riding along in
company with lady and two gentlemen the report of
gun was heard and the Doctor fell dead Upon proceed
ing to the spot whence the report heard they found
young Hudsons hat, but he had fed and had been
heard from at the latest accounts we have"
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AND Loss OF LIFE-About 6 o'clock
Sunday morning fire discovered in the upper part
of of the buildings in the block the of Full
ton and Nassau streets, New York, known as Fowlers
Buildings 1t is probable that the flames had been smou
dering for time in the interior of the building as
the fire had attained great strength when it discover
ed While the main body of the fire department exered
themselves with the engines and other apparatus to
quench the flames of the members joined the police
and the insurance watch in saving the goods The
engaged in this duty subject the greatest peril
The beams of the third floor having been burnt through
two heavy iron safes fell with tremendous crash the
floor below, and the whole sank into the cellar,
bearing with it several of the brave who inside
laboring to the goods John Carman, of engine
company No. s. and Michael Irien of hook and ladder
company No. IL, descending the stairs, when they
caught by the falling mass and buried beneath the
ruins 1t is also thought that young man named John
Van Allen shared the same fate.
On Monday morning the body Of John Carman was re-
covered badly crushed and burnt that could only
be identified by his gold watch and chain The deceased
was twenty-five years of age, and leaves wife and child
Michael O'Brien was unmarried Among the injured
were Messrs Burke and Chas Kent of hose company No.
y, John Woolsey OF the insurance watch and policemen
Snodgrass, Rich, and Gaffrey.
Meanwhile tie confagraton continued, and the build
ings mentioned entirely consumed The total loss
is probably not less than 350000 about one-third Of
which is covered by insurance.
serious railroad accident occurred on Saturday eve
ming, the Hudson River Railroad, at Yonkers. The
express train for Albany into two freight cars on
siding in consequence of switch being wrong and in
the collision the forward engine badly broken up
the second partially the two freight cars demolished
and horse standing killed on the spot besides the
baggage being almost entirely destroyed the track
torn up and rendered impossible the first car
thrown right angles across the track with s front
shattered and partially carried away its seats all torn
from their places and the second passenger car thrown
off the track, with wheel broken off, Strange to saw
in the midst of all this wreck killed. and only
few slight bruises sustained though the cars were filed
with passengers.
FATAL OcoURREscR.-At New York on Saturday after
Patrick Cudmore while backing his horse and cart
up to pile Of bricks the wharf, backed off into the
water aud both Mr. Cudmore and his horse we're drowned
JOHN DooLEY almost instantly killed OF New York
on Saturday, in consequence of falling from n swinging
scafod, forty feet high, erected the building
of Broadway and Tenth Streets one of the
securing the scaod having given way lie struck upon
his head
FIRE IN MmLEDcEvrILE, (GEo.)-A destructive fire
broke out in this city this morning consuming the entire
Of stores and shops the side of Wayne
and including oil the buildings extending back to the
alley leading from the old building formerly known as the
Clay Club Room" through the square opposite the Pres
byerian church, including the dwellinghouse occupied
by Col. N. Z. Barnett, making twenty 1--WE ~ all
The principal sufferers Messrs A. Lord, DAG Ed
wards, A. Galloway Cams, Singleton, Stetson Hnygood
Conn, Has, Newell, Little, Bell ID. NJ Edwards Case &
Fort, W. Barnett Robinson, Childs Chamberlain VAIL
Choice Megrath Randolph N. G. Barnett with Robert
MERGERS barber shop.
Many valuable goods and groceries were consumed and
others greatly injured in removing. Many of the build
ings burnt owned by s. Garland Esq and Dr. Fort
and not insured-RecOrder, Extra, 25h.
Mr.. GEonGE DAVIS of Carol county Maryland, with
his wife and child, whilst riding in carriage were pre-
cpitatcd Tuesday last down precipce at Elcotts
gulf below under the bridge and strange say none
of the persons fatally injured though the carriage
smashed to pieces and the horse slightly lamcd
SINGULAR DEATH.-The death of Thomas Jones was
the owner of mill at North Amherst near Tenney's
Knitting Factory which burnt recently The light of
that conhagraton induced him to suppose that his own
mill burning, and the excitement CONSEQUENT upon
knl; frrnIn al 1aoih ,v n4c.u