New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-10-28

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they lad gone Nothing beard o. TIE Bllr5 Oh isr
dsys s.Dce when sDYours thst sasdsny me diisis
Mr Hampton was nssiog fiom home Ina " 'ra n
s.uied iy Mr. H. who much alarmed q; her sb5eas2
vhilh resulted IN hs aseeTa ming that she had ef IN com
pspv .rh her Old aasocia'e the Bat girl Alter lons
sesrvb Nr HAMPTON succeeded in tracing his dlayatr
10 Buflers in Broome = W.nett Il thea beng
after y ocOck at night Hs accordingly knocked AZ the
door which was opened ~ Batter Of whom Mr. IL inquired
siou, hs daughter bu, the positive that
he was not there He believing differently ser hsd the
PREMISES which Resulted in h:s finding ths II ssng glrl
slowed away In & straw bed in tie gsrre In explanation
to Der father she sad she had been sen: for By the wonsn
Butler whose daughter gave her half dollar with
gent invitation from her mother who wished to see her in
nds.ely So did 20 and had she no. been rescued from
the clutches Of the infamous her father she wolh
have ogain been sent abroad the following day they
ing expedition Mr. Hampton then gave Dfor nation to
Cspt Leonard which resulted Tuesday night in the
capture Of Nina Butler and daughter warrants the fol
loving Of which ia On extract from that Issued for The m)a
sa;
"Wberoas complaint on oath has been made before
me- the undersigrcd Mayor Of said City, By Caris:oPaer
Hampton tbat Adela Butler il dsordsrly pers'n being
in the practice Of advising and encouraging children 10
steal and harboring hem and slo in aiding aud sbeng
Mary Hampton and Jeanette Butler il stealing porte
monnaie ard contents TO the value Of 81 TO- from Am
Frazer, the 2lst Sept instant Se &e
"(signed) JACOB A wEsTERvRLT, Mayer
The cfeers on this procest locked up their prisoner
whose place they searched and found in the girls frank six
porte Ioonnaes Indian bead bag and silk bead pure
Those articles with the prisoner "wednesday taken
before Chief Matse where the girl Butler upon being q1es
toned closoly. admitted stealing them from the Museun-
cars and s0ges al the nsgaton Of her mother at hearing
which disclosures Mrs Butler became furious with rsge
end pronounced the fabrication and wlul lie.
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Hampton, her former aloompce The former it appsars
would pick the pockets and pass the booty TO the lat
ter This species of perng they carried to such
alarming extent a; the Museum, tina, many and grev0gs
complaints made 10 Mr Greenwood. the Man
ager and Mr. Osgcod the Treasurer-hey having been
there by Mr.. Butler to steal and for other
purpose. Mr.. Osgood observed that when these grs
were not in or about the Museum no complaints Of
losses were entered the Office. but when they were
about there be many articles stolen Hence his
suspicion of them and their Mr. Hampton be
fore the Chief of Police and stated gentleman present
that - months since Mrs Butler deooyed his daughter
from The Rev Mr Capps School in the Church Of the Ma
tvty avenue C. near Sixth st and for weeks unknown
him training her in the school Of crime compelling the
girl to pick her the teachor pocket while pacing the floor
suI pun ltu0 VCAUs PsO'Hs
Whenever the operation performed sdroy that she
would not feel the touch O the operator she rewarded
by present for her skill This the girl sisted perfect
y Since the girl Hampton first became acquainted
with the parties accused she has frequently been induced
by Mrs 10 her house where she has remaned night
after night her parents being in great distress at her Gb
renee On than occasion Mr Hampton has taken
her out Of their house when Butler and his wife would both
eolcmny declare that she not under their roof
Once upon receiving this from them he found
his girl eceted between the folds of straw rsatrass and
on another occasion both being late night he found her
tucked into feather bed The girl states, that when sue
cesfu in her nearious depredstions Mrs Butler would
give her and shiings and sometimes dollarths de
pending, however the amount of booty she secured
She also frequently made her presents of shoes articles OF
clothing &c; and always upon sending Mary out to steal
Mrs Butler would ;, her to the OF Butler
and threaten her with aes, and punishment if she did not
obey this command and steal all she could Mr. Hampton
states that Mrs Butler has decoyed other girls living
in Sixth and Eighth SIS from their homes and trained them
a. she did his daughter pick pockets The Chief after
hearing the facts in this atrocious held the womln
Butler and her daughter to await further examination,
which took place yesterday before the Mayor She denied
all the orgong iacts and expressed willingness to swear
TO their falsity Notwithstanding the abundant evidence
against her She exhibited the most cold indifference,
making of abusive language and threatened to
assault Mr. Hampton.
In addition to the above statement our reporter has
handed Us the following particulars
Mary Hampton OF the children who for some months
past have been training for pckpockets under the tuition
of a named Adele Butler, yesterday made an ai
davit in relation TO the matter OF which the following
copy:
Mary Hampton being sworn depOses-Thai she resides
with her parents at No 3O Sevenhst and that she is az
quained with Adele Butler, and also with her daughter.
Genet Butler and that divers times during the last year
the said Adele Butler has advised and solicited her to
accompany herself and her daughter esnnete TO various
dry goods and places Of amusement in this City for
the purpose Of engaging with them IN feonousy stealing
and carrying away articles to witt Picking the pockets OF
females Of their purses and port monnaes and this depo
nen further states that she has frequently been induced
by the said Adele Butler commit the Oonse Is above
set forth from threats made by her Of having her taken
up and further that al various times during the last
twelve months the said Adele Butler has received from de
pOnen and her daughter Jeanette Butler the proceeds of
their rObbees and that in the latter part OF August last
two ormODuaie which al the Office of the May
stolen by Jeanette Butler from persons unknown
10 depOneTt while riding in of the Grand ST. stages
OF them contained e. so and the other So aud al the
time these port monnaes stolen the said Adele But
Ter Ia company with the silk purse AMI port mon
naie also al the Mayors office, the that dc
ponen took from the pockets of persons az the solicitation
Of the said Adele Butler ana under the threat that unless
deponeu did take them she would have her taken up the
aforesaid purse contained 90 90 three dollars OF which
Adele Butler kept she giving deponont the balance.