The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-10-27
Police Intelligence.

Arrest Of Woman for Teaching Children to Seo-Caious
Delyloltnt McCready and McGrath, of the Sc
cond ward yesterday arrested woman named Adelia
Butler and her daughter Genet the former charged with
inducing the daughter child eleven years of age and
little girl named Mary Hampton whose parents reside atNo
30l Seventh ST. eet to steal and the latter charged with
picking the pocket of Mrs Ann Frazer of 81 while in
Of the Third The girl Mary Hampton
rested by Captain Leonard, Of the Second ward police
short time since for picking pockets at the American bu
stated that she had been induced Mrs Butler oeonmt
the acand further that for than year past she had
in company with the daughter OF Mrs Butler, been in
the habit CT picking pockets of persons riding in stages
and cars, which vehicles they frequently rode in for
that purpose and that they had also attended many
places of amusement solely for that purpose She also
course by giving them money to ride with, and by
wardns them with few shiings each time they
successful in thevng Mr.. Christopher Hampton, father
of the child Mary yesterday called the Chief OF Po
Ice and stated that upwards OF since Mrs Butler
decoye his daughter from the school of Rev Mr. Capp in
the church Of the Nativity Avenue c. Sixth street,
and for weeks the child lost to him. ard under the
tuition Of the woman Butler who taught her the art Of
picking pockets by requiring her to pick her MRS.
Butlers) pocket and when she succeeded in doing
without detection, she would reward her by small pre-
sent. Mr Hampton also stated that soon he dis
covered the whereabouts of his child he took her home
but that since that time she has been repeatedly decoyed
away by Mrs. Butler and kept from him for several days.
and weeks, before he could ascertain where she
wac. On occasions, VIXEN he suspected her to be
in ae house of Mrs Butler he found her slowed between
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 reaching the house. the officers found
in trunk purse and large number ct portmonnaes,
which the daughter stated the proceeds Of their
perg operations She also stated where each had been
obtained The depredations of these children, in front
and within the Museum, have been great, that Mr.
Osgood the Treasurer, has sometimes in evening
ceived several complaints from the patrons of the loss of
their money and lately he has noticed that when the
girls absent scarcely any would be made to him
The child Mary tried in the Special Sessions few
days since for the crime for which she arrested,
but the complainant aIe to appear against her and she
acquitted but before being discharged promised the
Recorder to leave of her pilferng habits Her father
n highly respectable and old citizen, and feels
deeply the his daughter has been led to pursue.
The veman Butler, being taken before the Chief Of
Police uted very abusive language and threatened
to assault Mr.. Hampton. She and ner daughter were
locked up and viii be examined before the Mayor this
morning.
Logo,y and Reccing Stolen Goods Jacob Lewis keeper
of small store at the Of C latham and North VIII
liam Streets yesterday arrested by constable Gcke,
tf the Sixth ward, charged with fcloniousy buying
a quantity of jevelry valued at ninety dollars,
which had been stolen from Peter Schlosser,
Of No. "a Dua street by Moses Dunn. The property
found concealed the premises of the accused, who
had previously DENIED all kr owedge Of it, and he was
committed by Justice Osborn to await examination.
A roung Pidpockat-A boy named Patrick 0Conneh
Tuesday evening detected in the act Of taking
purse containing So 60 from the pocket OF Mrs. Mary
uorvin OF oO3 East Seventeenth street, while
standing near Stuyvesans park witnessing procession
Of military After getting the purse into his possession
he off but the alarm being given he pursued and
arrested by officer Willis Of the Fifteenth ward, and
locked up for trial by Justice McGrath.