The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-04-14
Police Intelll0ence.

Stealing a Bank Check from a Laacs.-Ycsterday the
ellis charged with stealing letter containing check
for fifty dollars from the United States mail post ofc
box situated at the corner OF and streets
street wrote business letter to B. Sanders Co., of
Albany requesting them to purchase lot of broom
enclosed check the Nassau Bank in this city, for
that sum- drawn to their order This letter. containing
States mail box at the OF Broome and Greene
streets. This letter ellis must have extracted from the
mail box and having broken the seal and taken posses
sion of the check proceeded at once to the bank to get
it cashed The check rendered to Mr. Oakley, the
paying teller but as it not endorsed by the parties
10 whom it had been made payable the teller refused to
rive the money but certified to its being genuine remark
ing ellis that tie check must be endorsed ellis took
the check and returned to the bank after O'Clock and
again offered the check having during his absence forged
tho Of j. B. Sanders the back of the check As it
was then after banking hours Mr. Oakley informed him
that he could not cash the check until the next morning
On that afternoon ellis became very anxious to obtain
the money went to grocer named Striker at the corner
of Broome and Greene streets to whom he offered to sell
the check Mr. Striker refused to purchase it, from
q suspicion created in his mind by the appearance of
ellis that the check obtained dishonesty, and
cordingy gave information to Mr. Clark who caused
ellis to be arrested and when the prisoner search
ed by the officer the stolen check and the letter in which
The evidence of the prisoners guilt being conclusive
Justice Stuart committed him to prison for trial
Carson Wednesday night the arrival OF the Hudson
River Railroad at Thirty first street. Mrs. Johanna
O'Mara, of Nswburg, notified officer Ward that her
pocket lad been picked OF q porto mOnDac containing
$40 in bank bills of the Newburg Bank and further that
abe suspected that woman who sat beside her in the
the person who stole it, from the fact that she
felt her touching her pocket and after the money
was gone The officer took the accused into
tody and also her husband. The officer searched the
person Of the woman but did not And the missing money
He next took hold of the husband. Here hts labors
proved successful the roll Of stolen bills found in
his pocket, and the porte nonnae discovered the
ground by his feet evidently just dropped with view,
II possible to avoid detection The accused parties gave
their William and Mary Ann Brandie, said to be
and wife, the woman having with her at the time
infant four weeks old On tho person of the
found upwards of 500 This money supposed to have
taken before Justice Stuart who committed them
both for trial at the Court of Special Sessions this
morning
charge Of Endorsement oicer Van Giesen, Of the
reserved corps, yesterday arrested young named
Joseph b. Deyeau formerly clerk in the employ of Mr.
Henry Z. Legrain merchant No. 12S Broadway,
charge Of embezzling valuable pieces of black silk,
amounting to upwards Of 5000 the property Of Mr. Le
grain in whose employ he at the time, II appears
by the affidavit made by Mr. Legrain, that in December
last he left the city for France and returned to New
York in the January following That prior to leaving
New York inventory Of stock taken, and on his
return another account of stock was taken was then
discovered that number of pieces OF sill missing
and rendered Suspicion rested upon Deveau
having embezzed them and upon being accused of
he acknowledged selling piece of silk valued at $40,
and appropriapg the money to his use II was also
shown that young man, named Warng, had been in
the habit of gambling with Deveau in Mr. Legrans store
Waring also arrested but held merely witness.
Justice Bogar before whom the accused taken
mitted him to prison TO await further hearing.