The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-04-25
Police InfeIlauNnce.


Charge Of Rotoery-A Womaa Concerned in the Fslo~y
Yesterday Sergeants Smith and Webb arrested Ger
80 City Hall place charged with being concerned in steal
ing 81 from the person Of Henry Dreyer residing at No
~ City Hall place 1t appears by the testimony given by
Mr. Deyer that the night Of Thursday last he was in
the house Of Mrs Sachs, and after a short time when
about to leave, he was se.ed hold of BY men who
held him by the hair pulling his head completed, over,
and while thus held tie red his pockets Of the
sum above stated The accused taken before Justice
Bogart who required her to find bail in tie of 81 500
TO the charge. At about the time the accused
entering in bail, two into the room
and the complainant recognized Of them to be of
the very Who leld his head willie the robbed
him. On this declaration Sergeant Smith the party
INTO custody and conducted him before the trate
He gave the name OF Louis Garde and protested his in
nocence Of tie charge The magistrate however, did not
eieveihe story, and locked him up for further hear
ing.
Di.honest Por.er.-Ofcers Kinner and Smith Of the
Reserve Corps, yesterday arrested named Wn II.
Cohen, charge Of robbing his employers importers
of straw goods at No 25 Murray street The dsed
seems, employed as packer, and considered by
his employers very honest man, until articles were
from the store, and suspicion ultimately rested
him. TIE officers the arrest of the accused dis.
covered that he had been in the habit Of carrying OF
cles from the store various occasions. On a search
warrant the officers found the premises No 90 Cathe-
lino street twelve black Kossuth hats and twelve Panama
hats valued in all ct $50 and at shop kept by Germans
in Suffolk they two dozen more hats valued
at $3o and from Mrs Harris, at C9Js Division street.
twenty ladies hats were found valued at S25. An
this property identified 10 be portion of that stolen
by Cohen from his employers. The accused was taken
before Justice Begsr who committed him to prison for
trial.
Vending Obscene BooEs.-Yestcrday officers Hamblin
and Wood OF the Third ward arrested boy named John
Cray charge of vending obscene books about the
streets. The boy when arrested informed the officers
that he procured the said publications Of william
Wilson, in Ann street The officers then proceeded TO
Wilson'S place. and there found some forty books and
number Of prints all OF obscene character, which
seized by the officers and conveyed to the police court
together with Wilson and the boy; and Wilson was re-
CURED to find bail in the of $500 and liberated
from custody The boy was also held 10 bail to appear
q witness
A oT An nld car Farm
Dobn and his wife, yesterday arrested, having in
their session box of sperm candles stolen from the
store Of James Boyle, No 16 Franklin street, whose
premiscs had been broken into by burglars Sunday
night and candles to the amount of $50 worth stolen
hererom The accused parties endeavorny to sell
box Of these candles TO some in Green wich street.
when they by the officers and arrested this
charge. Justice Bogar. before whom the accused
taken, committed them to prison to await an exami-
nation.
Arreacfa Woodes-lecged Man, charged ,rim ste1ling
"A curious yesterday up before Justice Wood,
officer Meyers Of the Fourteenth ward having arrested
man with wooden leg, named George Thompson, the
charge Of robbrg Henry Murdock of No. 40 Market
street in November last of s5o in gold sovereigns and
bank bills under the following circumstances On the
night of the 1st OF last November Murdoch kind
Of and became much iDtoxicated and while
thus under the influence OF liquor he accosted In the
street by wooden legged man, who advised the
rlanant to accompany him to the Five Points. He did
30, and taken up neyway by the wooden-legged
man, and there robbed Of the money above stated.
when the complainant missed his money he gave
a,arrn but The wcoden gged had hoped away By
the time The police arrived. Murdock that night
taken 10 the station house for safety since which time
the complainant did not again the accused until Sun
Gay night last when he man with wooden log In
and street. whom, be says, he Mt recognized to
be the one that robbed him the night in question.
The police called, and Thompson placed In
custody and taken before Justice Wood who committed
him TO prison for further examination. sssSs4
A Charge i Ennbessiemem. Campbell, of the
lower police, yesterday arrested named Leonard D.
Shaw, en- charge Of embezzlns SIS from his employer
Henry Glover, No. l54 South street II seems that Mr.
shaw vas in the employ Of Mr. Glover and IN the habit
Of bills due the concern, and in that is
alleged be collected $l5 from Mr.. Benjsmin E. Arrow
smith, which he omitted to duly pay his employer Un-
der these circumstances the complaint made. On
the other hand Mr. Shaw denies the accusation and
the why he held TO the money because he
wished to settle his account with Mr.. Glover. Justice