The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-12-13

In u the they visited was . c,mpiste
library the criminal records city ,ince thu year
1895 ana smong the offences reported that OF wa
who 40 been arrested charge Of ,osins eggs
for ss,e pace not permitted BY law. Her defence
that The eggs although Laid BY her hens
her properly nut cespe Of her plea shs punished
according TO sw," shich pe. atty imposed
TO the amount u thirty shiIi.ogs.
Tie apartment visited by the COMMITTEES WAS that
in which the sttlen and lost property Is deposited
hil applied for ny the twDen. It looked
What hxe the s.,iefoom Of junk shop aud
hlpssrsd fr m cnrsory glance to ain few IL any,
Articles Of much value. Ons If the walls decorated
by for MICS HE looking ,uDg shot, weighing At les
Iound there written Label it, stating that H.
War l.ft tb-re Till the person from whom Il taken
1 wa sau.s why va. IN III. possession, '.hn'
psItr, vess th.1s. and the ohe items Of that
make up the total II what Il cs-d wardrobe. Ihs
hor WAS hsrsiy covered with hegsr boxes. pieces "
81 til, trunks, sndboxes vAses knives. aud hundred
other urngs There ALSO large number Of a,sce
hoghs had been taken from persons detect.i the
bet o. selling ttem M inventory WAS taken OF ,aa..
We understand Ne-btt VIII make report Of their
value 70 the mmittee before their Gnal sdiournmrnt
A. the request of Dr Cov, the COMMITTEES pr ie
n III tn. properly 10 his Office. In tho bassm
the building there be- g,ve them come information
tenders pcsrcerAed in the fombs during the year 1854
rot moie than Il had dice ana those he sstd
brought in IN the las stages d disease Four deaths ha
tsen caused ty su1ocston from gas. that had escape
through ftovepipe and filled ~ the cells In shic
th~y <eie sesp"g This howeve-, 1t appears, pute
Tie result accident, and every precantion had
taen. he told the Com ttee, prevent the recur eae
o. such = catastrophe IN future
Prom tie eocsers Office the couuit.ee proceeded to thu
prism proper, In which he prisoners charged with
sious offences are confined till tbetr 1. d-ci led
they are opcb'eet ~ the expiration IL their Of
Confinement. They the c.s aud those occupied
them, but II utterly mppsi BILE tor the obtAio
any teabe data for legislation, from hassy pecton
o few Of it. d.tas In cell observed four boys,
the Ell est Of whom was not than twelve
years Of ar. They bad all different stories 70 tell.
One said he had been locked up for petty
bsf, Which he solemnly assured us had been
comsittsd ~ another boy. An Their, that he
rested for stealing box Of cAnlss that he had never
before he sas accused OF txkog them This by
bad, ding ~ his account been i'm r .onei Ia
TIE Iombe last summer for swimming and Il Ia At
ali mTrob.bis that the seeds ~ crime planted
he Black Maria" drive Into the yard The
Known by that angular coenomen Is large car no,
their wild ariusls from place place rad on this
'ccaston asout twenty pants, which IL much
hsn y va. evidently made 10 accommodate A tho door
he nrs object they saw, and her face was horribly d..
ed tut q short time before Nert came
man whose features had also received rather severe
tsmen, In M hostile encounter hs had had dav or
two before II. bad had hardy GIT out OF the vehicle
before lad about thiriee7 yesrs old stood befre the
con mittee, and then man Who might have been his
,bd istaer, but the revolving revie~ passed rapidly
bfore that had time inquire the orncs
u which they we're charged. The last who left Il .
hme msbi woo va siH.fng from some serious eis~ase
Ia one 81 bis legs and who sent 10 the rombs till
such time TIE Governors Of The Amshouse could pro
vide of bin. He had been comp He'd In consequences Of
bis desti'uttop, To occupy the vehicle with
Who stood cbgrscsd teire the community t,r si..
crrtns'ion uId be- maze In hi, between poverty
and chine. But he NOT the only whose poverty
had placed him . level vi b criminals. A ~oman
Who, alhot Oh clad In the poosect attire, still bore
the marks ~ respec'shiIi'y, committed for
alleged iptoxicasion. she past siSty year.
a age and had not the slshfest mark II dissp ton Ia
her hoe se ssid that ~he walking through th-
tie day before, .she fell aud policeman on
suspicion Of d. unksnne-s
The eAhihjiiop ~ the black Maria and i,S occupants
the last presentsd Ia the commit and brought
tf,ir insi e,fion n the Tombs ~ To-day they
~i conti tbsr investigation, when justices Connolly
ard otornr, and the mysterious individual named Porgs
Jce will BE- examined.