New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-05-31
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r,s,.cr Of making the coniumacious witnesses answer
1te hour apported--3 O'Clock yesterday afternoon
.rriv,d With Briggs AID Branch. TIE hour passed,
,ora = tie Committee bat tie iadonitab.e Briggs
vas there. Other members may be iniimda'sd,
Others may allow bust ess to interfere wh 'Ie per-
oropce Of their duty but Briggs Is made Of no such
stuff He said that although his associates ~e7e no.
respi he must not let the bail of reform stop on that
account. and be proceeded TO call
John l. Ci.ley. salesman for Tents, Gns"oH x
kellogg. No. I45 Broadway, sw0rn-He sald tha'
frrnk was los, by the firm bv which be was employed,
in August. ls.3. He had bill OF the goods IN 1nA'
trunk; they were packed for +. r. Coann 20,
Albion " Y: Nr Coann bought them that day; they
were packed about o'clock in the afternoon thcy
were generally light goods; Coann SAIL " semi !, up
TO tie Franklin House opposite the hudson hah-
road DEPOT that ! car take Il m the morning
without raying for taking Il to the Depot;
Mr.. Cilley detailed a long conversation which
took place between himself and the porter and the
various Gircc;iors which were placed on the trunk.
Mr. Clley has very good faculty OF telling very
lorg sfCry. His memory l. most minute II appears
tia he inusted the trunk 70 the care of gentleman
belonging to tie carrying trade and thai in spite OF
the two directions on the trunk that gentleman got
drunk and cid not take il 70 the Franklin House; so
that Mr. Coann saved not the carriage 20 the Rnilroat
but the f. cht on H. AM the trouble Of unpackng the
goods Mr. COann not finding there IN the morning,
cane lack 10 their store. and search was instituted.
MAYORS Cfice went 10 the Once OF the Chef-0fPO-
lice Mr. Coyle. the gentleman who undertook 20 con-
duct Il trunk could not tell word about II. All he
krev was that he walked up IN tie morning AZ home.
His wife Fad hat he had in bis hat paper which
re- oapzed as one Of the directions on the trunk, ami
she noun ed the los OF her husbands hand-cart
He did no. know where he had lcit thai The thiet
o.-polico told them i was teuer not 10 adyeflse re
verd AZ II would only pu the thieves on their gucri
hui 10 bring handbis 20 his Office and he would seud
one 10 every policeman. They got on carl Offer g
a reward oi SIS. AID Coye was sha, in the eels
and lis house was examined. The long and painful
sefrch which followed was all in vain. Nothing more
was ever heeru oftha trunk is fate never TRANSFERRED
Tie ieYat,d trunk al ordinary three loot pack
ing trunk blr Chioy thought az hrst Il wac ioar-
teer-sbillng trunk, hut upon mature reneclon con
cluded that * twclve-shiiiing trunk. ms trunk
wa q Nqck trunk II would not b. easy 70 follow
Mr. Ciley through the obituary notice Of that trunk
II lieh goods packed in II amounted TO abou 5000
and The roror Of easy sobicty driven across the
stree; by two Others that corner as being unworthy
of The e,io,meni of their society. Mr.. Ciey said he
had seen him only ycsieriay morning on the opposite
corutr.
wa, tben sworn. He deposed that he had examined
tie conyeyauces IN the Controllers books up to the
letter for the years 1890, anG bal iound ABOUT
leo conveyances made 10 Geo. W. Norris ald Geo.
Nv Neteeil and 10 Geo. w. Marseli and Geo. w.
Norris: that several of The conveyances were re-
deemed He would ike TO be called again after he
LGd devoted additional time to The subject wueh lie
would Give more full and accurate statement.
Er;rgs-I should Ike TO examine II very carefully
and particularly and see whether our Police have any
rialf 10 sroculGe in the property OF the Cyor not.
ANert Lombard wrs introduced. lie -sni n
sr,,d - u,te statement and he had written II
ont II was read by the Clerk as follows;
h % make ss.esneu before the Committee, a. have
hsn lrescuel 10 BE- ra hded BY Poic Captain fr fyos
re- ls' 7. . 4rasI I ~ re to Ate oss
r.id thar Captain Leonard lad received ~ y pc Isid 70
toue 7ernandcd expsusoz before the COMMITTEE
- be- thought the testimony ref cte9 On ~ %
lr- hlrshti' would d. no eooe az I'M ma M.
wrr,e lie new violent passion, using gro" rphss 10y
- ever trenon.a the name % Captain Jane. L.51st
sufseruerty / demanded The protector q ne A-yo.'
bfed vet IL s1panaor Il sseus ihs. gave my note 81 "
10 ssor Police Nolan which NJ Aaersy e9nsl sna
ifey wieier the caJitn received share or not 90 no.
--.r1as & istrue. hsve been ls.i tasl Capt L. has
Zen s,sss in ~ aper,tscs One siliensnt e', MI
an Alderman lex Aleer4sl D., 10 al he explana,ou
have III receive he coThdiDs ~hss +oMBARD
'E ss,i HssieI Mayo itiS
Nh Lombard then on question disclosed the name
Of The Alderman; II vas the Alderman Of the Second
Ward; he lad seen tie report Of the Chief Of Polee
with reference 70 stolen property, and vas npoIec
lie an scd man during tie Winter Of 1852 aud .3j
| couirg ocross Broadway with a black trulk o. his
| hark. Mr Lombard detciied the conversation which
took Place between that individual and himself, ani
wbicl finally led 10 the Station. House Of tho second
Vsrd ,vher to trunk was detained four five days
vIcn Il wac taken 70 the Office OF The Chef Of Police
and tlat was the last he ever heard Of il; 1t was
con mon psekiuc-Iunk, about thee feei long.
Drgls-From the appearance Of the trunk, would
ven sav il was filed with dgy-goois or grOceies
Mr. Lombard inclined 10 the dry-goois hypOihe-
sis There was another omission made by toe
CHEF in lie report. Mr. Lombard said that
lie arrested mcn and took from him %
ravr-iiclefs: that one OF The Chiefs Ads went
with him 70 the various pawnbrokers and got the ard
ces $500 or 900 worth. The Chief mentions the re-
ceiu OF item but not what deposition was made OF
item Capt. Leonard was very attentive 70 h dut'e5
while lie was on duty. winch was nos more tlan tWo
or three hours out OF the twentyfour Sometimes hc
was off week or two-s0inetimes private business
md sometimes by order OF tie CHEZ. lie lad heard
rcrcy;ed that c was Interested with tie Chci IN
Hotel AZ Ions Branch, and that they had anoiher o.
Port Monmouth bat he did not know. He did no.
tro tLet Cent Leonard wa ever OF for more than a
month al time with the exception Of gong 70 LONDON
! and coirc M to Albany on lohbying husinefs
Briees-Ttat might have been our Police business.
/ Was there not q marx or card on tbs trunk
Winess-It appeared 10 have been PAlen on
/ thieves don't enfrelly leave tie card on.
Pilip 4. Stats, syT0rn-Hed been ameInber o. the
/ Police pepartmeni Of the Third Ward and had been
ernrioyed 10 watch tie house OF haisme hesleI, VIVA
three or four other officers; then orders were 70 wach
every one who went there aud get their names tley
could. they succeeded in getting several nsnes AMI
they iep; reCulrr account OF them ne nho iobO"el
females over TO Long leland aHd over IA jersey her
orders were rot 10 leave them until they got tae.f
names ana reSic uces thcy were st1uoe4 iirfe HVli
nor, iro 10 or o'clock u the evening" Re got his
orders from the cap.o.L ard tie captain i0O1 NJ re-
rorfs be upIosed that they went 70 the Chei o, 70
/ ice. Wien Madame Resie was sent on the lsisnH'
/ John MCkC0n took he look. -
eut for some caJsse that dont exactly understand,
will rdOurD sffeg tie reading o. an tilatii. "a ~.
ergeayor 10 do my duty and don ntend 20 De pa.
back as long proceed legally. The secretary WI
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