New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-23

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80. - ,.t recovered. Fee puSonets sete fay
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Of boil
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d.. ., four days ex-Ofiic,fs Kinoer abG nth.
Io, 81 N guard the premises corner Of Worth street
ard Broadway, tcebty opened BY mee'rs. Etrsrds.
Iaa,brt& Co. sss retail store, hom the depredst.oas
Of pckpockcts shoplifers, eod o,her like characters,
k.ye observed at various tiges in ssid store good
lo,kpg AID gelteel woman, aoout q years of age,
whom tboy suspected Of being thief. Go Wedpes.
dsy afternoon the woman ogsn made her appear Ance,
and spent considerable time ia the store but ef:
without purcbasing goods. Officer KDner fouo~sd
her 10 the front door Of pswnshop n R4ade street.
and there arrested her. and took her to tse Third Pre-
ci' ct Station House. Upon searching her the officer
uod in loIg dress pocket Of Of her uncer ga,
ments, a valuable elk robe and two whole pieces Of
silk worth In all $l60 and upward Previous to the
search the woman denied having any goods, but
Immediately atterwsrd produced piece Of tue
.tolen property. She stated that it was her fret
offense, and appeared very peDitent. The accused
gave her name as Mary Johnson. and while tempo
rarity detained in the Station House, jumped out Of
window to the ground, dstaoce Of ten feet. " tn
view Of escaping She was conveyed to the Tomos,
and locked up for examination. The aocased ssd abe
lived In Buffalo, ard has infant child with friend
in the upper part Of the city.
PERJURY AND CONSPIRACY TO DEFRACD.-Nsthan
Levins, Pole, was unprecedented few days ago,
charged with perjury and conspiracy to defaud Isaac
Seinhsrdt, also Pole, out of about 1000 in gold.
1t appears that on the 9th inst Levins accused Seia
bsrdt Of having stolen from him 5000 in Bank Of
England Io.es, ard had him arrested on charge.
The matter was examined before Recorder nth,
drmissed the case S,ce that time the latter pre-
ferred complaint for perjury and conspiracy against
Levns and yesterday the case was partially exam
ned before Justice Connolly S;enhardt tes fled that
he knew Levins in England, where he had him arrested
for eating him out of the amount above named and
the result tina. he regaued bis money Soon after
both came to this country, but in different vessels;
and in little time after their arrival fed in with each
other. Levns persuaded Steinbardt to take apart
mepts 10 Pen street, and thereafter had him ar
rested tie false charge of stealing his money. The
case will be further investigated.
CHILD BURNED TO DEATB.-On Tuesday morn
irg interesting little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bow
an, residing the of Ninth avenue ana Sew
ente epth street, aged five years. came TO her death In
the following manner: Her mother had LETT the house
but for few minutes when the cbids clothes caught
fire from stove ia the room. She ran through two
rooms into hail. where her screams were heard by
lady in the house, VINO extinguished the flames by
wrapping her own clothes about the child DIR. Miller
was called H. and every exeron made to afford relief,
but the Int lie sufferer survived until "wednesday
ing when death ensued.
THE LAST OF A GANG OF NOTORIOUS BURGLARS -
During the last tx or eight months expert gang OF
burglars have been committing defredsticns 10 and
about the city, and for long tiue 'hey evaded the
vigilance Of the police. Notices some ago cane to tue
Superintendn nts office that buIgaries had been CON-
mi ted at the cities of New-London. Ct, Sing Sing
Newburgh, Yopkers, ard other places Ia this S.ate.
Officers from those places on and with tue
sseissr CO of many members of the Metropolitan Police
force city, but failed to find any Of the
perpetratOrs Of the rObberes. Tae matter was hasy
placed in the hands Of Officers Widey and R'bb, de-
tecrves, attached to the Deputy superintendent
Office wbo Of er lsboriog diligently for some time,
succt sded in arresting three men, at a house IN
Twenty first street. named Crawford, Csrpettsr aud
Dow nrg, charged with having burglarously entered
the dry goods store of Mr. Be- amin, ct New.London,
Ct and stealing therefrom Sc 00O worth of silks with
which they made their escape at the time. Downing,
when arrested confessed to the robberes at fonkes
Of A. 0OO worth Of silks at Sing Sing, of 600 worth
of siks at New London of sc 900 worth Of silks aud
other goods. and at Newburgh Of 600 worth of silks,
vevets aces and other property. At ttat time be-
came known that the gang consisted OF Crawford,
Csrpertei, Downing and Bill Valentine. Sufficient
evidence trapspripg to convict Carpenter, Crawford
and Downing of sbe burglanes at New.Loadon, Ct,
they were convey from the TomoS, where they were
temporarily confined, TO the State of Ccnnecicd and
lodged in the Jail at New-L,ndon. The particulars
relative 10 the arrest Of these parties have been here
tofore published at length in THE TRiBusE.
Since the incarceration Of Crawford, Carpenter aod
Downirg in prison to await their trial. Carpenter has
made desperate effort TO escape and well nigh sue
Get ded in bis undertaking. The facts relative to Car.
penters attempted escape may not be uninteresting
He was confI ed n of the most secure ceus aod
though tboroug hy searched managed 10 some way TO
,ecrste about bis person small file and kufs.
With these articles he set about eecting egre,s by
digging hole through the wall. BY degrees he re-
n owed the plaster which be threw down the waste
pipe and thus loosened two or three large atones,
wbeh, when removed, would make hole large
enough for him to crawl through. The wall on this
side aoioned the keepers room, and Carpenter
wo,hed cautiously go not 20 break the plAster on
the wall of the room He bad succeeded ia removing
all tle stones necessary, but in mpeting his work
one night, piece of plaster fell in the keepers
room, which was dark. The keeper at once spraas
up, and tresding the fallen plaster said, 10 loud
voice. What does this meant" woen he was startled
at hearing Carpenters voice. the prisoner saying,
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