New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-19

DARING ROBBERY OF A SAILOR AND HIS FRIEsD.-
Officer Gardner, of the Lower Police Court, yesterday
afternoon arrested John Burns, keeping sailor board
ing house, corner of Water and Oliver streets, on
charge of robbing John Marin, sailor. Marin
testified that he arrived in this city Thursday after
noon, the 18th inst, by the packetshp Henry Clay.
from Liverpool, and on the came day, in company
with friend, James Mclaughlin took lodgings at the
house of the accused The next afternoon, Friday,
lie paid his BILL amounting to g. to the accused At
O'clock az Marin was about to leave the house to
20 to Boston, Mrs. Burns, wife of the used, told
him that he should not take his clothes out of the
house; his chest at the time being in room in the
upper part Of the building. Marin and his friend then
went away without his Narins chest of clothes, but
returned again to the house about o'clock in the
evening" and went into the bsr-roOm. While Marin
and Mclaughlin were there Burns and another man
came in and after some conversation the unknown
man, representing himself policeman, called Norrin
"thief." Marin replied that he was not a thief,
whereupOn the unknown caught him by the neck
of his shit and said to him and his friend, Amt you
"nice fellows trying TO rob boarding house keepers =
During all this time Burns front of the counter.
The mar asked Marin if he had any money, when ne
replied that he bad lttle after which the man told
him to deliver it up or he would take him to the
vatch.house Marin was then compelled to turn out
hi, rockets the man threatening to strike him If he
did not do So Being fearful of personal injury Marin
took all the money out of his pockets, amounting to
81 80 and was compelled to lay it down on the bar.
The man, not being satisfied searched Mar
rims pockets himself. Mrs. Burns, who was at this
time behind the counter, took the dollar bid and
put into the drawer. The man then made Marin pull
off his coat, the pockets Of which he thoroughly
searched after which he threw the coat behind the
bar and gave it kick He next made Marin pull Off
his shoes and stockings which he also searched for
money. The man then went to Mclaughlin, caught
him by the hair struck him the side of the head
with his fist, and compelled him to sit down and pull
off his boots Burns and his wife, and the man, now
seized Marin and Mclaughlin by the shirt collar
dragged them both behindthe bar, showed them into
back room, and ordered them up stairs to take of
the rest of their clothes Burns and the man swearing
they would beat them both if they did not do as told
Through bodily fear, Marin and Mclaughlin went up
stairs into back the bar, where the for-
mer was compelled to unlash his trunk. Burns turned
everything upside down. but finding no money, swore
that Marin had stolen half Of the clothes in tho chest
from the men on board Of the Henry Clay which
Marin told him was not true. Burns then made
Marin and Mclaughlin strip off all their clothing but
flannel shirt ano compeHeu 'heh W Pu' on wv o'
white shirts and white pautaloons, which he took
from the chest after which he told them he would
keep them there until the first ship sailed and get the
most wages he could for both of them. Burns aud
his companion now left the room, but returned soon
after and driving them into bedroom which fronted
the street, locked the door and kept them there al
night. About o'clock yesterday morning Marin
hailed shpmate from the window, and told him of
his situation. The shipmate procured a policeman
who released him and his friend.
Burns upon his arrest, was taken before Justice
Connolly and held to bail in the Of 81 OOO James
Courtney, of No. o. Oliver street, becoming his
surety.
MORE CSsoUSD MEATS SEHED.-Health Warden
Adams, of the Eighteenth Ward, on Saturday night
seized over 900 pounds of diseased aud shrinking