Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-03-09
New York Items,

$1,000 Worth Of Silks Recoresd. -Ye..o,.
day morning. about O'Clock. policemen
Ketzer, on returning from his bea, ttroucb
Greenwich street, discovered two susrici.rs
| looking men driving a cart, End two o,hsr.
on the sidewalk, apparently in conrerr;5,
with :hem. The two on the sidewalk. n,
seeing the officer, immed ately separated and
took opposite directions The two with the
cart, finding that the officer suspected ,h,m
of doing wrong. jumped off and fed. leav.p,
the team with two trunks OF rich silks w.r
$4,000, in the street. The parties escaroi
and the property was taken T. the Fifth
Precinct station house. where Il was .ursa.
aueutly claimed by George 5. Murrhv Z
Co, merchants, corner Of Liberty and Green.
wich streets. The store of this concern had
been entered by burglars over the she'd IN
the rear. The police know the thieves and
expect to capture them.
The Hecker Brothers have been OBLIGED
to discontinue almost entirely their charIta.
BILE enterprise of dealing out bread to the
poor, on account OF the systematic imr1.i-
ton practised upon them by many Of the
recipients OF their bounty. Ii vas found
that 10 numerous instances the loaveS we're
sold to procure rum by wretcbes whose ali.
incentive wants could form no check uprn
their bibulcus propensiries. IL was fgr
similar reason that Mr.. Farmer, Of the Free
Dining Saloon, was induced TO give over hi.
practice of putting meat, bread and potatoes
into the baskets of his customers and MAKE
them swallow the vctuals on the spot. N
order to assure himself that it actually went
into their stnmachs. The MeSsr-. llecker
still give out loa5es az their bakery to a lew
needy and worthy families.
Found Deal and Eaten by RatS-C1r11or
Conuery held an inquest yesterday a, n. l9
Mulberry street, upon the body Of 90 aged
man who had died in a filthy basement at tbe
above place. A woman residing 10 the house,
testified that she had known Isaac Redmond.
the deceased, for some time. lie was an Iu
dustrious man, but had been thrown out Of
employment, and suffered much from want
and exposure She had often sen. him food
and Der servant girl on going into the base
meut on Thursday with some Refreshments
for the old man, was shocked 10 tind him Is
ing dead on his miserable couch, and the rata
gnawing bis body. HIS face, neck AMI other
portions of the corpse were extensively ga.
Ten, rendering the spectacle one OF the most
shocking. The rats had become 50 raSeu0us
and bold that il was with difficulty they were
driven from their prey The Coroner's jury
rendered verdict of death from want and
exposure. Deceased vas native Of Halifax.
Nova Scotia, aged 62 His wife died ofwau
and exposure, in the same basement, III No.
vember last--N. l. Com.
The EXTREME COLD Of the last few days
has been very hard on the poor. Nightly
the police station houses have been crowded
with dodgers. destitute aud hungry, with
hardly rags enough TO cover their miserable
carcasses, and keep them from freezing TO
death. 90 Friday night every station house
was thronged az early rs 10 O'Clock, and 'be
police we're reluctantly obliged to refuse
shelter to hundreds The want of lodging
houses for the destitute is more seriously 'e.t
at the present time than At any other period
during the winter and, If the severity Of the
weather does not soon moderate, some extra
provision will have to be made for the thou
sands of homeless wanderers who caUDot
he accommodated at the police station
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