New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-04


tsine1 them. About the same time that this Informs
on wss received, .r. Crosby called at the store "a
inquire after his who had not been home since Ss.
urdsy Search was then instituted, but without sue
cess ard no tdings re.tive to bis whereabouts wers
obtained until Thursday when young man called at
the store of Higgins Kellogg, and left some checks
drawn in their favor, which he sta.od came from ls
VITO was stopping q, the Grari House. Upon the re.
oep. Of this intelligence policeman was dspa,ebeJ ID
the GraTd House, where the missing young probsts
; .... .vi7g in g7ta: style. He va. arrested, and
taken tefole Justice Welsh, where he "ovned up
TO tie commission Of various serious orense including
the robbery of the store Of his employers, obtaisns
letters out Of the PcstOioe containing cheoss to the
amount Of 500 slso obtaining goods consistinss.f
pens pencils tablets snd other articles OF stationery
valued at $3.50 from tie store Of Faber, Cohen Gil
lott, n tie name Of Higgins Kellogg. These goods
he sold a. different times to Patrick Donnely Of No.
2i2 Division street who kept stand in Nassau street
for about sl5. Donneny, whom the boy alleges Ell
couraged him TO bring more property to him. was also
arrested yesterday snd portion Of the stolen articles
found in lis possession The boy further stated ths
the letters which he obtained from the Post Office on
Monday last belonging to his employer contained five
Checks OF aurora OF aurora SioS
eech. Three of these checks he sent By a boy 10 a
Wall street broker, with the following order:
EEwYoRK decsn In 1883
DEARslS Enclo,ed snde drsit Il slss each witch
y9n 20 Pay 'oI wood LIZ Ike IT, n0ney sn sy & I wO
aIt Wa;e .o for the Bank is far way TIE Bank !, n
let thi. f. And Obige Ksgns Kellogg Boosser,
rs i45 William -. n Y.
Tie boy Crosby and Donnelly were committed for
further examination.
BoGUs LETTER PosTs BRoKES UP.-Another ex-
tensve operator in one Of the sxindng dodge familiar
to the community has ust been cut snort in scareer.
II appesrs tina. calling himself Charles ;.
Taylor alias Warwick alias Hull, some time since
established post for the delivery of city letters, and
had about 800 boxes for the receipt Of letters placed in
dferert parts of the city Some of these boxes were
labeled city Dispatch Post" others Metropolitan
Deliyey, and others still " American Express Co"
II i believed that one or more of the routes" has
been in operation nearly year. Recently, German,
whose letters had not reached their destination, though
sent through the chauuel Of of Mr.. Taylor posts
made complaint to the Msyor stating it es his belief
that the said Mr.. Taylor not doing a legitimate
business. TIE matter was placed in the hands Of
Sergeant Berney of the Mayors squad who after con-
suaton with Postmaster Fowler in order to test the
pOna hue chaioclei VI 'uo pose III fu '''04' wv
decoy letters to persons in different States, nclosng
spurious bank note in each letter. The letters were
handed to boy with instructions to deliver them to
Warwick, alias Taylor, who received the same and
appropriated the contents thereof. Oaicer Armstrong
who had been detailed for the purpose, saw Taylor
make an attempt to pass cf the two "queer notes
extracted from the letters and took him in custody.
On being arrested, he alleged that the bogus money
was had from his brother.in-law. The accused was
brought before the Recorder and committed for exam
instion The boxes have been secured, and large
number of letters found broken open II has also been
ascertained that Taylor in the habit of carrying
around placards of various kinds ncosed in letters to
various persona whom be charged two cents postage
rates As these letters bore printed stamp of one of
the Companies abovenamed, the deception was
generally successful.