New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-16


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THT LATE ARREsT Or A Case oF BURGLAR. -
Defective Oficer Wisca who with other officers, WAS
engaged 10 lie capture OF gang o. brrg are 9, ac
ocutt c. which published AZ yesterday TRiBusE,
II TIE course o: lis investigation came across young
gfl, from Hnom some important Information relative
70 tie prisoners was obtained. The gil whose rsms,
en- account CT .he respsctsbity cf her parents, we
On t. repaired with tae officer to the jefferson Make.
Police Court aIi made affidavit setting forth ths; on
TIE Eth Ct Api lsst she was IN tie house of Sophia
DE Nesey and Lundy De Nesey, IN "SrlEvan-s street
Arch, when Ne.ey alas Fay and Buckeye Boy and
Thomas E.y came in. II ives about O'Clock in the
.nciprg when they entered AID De Nesey, approach-
ing the be in which she AID Sophia had been sleeping,
placed a revolver under the pillow. De Nesey ard
tie men then commenced talking about burglary
Il at they lad committed upon the house Of Mr.. H. B.
Hoglend, IL Tenth street. De Nesey said they had
got the silver vue, and asked Buckeye and EEly
which way tLey.oame. DE Yesey said that he hsd
sho. at pocensn in the street and in running had
dropped the silver ware. 10 the course Of the
ye,sat;on tie men remarked that they believed John
FrsIos had been sr, es.ed About o'clock the sams
no:niry Mrs. Francis called ST the house and asked
DE Vesey where her hubbard was. and he replied that
Re Lad lot bin airce early in the morning. The
three men conveIsed together three or four hours
about the burglary ard relative 10 shooting a. the po
hoemap. De Nesey ssd he fred three times, but
cid ret know VT ether be h't the officer or
not. He remarked that lie would not kill
arv man unless cornered. std to save himself
frcm bsng arrested. The gr upon beirg Questioned
as 10 her business such place, sad that she went
| 20 see Sophia, whom she rad known for Eve years
Size cd rot know anything about the black men, aud
did rot belive that Sophia msrred TO De |esey
although Sophia acknowledged that she vas. On the
aterICon Of the 10th, she went down 20 zee Sophis
ard rtn aiming uI;i late in the evening, Sophia per-
shaded her TO stay al night. DE Nessy was away
from tome, and she and Sophia were alone. II was
en- the following rnorn:Dg when De Nesey and the
otters came in. The did not pay any attention to
be-, but coLveised freely as if they were alone
After breakfast she went home, aud heard nothing
more about tie matter until she read II in the papers
SIZE was bed az witness by Justics Qusckelbush,
ard placed in the custody Of Officer Wilson.
DE yesey and his white wife, and the Others are
still confined in prison awaiting examination.
IIIcHwAY RoDBrRITs.-on Wednesday night about
81 O'Clock gentleman, stranger i, this city, who re-
fused to give his name while crossing the Park from
Chatham to Chambers streets, was approached and
assaulted By three yOupg men, who knocked him
down and robbed him of geld watch, No. $3.50 made
by Herry +. James of London, and worth $50. Two
Of the parties who committed the assault sds their
escape, but the gentleman who was robbed caught
held Of ore of bis assasnts and held him firmly by
tie coat collar until lie had gained his feet and took
lis pr into the Fire Telegraph Room in this bsse
ment OF the City Hall. The gentleman told the tsle
graph operator who was an old Municipal policeman,
hs story Of the robbery, and requested that the prs
oner might be detained until he could get policeman.
To this the telegraph operator assented, and the
gentleman lef, the office to seek policeman and get
Lis assistance. The gentleman absent for roms
tine getting his wounds dressed aud finding an officer.
When he and officer Dernis Sullivan Of the SIKH
Precinct Police returned to the telegraph room in
the City sl to their astonshmsnt the prisoner had
departed IN his parole leaving card with his alleged
nsne ergrayed on il, but which was subsequently as
oeItsned to be bogus.
On the night of the 9Th Of July, another gentleman
g. little ittoxicateJ ives robbed in Park Of gold
watch and $50 in money by three fellows who did their
wo,k with sang rod that would equal the effronery
Of Dick TuIpir, sa the thieves cooly walked up to
the man and demanded his money.
Toe Park and City Hall Is infested night after nigh.
by scores of thieves and low characters Of all degrees
from the Highway robber to the cap thief who prosls
about at night stealing the caps from the lodgers n the
PAX. Tlis state Of things renders it absolutely Dan
geious for any perOn to cross the Park after daIk,
until the General Superintendent Of Police shall have
made arange TO sfoid at least little protection
to cur citizens Policeman Sullivan Of the Sixth Pre-
onct whole post is in Chambers street. says that these
,obbeIes a,e of nightly occurrence, and the victims
often complain TO him of their losses he SAYS hundreds
of cases Lave been reported to him willie on duty in
Chambers street.
ARRTsT OF As ALLEGED KEEPER or 4 PANEL
CRB-Yes.erdsy afternoon detective officer Elder ar
rested one Stephen Sherwood alleged 10 be the keeper
of panel CRIB at No. - Duane street, charged with
,obbipg gentleman from Connecticut, whose name ws
we've unable to ascertain Of 81 500 in bills. Some days
ago. the stranger while in the city, le his hotel for
wax ore evening, and, while pramensdiug Bsceiway,
was accested by French Cauaiian woman, whe in
iuced him TO accompany her to the house above rnsn
tened. Durirg Lis stay in the house s,cess was had
to the room occupied by him. and bis pocketbook con-
tsinr large amount of money, taken from his pauta