The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-01-26
Police InfeIli1ence.
ExTENsIvE RoBBERY or GOLD BI

EXTENSIVE ROBBERY Of GOLD BARS.
william c. Hampton, young Of genteel appear
ance, taken INTO custody yesterday morning by de
ecuve Elder, Of the Deputy superniendenis Office on
suspicion Of having stolen two bars o. gold valued at
$4,000 from the bullion Office Of Nessrs. Trevor Col
gate QAie Beebe Co } 80. a. Wal street. on the morn
ng Of the % Of December last The circumstances which
ed 10 The detailed in the following ahdayt s
made before Justice welsh yesterday Afternoon
John GeIston OF 40 a. Wall street, being duly sworn,
seposes and says-IhIt ne Is clers N me once Of
about the 80 day Of December last two bars Of gold
tbe value OF $1,000 Whereabouts, were feloniously
tken stolen aud carried away from said office, the pro
prty Of said nrm and be has 10 believe that the
sad properly vas 20 stoen By VIM. G Hampton, now
wss stolen and FOR some days previous the said Hamp
Zoo had Oung about said Office and that day be
eat Tor about hour char in SAID coe, the pre-
tence Il waiting for and that about the time
bars u gold were missed, the said Hampton dsap-
peared from said Office, aud aeprDent did no, him
fro that IA To-Day when he him the OH q
Of the General Superintendent Of Police deponent verify
believes that the aforesaid described property fco
niousy ttken stolen and carried away by said Hampton
wherefore prays that he may be arrested and dealt
with accor ling 10 law.
John II II. Message being duly sworn, deposes and
says-Tbat he il porter The employ Of Trevor and
Colgate brokers, No. a. Wall street that the Sd
day q December 1857, a, about 10 O'Clock in the fore
r,on he young man whom be believes 10 be viii
liam hampton now present sitting in chair outsi lie Of
be counter the office OF said brokers' and deponent
noticed him sitting there for over an hour without any
neni left sad oce 10 10 OF the banks, aud when
he went out be observed that the said Hampton stu
sitting there, but bis return IN less than ten minutes
thereafter the said Hampton had eft and In about Eve
minutes Afterwards discovered that two bars Of
gold had been taken from behind the front OF
which said Hampton had been saing. said Hampton on
chat day wore reversible with smooth cloth on
one SIDE, end rough shaggy cloth the other the
smooth cloth 90 that day the outside; he on
MS head dark colored cloth cap with spotted band
around u, and had dark cOored pantaloons.
Two brothers Of the prisoner John and James Hamp.
Ton arrested last week suspicion n having been
tmp ccd stealing q zoo from the paying telles deck
at the National Hsnk They found with number OF
bills on tho National Park in their possession which
supposed formed a part Of The amount stolen from
thai institution The arrest Of the brothers made
williams burg, where they spending money pretty
freely aud exhibiting large rolls Of bills when the police
got wind ~ The matter and took them into custody
pcicn 81 being concerned the larceny The evidence
against all Of the prisoners s very slight indeed and the
probability j. That They VII be discharged There
r8thng found IN The es0n of the prisoners which
.sslf In any wsy cast suspicion upon them An exatni.
satiou both cases Will take place 70 day AZ The TOmbs,