New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-28

MOVEMENTS or An ESCAPED BURGL,R.--Ia May
lat, too uien, named Ber amin Leek st.s jumper,
ard Gee rye len borg arioVsy entered the sable Of
Mr. Thom4s Goooh, in the yillsge Of Mors aoia, aud
stole therefrom horse and wagon, valued at ; 30
81 .tne tbeps,ves in the wagon, they Grove to the
CITY, aud were sk,ng their down side street to-
w.,d ore the uptown ferries, for the purpose Of
goug to Long Island when n butcher resfi0g in the
a,ove village ~ho forLerly sned the horse, snt had
sold him to NJ, Gooch saw the animal, AMI tlouy ynt
hat fire mstcb it would DO FIR Mr. G.s horse. The
butct er coming one Of the avenues ol bust
ess took particular Of the direction in shch
| the u.n drove, with tue intention Of putteg Mr.
Goocb 10 the wa, Of osobing tis houe Upon return
g home iu the evening the butcher for the rs' time
leaned of the burglary aud ROBBERY and gave infOr
nstiop which led toe arrest of tho accl-ed.
LEX and Alien were taken to Morr.anis, aud at the
lat May term Of the Court Of Sessions held a, the
village Of Bedford. were tired, convicted and sent.
oed to five yearo imprisonment each la the State
! Prison q, Sing Sing.
Two otbe- men, named Albert Schrsier and Koppel
Hyuen, s!so tried At the time for a bur-
plsry committed at Nonb Caste, AMI convicted aud
sertei cei 10 five years Imprisonment a. Sing Sog.
Tbc four convict Lsek, Allen, Sehrader aad lIymen,
upon toe adjournment OF tie Court, locked up ia
large cell 10 tue upper part Of the ContlIouse 81
Bedford, wbsDc. they managed ID escape between ~
ard O'Clock the ngnt. Leek by neaos Of a
nmy which be mad secreied about bis person, broke
a~sy the ceiling, and framing some plaoks above,
,usde large boe through, which himself aud his fol.
lov prisoners got into tue gare, above Tnonce they
got upon roof shIch , feet from the ground.
Letk made the fret leap and escaped, it appears,
unir jured. Schsader ard Hynen lOlloset next,
bu. both were ternby Injured in the descent.
Hyns lay upon the grolnd where he fell, unable 10
uove and ~ss easily captored. Schater noppsi upon
foot about quarter of mile, when hs fell from
exhhuo ion ar pain and captured ~ithouttro ibe
Allen was at aid 70 make the leap and seoreted hun
sell under rubbish in the gauet, where he WAS
subseqoeutl, fourd The pose occasioned by the fsi
f the prisoners ID the keeper, wh0, discovering
the escape of the pisonsrs summoned the villagers -
the spot by rDglpg the Court House bell The build
ing fret searched, when Allen WAS fouod ani
se ean secured SchIster and Hymsn were next found,
but search for LEX proved uuaya,ling
It bas ,ince ran.pfed that Lsek upon getting sway
for, tie Cour, ouse ksd and ABOUT four miles
c,,art BON Beef I'd, where be broke open barn and
stole tbere'rom morse. lie then walked about another
mile srd stopping a, farm house aroused toe occn-
pant, a Methodist olergymao, aud under some pre-
tense or orher oorOSed ssrdlc anu DrluS Ho II bio
reverend gentlemen. Thus equipped, Jumper spratg
tito the sadie ard rode about rine miles when day
hrs skirg be entered piece OF wool, and. .ecretog
himself AID toe horse, remained tbere until Dightsn.
LeaviDg tie horse tied in the woods he resumed his
Journey on foot acd from that tine unit. the present
has evaGed toe police. The horse found ss sooye
stated sn1 returned 20 tae owner.
LEX, it sDpesrs lived on rsv eggs which he stole
L. ., ~ tragt q
the fellow but the rascs managed % keep out OF their
rscs. On Sunday night Lesk ~astrsced To the prem
res Nc 2l3 Church street, where he soon after
Appreciated BY Detectve-Ofiice's Elier, keefs and
MoCord. TIE officers quietly entered the house, and,
approaching the second story back room, knocked
lcpj v on the door. Lesk CRED oct, who's there"
when the officers, without stopping TO psrIe7, burst
op@r tue door.
Officer Elder sprang upon the bed In which LEX
was lying, arc held him down until light coai bs
procured. TIE cooyict'e to7t be az eorpleed, ne
was taken to Pol ce Hesd9asre and locked up.
TIE premises in Church stre-t searched. ard
freely finished jimmy" found therein. Toe prisoner
i large and powerful man, and represented 70 be
desperate character. Yestrdsy evening, Under
Sterff Little Of W.s.ebee,.r COluty took Le>k IN
custody and conveyed him to Bedford, preparatory t.
removing him 10 Sing SDg
SIX PRISONERS ESCAPED FR,u JArL.-A short time
| snos, several pious isaivieass Of kingston, Cister