New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-02-12
CITY ITEMS.

Il
we have LA two coS days at Last Yesterday sod
the day before rere very much Ike Water. The
sind was y,oen, for moot Of the time and Tho city
was buried in du.,. 1t the hri really Winter ten
persture that bss visited us par Of the country ,h'
season.
Nrsio's 0npss.-Thi. eveaius NJ. Dss Roc
takes his beneGt. previous 10 his deps1ure rom tue
city, A bill OF unusual stract,tness Is oferet. This
is the !ss. performance but one in NewforS ~ shs
ciicus company. they gc immediately to Ph..Sie''
phia.
TwrSrr TsorsaSD DoII,Rs' WoRrH % Goops
ENBEzItTD.-From time 20 time arrng the last three
years Messrs. r. s. Kirkland & Co. 81 No. = PaTk
place have missed cloths, velvets, sks ard other
goods amounting in all, II Is believed TO $o,OoV or
so, O00 Some days ago eX.Policensr Masterson
was employed q special detective to ~erk up the
case, and after watching about four or i've days his
suspicious fell upon named Charles Bestrcn,
Swede who fer the last three years has been empcy-
in the cutting department Mr. Msstersou having 90
tanned the necessary points, secured the services az
Sergeant Lush of the Sixth Precinct and GU Wednes-
dey night traced Bestren t. his residence No. "a City
Hall place and arrested hun and bis wife. The pre-
n,es were then searched when remnants of silks aud
cloths 10 the value of 500 found, portion OF
which has been identified by Messrs. Kirkland & Go.
as property placed IN the department where BestFen
was employed. From further information received
was suspected that German named Da'greien, who
about eighteen months since was employed a. cutter
in the same establishment, but who now keeps cap
store at the of Duane and Hudson streets, was
impcated in the embezzlement and was manuiactur-
ING caps from the stolen silks and cloths. Dagreen Nas
also arrested He confessed that he purchased rem
nsnts of cloth and silk from Be-trcn aad Others ~ the
employ of the same firm, bat refused to tell who the
Others were. The accused were taken before justice
Osborne and committed to prison for examination.
ARREST oF Two NoTcRIoU. THIEyTS ON SrsPi-
cIos OF BrRGrARr.- Yesterday afternoon Officer
Ferjon of the Ninth Precinct arrested two notorious
characters named George Banker aud Edward Van
Orien under the following circumstances The officer
was standing on the corner Of Blocker and Morton
street. when he saw the two above named enter
the iewelry store Of Luther II. Buel, No. &ls
Blocker street After the fellows left the store MI
Buel informed the officer that he purchased from
them the middle portion Of silver candestok Tor
twelve shillpgs. The officer then pursued Banker
and Van Orden mp BsSOkcr stTrrt TO Charles, ana
down Charles to Hudson street, where they entered
car in which he the officer arrested them. While on
the way to the Statiou-ouse, Van Orden threw away
the lower portion of the silver candlesck, but was
subsequently recovered. Banker was searched aud
in his posses, on was found a silver thmble marked
"a. L. r." aud several skeleton keys. In possession
Of Van Orlen found piece of candle, quantity
of matches and the money that he had received from
BueI for that portion OF the candestch above men
toned The fellows taken before Justice
Ouackenbush at the Jefferson Market Police Court,
n..a a tho ,.rf9n
said that he found the property in West Washington
place, but no credit is given to his story Both are
old offenders and well known to the police as notorious
burglars.
TIE LATE KiDSAPPIsG CAsE-REQUIsTIos AND
CORREsPoS Yesterday requisition was re-
ceived at the Mayors Office from Governor King ON
the Governor of Virginia for the delivery of Mason
Thomas, recently indicted here for kidnapping
New-York negro and selling him in Richmond. Ser.
geant Croft and policeman Macarthur, were dispatched
for Richmond at O'Clock yesterday afternoon to bring
Thomas 10 this city.
FATAL SorFFLE WHILE INIoxcArED.-On Mon
day evening last John +. Burns, man 70 years OF
are, become somewhat intoxicated, and while very
Jolly from the effects of the liquor he had mbibed, met
on the corner of Watts and Greenwich streets sn ac-
abundance named Patrick Mccain whom he seized
apparently in playful manner They had scuifie
which resulted in both falling to the sidewalk,
and Burns being underneath, struck his head on the
pavement with great force. After the iaI, great
change was wrought in Burns, who became stupid but
twas thought little or nothing Of and attributed to
the bad liquor he had taken. officer Mcdonnell OF
the Filth Precinct was called and conveyed Burns to
the Station. House, where he remained in cell all
nrht. Being worse instead Of better, the following
morning he was conveyed to the New-iork Hospital
by the advice of physician. He continued to grow
worse and died soon after his admission to that nstt'
ton. Coroner Perry held an inqaest on the boiy'
The testimony of two witnesses was taken ana clearly
indicates that Mccain did not wiully and maicousy
cause the death of Burns.
Dennis Hagan, residing at No. 80 Greenwlch ',res',
being div sworn says-Abot T. O'Clock last Monday evening
law Buns a. the corner Of Watts snd Greenwich STREET. he
IL e d,no ch about he eiced in Patrick NJ Cann
they hal He. all seemingly III pay 40 IN 90
b head bitx the rsvemen he sppeared to Be somewhat
stupid from The Of the blow but as he haa D ny
mor. stupid vs.. conveyed to the station ho.e
Officer Mcconnell regard the whole mater IS al
Peter NJ Scbenck residing at No lG Harrison street,
BEING 'ay-l was vel .cSspt he apressd 10 b. in
liquor Mccain also n my ssH ~ ~ 5t from b,,
WI 80 IN 1r.e tbs the juries accidentally received
DR. Dash House Surgeon of the New-i ork Hospital
made poet ortem examination Of me ody ne found s.c
, ~ blood over either hemisphere OF tue brh the compress
non N the brain the cause OF death.
The case was then given to the Jury, who rendered
a verdict Of death by compression Of the brain,
:. caused by an accidental fall while wrestling with
" f,epd named Patrick Nee ann, Feb. s. 1885," Burns
WAS a native Of Ireland.
CHARGE or ATTYsPTTO HoaIcIDs AT TCBBr
HooK.-Yes,erdsy afternoon OTHER Latta, Of the
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