New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-02-24

took The notes and sod be would 60 10 the office oftle
bo,e e. bs had Placed hi. funds liur tbo1ssrI dn,
larsI is tie iron etfe last he rnigo, be robbed and
cat NJ Shoes s,teotion TO tie printed notice a.,
4 cCor OF hls toCm, caEiIonng parties against
leaving money al Their trunks, on accouet Of
the nrmier Of hotel thieves that were about
NJ s - did not mucA lie tbe ioea Of Watson.
tslpr ih, po;cs uway and was sbF9, TO object whes
Wsison. VITO ~ this tge Lad clo, Sthe door opessd
il sgsip arj pckirg IN his bead asked Stee what Kind
cf tptS, he would like. Mr. Shee rpled that he
uGs, have barksble funds Watson said, Very
well" spS again closed the deer. Fifteen minutes
elapsed then bali an hour, ana then al hour. when
Mr.. Sbec began 70 -rO~ Yer! uneasy; once or twice
he got to leave toe ROOM bui thinking OF the large
Ar cunt of Dote- on TIE table hat would be ex-
posec in q ~ dong, again sat dosn sni en-
oesvord &c make hiusea easy. NJ. Shee at Length
summoned water whom he desired to call the
proprietor. The proprietor entered the room, asa
upon hearils tae case tod Mr. Shee thst he thought
he ssd 'ten sold as Wat-oD hal 90 doubt sbsqusiu-
lated with ~ notes Upon n eveuing folio ing this
plera'ion, Officer Bower al Interview with Mr..
Nhef, Who was 'e'y desircUs .: having Watson ar
rested.
On Friiay last. Officer B0wyer captured Watson on
beard lioboker Ferry boat and took him forthwith By
ra,oad 20 PHILADELPHIA. ana delivered him into the Gus.
tooy a Officer Callahan. at the Mayors Office.
Upon stsrchit: Ws,Son there were found in his
pockets between 500 ,nd $500, gold lever watch,
ard some jewslry. Watson had examination ca
SATURDAY and was committed 10 prison for trial. when
O{fCer Bow. returned 10 this city.
Ga SEncay morning. Officer u. received a letter
from Officer Dunn of Boston, requesting him TO look
out '0r tdence msn who had been swinding sew
eial firms in Bot out cf watches jeweiy and other
property, by wig checks o. various barks, In tho
pSne 81 j. &. Devis. which checks, upon beisg pre-
sented we're found to he worthless Officer B"wyer,
o reading the minute oescripton of said Dsvis,
came the coDclysio that he and Watson
an tie sane party.
r0cu'iag ne ass..'arce Of Officer McDougal,
Ofl'ceE Bower proceeded 10 Fobokep, and buRd
upon uqui'y that Wat.or elias Davis. had at
q, the hotels in that place His searched,
when ,eveis. bills in the of j. G. DAVIS, for
watches jewelry, aud other property, were found.
Among his papers were several promssory notes, one
| Edwfrd a en- ior 81 900, payable at the Fsrhaven
BAN Mass one Tor a. 500 dated Boston, Jan. %,
| ls;s in favor OF j. c. Davis, orswn BY james y.
Dane; another for - O00 rated Boston, Dec % 1856,
drawn to tts order of j. c. MuncS, by I. G. Whit
more, Treasurer of the Boston ano Maine Foundry.
Officer Bower also ascertanod that within year
or tw Watson, alias DAVIS, had obtained moneys CA
forged drafts 10 the amount Il several thousand dol
lars a5c that about II or IL wears ago he was ar
rested for forging check on Col Tonpkns OF this
CITY. Immediately upon Officer BOwyer mstiug these
discoveries ne teegraphed the fact to Officer Gala
nan OF IL iladephia and requested that atom alias
Davis should DE he'C fugitive from Boston, but
before the dspach received the swindler was re-
| leased pptn bal He was, however, soon after ar
| rested a,Nssn. 70 prison. The accused gave up Q
lagge aLsntty of valuable jewslry thst he had In his
possession Il is supposed that he has swindled
| a number Of persons in New-fork, and any per-
sons having knowledge of the fellow would advance
the ends of justice by calling upon exOficer Bower
a. III. Detective Police Agency No. 1876 Broadway.