New-York daily tribune., 1859-06-29


A RErEs1asr BURGLAR-His CosTEssIos.-Ot
the three notorious burglar, Thomas Nelly Jonn g.
Gordon, and Wm. Hughes, arrested last week
Gordon has made sworn confession, before Justice
Brennan Of the part hich be and Kelly took IN shoot
ing the private watchman in Brooklyn, last summer
a. folows:
John +. Gordon, Low Of the City Prison in the City
OF New loik, deposes thai or about the latter par,
Of July, or Let Of August last he and man nsnei
Thomas Kelly, now s.o in the City Prsos, went al
abcu, ocock at night from this city to Brooklyn,
for the purpose OF breaking into house to steal;
oepotent says that they walked about the city oi
Brooklyn looking at several houses, and hnsIy cam
into Smith street. near the corner OF fulton
avenue, where they a house they determined
to enter; deponent says that the house Is OF
stone and brick, with sides and rear, ami
No. II Of said street, on one side OF which there
open lots Of ground; he further says that they
climbed the fence into the lots, where they renamed
for an hou so, perhaps two hours, lying under
tree in the rear Of the house at lae hour perhaps
II or O'Clock at night, they entered the house by the
rear basement door, by forcing out of the PAGES OF
glass from the window and then unlocking the door
from within after they were in the house they took
things from trunk IN the basement and several
articles from the pantry; then they went into the
psrlor AID took music-boy from thence they went
up stains and took some articles from bureau IN the
back room; they then took ladys vevst CLOAK, Two
or basques, aso some dresses, aud other similar
a
pantry n the entry way part of these things they put
into bag which they found in pantry in the basement;
they then went down stairs and opened the front base
ment and walked cut aud saw some serenaders short
distance of also a watohman deponent went To the
inner fence followed by Kelly, and both Jumped over,
carving the property with them at this moment they
saw a man coming swiftly toward them, on the oppo'
site eide Of the street who hailed them and asked Whist
they were doing there Kelly told him they belonged
in that house; the watchmen ordered them to stand,
under peril Of having their brains blown out al the
same time striking alarm rap with his club upon the
sidew ak, and presenting pistol at deponent ana
Kelly, the watchman raped again tor assistance,
when Kelly drew pistol aud fred at him, causing him
to stsgger back into the middle of the street;
Kelly then ran down the street, and depo-
nent sprapg back over the railing itto the
front ward and through the front basement door which
he closed and boted after him. and quickly a. pos
sble oivestrg himself OF the things he mad with him.
lesying them n the entry way, he lied ont OF the back
door into the rear yard over the rear fence, and
away; "a he escaping, he heard several persons
cry out, There he goes! stop hum there goes the
thief" and similar expressions coming as he thinks,
mostly from the windows Of the neghboring honses;
deponent has heretofore, and Immediately on his ar
rest told Officers Woodbridge and Jourdan all the facts
and particulars of this matter in full detail with
out having communicated with or learned any
thing from any person whatever upon the sub
ject deponent then took these officers to TINS
same house in Brooklyn. where he fully ldent-
fed the house and all the surroundings as
the house upon which the burglary committed and
the wstchman shot; deponent saw the occupant and
described TO him all the particulars OF the ohense ana
Of the property TAKEN as also u description oi the
internal part Of the house to the extent OF his knowi
edge ana recollection, all Of which may be verified by
these persOns deponent says that in few days after
the perpetra,ion of this Oense he and Kelly heard OF
the arrest of two men named Dunn and Grifhths on
charge of committing the crime of shooting the watch.
man and breaking iuto the house, all of which had
been done by depOneu and Kelly deponent was after
ward informed that said Dunn had been discharged,
but that Grifiths has been convicted and was sen.
fenced for ten years III the state Prison. where ne stun
il; this deponent solemnly declares that Gritiths IA
wholly innocent of the matter, and he and Nelly, apd
no person or persons else the guilty ones and fur
ther deponent saith not.
The principal circums tances proven against Griffith
were. that he was a man of bad character; that he
was seen in the vicinity at late hour few days be-
fore the crime was committed that when he saw the
officers he exhibited symptoms of unessiness, and
strongly objected to having his house searched; that
on the night Of the burglary he was engaged in play
ing billiards n a room in this city until about lOi
o'clock but that after this hour he not seen and
could give no account of himself and ls'tly, Buck
lev. who supposed he was on his death.bed, swore
positively that Griffith was the man who sho: him.
1t is true that Griffith in Brooklyn few days
before the crime but he went to livery stable for
horse, with which he took his wife to Greenwood
Cemetery to look at the grave OF friend.
1t is true that he could not give account of him
self after lO o'clock; but the reason is he went home
and went to bed, and his wife, who soemny protests
that such was the fact, could not swear to it; and
thus, although his innocence known to her, he
had no means of establishing it.
The most singular feature Of the is the positive
evidence of Buckley, who believed himself on his
desth-bed at the time OF the identification, and was
undoubtedly honest in his statement.
The credit of tracing out these offenders and bring
irg them to justice belongs to Capt. Dowhng aud
Officers Jourdan and Woodbridge. The name of the
private wstchmsn is Buckley. No doubt Grifiths
will be released from prison a. the necessary
steps can be taken to bring his before Gov
Morgan.
SOCIAL AMENITIES OF THE FOURTH WARD.-John