Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-03-07
Police Matters.


CHILD MURDER.-An early hour OF Saturday
morning dense crowd Of spectators gathered at
the Police Court in the expectation of seeing Henry
Frecke, the child slayer. The Court room, hall,
passages and Ftairs closely crowded with Ger.
mans, Irish and some Americans, all eager to catch
q sight of the prisoner as though he was wild and
ferocious beast. When at length Frecke was
brought into the room it was with the utmost diff
Guilty that passage could be made for him through
the pressing, jostling, surgng crowd, and his every
motion was watched and noted, that faithful re-
port might be made to the select circles in which
the spectators moved.
Frecke is 35 years Of age, q native of Hanover,
province of Osnaburgh He has been married six
years, his wife being also Hanovarian. He is a
member OF the church and congregation of the
Lutherans Rev. Mr.. Lindeman Pastor. He has
no appearance Of being villain -on the contrary
his countenance gives credibity and probability TO
the statement of his wife that he has been kind
and faithful husband, and provided industriously
for his family. She was in Court, accompanied by
Rev. Mr. Lindeman. She looks older than her
husband which may be q consequence of care and
AAOuDAc5. DUH IICCh6 uuu LIS nIedppCdlGu uuCu
affected while in Court He, through his counsel,
VIM. Heisley, Esq, waived an examination and
was ordered forthwith before the Court Of Common
Pleas. The name of his sister-in-laW and the moth
er of the child is Mary Prosser.
PETIT LARCENY.
Frederick Conway, colored boy of about ii
years, was brought up on a charge of stealing 90
lbs of Flour from the warehouse of T. A. Walton.
Mr.. Joseph Walker had purchased half barrel
sack of -four which he had laid on the head of a
barrel. Going afterward to take it he found the
-four gone and this boy running away from the
spot Catching him, Mr. Walker found his clothes
powdered with the -four, and then found the sack,
few feet from the barrel where it had been left
Frederick is hard boy. He has just been dis
charged from the County Jail for larceny. He was
sentenced to fine of $40 and costs and Is days
Imprisonment in the Jail.
Nelson Wood, another boy, but white, was ar
rested for stealing sign worth dollar and half
He confessed the theft, and said that he was on his
way to Buffalo, where his father, Frank Wood, was
an expressman He took the sign and sold it to
furnish him with means; 10 reach home. He had
never been arrested before. His case was contin-
ued until this morning.
James Bennett and Mathew Flint, on a charge of
stealing watch worth S25 from Elisha Baker, had
their case continued.
DRUNK.
Amelia Carey, whose form and fea ures have,
from long established Custom, become part and
parcel of Police Court, WAS up for intoxicaiion.-
When being asked as to being guilty of the charge,
she facetiously but truly remarked that she was
'always guilty of course" Taking her word for
it, the Judge sentenced her TO fine of SO and five
days Imprisonment.
Arthur MeGlue, who sticks to his old habits was
up again for being drunk and was put through at
regular rates, viz: 50 and five days.
vAGRANcY.
1t is singular coincidence that Amelia Carey
mentioned above, and Nancy Spear, generally make
their appearance in Court circles at the same time
The delectable Nancy, having taken glimpse Of
the outer world as she does about once in ten days
decided to fulfill her calling and be vagrant, for
her indulgence In which propensity, she was sent
to the dungeon of the Jail for ten days.
George Shable was arrested on the same charge.
In reply to the question of guilty or not guilty,
he replied, "Wel, guess I'd better go up for sixty
days" He says be came from Michigan where his
father has 300 acres of land His case was contin-
ued to this morning.