The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-01-21

uuseuOurry, or the Second District Civil Court He
and This has got to DO quite resort for pick
poc9e0 only lev evening" ago man was robbed OF
Court OF General Sossf0ua.
p.sora Jud.. pn...u
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Al m1Rnrxo CuAn0H o. EkBnn1xszxr AGAINST HCxRr
kARPt3, ~.
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ceny and embesxement he having as was alleged stole
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employed e delivery clerk f0f fve years In the Metro
poItsn Mills, owned BY that nrm. lessrs. Hall and
defended the accused, and. % the case has
been before Tho public for some une each juror chAl
ene.d but The requiaite number 81 Jurors were Obtained
many respects, peculiar and Interesting The Assistant
sIcs Attorney, In very elaborate opening, first gave
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arrangement BY which al the ouf made by the frm Of
Hcoser Bro was sold in their name, and one Of their
largest customers Lane Lawrence Co. Il sup
posed that the mode in when Hecker Bro robbed
Of large quantity Of nour BY Karples, who had been in
feet confidence ths-About year before he was
rested, he acted in completely with q young
indicted, but who. a. viii be seen hereafter !
sscaped Karpes whose duty II was 70 give Eli the ar
them on The superin.ndents desk watched his chance
only TO alter the entry In the book
but TO take on certain ticket, which he always managed
TO put ct the bottom of the list 80 that when he
was sent daily TO BOWS & o., It appeared PERFECTLY
straight. Becker L Bro neglected to compare Dows
Co. with amount -four receipted for 90
that, a. they now suppose Janowz and KarpLss wore
enabled abstract large quantity OF -four durine the
Attorney detailed The circumstances pndor which shs .r
ceny committed Gu the morning OF the 9th OF June
Ksrples direc,cd csr@m to bring TO the New Haven
Pot voaty barrels o aour in obedience TO an order par
porting 10 have been signed by Il. L. Il Co which
were conveyed thee ami transferred 4, New Haven,
ceiyed 'e Il sud osposed Of ' 70 bsssp named
Matthew smith, who pur biased il for a.
paving $50 OF Tie amount in cooper Hecker & Co
having heard to this occurrence that their
flour was sold In New Haven Al lower price thao they
p - c" mnS i nau ma. ms n9.'
yen) sold flour they should be aporsed OF t. Accord
ngy Mr.. Smith telegraphed TO New York, and Mr. Rem
ney, me svpelnsencen.' xens on 70 new haven tnAt
boxes and sent TO Adams express Office be caused them
to be detained and returned 10 the city. Suspicion fell
~ ~ nr nsn1 On INC TO-
be denied but made iu Concession OF the
whole ana admitting that Janowz was associated with
.rssd 70 wr,ss stisr 70 Jannvz msrinS A. snoont
mept meet him, and asked the gentismea present
Samons whom was ciicsr soost) whether ne would write
German to Ss confsder .e seree,nS ~ me-, hin A.
lager beer saloon late that evening. but what tho
tents Of that letter was did not appear Soon AFTER how
ever anowitz was missing and thus Tar has euded the
officers Of Justice During the interval, At Heckers
tsbshment that afternoon, kArpies Expressed great
anxiety 70 aiaS the distress ,of mno which bis wife
would naturally feel Il his absence, and BY his gen
temanly deneanor induced the officer to permit him
TO on bis parole Of honor for an hour he took advan
age Of the misplaced confidence OF the officer and ned
New Jersey, where he was captured and brought be.
fore tho magistrate, hut a. the officer who arrested
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pursued by ocer the celebrated detective and
On reputation OF the President u the Untet States
was brought back to New York FOR trial. under the Ash
burton treaty Soon alter his arrival bis counsel moved
to have him on the ground that the treaties
between this country aoa England were violated but the
motion was denied They then moved to quash the In
oictmenS aesmst DIM or mere are over Mteen Indics
o a ds,G no b oT
HENRY KARPIs n-, ACQUITTED
IsAt the opeu,ne Of the Court this morning thu
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jury in the case OF Henry ksrpes 'r VINO tried for
stealing quantity of flour from the Messrs Hecker
hoh, ;r,o coc-. h.r Tho sor.r.n ,..tsd ,h.t ,hov
drought nv" ouf'' WIG" INC i'em1n s'N'eu .ua' 'aey
had failed to agree upon verdict during the night They
asked they should consider the confessions Of the pr
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replied they could throw all douou 'esmony oui Oh inc
case and instructed them 70 retire again to their room
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dict OF "not guilty. karples was renamed 10 the city
a there are other pending against him
Co. ea-a-, us co,rs., .rn,sd n, III. admission "a
ball. but as the Assistant District Attorney was absent
| from the city, the motion was not entertained
BOVINE, THx FoRoER RrooNvicTxD-AS INTERESTING CASE
Ihe hrt case that was tried today was charge OF Tor
gerry 10 the third degree preferred against George Bowne
venerable looking old gentleman, between sixty and
seventy years OF age This case In some aspects re-
markaoe one as will be seen BY brief narration Of the
circumstances said that Bovine Is member OF ono
Of the Oldest and most respectable families
and ging from bis appearance, dignity aud Intellectual
strength attributed bim by the caususl
observer Of human nature Nearly ten years since, 1t
sa,d Bovine was introduced TO number OF false pre-
tence men and counterfeters who make living by hang
ing round Wall street and bleeding the incaatoas fire.
! queners OF That renowned locality From that time
Boene's course was DOWNWARD The hrst time he was
brought before the CourAwas IN 1852 when ne was tried
and convicted Of forging check for 500 ON the Chemi
cal Bank, upon which conviction Recorder Tlou sen
fenced him 10 Imprisonment 10 the State prison for four
| years ana three months He served his term, and on
being liberated instead OF attempting to retrieve his lost
reputation, resumed acqnair anceshp with bis former
dishonest associates; for tne Alb Of November 1857,
the Grand jury indicted him for forging check IN the
National Baok, amounting 70 $500 purporting TO have
been drawn BY Francis fop, the gentleman, strange
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