New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-06

was no doubt but the fictitious painter the thief
That he was painter il impossible, for the only
work he did TO daub come of the doors in such
manner a. to render the services of skful workman
Indispensable 1t ia surmised that he was also taking
observations for the benefit of burglars, as he was
anxious to know if firearms were kept in the house,
and asked the servant many questions relative to the
habits Of the family Rogues full Of invention, aud
constantly adopting some new plan of operation.
Servants cannot be too cautious in admitting strangers
when the head of the family is away.
EMIGRAST SwIsDLERs.- emigrant swindlers,
who have for so many years thriyed and grown fat
upon the plurder obtained from poor foreigners igno'
rant Of our language and customs, have become very
much frightened Of late at the crmade that has been
made against them. Time was when John e. Enright,
Frank Fowler, Gilmore SelOver, aud the rest OF that
grand combination could rob, beat, and almost kill
those who were go unfortunate to fall into their
clutches, with 0puny. Their hired tbisves, run
pers used every endeayor 10 induce the unwary to So
iourn a. tbs vile dens called clearinghouse, over
which they had supreme control, and when once the
victim was IN those meshes he released
until the last cent ard the last piece of baggage he
possessed Was hlched from him. Various means were
used to accomplish this object. Sometimes it was
done by bogus tickets; again spurious money would
be forced upon the victim in lien of his foreign g)ld
if of an smorcus disposition, degraded woman would
be ntro6 uced to him. aud seldom did she leave him till
his money iiDgled in her pocket. Ii these means
failed force and violence used, drugged liquors
resorted to- L. was not the male emigrant alone who
was thus treated but the women who we caught in
their tolls were subjected to indignities thousand
times worse than these. There is many a degraded
woman who walks our streets who was brought to
her present petition by the outrages per
petrated in these emgrant clearinghouse.
But all abuses must have end and we believe that
the public has seen almost the last of these ouages
upon emigrants- The first great blow was struck at
the runners in the establishment of the Castle Garden
Fmigrant Refuge. Tits robbed them in great meas
ure Of their European prey and they then turned more
fercely upon the emgrants bound California Their
operations in that direction had grown to such gigantic
proportions that the State of California resolved 10
send an agent hither protect people bound to that
State ard prosecute all Of swindlDg to the
bitter end Previous the arrival of that agent Mr..
Dickinson, these swndlers were tolerated by the
police many Of whom most unquestionably partook of
the profits of the business. short time before his
arrival. however Capt. Hart was transferred from
the Seventeenth to the Twentysxh Precinct, City
Hall Police This squad Of policemen, among other
duties, are expected to keep special eye upon emi
grant runners aud their employers. most Infamous
outrage perpetrated about the same time upon four
Germans called into existence society Of resident
Ge mans for the protection of their newly arrived
counirymen. This organization with Capt. HART and
the California agent Mr.. Dickinson declared war upon
tie swindlers and made the city exceedingly hot
for them. Every case of swindlng that was made
known was duly prosecuted by them without expense
to the victim. First Of all Frank Fowler was ar
rested for selling TO California emigrants Storage
tickets in place of the irst-cabin tickets for which
they had bsrganed and paid. When arrested
he laughed at his Prosecutors confident in his
ability TO evade the law But IL happened that the
Last Legislature had amended the law as to leave
less margin for the trickeTy Of counsel in such cases.
and Fowers conviction for swindlng followed After
spending time in the Tombs nspits of all theetot
and money Of bis friends be sentenced TO the State
Prison for term of years. lie was speedily removed
thlher, and is doing the State come service in
that institution at Sing Sing, Since then, numerous
others have been arrested and out bail for
Trial. Two, named John Gilbert and Stephen Gordon,
lees fortunate than their fellows, reposing in
the cells Of the Tombs awaiting their trial on similar
charges. Even the great leader Of the gang, John f.
Enright himself spent some time within the same
gloomy walls, awaiting examination charge Of
robbery by violence. This last outrage was perpe.
trated by Enrigft aud his clerk upon stranger who
had been entced into their Cedar-sreet den. Not lik
ing the accommodations shown him, toe stranger I'M
dertook TO leave the place. when the two set upon him.
and, after beating and robbing him Of his money,
turned him into the street. For this ofIense, Justice
Welsh locked Enrght up for trial in default of BAIL
The required bonds were entered into subsequently,
and Enrght released. This robbery was so Infamous
IN all its details and tho evidence against the psrps