Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1860-03-03
A Brace of Jack Sheppards--Ca
of Acknowledgements Leap of one
of them.

AT a late hour on Saturday night the premi-
SEES of Messrs Dexter, Lambert Co., No. $40
Pearl street occupied by them as silk and
fringe warehouse was entered by burglars,
under somewhat singular circumstances. The
burglars. it seems, first effected aE entrance
into the basement beneath the store by fcrcing
in gate in the rear portion of the building
Their object being to reach the floor overhead
they tried the doors connected with the stair
WAYS but these being fastened in a very strong
mann,r on the upper side with bolts and locks,
resisted all their efforts to open them The
burglars then gathered a number of boxes to-
gether and placing them one over the other
were thus enabled to reach the ceiling, which
they next stripped of its plastering until the
plank floor was reached. brace and bit was
next brought into requsition, and II hole was
soon perforated through the flooring sufficient
ly large to admit the passage OF mans body.
Through this the burglars made their way into
the store above, where they ransacked every
thing Mt their leisure, and finally got together
q bundle Of goods to carry off. Becoming dis
satisfied, however, with what they here OBJ
tanned, they determined to overhaul the build
ing, and for that purpose effected an entrance
into the hallway by tearing through brick
partition. Once in the hall they easily got
into the store of Messrs. Hamill Booth, where
they selected about $4,000 worth of silks
They next mounted to the third story, but the
style of goods here did not seem TO please
them, as nothing was disturbed. They re-
tnrncd to the first story with their booty, when
they were heard by Mr.. John Wagner, clerk
in the store who had been absent at a friends
house in the early part of the evening, and
who, on returning to sleep in the store, as was
his custom, had heard a suspicious noise in the
building, and went ont for policeman. Two
more policemen came in subsequently, dthey
assembled to the second story in search of the
burglars. The latter, on finding themselves
discovered turned to fly, and one OF them ran
to window, which he threw UP with the in
tention of jumping out The officer discharged
his pistol at him without doing any harm, but
which had the effect of lettering him from his
purpose for he then turned and fed up stairs
The other surrendered himself and was taken
charge of by one of the officers. The rest pnr-
sued the fugitive, who fled up to the roof by
forcing his way through the scutte. Being
called upon to surrender he refused, and, as the
officers approached to seize him he started
away at great speed to the edge of the roof and
leaped to the roof Of a neighboring house,
thirty feet beneath He missed his foothold
however, and rolling over fell to the pavement
of an alley-way between the houses, fifty feet
below. The officers ran down to him and found
him nm almost lifeless mass, his right thigh
fractured and the broken bones protrudng
through the quvcring flesh His left leg was
also broken, and his whole body and face were
so bruisedand disiigured that recognition would
have been an impossibility. He was conveyed
to the New York Hospital and placed under
medical treatment. The physicians consider
his case hopeless, as an amputation of the right
leg will he necessary, and they are of opinion
that he will not be able to undergo it with
safety. The other prisoner was taken to the
Sixth precinct station-honse, where he gave his
name as Louis Bernowski, and that of his COM
panion as Charles Murphy. Bernowski, who is
a Pole, as his name would indicate, was yes
terday taken before Justice Osborn and COM
mittcd TO the Tombs to answer a charge OF
grand larceny, His companion, Murphy, is a
Canadian, % years of age, and is already well
known to the police of this city from his hav-
ing been engaged in other burglaries. Various
burglarious implements, revolver, dirk
knife. gold watch, and other articles were
found upon the persons of the thieves and in
the store on the morning following the at
tempt-New York Herald