The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-12-24
city Intelligence.

tered al all
city Intelligence.
TIRE TRIcKERY rnE SPY Police.
In connection with the facts given in saturdays
edition, concerning the actions of the New York sly
police, We learned the foowing-M Augustus
DOuvle occupies a segar store under the New York Ho
tel, the portion Of which store he has rented 70
another party for the sale Of spirtuos and other liquors
On Sunday last three and four O'Clock T. NJ Mr.
nOuville seated behind his segar counter reaing
paper While doing 50 two persons, in citizens dress
the store from the street and passing through
his department entered tha of his sub tenant Finding
clerk there these two persons waited some five minutes
until Mr. DOuvne had finished what he reading, and
then they beckoned him to come into the part Of the
store where they They next asked him TO serve
them with liquor which request Mr.. DOuyile neither
consented nor refused but he proceeding behind
bar before he had had opportunity to touch either
glass, decantcr other article, he was arrested and
charged with selling liquor the sunday Previous 10
arres,ng him Of the parties had shaken hands
with Mr.. BOuvile, the latter having recognized the
he previously had had OCCASION 10 emplo!
without allowing Mr.. D'Ouviilc the opportunity
find his clerk that he might take his place IN the
during his absence h. hurried on 10 the station
house and locked up for the night, bail being refused
The morning the prisoner taken before Justice
Counoiv, examined and discharged. the Judge stating
that bad existed for arrest ms no liquors had
been exposed for sale, sold Aud TINS without
proper citizen arrested, imprisoned and his
store lett the mercy chance friend who happened
be there ri the time. On Friday Captain Sanfey {"
The Fifteenth ward called on Mr. DOuyillc and stated
that be known the circumstances 81 the arrest he
might have acted differently; but he certainly should
have reported 10 the District Attorney the fact Of bis Sc
gar being kept contrary the city ordinance
lie further stated that he did not think Mr. DO would
gam anything by prosecuting those who had caused him
the trouble they worth nothing had resfon
sibty, and would be defended TO the full extent d the
! police funds -
Another instance &c the andacious lengths 70 which
the espionage system j. being carried BY superintendent
kennedy and his myrmidons occurred az the lecture OF
Mr. 6. ". Curtis at The Brooklyn Institute the other
night. Although the members and their friends were
all admitted b. tickets, large number OF the police In
plain clothes observed amongst the audience Now,
there sort OF pretext for this interference Tho
ecure Of the regular series Of lectures given by
The Institution, and Il Il to De presumed had the sym
| Thy and appreciation If its members There was no
danger OF riot for the simple that the members
responsible for those whom they admitted. II the
police l. to be employed this way, instead Of the add
the force Of i've six hundred men recommended
by the Board Of Super sors, addition Of five or six
thousand would not b. sufficient The republicans would
honestly 10 establish st military dicta-
torshp.
Tn. srrtIsTtS >NRiGIl,c Committee ror the Relief
q the Destitute and suffering in syria acknowledge the
reccip, Of the following sums;-n. NJ I.dd, Milford,
Mich. y; T. v /. NJ, go German Methodist church,
Newport *. tis Esfcrmed Dutch church, rno1 VII.
lsge, $40. D. So Ashland county, Ohio, - so Alden,
Or, Narshheid, Mass. 81 Iansngburg. y. r. $40;
Green Bay, Wis, 90 ), T. Fisher, Buffalo, g. , IL
Phelps IS 60 Prosby church, pnda Pa ~ 80;
Reformed Dutch church. Scranlenburg y J. so; Cash,
IS. Mrs NJ A. ", Al Adams county, ILL.,, 81; Presby-
L Ia. y.
Congregational church aud society go Students West,
crn reserve college. ludzont Ohio, 81 81;
Brmingham, Conn.. ~. g =: $40 Congre-
sss: John liberty s.. 81 through New York Observer,
81 a. smith Bcscawcn, y H., ~ ci,zcns &C Addison,
VI. $40 Presbyterian chnrh seneca fals n Y. si2 So
Two River Wis. 81; y. Wagner, Cleveland, OHIO, ~
German church, whes,land, Iowa, SO Presbyterian
church. Bound Brook n y. ~; Cash, al First X. II.
church Chenille y. ". s2s ss Racine 81; Union Ser
vices layton, Ohio s2ss Friends, Northford, Conn. 81
Il = Ia.
York observer so; Methodist Eris Rycrhead !. r,
- 81 Presbyterian church Ti,gs,ie n D. $40; south
church Cincinnati ohio SOS q ossenovia ssi OF; Il
T. L. kc5 First Presbyterian church. Ithaca " ", $40
neifre Washington county Ohio sss' Total sac4 81
WI A. BUfii, Treasurer, % Front street.
HS,yY RoBrRy IN DraSr srnnI-Iasi night the
Of Bramhall. White lockwood, merchants, No.
los Duane street, broken into and robbed OF about
IS 600 worth q silk yesngs Thc burglars succeeded in
getting away in safety with all their booty. notwith.
standing the pretended vigilance Of the police.
Lo~iSo ~ 800 IN I'VE w,sa-Mrs Jane sparks widow,
residing az No CAS- Greenwich street forgot TO
VI 500 from her dress pocket, saturday, before Civ
ing the garment out to he washed and the consequence
was that the money which consisted OF two notes the
Chemical Bank for 81 and the other 400 disa
| rsred N the most mysterious manner The washer
woman, Mary Moran, arrested suspicion OF being
the thief but the prisoner denied all knowledge az the
money No trace Of the missing bills could be discovered
FIR II CASu srrs1I nine and ten O'Clock on
Saturday night, Gre broke out the ah floor Of the
building No. 26+ Cana street in the premises OF o. Bcos
| glider The FIRE exnruished before the flames ex
tendca beyond The firth ecor The damage 10 Mr Bcos
stocs win b. about 900 The second third fourth and
fsr u the fifth floor occupied by Reed Cushing
lex hndery. Damage ~ water about ~ 00C; nsur
The first roor j. occupied bookstore by 4 Reid
20 stock slightly damaged by water How the hre
originated " unknown az present n 3 under inycstg
tcn ~ the Fire Marshal.
night arc occurred in stable roar of No ga First
avenue. owned ny james RerlvoI II
tnguished damage sbout 900 insured lor 500 the
Nashrsion Insurance company SapSscd 70 be The
work u IN ncendisry.
I'm N Wa rie,rrr srn1r- slight ire occurred ~
the seccrd no@ q dwelling Loa.e rs wcst Eighth
street, IN the premises ~ Daniel 0kley II was son
cstiugui>hcd Damage tiifiinT.
T,rAt C.wrurNr a,emSr.--A most dsphysbie acct
dent from the explosion u camphcnc nuid lamp
cured ~ the house No les Torteth street,
The evening Of the 18Th inst by which mort cstimabc
vourg married lady named Mrs Emily Lilly, 50 bad
" burned her and the lower part Of her holy
that she survived her injuries but shout thirty six hours.
she conveyed practicable ~ the Bellevue
Hospital, where On the following day, an inquest vas
held by Coroner Jackman
FaT.t AesmESr AZ New Rssxxvcm. -I'arthot.mew
Franklin abcrce cmploycd on the reservoir. at
iron, derrick on Saturday afternoon. crushed
taken to tn late rrsdcnee " deceased IN Fth ave-
nue. near Nuresh stree, ~here coroner ssckman held
inquest
rcr>p nsc~SsrThe BODY ~ q man apparently about