New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-25
NEWYORK GIPSIEs.
RESTORATION or A KIDNAPPED CHILD TO
ITS PARENTS.


The recovery, on Saturday last Of the female child
af Mr.. ~ Greenan after an absence Of three week.,
reveals the fact that there in this and probably
other States as well, strons bsnas Of yaGabonds cor
,sspoodine TO the gpsies Of Europe The facts attend
tpg the case are az follows;
NJ, NJ. Creenan, an Irishman, is a tailor by trade,
living in the rear teneneuthouse On lot NO o4 james
street He lie a married man, having two Children one
named Ann aged two years. and The DINER sun younger
Mr. Greenan and his wife represented as s'oeT, ~
dusrious, intelligent people, who enjoy The good olin-
Son OF s their nejghbOIr On THURSDAY aiterno"'
che 18th of February, between and O'CLOCK, "
woman OF exceedingly bad character, Dalled Aii .lo
Clusky. an Irishwoman about 26 years Of age called
10 see the people in the building and ntrnded hesei
upon the notice of several different Ones much 10 their
ANNOYANCE. This woman was known to be a thief
and prostitute, and the wife OF man who KEEP low
dsncehonse at tho junction OF Water and Roosevelt
streets and who The Island for ielonious
ssnlt
After having been treated coldl by al on whom she
called, Mrs. McClusky started TO leave the hclso,
when she encountered little Ana Greenan in the hall
She spoke 10 the child, asking several questions 70
which answers made in the prattliug manner
peculiar TO children just learning to talk. The woman
sseIned pleased with the child and led her along by
tie hand through the aleyway 10 the street. sin talk
ing TO her. Wuen she got out OF sight Of the house,
she suddenly picked the little girl up in her arms and
disappeared around tie corner. Some time elapted
befose the cl3 wac missed, the mother knowing moth
ing Of the visit Of the Hanappcr, with whom she was
ana anted and resting under the belief that the lit
ale gill was playing with some of tire neighbours chill
iren r one Of the adjoining rooms
AS soon as the mother ascerained that her child was
moi in the house she ran 70 the street and sought
A. Init.
Finally, in answer to Ler inquiries, come Of the little
children tod her that strange bad carried her
child away. Upon the strength Of these statements
se father and mother FASTENED 10 the Gs.onhouse end
gave information Of the disappearance Of their chilli
No especial attention paid 10 this announcement
by the police, as great numbers of lost children
daily reported 20 them. The fact that child was lost,
sogether with q description Of little Ann, was tel
seraphed every station-house in the city, aud it was
senght that the child would De found before morning.
Tue night pared away, however and no dings Of the
los. were ottsined The mother became nearly |
Eauc, and The entire population Of tho neighb0hood
begsn 10 manifest the utdost interest in tie fate OF tie
nisirg child The poke made diligent inquiry
Of those who saw tie stTesc ana The little gil
soeethe-, aud it was Ut leAth established beyond
doubt that the child had Icon stolen By the dcprayed
woman pentionsd.
Ihe enire ponce IOFce OF the<cty Were n0tihCd ~
she matter aud full description Of Mrs. BoClusLy
WHO was we'll known 10 the police the Fourth Ward
was sent out The father offered re ward q $500 for
e recovery Of tic child, and, BY dreaion Of Inspector
Carpenter, advertisements were nserA in nearly 81
she city papers. Circulars were also dstrbOted by
thousands throughout the country. Day passed Oh,
ara 10 clue 10 the woman or The child could be OBJ
aimed although there his rot been case, ?. obab!y,
Since the disappearance Of Mrs. BTannsn ofssIaten
Island, in which every member Of Che police focA took
% deep an interest, or exer.ed himself so Willingly aud
Tie fact Of bright child Of two yeasa
,eng stolen from tho door Of is home in broad Day III
nsighborhoo0 so densoy populated, and al trace Of
10Th child and thief being los entirely was asounf
Dg. Officers were detailed ior the special duty Of fer
citing out the mystery, and they spent day after day,
md night after night in the undertaking. They Oh I
aimed al the anteoedens Of BIS. AcCusIy and could
lear Of her being Immediately Js0re the occur.
ence but notonce after it, The ecers in their Search
we're informed that she lid etolcn two children pre-
iOnsly, Oh different occasions, bat ms they had been
recovered by the pareuis prosecution
vas had. The children this stolen she had sed to ex.
ite the sympetbes Of The benevolent Of whon sho c
'liGi:sd money. ID