The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-07-21
City intelligence.


BURGLARY FRusrRArgD.-About week since, clerk
in the employ Of Ubsiel, Person and Lake, dry goods
dealers at All Broadway. was accostcd in Jersey City
where he resides, by well dressed man. who pretended
to be acquainted with bin, and rendered invitation to
take drink. They entered saloon, and after drinking
several glasses OF lager beer the stranger at made
startling and novel proposition 10 the dry goods clerk lie
said he had followed the cnrk for time ascer-
tanned he occupied confidential position in the establish
ept and therefore could gei an Impression IN OF the
keys Of the street door. If the clerk would get I'M
prcsson Of the keys, he he strangely would enter the
store and rob the establishment Of large quantity OF
silks and divide the proceeds The clerk replied that the
scheme was not feasible, as private Waterman
was stationed on the inside Of the store. The
stranger overruled this objection by replying, " All
yon have to do is to get the impression
of the keys; will dispose Of the private Waterman 3"
They parted aud the clerk astened To his employers and
made them acquainted with the meeting They proceeded
TO the detective police who advised tho clerk TO continue
the interview in order to obtain enough evidence To
vict the burglar. Another interview arranged be-
tween the clerk and burglar and the clerk was furnished by
the burglar with large piece Of wax to be used in
the impressions of the keys The clerk pleaded igno-
rance Of the Of taking the impressions when the
polite burglar spent nearly half an hour in giving the first
lesson in the art of burglary final interview WAS
ranged 10 take place last evening" in Montgomery street,
Jersey City and about eight O'Clock last evening Sergeant
Lceris and oihcer McCord, of the detective police
GREETED themselves near the spot where the interview
to take place Presently the burglar came up, whom
officer McCord recognized at q desperate named
Dan Kelly, who has been out Of tho State prison hut few
months After thecerk had conveyed with the burglar
few minutes they parted The officers followed Kelly
to New York. where he arrested he landed
He was considerably astonshcd when he nabbed by
the policemen and pretended to be very angry being
suspected Of dishonest action He locked mp at the
Central Police Office, and will have examination today.
Kelly is old offender he served term at Sing Sing
for robbng store IN Albany about six years since The
gang headed at that time by the we'll known burglar
Badly Robinson, who owned yacht The zach, was
loaded with the plumber and AZ they coming down
the North river the yacht sprung leak and they were
compelled to put into Cas.leon At this point they
captured by the police OF this city and the whole party
caught and sentenced to the State prison. Kelly
arrested few weeks since by tho police suspicion
OF being concerned IN burglary In Duane street, but
discharged for want Of evidence
NARROW ESCAPE FROM DgowNSG--GALLANT RESCUE
Yesterday the Staten Island ferry boat souhhed was
on her Ave O'Clock trip from New York and when of
Governors Island, little boy named Wharton Watson
son Of Mr. J. Ii. Watson, aged six years. fell overheard
from the rail- The boat had proceeded five hundred
yards before it became known the captain Isaac vree
land, who Immediately turned back when, strange TO
say, the child floating the surface OF the
water. Captain l. X ktteridge, who was on board at
the time, INN ediaely sprang overheard and succeeded
Id rescuing the boy from waery grave. Life so
extinct that IL required the utmost Efforts restore
him to Consciousness.