New-York daily tribune., 1861-11-12

CAPTUeE OF A COyTIDEscE MAy.-Jas. McManus
alias James Brady is gentlemsDly individual pos
sessed Of finished education winning manners, and
very sociabe in LIS general habits. For nearly Two
years he has been in the habit of cutvating, then
yictimizing bis acquantsnces Itappears that ebout
eighteen months ago be became acquainted v',.in "a
gentleman Of considerable me- .a o,.oroe
uaIIi9on' %. NO I46 Thompson street. Mr.
n-...r- took deep interest in the welfare Of Nc
ManIs owing to tie intelligence which he mani.
tested; and understanding that he was IN ihdlgeas
circumstances be gave him at various times sums o.
money 70 relieve bis wants. So lively was Mr.. II. :
interest in the educated ,an tnat Ic 'en proeui:u
two valuable ny dresses Tor bis wife. In all, wl
few wsesas Mr.. HanisOns sympsthy IN the s1apa
OF gifts and loans amounted te between three 5ua-
dre,, aud four hundred dollars. About week
after Oet,i,ng the dresses for his wife, MeManus
called 81 No. las Thompson street, early In the morn
ing. ard inquired for Mr.. Harrison. The seryant
aiT informed the visitor that Mr.. II. bad not then
got I'D. McManOs insisted upon seeing MN, now
over as he had very important business TO transact
win lin. SO be pushed bis way up s'sirs, and
entered the room Of Mr. H. lie found bis benefactor
in bed not vet thoroughly awake. On the dressing
table lay Mr.. HarrisOn's gold watch and chain,
valued al $3.50. These articles Mr.. McManus appro-
pria,ed at least, when Mr.. Harrison cot ogi Of Ted,
the valuables were gone. Mr. McNlauus then went
South, 20 New-Orleans, and during his Southern
tour he newsuape OF that region told stories about
an educated gentleman, Who was ITacticng e0me
very accomplished ieats OF fraud on steamboats, and
IN Mficn Iast sIr McManus, aliss Brady, returned
10 this loyal section, and immediately became
quainted with Mr.. McClusky, OF No 40 Essex street,
cssSv wa. s1sn exceedingly we'll sa1ad With Is
ly.nade friend ard engaged his society TIL late
four of his first night uaintanoe, when Mem
renreeented tlat be was stopping at sn uptown ho-
tel and in case that should DO shu. up be thought
,vonId be best 10 stay down town, whereupoh Dir.
NcCIusk, volunteered the half Of bis bed. The oher
Was readily and very gratefully accepted. In the
morniug Mr. McManus was up hrst, ana ieit TOT pls
slrposed uptown residence. Nhen Mr. McOIkhy
81 nm he discovered the very startling abtence o. Eis
SSCA yvvatcb and chain, valued az about SZI5.
Mr. McClnsky went 10 Police headquarters,
- Harfison had been some time before bir,
o1. wasrs ''; Of ,be aud nlo lad 9een perpetraed,
and described me .'e.''HN''
thief r,o,;,ct Was de-
Detective Gouldin Of TIE Sixth S''.,u nS q nossi.
tailed 10 track out the said McAlanus, a him for
Bile. to arrest him. H. vain he searched ioi nth
,non,bs. At length. on Friday evening, he met
him In n hotel in Chatham street, where lie wa
drinkinq with other gentlemen at the bar. l1ere
he approached Linn and took him prisoner On Stt-
urday ne was taken before Justice Connolly az 1he
Tombs Police Court and committed for tsiil 10 de,
fault of $4,000 bail. The prisoner had represented
10 Mr. MeClusky that be wAs one of the professors
of Theology at Princeton. Mr.. McCluskys watcS
was recovered at pGwu-sbop in Walker street, and
that of Mr. Harrison the prisoner admits 70 have
pawned at place ia Spring street. II will probably
be recovered.