, 1863-04-24
THE CITY.
Il Fashionable Landlady Arrested
for Theft.
SAD CASE OF HABlIuAl LARCENY.
The Examination Before the Police
Hagistrates-G1e eat Excitement
in Upper Circles.

The Examination Before the Police
Hagistrates-G1eat Excitement
in Upper Circles.
The fashionable MS well as religion circles
Of the South Division, especially in the neigh
borhood of Third and Fourth avenues, have
been in state Of great excitement for several
days past, consequent upon the arrest Of q
lady Who had hitherto been leader Of ton,
as well rs foremost in charitable and religious
enterprises, upon tho grave charge Of theft.
We have been cognlzant Of The facts, but hare
preferred to remain temporarily silent for the
furtlcrancc Of The cLds Of justice. Those
ends havc now been secured and the seal Of
secres, is removed. VIC therefore lay before
cur readers all tue facts in this interesting
case, which has many elements Of sadness III
its composition, and adds another INSTANCE to
the criminal category, worthy the inyestiga-
ton OF those skilled in the analysis of the
mania for crime which attacks so many who
arc apparently the very soul Of Eirtne and
moral excellence.
The name Of the prisoner is Mrs. Auna Bur
gen, 'a'se' Aoo4' .oos "vn4A4, - eo".
1nano1'ss p'esenee' ms 1nso luien, o1oao
tcnance, which, like the eye Of the snake, in
'n1apls alsfaces' e'en "4ilae IL inspires VITA
ofcao. ene - ''oout 'otls sesFS VI age' aaa
Las husband, who is an Invalid. She resided
at 155 Fourth avenue, q tenement In the ele
gant s-one t'oht osoeh DEL "cen i1aff'son ana
Folk streets, "here sne KEPT 1asnionaole
boarding house. 1ne inmates oe1ps 'a1es Auo
gentlemen OF 1aEhlot'aole c1rcles u lne alos'
unc1ceptionnoie eha'aete1' Ing Aoasc WIS
lifted W Ill 1he 1nost gorgeous lnAnnet, tae
furniture from at1ie 10 basement oelns 81 'ne
richest description s'lo niosl e'esAu' p'',se.n'
ETerS'n1'': tnsi' t''7te '>4'o 'uA oeoiie
could suggest was pf'ca'eu' "o1ie III cAee''
1snce OF hefe"e'"e gave I'LL sn'iaoie 'epu'a"
ton 10 Tue non7e'
Mr. bo'gel1 > Pe'sonal enccIs were su'
peru. no laos ~ lne cA's posaesseo larger
or mo'c eA4u's1e. oueNs ~ 9o"e"'' 'osatns
was 100 Cosby tof ne. c1ess "eas' anu ner
1oHet 1apie' "heh 1u''.lsneo "i'n ncf o'o"se''''
shonc tesp4enocol" ~ lne 'nal'et " otees
sae "as LII cA'3 ~ ne. .ao! Aea"1'3'i't'iieee'
mil II Was not unfre6ucnt for her tn nppear in
In, drax;on roo,n. or upon the promenade
will, different silk or satin for each day ct
+,e wcek- She reirned queen in the fashlona-
III, world of her 1ocality. and her word was
1,v nnon n, matter. of tbe toilette,
In a societa,ical point of view. she WIS
r,,n,,,v nromincnt Her establishment vas
,,a+ron,zcd ,,v the most desirable of ho,rders
1;,.r c,,,;nc acona;ntaocc e,ph1acca onr hcst
eocictv and her cards arc upon thc sa1yers n,
many nf our most prominent citizens. sbe
,.,s we, ,epret 10 cav. n member of the ptr,
,,o,',, concrcr,t1on,, chnrch and too,- m
aa,;ro ,,.-t IL III H.. ch,r;t,h,o onta~nr;sae -,
49, .,.,.a,, 80 ,va,, 80 +ha ,a,,,n,stra,,or ~
t,,a sa,r;no soc,stv a,,d churc,, c,s,,~o,. g.. m
s.s +,ns3oo ~ ~ t;'s n1d I,d,as' Hoa,a 49, 49,
.s-os.a. 49, hanas ,>as.aa 49, sna1,,a. 49, -:
49, fr>' 1-.> -
uona1lou. " lu4' e4e.nel4 iust,'ul,ont a'io
fepo's w. t.as, eome" na' 20 NV uel.1'nen q
OF inc lnstatatlon IN tne ma1tef OF Httle dell
cac!es, WHICH, somehow, 1aileo TO reach tn
Old ladies' for whom they were destined.
Apparently. she was on the best Of term
with the world, aud was sailing along upo'
an unrufied sea, with sails set to the mos
odorous and sottest Of zephyrs- True, neigh
bors would talk occaslally, and wonder hoV
The boarding house managed to DC profitable
3rtt IN an all nv.