The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-02-12
Court OF General Sessions.
Before Recorder Holman.


CONVICTION FOR KIDNAPPING BEAUTIFUL CHILD
IN THE STREET.
The only case tried Wednesday In the General Sessions
was indictment against German woman named Mary
Aichle for having abducted tho little daughter Of VIM
Cagney The Of the case were quite In
terestng II appeared from the testimony Of the prn-
cipa witness for the prosecutionAnn Tussotan intel
gont girl OF about fifteen years Of age that sne
ved with uncle in Second street, that she became nc
ouanted with Mrs Ache and the morning Of the 2Sth
Of November while paying visit at her house in Ninth
avenue betwcon Fftieth and Fifty first streea she &C
coded 70 the proposition of tho prisoner TO 60 to VIII
lamsburg While proceeding down Eighth street. near
avenue G. they observed three children playing IN the
crossed the street and asked one Of the little girls her
name after which Mrs. Aichle who, by the way, nad
no children Of her OWL and had failed IN her EFFORTS 70
the artless child in conversation and gave
her money purchase candy AZ soon a. she had iur
young friend took the child and, after walking few
blocks got into and rode 70 Thirty fourth street
the they woman ON the girl remained with the child
ON the corner for ten minutes, IN comph-
With sr s
mapped about twelve o'clock and they arrived at the
prisoners aparmests abcsA two O'Clock When the dis
parents discovered the loss Of the child who was
they advertised in the HsAID, offered reward q
until the expiration Of three weeksa period OF centuries
20 them in their terrible suspense and agony. From
uesol the station house. their house, and
inquired Of the sergeant II child had been lost the hus
band Stating that the girl brought II 70 HE
place The sergeant was not aware OF such
Z loss; but one OF the officers, who happened
TO be passing through the oce at the time and who cut
the out Of the HERALD recognized In the
descript on which given Of the child that II was Mr.
Cagney's The officer accordingly communicated the
SSus. and a. once Identified their long lost child On
the evening Of that day Mrs Ache and Ann Tusso were
arrested The testimony Tor the aelenSs was OIerea
Of the alleged kidnapping and that the girl brought the
child her house. Although the evidence on both sdeA
contradictory in some respects yet the main iacs
adduced to sustain the indictment established,
which resulted In the jury rendering verdict OF guilty.
She was rcmanded till Friday for sentence District At
torney Hail. in his remarks 10 the jury made the inter-
es,,pr that during twelve years Of his on
cai as public prosecutor he was cognzant OF
numbers Of cases where parents had lost children ana
had been unable TO discover any trace OF
70 this day urged cton In this for the sake
of example for tho testimony much stronger than
hsgenerally able TO furnish In support Of such in
dicmens The court has wido discretion In re- erencs
70 punishment for this offence She DO sent u the
State Prison for term Of years or fined In merely
nom nal sum.
CONVICTION OF A RECRUITING AGENT FOR LAR
CENY.
walter Patsen, who kept recruiting ONCE the
Bowery tried and convicted Of grand larceny hav
ing on 9Th OF December stolen thirty dollars from
Henry +. Koss The complainant testified that on the
morning OF the occurrence he went with his brothcrn
law, who desirOus OF enHtinR, 10 omce the
defendant and learning that Mr. Bluns Once In
the Park he proceeded down TO the City Hall, followed
by Patten Dir. Koss received fifty dollars from Mr..
| Blunt for bringing the recruit whom the prisoner
snatched thirty dollars out OF his hand and ran OH lie
was chased by Koss 70 Gold where he was arrested
by an officer and the money found In his possession
Patten claimed that the complainant agreed 70 give him
the nfty dollars hand money, which koes denied
stating that he did not want TO have anything TO do with
him Il appeared that Patten known At the rooms
Of Volunteering Committee, and ordered 70 leave
| The prisoner romanded for sentence.
A CALIFORNIA MINER ROBBED or THREE THOUSAND
DOLLARS At TIKI FIVE POINTS -CosyIcTioN OF
THE PRISONERS.
Josephine Wilson twhtcl, Hannah Miller and William
Severn lcolorcd placed trial charged with steal
ing seventeen hundrod dollars In gold from Toinas
Brown returned California miner II appeared from
his testimony, that the 18th Of January he met the
girl Wilson In the street and was induced to accompany
her 70 disreputabe house. In Baxter street. kept by
the co,ored prisoners whore thcy remained all night
On the following morning no woke up and discovered
that the above amount OF money was stolen from hii
pantaoous pocket The girl WAS In tho room With him
and ~ the circumstances showed that ahe did not pari
cpsic In the larceny, the jury acquitted her II ap
peared from The testimony q the polirs officer
that Hannah Miller said that severn tho male prisoner
/ went into the bedroom with her, that he tool
| the money and gave . handful OF Tho gold TO her
when arrested admitted that he bad Ave god pieces
which he gave 70 his mother Severn was arrested
| New Haven, and Sands who win b tried on Friday
was found In Thomas street. under bed. The ofhcer
on searching him the day after the robbery found
nearly $500 In grecnbacks II bis possession The Re
coeder sentenced the Miller and severn W M
| stsss prison for fsur years and SIX months each