The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-07-05

ndaosnsnss fer hs victim 2 go, By picgOsns The bust
.sss most likely .s ne socs spss On, Win ~ Ss
victim, allowing him 70 pursh, ,. his ticket
sppesr here q witness against hi-pretends TO make
ayeuts for goods that have been shipped and on
board the steamer Goes sometimes to the Cooper In
sttute the Bible House. the old American Hotel
or Barclay street and Broadway, other corner
building having exit and entrance both sides Of
street. On arrival at this place confederate Of the
ndence appears In the shape of pretended clerk
with pom his This generally done at one Of
che doors Of the building The clerk presents the bill Of
offers worthless check above the amount required
some bank and the change not being at hand OF
the duPe asked he could favor his riend with the
amount required on the check for few minutes This
Is generally done, while the confidence asks hts
victim to remain where he is few moments until he can
30 up stairs and settle the account The confidence man
and his confederate 60 up together and Of course make
their exit by one Of the opposite DOORS Of which the
nnsophistcated youth ignorant This 10 the last he
sees Of them and after waiting from fifteen minutes 70
-FOUR hours according 10 his appetite his suspicious are
aroused and he commences search after bis oblglns
has either lose his passage for which he has already
paid and remain and make complaint against the TEL
The latter course s generally pursued By this means
many parsons who are ignorant Of the ways o. Inc ci
and Of those OF confidence men IN particular are roooeo
Of sums varying from $25 to $780, and In some cases
Another style Of confidence men are those who open
cessful In neecng some uninformsd youth Of several
hundred dollars on the representation that they have
some patent right, sometimes for silver and g@ng sne
moro frequently for some fabulous patent meoiCinc
dispose Of The newly taken in partner generally Ieas
IN quiet possession OF the odce, receives numerous
orders for business and nas ~; ne Ss rsd y
fortune This lasts for several days When the victim
having paid in the required amount he nnds that the
Customers drop o the principal disappears and he finds
himself solitary and alone in possession OF the ONCE hx
sures worth, perhaps ten or fifteen dollars with some
debts to pay and himself alone responsible for them.
Hereupon he makes complaint at the detectives ONCE,
when officers despatched to arrest the offending
parties which sometimes successful and the money
4 part dsgorged. Another class advertise for clerks,
and the swnde only detected after the dupe has lost
his money. 50 M tlt 90 t.H
The above are few Of the cases the detectives are
required TO overhaul without including cases Of embez
xement breaches Of trust and private denquences that
DO not always pass beyond the scrutiny OF the author
tea .
The New York detectives, under Sergeant Young,
very useful to the government in ferreng out the
rebel ncendiaries and conspirators in Canada They
also instrumental In obtaining clue to the trail Of
the assassin Booth previous to his capture and death
The value Of their services to the has been
repeatedly Acknowledged by the Secretary Of War; al
though they not under his official control direc
ton except in the discretion Of the Police Commits
sonera
By the rules Of the Police Department when sickness
disability results from extraordinary exertion
posure in discharge OF police duty the full time lost is
paid for When Il results from ordinary circumstances
one-hak the lost time is paid for when II 10 feigned, or
results from careessness excess fault Of the police
man. pay 10 allowed for lost time The total lost time
10 New York and Brooklyn for the year ending October
81, 1854, was N,311H, days Number not paid for,
II. 261X; paid for, II, 050H days
TOTAL ARRESTS.
The total number Of arrests by the police for the year
ending October g. 1854, was:-Males, sea7s females,
CRIMES OF VIOLENCE.
There were arrested BY the Metropolitan Police for
crimes Of violence Of serious character In 1884 and 1896