Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-03-12
Robbery ami Hia5OiicnI Attempt to Firt
a Dwelling,

On Thursday morning last the hotel of MIR. John
Forrest, corner of Pacific and BOerum streets Brook
lyn was burglariously enteredby villains of the
most desperate character. They entered by sealing
| very high board fence and springing open one OF
| the windows of the cellar. Having succeeded Ill
efectng entrance, they went up into the bar room
and robbed the till of the small change left in it. o
exceeding s.. They then returned to the liquor eel
lar, lit the and turned the burner around against
the wooden partition, and directly under wooden
| projection and then pnbOlted the back doors and
| gate, and decamped About A. NJ. Mrs. John For
rest. wife Of the OF the proprietor, was aroused
| mcnts.
| The inmates were Immediately aroused, when it
was found that all we're less stupefed by the
effect OF the smoke in their rooms. Mr.. Robertson
and son, however recovered sufficiently to MAKE
descent to- he cellar, where the fire at this time
making consid erable headway, having burnt through
| two partitions, one floor and nearly beam. I5r
| projection above referred to fortunately
ment that covered the water pipe, tho burning Of
which melted the pipe and permitted its entire dis
charge upon the fire below. By the GOODNESS and
trepidity of the inmates, the fire was soon extn-
guished. A few moments more, however, and the fire
would have been communicated to the stairway, cut
ting OF all retreat as the house communicated with
| no other.
| There is doubt but it intended by the da-
boiica perper or to detro the house. ogehe erwth
| the family. Mr.. Forrest has for some time been
noyed by gang of low desperate Williams, to whom
| he shows quarter; He has, therefore, rendered
himself obnoxious to them. For some time past open
and avowed threats have been made against him hy
members of this gang. The evidence OF their guilt
fast accumulating A little noisy black and tan ter
riar vas bagged and carried off and seen iii the
possession of one OF the suspected gang She returned
home in the course of the day, but though dumb she
forms strong link to fast the evidence of the guilt
umon the scoundreis The police are on track.-N. T..
| Times.
THE RAILROAD BRIDGE AT ALBANY AND THE ICE.-
| The recent breaking up of the ice on the Hudson
river gave the railroad bridge at Albany very
severe testa greater one perhaps, than it may
again experience from he cause as the ice
very heavy and the flood swift. The bridge has, in
the instance, proved Il real benefit for it instru
mental in breaking up the ice-cakes that they
| toated away, pieeemGal and did not form dam OF
any magnitude at the bars below, from which acct
| mutations so much damage has heretofore been
caused. letter from PoughkeepSie in the New York
Times describes the descent Of the ice upon the bridge
When the ice gave way above Albany hundred.
Hooked to the river to witness the test soon to be
applied TO the new bridge. The staunch abutments
stood like huge fortresscs awaiting the attack of
| the enemy, and as the heavy mass Of ice weighing
thousands OF tons bore down toward them on the bo
som Gl the rapid current, various speculatOns
dugcd in as to the probable result Of the collision
| Boatmen predicted that that ice would give that
ar bridge mighty big turn A few TrOjans, who
were opposed to the erection Of the structure. stood
| ready to congratulate each other on the instant
demolition of the bridge when the ice should strike
~, IN came the enemy an eyes Watching Intensely
Tor the lrSt collision. One hundred feet from the
dI DGci,S % routS pe sun lo EiitttiS Hnss peaIih
sound of its progress. Fifty feet, twenty feet ten
feet, and in another moment the great icefed had
| struck the piers. Every eye was turned upon the
| bridge. slight tremor ran along it, but contrary
to the expectations of the crowd, it wthstood the
| shock, and the ice was cracked and broken into
thousands of pieces The test was severe one but
the bridge was safe the ice being broken and ground
up by the ahutments fast it struck against them
the CHUNKS drifting with the tide far 10 the south
| ward"
| Man DROWNED IN 4 LIQUoR NAT.-Wm. Il.
| Griffith, government internal revenue detective,
acting keeper of dstilery in Thirty-ninth street,
| was found dead this morning under circumstances
which lead to the suspicion that he was murdered.
| The Internal Revenue Department had seized the
distllcry Of Sanger, a charge of having eyaded
the revenue law Since the seizure Government Off
have been placed in charge Of the establishment
Among Others Griffith detailed to watch the dis
tiery, and prevent the owners from taking away any
of he liquors in it. Griffith went on duty yesterday
| at noon, and was relieved at night.
| This morning he again went on duty at an early
hour. Griffith had been instructed to watch the rear
entrance to the building, and after entering the
distiery this morning he took up a candle and went
! toward the rear of the building.
rvate watchman, who had been left in the front
office, IN few moments heard two men who were in
| the dIsuliery, cry IOr help On going to the place
| the watchman found the men poking about Vat oi
| hot liquor with pole, searching fer the body OF
| Griffith ' -
They said he had fallen in the vat The body was
| recovered in few moments
| Grlhtn was sober man, and as he went all
| through the disllery yesterday and examined it, it
is not probable that he fell in by accident, he was
CARVING u candle at the time
Griffith lives in JERSEY City, and leaves wife and
| several children-N. Y. Eo. FoSt.
| The revenue officers at Louisville, Ky,
seized 2OO cigars exposed for sale with counterfeit
| stamps, making 100000 seized within the past two
/ weeks. Capt ]. g. Harris. late United States army
detective has been arrested for dealing IN cigars 10
: irald Of the revenue Law.