The New York herald., 1866-08-05
l'0LICE INTELLIGENCE.

THEFT OF CASH Box-A slippery customer named
Charles Hastings, stealthy entered the Office Of Mr.
David Calm No. 1A0 Water street, yesterday afternoon
and, lifting tin cash box from the counter Attempted
10 escape with IL. Unfortunately for him he wasde
tected in the act pursued and arrested with the box
b possession. The box contained small amount Of
money and check for several hundred dollars the lat
ter OF which, however, Hastings could have made
available. The accused taken before Justice Dowl-
ing and committed 10 Tho Tombs for trial in default Of
bal
CAaRy1SG 4 DANGEROUS wEsros.--An officer OF the
Fifth precinct yesterday morning arrested Samuel Cum
mngs, who in state OF intoxicaton and bav
ing in bis possession knife, the blade Of which
about twelve inches long. Cummings threatened
the deadly weapon upon an unknown man, and the
officer therefore charges him with wilfGlly poss
tho knife with the intent TO felonously the same
Justice Bowling committed the prisoner for examinatcn
Cook N Smw.--Rebeeca Catchy, a lady who
" waits on woman named Dora Richards
csed Of purionng jewery 10 the amount Of $3.50, and
Also the ratio OF infinitely decreasing SERIES zap
Kin valued st twenty-five cents IL IL suppose that
Rebocca no: having another patriarch 20 give her jewels
Of silver and gold TO- and irbbng taste FOR the deco
raiive from her professional employment. Of DIRE sing
Dishes really .iy Of the theft. This s further
corroborated FOR having in her possession OF those
charms Of art which lend fresh beauty 10 nature Re-
becca Indignantly dc MED having taken the jeaelry but
stated that she took the nap kim Of course with the ncn
son OF return ng i; or perhaps, i she remembers
similar to that Of Jeremy Diddlcrs when his hand
found in another mans pocket In dcfanh Of bail sac
was torn from her c0nRenial employment TO find In
duIance vile :" other fish to fry"
RAD TnI---Cbarles Luther, OF No. 15 Sullivan
street. yesterday charged Henry Book arhaired yo,ng
Sria and good representative OF the great unwashed,
with entering his store with another boy ON pretence Of
ceiling books There one Ia The store, and Master
Book, perhaps desiring 10 emulate some Of the light
fingered heroes OF light literature distracted all the steel
cngrayngs Of Treasury celebrities that he could find
within the drawer. Fortunately for The complainant,
only four or these specimens of art found, repre-
senting 81 each Young towhead was toied on 70 the
inner chamber in very isshrymosc mood wearing on
his face puzzled expression as II he had not made up
his mind whether to spee2o or sn .uic.
READY TO DANCE, Brr WANTING 10 CBrsr ru PPER. -
Martin Kutz fond Of drink fond OF eating and fond OF
ling his cup and covering his plato without return 10
tho providing hand Friday night he went oct 10 crafty
lis ruling passion Not long after he dropped into a
saloon kept by Edward Damn, and called FOR rass Of
Whom no had tipped the aio down his gnllct ho
in payment sprsious hank note on the Rank 81
Clifton, Canada Tue note handed back by Dunn
With he remark ,bst il the offered u ngan woold
bo at the peril ~ kUz then thought II time
TO leavr, aud went out Dunn followed him 70 reg
taar7nt where. after much good feeding, kutz again
offered the spurious noc IN orcsr had been prov ldcd
for tn uccssion, and kulz taken into custody and
held 10 answer w the Essex Market Police Court
ATTEMPTED 0UrRacE.--Eya Boyer, young lady whose
beauty Is not ~ striking character yesterday charged
with end ayorng commit outrage upon her person
He brought her tho loot Of Christopher srco between
ten and eleven O'Clock r. NJ. under the prcicnce Of
showing her ne she was stranger In New York, a
place where shc might stop They brought up in boat
houge where tho offence committed An ofhcer
came hearing the woIaans screams, and sented FD
negan from accomplishing his purpose FinDegan denied
the charge stated tbat il could not have been from
moral motives that tic woman made disturbance.
The defendant was deemed worthy Of receiving the
hospita,i,os og Jefferson Market Police Court wbose
persuasive host would not hear of his making short
ysi; as he rsrpoaed doing
GpxAr PRovoo,1rcS. - Yesterday morning. Edward
r. T,rcl, young ID the employment Of company
OF PROV ion dealers ia First street while psssing down
the Bowcry assaulted by four without any pro.
vocation but lsr2e leather wallet thai TTe carried in
hs hand At the sigh. Of the Offending article they be-
beiligerent a, once upon the same principle may
be supposed thai turkey grows belcn-e ri The sight Of
red rag What the peculiar Psychological enect was
which the pocket book had upon the mind of tho four
mon must probably IeIns.n - great mystery ~ the
why gobhier flies irt0 srch paVon "a scarlet
shirt But without ircspassing upon The domain OF
mcfsphyfrs let thc simple record he mads here that
Tisre got thwack rho nose from zane In the
hand of james Briggs after another man had had a
:. iick a. him with his lst. Two who were I'M
pcafea IN some way in way In the AFFAIR, James
burgess snd Mcdonald arrested and held 70
bail b. Judge Mansfield in the sum OF 500 the others
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