The New York herald., 1866-05-17

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A Butcher Arrested ON suspicion or Being
One OF tho Robbers-His Identification
by Two WItnesses-Investigati alton BE
fore Justice Connolly, sc.
Since the assault on Mr. John II. Higgins, In Forty.
third street. Saturday last and the forcibe taking
from his possession OF carpet bag containing slosso Ia
Treasury notes and fracona currency by two hghway
men, reported last Sundays HERALD Sergeant Muir
ply OF the Twenty precinct and other members
of the Police Department have besn actively engaged In
search Of the robbers Yesterday officer Whitman re-
ceived information which induced him to believe that
Renhart II. y. List. butcher, living with his parents
In Eighth avenue, near Fifty fourth street,
one Of the parties engaged In robbing Mr. Higgins,
proceeded TO Washington market where he Ia engaged In
business, and arrested him. List expressed groat sur
prise when informed of the charge against him, but pro
testing his innocence quietly proceeded 10 the Forty
seventh police station. Hc there confronted
with Moritz julius Lachman and Maggie Simpson, who
identified him being In the immediate vicinity Of
where the assault committed and LAchman
to seeing List assault Mr. Higgins
The prisoner was yesterday arragncd before Justice
Connolly, at the Fftyseventh street police court where
the partially Investigated Below will be found
copies Of the afidavits presented before the mags-
trate-
AFFIDAVIT Mr.. HIGGINS.
John H. Higgins, residing in Tenth avenue between
sixty yfrst and Sixty second streets, made deposition
in which he stated that SIC $50 In United states Treasury
notes ana fractional currency stolen from him by
List others In continuation. he said that on
Saturday May ~ between the hours OF half past eleven
and twelve O'Clock noon OF said day deponent was
passing on the northery side OF West Forty street
In direction from Eighth avenue TO Ninth avenue and
that when about midway b'tween said avenues, and
while passing space upon which houses are built on tho
part OF the lots for distance of two hundred
feet tbereabous and which lots enclosed IA front
by fence doponent observed man standing near said
fence, and that deponen identify said man seen by
deponen again that after deponent had passed step or
two beyond the place where said man stood deponen
received sudden and violent blow near nus right eye
which staggered dcponent and nearly knocked dcponcnt
down, that upon recovering his balance dcponcnt
seized upon by another OF said men, who graspcd de-
ponents neck under his sad mans left arm, aud held
deponent with deponents head downwards, and bent
forward In stooping position and that said man, while
holding deponcnt struck at deponents face with his
right hand; that while doponent held detained
and confined another OF said seized upon said
pet bag containing said moneys and by OF
and great violence and in despite OF deponens utmost
efforts to retain possession thereof did wrest and wrench
said carpet bag from doponents grasp and that dcpo
whom deponent verify believes 10 be the said
List in the act OF casting the said carpet bag
Into butchers cart then standing In tho middle OF the
street Immediately opposite the spot on which deponent
had been so assaed as aforesaid that said List and said
the horse attached thereto at furious rate OF speed,
and pursued by dcponent for great distance, and
until said cart was lost TO dcponents sight
EVIDENCE OF Mr.. LAcHMAS
Morz Julius Lachman. reading at 81 West Forty.
fourth street, being duly sworn, dcposed and said -
That Saturday the 18th day OF May s66 about tho
hour OF twelve O'Clock OF said day, deponcnt
man. whom deponent can identify " seen again by de-
Ninth avenues, and that deponcnt saw said man
strike John ii. Higgins tnow herel with hm hst
In the face Of said Higgins, and saw said
hold the head Of said Higgins dowDward that dcponent
then the prisoner Rclnhart IL " List approach from
the opposite side middle Of the street. and dcponcn
said LIS, then and there strike said Higgins upon his
head blow with weapon or implement In tho form