New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-11-29
POLICE Trials.

Before Prehent Acton aud Commissioner Bergen and neo
Most of the time of the Commissioners wastaken
up yesterday afternoon by the consideration Of single "se or
pair of cases involving the fate Of three Policemen They
were Of tat unfortunately only too well known to the
Commissioners wherein instead Of attending TO Their own
proper aud cctimae duty Of watching and catching Moves
and other evil docs the officers themselves cOnsprc prey
upon the public and tIust 10 their own tulncl satsa 20
escape detection II Is true that reformed thief mhs INC
detective officer IA tie world it IS no less true thu dc
generate officer makes the smntest o ana lhe haIunl orc
catch His peculiar experience has given him suAccht
insight nto the ways Of thieves 20 enable him to a TIE
business Of stealing on capital OF ho"ldse Nhiea olAis
have 20 acquire through long and painful experience II alu
ton TO this his constant enforced Attendance at The uroas
courts law has made linn familiar with the places where
cons usually sp aud taught lin 10 avoid the olstncG over
which they usual! stumble " Is wen SHOWN ana nsa!1
admitted iict among law gs nng !lnty a az uet, l
rascal will his tracks so vel ia he j. the hardest nan m
the world u ard convict And instances oen cone TO
light IN the Police folc0I n ciles Oh 9eeIa NAo hAt ol
years been lucrative partnership with thieves only be
detected long series Of ycais BY The cnIclsn's ca
scndeIe by long Immunity rom s pe on le OF
thief who hos been induced 90 EckroUldge his rcom
pces In proof Of this and 81 how corrupt body Of supposed
protectors OF the public may Decoine the 'uloel aneco'e
One Of the best known and most notorious burglars in amer.
ca-a Of really fine talents Of good education and who
displayed 10 bis operations an Ingenuity address and creycT
competence any honest ocssouonce told one Of bet
detective officers that hc WIS eure abroad @ when hcmadc
the business was utterly ruined In America n other words
that the policemen had become capac0u 10 cr demands
Tie peouir way Of robbur ~ public Which was alleged
against the officers YESTERDAY - Police catuar'er called
" BURNING THE FLNCE-"
Pence IN thieves arEou Il who buys stolen goods
knowing them 10 be stolen and burning man totniBde
lin OF bis money by lse pctensc hence buugg
the tense swindc n receiver Of stolen goods
The way IN which this operation accompanied flovs
dealer in stolen property and who coasegeay could afol
20 pay almost any pce atAer than have h moae o. dong
bancs published 10 the world The conspruls generally
three sometimes five or iT cmI1 e-ls
is seldom ~ Of couIse ihe FEVER ile partners % lgre to
,Js a., ~ ' ,tle sor sr1itv Of eoois Mil tee he
o.. The A. ID FTF
watch or c ventures rurrissFs itcm Ion tle l.st
sum he can. Handy D. The sale effected and he sill -.
before tho fence has had time either 20 convey aufy c
goods OF TO alter the mnr1s and destroy OF dsgrse ucf
Tbbcry lo hem commit ID at certain rac and iat isey
premises which thew at once pfoce. 20 do ad of courc they
ind the goods which their accompce has only On hour before
bc come. he usual scencthe ure,che receiver knowing
that Court the State Prison is his certain DOOM
proposes tie officers % buy tAcir silence Assuming fEa
time yruous Indignation for he purpose Of enhancing tie
value " the they have worked ~ hard % the pyi-
lcge OF granting they last Intimate That certain huge sum-
EhIel Aey nam. hltnt Iog D li ~, .nG
dollar be md and 10 make the story short the money
paid the detectives who depart 70 hunt mp their
accomplish and make ,isiOn OF the spoil This game often
he land who has not at one me or another been tins victim.
swders Who have robbed him make Ills variety Of tbe
burning game particularly safe 10 play, and has
been great iayorte with schoming Detectives
Tie officers accused Of this crime before the Police Commits
oners yesterday PeytOn Herbert Robert Grey and Pat
rick Kcncaly who 10 Is said aided by other parties
particularly By very shrowd Dutohman, named Harris
leyenburg Loewcnbug but who goes by tie of
Harris Harrison Scott IN fact any which suits the
convenience Of The moment This fellow has served
more the Prison already and win doubtless find
his way there again The victim in this instance
Jewish dealer IN boots and shoes named Marcus solomon who
does business at No. s5 Nceys The trick performed In
tie usual way. Loewenburg confessed the whole thing for
best known 10 himself and thus it to the
notice OF the Commissioners. LocweubuTgs story is that
Oces Grey and Herbert desired him 20 to man named
Philip Hess living and doing business nj No 3 East Houston
st. propose Hess 20 leave blg Of hoes his door Ia
such position that they could be easily stolen aud say him
that II he did such would be made OF the shoes 10
mako 500 OF which lac should share. Hess however
declined 70 part with bis goods In any such manner Gray and
which he bought OF Hess 80 pairs Of chdens shoes These
shoes he then took TO the corner Of Canal and Chie.sts
where as he had been told by Gray be found negro waiting
for him. and 10 whom De gave the goods This negro then took
the shoes 10 tho store Of solomon 20 whom DO told story Of
having brought them IRON Philadelphia and who bought the
lot Tor Ga So Hardly had the negro departed when Herbert
and Gray came IN and began their part OF the play Telling
Solomon that they TO search for stolen goods y pro-
cecdcd search Of course soon found they had
much pains TO have placed there Tie stoekeper
Solomon Who could by no means aod 70 have judicial ven
uaon Of his method Of buying goods and doing business
generally much frightened aud exceedingly anxious
TO have the matter settled After the usual amount Of bargain
ing bOthauOn and bosh the price agreed the conspr
positively refusing to look at less than tUe hundred
dOars Tic unhappy shocdeaer hal but sO IN ready money
to show for al his former operations IN the hoelne Of business
bat be hustled about borrowed slOO OF bis soninlaw
neYt door aud rendered tho whole to the officers
lie however that those gentlemen refused % take 10 into
their own p0ccmanc hands and accordingly he gave his
nephew Who sWeas that by the direction OF Herbert who
pointing out LoeWeDberg said give II 10 that man. he did
give II 10 Ioewenberg and has II since This last
named individual says that he handed the 900 10 Gray and
Herbert who took H. saying that theT would make IL all
right with him but that they did make II all right"
which probably the why he and exposed the
whole plot
These ftores as above related made case sufficiently
strong TO the Grand Jury who promptly Indicted
accused They were brought before Recorder Hacke and
aerward before Judge Russell who few days dismissed
the case entirely Tho accused having been thus cleared
Judicial sense we're trying the question whether anything
could be shown against them TO their dismissal from
the Police Force The decision Of the Commissioners can Of
course be known tn next week
The Accueed were defended by the Hon Stewart l. Wood
ford Lieut. Governor elect and Ex Assistant District Atomey
Stuart.
III CASE NO. o.
The little affair OF Patrick Kenealy another alleged IN
the same oenso In this instance goods
some thirty wards OF CLOTH and the victim Caspar Jacobs
No 2g3 1hrdav and the price alleged be paid only
tG0 In this case the proof much es convincing In
the above narrated and the reputation the accused officer
who has been on the Force Tor nine years without single
charge ever having been made against him. viii probably suffer
little. He was defended by Edmund Bankthan, esq
WENT OUT or TOWN on A SPREE.
Officer Edmund Burke who, despite his usrous name per-
ssts going In vulgar COMPANY brought up complaint
Of the Superintendent charged with going town
target excursion IL being violation OF positive Police
Regulation for Policeman TO belong any fire company mill
tay organization political club attend any target shoot
Ing other excursion without n@ossop from Superintendent