New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-21
CRIME.


EXTENSIVE BURGLARY IN A BONDED wApv,,o.
About o'clock on Saturday morning Ropndsr"-.
McKelyey Of the Twenty seventh Police pyec,, s
81 pieces Of silk piled up behind the front door o.
way Of tho tenement house, No 1913 C;reen,ih =. "5'
Ing that such valuable material would not ho . how.
unguarded for any good purpose the eit there
to his aid the officer post in the Vicinity aSn called
directions the silk was removed to the satonSoTsn MS
susPecting. that burglary had been perpetratoa
10 aid him ascerained that the large Iincd stt
bonded warehouse OF n. +. Smith Co.. al No I6a Wass
open Of the iron shutters. The burglars had
through the hallway Of the tenement house ALREADY s
Toned climbed upon the sheds In the rear, aud then
lowered Themselves by means OF rope aud small addst
into the small open space formed by the Of the a.
Joining buildings Here they were completely secluded
from observation no person passing on any Of the ado
or hearing the thieves or their operations.
One of the heavy iron shutters the first story win
and they entered tho building Nothing Of suffieienl
value was visible the first floor 10 excite their cnm%
they examined several cases Of cloth and Farmers satS
cutting into and mutilang the goods, either from she1
APPsfeay VIZ Fe % sre not :sd s soSf q sSSSs ri;
OU ;ney removed nothing and transferred their CD.
minute Cases containing brown silks and black telgets
were forced OPEN but still apparently the thieves vera
velvet everything in the was left Intact.
On the fourth floor however they seemed to have met
and marked with the name Of A. T. Stewart & Co rnei
their eyes They were atOnce ripped 0pen the contents
III.
was thon taken to the third floor where one OF tie
windows was opened and the ladder already mentioned
placed from the window to the wall, artordng and
easy passage for the thieves and their valuable buIdens
IT is more than probable that the thieves consumed mors
time than they had calculated upon in opening the
and examining the various kinds of goods and daylight
surprised them before they could remove all their plum
der
All the stolen goods belonged to A. T. Stewart & CO.
The amount found by Round,man McKcyey i valued %
safely away is valued at $500.
Near the scene OF the burglary were found two power
Capt Steers and his officers working to recover tbs
stolen property and arrest the thieves with strong hopes
of success.
CONVICTION FOR ATTEMPTED wIFE-POIsoNTNG.
At the Court of Oyer and TeTminer, held at Bed
ford Westchester County Tuesday last Justice Jasper
W. Gilbert presiding, the OF the People agt Calvin
Northrup charged with attempting 20 poison his wife
PAL ps ' %ness % %Su Mr SoT5ap the wife Of tSs
accused Eho testified hdt ot On tour ae rent
away her life in the manner alleged Shortly after thelr
marriage they to New York. where, on account Of
coming united again on condition that Mr.. Northrup
should convey to his wife in her own name house and
Mot Of ground OF about In extent, worth $1,000
and located in the town OF MoTrisania Shortly after
going to reside there another DIFFICULTY arose between
them, which resulted IN Mrs. NOriruPs premature
delivery. The child was born in April 1865, and about
five days after 1t alleged that Mr. Northrup gave his
wife Plantation Btters 10 drink which had the effect OF
producing the symptoms that follow from belladOnna.
having drank coffee breakfast which had poured
out for by her husband before bad left her rOOm
ing, the same effects were produced The Las.
to have been again through the medium Of coffee.
but as suspicious were now aroused acting on he adycs
the coffee. put n decaner I was then given TO
dog drink and affected the animals beadonna would
be expected 10 do Not long after this Mrs Nortup pro-
cured key for husband trunk and there found small
bottle about twohrd full which on being tasted proved
10 be beadOnna The defense produced evidence to show
that Mr. Northrup had done everything In his power
10 make his wife happy and that the effects described by
Norfh fuD nd lr. Horton.
those Of beadonna but were attributable to premature
s6g fhe bT M NSFhp SG9as that
lady, an intimate friend OF theirs, While resi9
her husband Rebutting testimony was adduced by
the defendant The jury afer two hours delberaon re-
turned verdict Of guilty: This IL the third time this
The Court consented 10 stay its final Judgment and there
will be trial at White Plains on the first Monday In
February.
SHOOTING AFFRAY n THE ELEVENTH wARD-ASTE-
MoRTEM STATEMENT.
On Saturday evening, George s. Hull was seated
in his apartment at No 81 CannOnst in company with
his wife and two three other persons engaged in con-
versaton. While thus engaged, one Charles Browning
ment of Hull nsuted the wife of the latter in the street.
ht ~ % bad ~ oge lis % who was present must
accompany him. Hull reoned that Mrs Browning could
do as She chose If she wished to stay she welcome
but that Browning must leave. The latter then drew
revolver and fired at Hull the ball taking effect in the
abdomen causing severe and perhaps dangerous wound
The assaaut was arrested by Officer StapleOn OF the
Eleventh Precinct and locked up 10 await the action OF
the Coroner. Hull was taken to Bellevue Hospital hers
Coroner Gamble yesterday attended and took LIS ante
norton statement, which comedies with that. given
above. verdict In accordance with the facts was rem
dercd by the jury. Browning committed toawait the
result Hulls injuries Ii Is believed that the latter
IS not Vigorously wounded. Browning Is al present
conductor the Sixthave. line, and was nc ono time
PLANTATION of the assault he states that for some time past
he has suspected criminal intimacy between his "le
and Han.
MURDER NEAR HARRISBURG.
HARRISBURG, Pa, Jan. 19-Last night disturb
occurred at Halfway House. between Harrisburg
and Highspre, the persons engaged being co0rei men
from this city During the affay Jacob Jones stabbed
dressed until this morning and the man died tonight.
ARREST OF A MURDERER.
FRANCoNIA, n H., Jan. 2O--Samuel Mills, the
murderer OF Maxwell has been arrested IN Galena, Ill.
MURDERoUs ASSAULT BY YOUNG RoBBER.
NJ TELEGRAPH
PORT JERvIs. ~ Y, Jan. ia boy named John
Hayden about IS years Of age hailiag from Owego ea
tered National Bank of Port Jervs pretense OF get
ting bill changed. Mr.. Francis Marvin the only person
In the bank nc the time, turned from him FOR monent
when the hoy discharged pistol at him. but the ball
lodged i'm a large bound book. His object undoubtedly
was 20 secure bank notes that lay within reach
The boy for young bears bad character, ana
under arrest here
ROBBERY IN NEwBURGH.
NEwBURGH, Jan. l9-Ihe United States Hotel in
this entered by thief last ntg and robbed or
$500 worth of clothing the property of the prOpreors
daughter. The thief escaped ON the same night thieves
ricd off considerable amount of goods, making good
their escape.
DISASTERS