The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-06-14
THE RECENT ROBBERY OF ruas m BROADWAY.

Yesterday morning the young men, John !. heaver
and William Webster arrested on the charge Of stealing
600 wsrth OF undressed skins from the store Of
John n Oppenheim 4 Co., No. Al Broadway, were ar
raigned before Justice Bowling Mr.. James W. Brodie
OF No IS Maiden lane who purchased the furs. also
in court
Mr.. Henderson Moore, Of the firm Of Messrs. John NJ
0ppenheim Co., made affidavit in which he charged
Reaver and Webster with stealing the five Of otter
skins in question; he also says that James w. Brodie
tsement in the newspapers about the loss Of the furs
that as he tBrode) believed, he had the
sOS shs. s Sss Bought them or
from man who gave his as Reaver. The pris-
oners Reaver and Webster, then confronted with
two witnesses whom they had employed, first to take
the stolen furs from the owners TO place in Jane
street and thence to inc storehouse Of Mr. Brodie
ert J. Rogers and James Shay who had been employed
TO cart away the stolen property
TESTIMONY JAMES SHAY.
James Shay. OF 1873 Greenwich street, deposed that
at a0o six O'Clock on Monday evening, he drv-
ing his morse and through Greenwich street. he
met by John Reaver who desired him 10 go to store in
Trinity place and do some carng for him; the witness
followed Reever TO store in Trinity place, which
through TO Broadway that upon arriving at the store
eaver and two or three other placed four casks
his cart which casks contained urs whereupon Reaver
and another man went cart ahead Of Shay, and the
other young man got the cart with witness and rode
with him up Jane street, and upon coming in front
OF blacksmith shop the were uploaded and left
there that Reaver then informed the witness that he
would come down town the next morning and pay HIM
the three dollars which had been upon Reaver
came the next morning according agreement gave
him ten dollars.
TESTIMONY OF ROBERT j. ROGERS
Robert j. Reaver deposed that on the 9Th inst John
Reavcr met him and said he expected some cases on by
store them until the next day that about tho hour of
seven O'Clock p NJ ON the evening OF the 10th James
Of his (Rogers' stables and left four casks;
Reaver and another besides Shay and the witness
mentioned the Saturday evening previous and wished
the witness to take them 70 Maiden lane the
ing and that he would meet him tsogers) his way at
the corner OF Blocker street and the Bowery and if
there be would meet him in Maiden lane between Gold
and William Streets the next morning the witness took
the casks to Maiden lane the place Of rendezvous
met Reaver and delivered the casks by his order store
No. So Maiden lane and rolled them into the store where
he left them Reaver did not then pay witness for his
services, but subsequently $25 left for him a
coffee stand In Coontes slip by Reaver.
Testimony also introduced TO shows that the casks
IN which the furs had been stolen found broken up
in the loft of Mr. Brodes storehouse and scattered in
discriminatory about the place. On the testimony pre-
sented the magistrate announced his determination to
hold Mr. Brode the charge Of receiving the urs with
the guilty knowledge that they had been stolen.
Mr. Brodie taken BY surprise at this decision, and
protested Innocence saying he was the FIRST man TO
give Information as TO where the stolen furs could be
found.
Justice Bowling did not regard the conduct OF MI.
Brode in reference to the skins after they into his
possession as that Of an honest man.
All three OF the prisoners then committed to the
Tombs for examination. Reaver Is eighteen years of
age. born in New York. lives at IL Jones street, and Is
carman. Webster is a vrginian. only seventeen years
old, lives at 1853 Crosby street, and is clerk Mr. Bro
die was born in scotland, sxty-sx years old lives In
Sands street, Brooklyn and is dealer in skins He,
like the other prisoners, pleads not guilty.
Mr. Howe, counsel for Reaver and Webster, says that
upon hearing of the case he will be able to relieve his
cllents Of load OF guilt which now seems to over
whcim them, and show that they were prompted TO
commit the theft by older heads than theirs EyJudge
Caron who appears for Mr. Brodc seems to have faith
in his innocence.
In the accounts OF this robbery the place
where the furs were disposed Of was inadvertently
given as No. So Maiden lane. Il should have been
No. S.
The prisoner William Webster Is not William Webster,
tho cauiker, No. Crosby street.