The New York herald., 1867-03-15
POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

SHoflrrER CAUGHT IN THE AcT-A hard looking
customer gisng his as Charles Mason yesterday
went to the sors Of Arthor NJ. Cocks No l0l Church
street ana Deliberately sezng upon twelve pieces Of
dress goods vaAd al $3.50, walked away with them.
Mr. James H. Tsyor who witnessed the theft, pursued
MASON and caused s arrest by officer Mccormack Of the
Thrd precinct withthe stolen goods in his possession
The prisoner was ak, before Justice Hogan and
mitted to the Tombs fr trial Mason IS thirty OF
age carpenter by trace and lives in Wooster street.
THE ToSTISE HOTEL OTRAGE-Arthur Price, one OF
the parties accused of being concerned in committing
gross and indecent Outrage upon Ada Lamb, at the
Tonne Hotel few nights Ngo yesterday admitted
to bail before Justice Hogan the sum of 81 600 His
bondsman is chael McDermos of No. Centre Market
in the Tontine Hotel He denies s guilt and saws he
knew nothing of the outrage till an hour two after
wards Ada Lamb is improving andwiil soon be able
10 appear In court to prosecute her asAilants
CHARGE OF FALSE PRETENcEs.-Chares Torens, a
young man, twenty-five years of age, aoative Of Buff
falo was yesterday brought before Justice Hogan,
charge OF fraudulently obtaining property from Joseph
Byrnes, No. 80 Cherry street. The latter charges rAat
Torrens called upon him and represented himself as
seaman that he had just arrived from San Francisco on
the ship Kate Prince after passage of 145 days that
he had received advance of months s60 and that
there balance due him Of sS5. Torrens wished to
have Mr. Byrnes purchase clothing for and also
board him I'LL he could get the due him from the
ship, when he would pay tho bill Mr. Byrnes believ.
furnished him with clothing the value of $50 co. and
subsequently learned that Torrens was not a seaman,
and that all the made by the accused
ted Torrens the Tombs for tial In default Of $500 BAIL
Torrens some months ago was found destu.s in the
streets Of Buenos Ayrs when the captain Of Ameri
ship kindly consented to bring him TO New York
free Of charge
VIOLATING TIE ASHES LAW Nearly twenty-five men,
women and children arrested yesterday and
brought before Justice Hogan charged with throwing
delnquents fined IS each and In default Of pay
ment the magistrate committed them to the Tombs.
ALLEGED LARCENY WATCH foreign and festive
looking individual, who gave his name as Louis e.
Donge, aragned yesterday at the Fourth District
Police Court upon the above charge. The complainant
George Perce OF "a East Twelfth street. stated that on
March he left his room on one OF the upper floors Of
the house. TO go down to lunch leaving his watch IA
gold hunting case) which he values a. $125 hanging In
the room he left Upon returning there he found the
door locked, being opened in answer to his summons
by Donge. As the latter had no business there Mr..
Pierce ordered him TO leave, which he did Some time
after his departure Mr. Pierce discovered the loss of his
watch. Justice Kelly committed the accused for
inaon.
WATERING MItK.-Abert Schulberg of No. 304 Madi-
street, arragned before Justice Kelly at the
Fourth District Police Court complaint of Of the
serseans of the Fourth District Police Court. who
charged him with dilung milk with water, in violation
Of an ordinance Of the Board Of Health. he CON-
mted TO answer.
LIKELY YoUrM-James Thompson alias Charles
Wright, lad fifteen years Of age arragned before
Justice Ledwith yesterday q charge of vagrancy,
having found lettering about the streets bv detec
tive Woolsey. and having no visible means OF support
Thompson was recognized reputed pckpocket, hav
ing been arrested that charge four different times.
Justice Ledwith committed him to the Workhouse for
sixty days
CAUGHT THE ACT r-Nahanlel W. Halsted, of 264
Ninth avenue caught Peter Coyc in the of stealing
chest OF tea from in front Of his promises and caused
his arrest and arraignment before Justice Ledwh who
committed him to answer in default Of bail.
ALLEGED DLARcESY-Ernestne Doughnut arraigped
before Justice Ledwith yesterday charged by Dominck
Moran with the theft Of pocketbook containing $32
II appears the complaint the parties in
policy shop in Twenty fifth street, Sixth avenue;
that Ernesne stood quite close to Dominck, who had
AFTER Dominick, wanting some money. put his hand In
his pocket and found that the pocketbook gone
Erncstine was held 70 answer in $500 BAIL
NEWSPAPER TmEvHL-For some time past merchants
others doing business In the lower part of the city
have missed finding the HERALD and other morning
papers their places Of business arriving there in
tho morning Captsin warow, Of the First precinct,
made acquainted with the fact that newspaper
thieves were operating within his Jurisdiction and he
early hour yesterday morning officer Finnery, de-
tectve belonsng to the precinct arrested man named
John Dillon he 10 the act of stealing copy of the
HERALD om The doorstep of an establishment In Wall
street. The prisoner taken before Justice Hogan at
the Tombs Police Court, and appropriately disposed Of