The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-05-22

jackson Albert by aid Lane. after good long
race on Race street. All OF the four were ar
raigned before United States Commissioner Wei
ler before whom the affidavit had been made,
snd were remsnded to the Parish Prison for ex-
animation at eleven o'clock this morning.
The fnodtts operdndi, as we are informed by
the chief of police, was this: Newman, who was
employed in the Office, would hand through the
box windows TO Fsnnan letters taken from the
boxes Of parties generally supposed ID be In Ire
quent receipt of valuable letters. These letters
Fannan would in turn deliver to Little, whose
duty Il was to open them, take out Whatever
money or paper might be within; forge, il
requisite, upon the drafts, checks or notes, the
signatures necessary TO secure their payment,
and then in turn to hand them to Albert, who did
the banking business and presented the paper fof
payment.
For some time this plan appears to have gone
on with remarkable success; no less thaa 5000
having, it is estimated, been thus abstraeted.
Little is, however, now under charge before Re.
corder Neville of having forged the signature of
Webster & Co., wholesale grOcers, on Poydras
street, upon the back of a draft drawn upon
Messrs. Wood, Low & Ludwigsen, aud payable to
Webster & Co.'s order. Tne four young men
arrested are all about twenty years of age, but
sppesr in spite Of this fact to have eyinced
shrewdness frequently lacking in much older
persons.
Aid Bradley has devoted his time faithfully to
this matter, and deserves the thanks OF the mer.
camille community for having pat q stop to this
serious annoyance.
MLITARY.--General Buchanan has ordered that
hereafter all officers Of ths-command, arriving in
the city of New Orleans. will report in person to
the acting assistant sdjutant general at these
headquarters and register their names.
RECORDER GAsTINKL's CoURT.-Willism Woods.
worth, alias jenkins, alias Howard, was exam
ined yesterday on the charge Of violating the
persons of Mary Ann Shepard, a girl about
! Twelve or thirteen years of age. and Mary Jane,
a colored girl, about the same age, in en- unoccu-
| pied show tent on the levee, near Jackson
| Square, and the investigation resulted IN tue
| case being sent before the First District Court
| for trial on charge Of attempting 10 outrage
| them.
| was sent before the First District Court, to be
| tried on a charge Of stealing about two hundred
dollars worth of clothing belonging 10 Rosane,
colored, a woman living on 81. Louis street, be-
tween Bourbon and Dauphin streets.
Geo. 7. Henderson, colored, brought up for
stealing a keg of lard, the property OF ID. w.
Sandtord 4 Co., was sentenced to the Workhouse
for sixty days.
Charles Marin, arrested on q charge of stealing
| some articles valued at three dollars from Petol
Nuso, was sent to the Workhouse for Thirty
| days.
accused of stealing q silver watch IRON Manue
Miangoloss, at the City Park, was sent to th'
House Of Refuge.
FIRST DISTRICT CoURr-Jldge Ho1oe-Mdy q
Francois Jure, informed against for embezznl
the sum of one hundred aud fifty dollars, ntruste'
to him for ssfekeepiug by Antonio Mass, wa
tried and found guilty.
Ursin Leville, colOred, was convicted OF steal
ing q terce Of hams, the property of John
Adams.
The district attorney entered nolle prosequi j
the following cases:
Geo. MeCullogh, accused OF embeZzling gol
watch belonging TO Leon Jones.
IF. AleDburg, accused Of wiltully shoohn
and Wounding Paul Blank.