The New York herald., 1868-04-04
POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

THE CASE OF MRS. WEAVER THE BOARDING
HOUSE THIEF-FoUR COMPLAINTS AGAINST HER--A
Crowd OF WITNBssEs-SHE is COMMITTED WITH
OUT BAn.-Yesterday afternoon Adelaide Weaver,
alias Mary Lee, alias Harris, alias Moore, alias
Wheeler the alleged boarding house thief recently
arrested by detectives Irving and Niven OF the Cen
tral ONCE was arraigned before Justice Bowling at
the Tombs for examination. A crowd of victims
and witnesses against the prisoner appeared and
crowded the court room to sulfocation Catharlne
@ 5 Oh ~ IS East s the acc1sed caed
at her house and engaged board ana AFTER remaining
day two left clandestinely, taking with
gold watch, black silk dress and other articles worth
In all about $500. Fanny Hutton, Of No 23 Ridge
street, charged the accused with stealing from her on
the 18th of November last gold WATCH worth slOo.
and other articles worth 500 more. Mrs. weaver,
on the 10th 81 January stole dresses sss won ~
street; and on the "a Of August last she
took from Miss Honora Halloran, Of No. 20 Henry
complaints taken against the accused she was ar
raigned, and fully committed TO the Toinbs for trial
in New jersey lives in this city and Is dressmaker
by occupation. She had nothing TO say 10 tne
charges preferred against her the & mas
and twelve months in the Penitentary Tor stealing
She was once an actress, and was on the Boston
rate that she first prompted to steal out or spite
for having been arrested and penished for an offence
were wei vic victnized @ % by Mrs weaver may Be mentioned
the followlng:-Mrs Dean No. % Ninth street, 1926;
Mrs Jennings No. sands street BrooRlyn' yeyet
clothing, &C.. Ctharine George, No. 40 East Twenty
first street, $3.50; A. Davis and Mrs. Miller, No 100
Allen street. There said to be many other board.
ing house Keepers who have suffered at the hands OF
the accused, and doubtless the property she has
taken will amount to ut least $4,000.
A BRUTAL ACT.-A most disgraceful as well as IN
human act alleged to have been committed by Cor
neus Fitzgerald was preferred against him by his
father, Thomas Fitzgerald, Of 6O7 East Sixteenth
street, before Justice Dodge at the Jefferson Market
Police Court yesterday. From the Statement made
by the complainant it s charged that on the 22d Of
March Cornelius Fitzgerald attacked his father,
robbed him OF silver watch valued at $S5,
and beat him severely with his fists,
and tn then so,s sezns the Ola mans shaaS
ing manner that amputaton Of the hand will, 1t Is
almost certain, be necessary In order to prevent
modification from setting in. The prisoner was ar.
rested by detectives ncbbard and Young. of the
Eighteenth precinct He Is represented as being q
| The officers arrested him on Backwell's Island.
where he had been putting In term OF ten days on
conrt % he pleaded not guilty to- the Charge. Judge
Dodge committed him for trial.
| ARREST OF AN ALLEGED THIEF-A man named
James Campbell was yesterday arrested by detectives
Irving and Vaughan suspicion OF being the person
who time ago stole about 81 900 worth Of dia.
&c rom MIS- aSDer ns9 u sry ~ Srana e
closet on the second floor.
AIsLEUED SWlNDLk OF AN UNSOPHISTlCATED EMI-
| GRANT-CoMPLAINT AGAINST A TICKET AaENT-THH
CASE Observation-Disclosures complaint was yesterday
made before Justice Bowling against Patrick McDo.
nald, ticket agent keeping office at No. % Albany
street, The complainant In the case Is James OCon.
nell, an unsuspecting foreigner. He deposes that on
the 9Th OF June last he met man In Albany street,
| by whom he was induced to enter McDonad's ticket
Office After conyersing with Mcdonald short
time OConnen gave him 81, ,060 In Treasury notes,
greenbacks &C., 500 OF which he desired him TO
tain for safe keeping and the balance to be ex-
| changed for gold OConne at the same time as
he alleges, paid Mcdonald $50 for steerage passage
ticket TO Queenstown, with the understanding that
he to sail week from that date. That instead
| OF so doing he was taken on board German vessel
bound for London and which sailed the day after
| paying the money. Before his departure Mcdonald
gave O'Connell one hundred half sovereigns, which
| he said were whole sovereigns, and twenty sover-
egns which he counted as two sOveregns each.
After the ship was at sea OC0nnell discovered that
he had been swdied out Of eos los In gold 1t being
about $500 In American money. O'Connell further
| the time he received IL from Mcdonald up to the
time he discovered the deficiency It Is therefore
| charged that Mcdonald cheated and deiraudcd
O'Connell out OF his money. The victim recently
for the purpose OF making an effort to recover his
| money. After the complaint was perfected the
magistrate ISSUED his warrant for the arrest OF
Mcdonald, and placed 1t In the hands of
officer Wilkinson, OF the Twcntysixth precinct, for
execution. Ihe arrest was duly made and an ex-
| hearing Mr.. Howe, who appeared as counsel for
Mcdonald showed that the complainant, after his
alleged loss had been In and about New York FOR
several months aud made no complaint. For that
and other circumstances in favor OF the lefen iant
| the magistrate dismissed the complaint aud dis.
4 CHARGED him from custody.