The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-14

FEIoNIOUs AssAULT.-On Saturday night Peter
Olson quarrelled with Frederick Brown, OF No. 103
Washington street, and Olson cut Brown in the face
with knife and bit his finger. For having done
this Justice Bowling yesterday committed Olson to
the Tombs.
ROBBED BIZ W0MAN,-On Saturday night Joseph
Sheridan accompanied Mary Williams into the
saloon No. 40 Chatham street, and while there she
stole from him gold sovereign and small amount
In fractional currency. She was arrested, and yes
terday Justice Downing committed her to the Tombs
ALLEGED DISHONEST CLRRK.-The well known
English lawyer Edwin James, OF No. 22s Broadway,
on Saturday evening caused the arrest Of his clerk,
John X. worcester for having as he alleged, appro-
priated oe sum OF eighty-seven dollars, which had
been entrusted to him to pay to one OF the registers
In bankruptcy az legal fees Yesterday Justice Dow
ling held the accused to bail.
HELD FOR TIE GRAND JURY.-Gertrude Nudge
and John, Elizabeth Peter, Paul and Jacob Krabel
were arrested BY ofcer Bolton on Saturday on war
rants issued by Justice Lynch in which they were
William beaumont, Of No. Isl Delaney ' street Ct.
The prisoners were taken before the Justice, when
1t was shown that they had assaulted the complain
ant without any prOvocatiOn. They were accord
ingly held to await the action Of the Grand Jury.
VIOLENTLY INsANE.-James Madison Garner, OF
Putnam county N. y evidently very insane left his
home day or two since and wandered to this city,
where he was found in the Ninth precinct yesterday
morning by his friends who had followed him Call
subsequently removed to the Central once, where
he was locked up In one OF the large rooms. He
was very quiet at frst but afterwards became very
violent, breaking the windows, and when removed
to smaller cell below he destroyed the furniture
and tore up the floor. He was finally put In straight
jacket and strapped to bed, with an officer to watch
him through the night.
AN OLD PIcKPocKEr NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. CIR
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Murphy, OF the Fifteenth
precinct while on duty yesterday morning at the
st. Joseph Catholic church, corner OF Sixth
and West Washington place, discovered among the
throng leaving the nine O'Clock service one James
Mccarthy, alias "Cockney Charley" whom he recog-
nized an old pickpocket. Directing his attention
TO McCarthy's movements he saw him act
ing in manner that was deemed very
suspicious, II being the ''old gamev OF
such thieves, that OF pushing and pulling
those who were passing out and placing his
nanas on ,met cloaning near ,nef pockets Under
before Justice Dodge at the Jefferson Market Poll ce
Court yesterday on the charge OF intent to steal
pickpocket. Mccarthy denied the allegation, but
was committed to answer In default OF $500 bail.
"Cockney Charley" Is well known and IL Ia alleged
has Just returned from California, where he has been
in the service OF that state for 1--WE years. woman
who was observed with him at the church made her
escape.
BUR6LARIEs IN THE TWENTIETH wARD.-During
the past month two or three burglaries have been
committed In the Eighth and Ninth avenues, which
for time puzzled the officers to detect the opera
away was not enormous, yet there was so much
daring exhibited by the thieves in the few traces left
behind them that greater exertions we're made for
their arrest The principal sufferers were Charles d.
Davis, No. 314 Ninth avenue and Frederick r. Bacon
AIS Eighth avenue, whose places OF business were
broken into on the Goth Of November and 9th Of De-
cember, and robbed, respectively, Of cigars and
pipes valued at 500 and ready made cloth
ing amounting 20 s dnaec,,v ease pa Mas
and Mcconnell, OF the Twentieth police precinct,
who, after several days, investigation, from nfor
nation received searched the places OF residence OF
two young men named John Thompson and Charles
Van Blarcom where In the trunk Of the former, was
found portion OF the properly stolen from Davis,
and In the room Of the latter tue coats belonging to
bacon. Both were arrested on Saturday, when Van
Barcom admitted his guilt and implicated Thomp-
son IN MS confession and, as consequence, they
were arIaigned before Justice Dodge, at the Jeer.
son msrket Police Court, Thompson being accused
y DOM compartments and committed TO answer the
cnaiges IN default Of 5000 BAIL while Van Blarcom
was charged with the burglary OF the clothing store
asoney Upon tis he was committed TO answer In
defauit Of ~ 500 bail.