The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-03-27
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REPoRToRIAL BREvITIEs.-The rescued Joseph
inc, with her party OF excursionists, has been re-
ported at lndianola, and Is expected to arrive
here tomorrow. 81" isEf
Between and O'Clock yesterday morning q
shed and part of the rear Of stwo. story house.
on the corner Of Canal and Miro Streets owned BY
Mr.. James Martin and occupied by Mr.. Peterson,
were destroyedb by fire.
The spothecary shop of Mr.. E. Woods, on New
Levee street, near Harmony, was entered on We'd
nesday, while Mr.. Woods was absent for few
minutes, by some venturous thief, who succeeded
In carrying of nine dollars, which he found in the
till.
John Duffy is under arrest, in the Fourth Dis
trict, charged with attempting to commit bur-
glary.
William Baker has been arrested. in the First
District, charged with attempting TO steal horse.
The residences of Mrs. Wilkinson. No. 81 Pry-
tania street, was burglariously entered Tuesday
night and robbed of q quantity Of silver plate.
Manuel Maureau, examined before Recorder
Neville yesterday, on en- accusation of embezzle-
ment, preferred by Mr.. Samuel NJ. Whelpley, was
discharged.
There was no more important case examined
into by Recorder Neville yesterday than that of
Mary Williams, who was sent to the Workhouse
for ninety days on charge Of being found in an
other persons house under suspicious circum-
stances.
The temperature, yesterday. as shown by the
thermometer at G. Duhamel's, corner Bienville
and Chartres streets. was as follows: At A..
NJ, SO degrees; at IL NJ. II; at. NJ, "a; at
6P.h 70.
A DARING RoBBERy.-Fyfty thousand Dollars
S0len.-There occurred yesterday, in broad day
light, in the heart of the city. one Of those bold
r0bberies, the occurrence Of which from time to
time, reminds us that watchfnl eyes and adroit
bands are always on the alert for an opportunity
TO realize in moment results for which many
vairy toll away a lifetime. The scene of the
affair was the Canal Bank, the hour about ten in
the morning. The exchange clerk had enclosed
a package Of fifty notes. of one thousand dollars
esch in an envelop Of the Southern Express
Company for transfer and delivery to NJ. M0rgan's
Sons, No. 80 William street. New York. This
envelop had been sealed and placed upon the
desk, while the clerk, for moment only, turned
In another direction. To his unspeakable aston
ishment and dismay, upon turning again to pick
up the package, it was gone. The desk az which
he sat was surrounded on three sides by high
railing, with wire screen protecting il. and over
which even tall man could with difficulty reach
from the floor outside. And yet there was no
package where there had been one only an in
slant before. None of the clerks had noticed any
one entering or leaving during the brief period in
which the money must have been distracted, and
gas bracket. turned back against the railing. a
displacement Of which would have resulted from
the introduction of an arm between 1t and the
railing, remained undsturbed in its position. The
only manner in which to account for this mys-
terious disappearance Is by supposng that in the
very instant WDen Ine success OF Lno scneme was
possible, the thief noiseessly entered, reached
over to the desk, seized the packet, as quietly
withdrew, and was soon lost among the crowd
upon the street.
The report of the robbery spread rapidly. and
it is strange comment upon human nature that
the adroit rogue became at once a kind Of hero
in the popular eye. Meanwhile the police, the
detectives, aud the brokers were notified of the
robbery, and furnished with list of the numbers
of the stolen notes, the bank officers having for
tunaiely taken the precaution to register them
before preparing them for shipment. A reward
Of $40 600 was at once offered by the bank. Later
in the day a report was in circulation that the
thief had been taken at Lake End with $50. .006 on
his person. another that he had offered one of the
thousand dollar notes at a brokers, and had been
captured at once. But both were unfounded, and
up to late hour last night no clue had been OBJ
tanned to the thief or his accomplices, If he had
any