The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-04-24
POLICE ISTELLIaEyGE.

DISHONEST SERvANT.-Julia Wilson was yesterday
brought before Justice Hogan at the First District
Police Court on charge Of stealing wearing ap-
parel cutlery and table linen of the value Of s42,
the property OF Mrs Frances sprague No. lSS Frank
pacity Of house servant The stolen property was
found in her possession and she was fully COM
United to answer
Paul Buttner, who was employed as porter by Mr..
Abraham Smith, on the third floor of No. Az Maiden
lane, was yesterday arrested on charge Of bur-
glary and theft BY his own confession he has been
IN the habit OF breaking into Mr. Smiths place after
1t was closed for the day through removing the staple
fastening the paddock, taking away fancy baskets
and then selling them to Elias Hocker, q basket
dealer, at No. $50 Grand street. The latter was ar
rested on charge OF buying the stolen goods with
guilty knowledge. Both were held to answer by
Justice Hogan at the T0mbs
AN INSURANCE AGENT ROBBED. About one
O'Clock yesterday morning Charles Lewis, an insur.
ance agent, living at 1o6 Bank street, while passing
through ThIrty-second street, near Ninth avenue,
was stopped by Michael Klein, who took his port
folio from him, examined 1t minutely, and finding
nothing valuable threw 1t upon the ground and
kicked and cutfed the poor agent because he had no
funds. Lewis gave the alarm, when officers OF the
sixteenth precinct came to his assistance and Klein
ran away. Four or I've shots were fired at him and
he was brought to and captured by officer Crawford
On his arraignment he stated that he was intoxicated
ana f for ra ON Se CHARGE assault
battery.
ATTEMPTED BURGLARY-Eetween eleven and
twelve O'Clock on Thursday evening George b.
Leonard, an employe in the liquor store of Edward
& r. Gamble & Co., No. 504 East Sixteenth street,
heard noise IN the rear OF she store AND
lie gave the ALARM and they made their escape, with
the exception Of Patrick Handiey who was found
by ocer Mynam Of the sixteenth precinct, secreted
In the cellar. The burglars had pried open the
shutters but failed to effect an entrance. Handley
was committed by Justice Ledwith, al Jefferson
Market, on the charge OF attempted burglary. The
prisoner Is the party who was held at the Special
Sessions last week for stealing pet crow in SIX
teenth street. which he subsequently killed, return
ing to the owner the lifeless corpse. Upon that
charge sentence was suspended.
ASCENDING EXPRESS RoBBBR CAPTURED
Charles A. Ring, formerly in the employ OF the
American Merchants Union Express Company, was
brought to this city yesterday from Three Rivers.
Mich, where he had been arrested by detective
l. airy Hagen, OF Cincinnati, on charge OF stealing
package containing 500 10 from one OF the ex-
press delivery wagons in this city several weeks ago.
Ting who is boy sixteen years old, after tile rob-
berry purchased the right for Michigan OF the sale OF
O patent burning mud, and when arrested was get
ting along swilnmingiy. lie pleaded guilty to The
charge, and SAID II he had been allowed to pursue
his patent business few months longer undisturbed
he would have made good TO the company the
amount stolen. Upon an AFFIDAVIT before Justice
hogan, Gt the Iombs, by Joseph $ Myers, setting
forth the sscts Of the robbery as stated the prisoner
ives committed to prison.
TIE CLAN McDoS0UGH.-John McDonough, a
L,uor dealer and restaurant keeper at 500 Bowery,
yesterday appeared at jefferson Market Police Court
and filed an afIidavit charging John McDonough, Of
$40 Sixth avenue, with the larceny Of seventy-one
dollars ON the 18th OF April. The complaint repre-
sents that the defendant on the day named entered
the up town establishment, $40 Sixth avenue, OF
which Frank German had the superintendent, and
going behind the counter took out fourteen dollars In
currency after which ne proceeded TO the safe and
distracted niiy-seven dollars from 1t, which he put
In his pocket. Frank German also made AFFIDAVIT,
from which II appears that MIR. McDonough, 'Ihe
litte," as he is called, took the money In his
presence and told him that hereafter he lGorman)
should work for him. The defendant admitted that
the money was taken, but declared IL was his own
property. lie consequently pleaded not guilty and
gave ball to answer. The difficulty has grown out OF
some transfer OF tao property from the one TO the
the place and still retains II, ana the ownership OF
the premises from which the money II Is alleged 10
have been stolen Is still undecided.