The New York herald., 1869-08-29
WESTCHE TER COUNTY.

PASSING COUNTERFEIT MONEy.-Yesterday AFTER
noon Justice Hauptman Of Morrisania was notified
by TWO German storekeepers dong business at Mott
Haven, that couple OF young men, believed to be
connected with gang CT counterfeters, had made
their appearance in the latter place, and
forty dollars, by means of two counterfeit
notes for twenty dollars each, DurpOrung
to have been issued by the Bank Of Commerce, OF
New YORK. Slight purchases had been made IN
both cases before the worthless notes were offered
cOuple OF officers were at once sent In pursuit Of
the guilty parties but the latter had disappeared.
Those who are accustomed to handling money
would readily detect the spurious Dill, the paper
being rather coarse. and the note itself so mewhat
shorter than the genuine.
DROWNING CAsUALTY.--An inquest was held last
Friday evening, by Coroner Batngate, at Merose, on
the body of q child eighteen months old, named
Peter Boeske whose death was caused by falling
into tub of indigo water. It appears that the
mother OF deceased after saturatng some articles OF
clothing IN the solution named, proceeded TO hang
them out TO dry and on her return found that the
child had fallen head foremost into the vessel. Life
was not extinct when the boy was taken out but he
died before physician arrived. A verdict of accI
dental drowning was rendered.
ARREST or A SUPPOSED BURGLAB.-Shortly after
the ortyfve minutes past ten O'Clock train had left
Yonkers yesterday morning Roundsman Weston, OF
that village, who was on board arrest ed two sus.
picious looking men, having in their possession a
carpet bag OF pethorlc dimensions. On arriving al
the Thirtieth street depot both parties broke
from the ofiicer and started on brisk
run. The latter gave chase to the fellow
who had the plunder, however, and succeeded
In overhauling him. tne other made good his escape.
The bay was found to contain q quantity OF mems
shoes some OF which were Ia an unfinished state;
also a new fur cap aud 0tner articles Nothing was
elected from the prisoner, who gave his name az
James McCarey, except that he had purchased the
property from mis- companion. lie was subsequently
taken back to ionkers, where he s ned Tor exam
iDat0n.
STATE PRISON AFFAIRs.-A convict named An
drew Walker, employed In the shoe shop at Sing
Sing Prison, was caught yesterday morning while
in the act OF conceaing suit OF citizens clothing.
| 1t was composed Of a light cotton material, and
| mad evidently been smugge1 into the prison. The
fellow is believed TO have had disguise for some
| time back, and was watching his opportunity for
move into the outer world.
William smith, alias Jackson, an aged convict
who had spent nearly Ills entire lifetime within the
prison walls, died yesterday of consumption. His
beseting SIN was grand larceny, for which ne was
serving ont his NTH term, which would have expired
| In about two months. AS ''traudn he proven con
| sistent up to the hour OF his death. Having pre-
tended TO embrace the Catholic religion In order to
obtain dozen bottles Of porter, he proposed TO tnc
| prison chaplain, shortly before dying, that he would
recant and embpace nis former faith IL the 0nicia
| named would supply hun with bottle VI wine. "H,
died AZ he had lived"