The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-11

bhOuio take q FOREMOST place. Since mr. iooAer
entered upon the duties OF the once Of First Mar
shal-but five or six months--he has so conducted
the afrars OF the once that he has gained the en-
NIFTY Of all the scoundrels and swndlers whom he
can reach by his influence, and has OF course In
corresponding ratio, gained the good Will and re-
spect OF all honorable ana law abiding citizens.
Mayor Hall, with his intuitive acumen and from his
experience in dealing with crimnallty IN this city,
the immense field for good work which the Chief
Magistrate Of the city could cutIvae and he not
slow, when in possession or the Aforesaid magis-
tracy 30 direct his Official ploughs and harrows
to cut ana turn up from the roots the III weeds
which fi0urished in the city, and which were
making the name OF the metropolis synonym for
scoundrelism throughout the land. Mr.. Tooker he
appointed as his CHIEF plOugnsfoder. and clothed
him with power to administer justice. to protect
citizens and strangers in the and to the credit
OF the city, to that the ordinances coming
within the Mayor'ssupervlsion were duly observed,
and, witnai, TO "amuse the pOpulace." No more fit
| ting commentary ON Mayor Hairs wisdom in this
matter could be made than to state that the amount
OF good already achieved is almost incalculable,
and, stated above. that the Marshal has earned
| the enmiIy Of Oil evl-d0ers. Day after day the
cramped quarters IN front OF the Marshas desk are
crowded with seekers after Information or satlsfac-
ton The lack OF seriously ret and
although the matter has been brought the attention
OF the City Fathers several times yet they have taken
steps to provide the necessary apartments. 1t is
in their power to devote the rooms now occupied by
the clerks Of the Board Of Assistant Aldermen to the
use Of the Marshal's bureau and they should attend
| TO 1t without further delay.
| 1t would, indeed, be study for any persons who
may be curious enough TO know how some Of the
world lives or drags, tumbles Is jostled along
| through life. All sorts OF complaints are
| redr all
| possible kinds OF grievances sought Among the
most singular OF the complaints which have come
| before the Marshal lately were some showing that
| FEMALE LOBBYISTS
or females pretending to possess influence are to be
found, not alone at the national or state capitals,
a lady. 1t Is alleged that she pretends to WELD i'm
! mense power. The statement OF the person by
| whom the first complaint was made VIII more fully
| explain The complainant is Mr.. William A. Tobin,
OF No. 672 Second avenue, and IN his written state
| ment TO Marshal TO0ker he says:
Having deposited 5000 the hands of Madame FEST, Of
st. srR &C. s p pro%s e a her to ss me
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belonging s 0s 70 the nS
g s Mssn se h n
particular friends Of Sers She told me she so appointed
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nd at hs
From her statements and from what Nv told about her
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eonsderes length Of time she was Keeping me bace
ss ss sp 81 mSs on
gentlemen, among them Senator's captains of police and
be al. he could not &c. me The e, ss;DS ,r
being By s ~ heard about
to
.n ar. sAs eI s and II
chance getting from her. told her that Of these
ss "a s:E In ssS
s ysns
her and all M means exhausted am now compelled to
The complainant signs himself as an "ex-ofricer
ta ne, MstrSpoan Pol ds honoraby resigned on
John Buckley, Of No. i42 West Thirty fifth street,
| made similar complaint against Madame Fest
charging that he was introduced to her by Henry
| Batch. patr0lman OF the Twenty-frst precinct, in
the latter part Of 1865. Buckley wanted to be rein
stated on the police force He gave the Madame
tained the appointment He believed she had the ne
cessary influence" to secure place for him on the
deceived. Madame fest was sent Tor BY Marshal
| Tooker to be dealt with as q swindleress.
e hs n t%s f % S
| 1856 Suffolk street, charging her with keeping
BOGUS INTELLIGENCE OFFICE.
From the complaints 1t would appear that Mrs.
Hid employs number Of ''repeaters," girls who
are hired cut to parties applying for help, but who
going back to Mrs. Hild's and hiring out again The
lady charges two dollars for the privilege Of obtain
that they have reason to believe she manages her
business 80 as to obtain money from them
Ms a answer Several Of ns
| complaints. she appeared at the Mayors
office, and was very loud in her denunciatoa Of the
come to be % frequent that Marshal TooEer has de-
It Is mot always the dark side Of life that appears
before the Marshals desk for once in a wmle
is brought to notice. Some time ago the Of the
recovery of OvercOat by the honesty Of coach
driver was chronicled, and yesterday a somewhat
1888 Monroe street driver Of coach No. 70,
had fare few evenings since. The party
left the coach, and In a short time afterwards
found pocfetbook on one OF the seats He informed
retain the book and contents and that he could be
found at the address given on the card Mr.. Cahill
applied TO Marshal TOOker stated the case and then
went to the address given on the card and found the
matter all right
been brought before the Marshal lately, John Barry
driver OF coach sos should take leading place. He
was complained OF by Joseph Clough, who stated
that he engaged Barry to take him, his wife and his
brohern.law, from the Cortlandt street ferry the
Providence boat. Barry agreed to take the party
through tickets to Providence He drove them to
the starting place of the Fourth avenue cars, in
front OF the HERALD building and putting theminto
the car left them. The conductor went to Mr..
CouRh for the car fare whereup0n the fraud was
discovered. The conductor directed the party to
police Ofilcer, and rOundsman Porcher, OF the
Twentysixth being found escorted the party TO the
foot Of COrtandt street, where the tricky Barry
discovered, arrested and brought before Marshal
ToOker During the investigation officer Keneally,
OF the Twenty-sixth precinct spoke up, saying:-
OFFICER-Marsha this hack driver Is Just after
coming or Backwells Island, where he was sent
one year ago by Justice bowling, for inveiglng two
very young girls into his coach and attempting to
outrage them.
BARRY-Youvs got grudge agln me. l was
innocent Of that charge.
Marshal TOOKER-Well, you were convicted and
I'll take Justice Dowling's Judgment against your
mere statement The ofcer mas obliged me by his in
formation and has done his duty You are not pro-
Certificate of license from this Office