The New York herald., 1869-08-26
BURGLARIEs IN MASSACHUSETTS.

Portion Of the Plunder Traced to This Citv-
One Of the Supposed Burglars and Two Ale
legged Receivers In CustOdy-Thcir PreIimi.
nary Examination.
A delegation Of gentlemen Of the jimmy and pick.
lock persuasion, haing from this city, have been
taking summer vacation among the grand old
hills Of Berkshire county Mass. The pleasant and
prosperous towns ernbosomed among the hills have
ecited the greatest share, however, OF their atten.
ton. The depredatons Of these metropolitan visitors
have been amazingly audacious as well as brilliantly
successful. Pitsfeld Great Darlington, Lenox, North
Adams and WILLIAMSON, the seat Of Williams Col
lege, have been the principal field OF their burgarous
lies failed to discover the perpetrators pet ANON. AMONG
the victims was the boot and shoe manu-
factory OF Milllard d Whitman, at North
since they discovered that It had been broken into
during the night, and several boxes OF Shoes put up
ready for shipment, had been stolen Mr., Milliard
was not satisfied 10 let the matter rest there and
trust the discovery Of the cuprits to the sagacy OF
the local police; he believed the burglars came
from this city, He felt satisfied the goods would be
found here. Their operations snowed training in
their business only to be acquired by metropolitan
the case TO the police authorities when detective
Field, OF the Fifth precinct, was commissioned TO
take The matter in hand. This was about ten days
goods and the boxes containing them TO assist him
t ne set himself to work. on Monday night he
Sand os pesr Of sree e od and nor boxes Gss
expedent TO make any arrests then. On gong the
next morning to the place he found 1t shut up, the
course Of inquiry resulted iu tracing the missing
goods and the pseudo owners to the shoe store No.
4s4 Eas! Fifteenth street He at once arrested the
having Identified some boxes OF the stolen goods III
their possession. Tney claimed to have bought the
find Mr.. Burd, which they did at No. 25 Greenwich
street. Mr. Hurd chose, however, to give the name
Of Flood. IL was all the same to them. The tide In
ran Ia md nv fnnk fItrVd
ine remnant o. the missing goods and and
boxes In his possession. This last prisoner gave
no suilclent accounting for his ownership of the
goods: The present belief, therefore, Is that he ia
one OF the burglars. This BELIEF was strengthened
by hnding In his possession map of Massachusetts,,
apocket compass and freight bill for horse
shipped on the 9th inst, BY steamer from Bridge
port, Conn., to this city, which horse 1t Is unneces.
sary 10 state Is supposed to have been stolen.
Charles and Christian Start, who brothers, were
their possession il they did buy them at all with
guilty knowledge. The three prisoners were yesterday
morning brought before Judge Hogan at the Tombs.
The brothers Start claim TO be innocent az regards
the charge preferred against then as likewise does
Hurd alias Flood. The following is the testimony
Henry $. Milllsrd was the first witness called-He
testined that he was senior member OF the trm Of
Milard Whitman at North Adams. Mass; they
carried on boot and shoe manufacturing establish
mentj ON the l4th inst their place was broken into
and l2O pairs OF shoes, OF the value Of s175 stoen
tue goods SO stolen had been traced to the posses
sion OF Charles start Christian Start and Charles
w. Flood and IL was his belief that they Obtained
possession OF them knowing they were stolen; ne
and officer Field found at No 434 East Fifteenth
street sixty'fve pairs OF the missing shoes this place
was occupied by Charles and Christian Start; subse-
guenty, through Information impaired by Christian
Start, the balance OF the stolen shoes was
found In the possession OF man named Hurd. on
going through Greenwich street CHRISTIAN Start
pointed out Flood as the man whose name he had
gwen as Huld. Az No. rs Greenwich street were
l0und nltytwo pairs OF shoes. Flood stated that he
was going South and that he had q quantity OF
goods In Greenwich street. Charles Start stated
that the goods found In his possession were portion
OF inc STOCK OF goods IN store No. 490 Pearl street,
which he had purchased from Hurd, alias Flood.
christian start stated that he mad also purchased
the goods In his possession from Hur1 aud that the
paiance OF the goods were IN Hurd's possession.
The goods when stolen were In the same boxes they
now are, with the original number still on them.
lgnatz Natchter. an expressman, testi fed that
ne was employed by Christian Start TO move
Quantity OF goods from No. 400 Pearl street
10 NO 434 East Fifteenth street. Among these were
boxes similar to the ones produced in court, con-
tanng shoes. After taking The property TO Ff-
teenth street Mr. start told him that one OF the
boxes did not belong TO him, and by direction OF
Mr. start he took the same TO No. 20 Greenwich
street. This last box was the one afterwards taken
possession OF by officer Field.
Mr.. Miliard was now cross-examined at consid.