The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-08-08
MAYORS OFFICE.

During the past week the business at the Marshaps
Bureau has not been particularly brisk. Tn re were,
of course, large number OF complaints made
against parties acting under license from the
Mayors once who had violated or neglected
to comply with some Of the Corporation ordinances.
Licenses were issued through Marshal Daly's de-
partment for second hand dealers Junk shop,
junk CARTS ID coaches boarding houses, express
wagons IS vendors, IS carts, 50 drivers, gunpow-
der and porters-making total OF lsl. For these
licenses and for fines imposed by Marshal Tooker
$3.50 were received. There have been, as usual.
number OF complaints entered against
THE ENVELOPE swISDLERs
by ''srnart young men from the country Among
the old haunts OF the soapy- headed scoundrels who
practice this method of swindling the establishments
at 23s Broadway, 179 Broadway, q couple on PARK
row and three or four In Chatham street and
West street have hitherto done the largest
amount OF business to all apRarances, Dur
Ing the past week x, new eter spoS ,s mas
tabslment Is not new by any means; but the
thieves who manipulate the place do It so ceverv
and get hold OF such customers that hitherto they
Mediate '' neshporsood Of Washington Market
the scamps to get hold OF, ana they DO
IL most successfully. From the complaints
W. p ait Of Ellsworth, Me- had been swndIed
out OF 500; William Eyre OF Is Hammond street, Of
fifty dollars; L. Connor' OF Middletown, n. j.. Of
Orange county, N. Y, out OF $780, The last
gentleman had ''been IN town just about
drawed the watch you know was sure he could gle
the same ticket agin," and so J. w. Smith kindly
OF a weeks work at ai1 Greenwich street, and an
estimate has been made to show that complaints are
made by not more than one.third or one-fourth
OF the victims. August F. Long, OF lauderdale,
Miss, lost ssl at No. 4Ss Broadway; Wells Thompson,
Of Madison, Wis., lost SCI at No. 81 Chatham street;
Chatham street; Michael Reilly, OF Lowell, Mass,
lost s27 az No u! West street. and o Edward ward
sH sg q No. BoI's' Sas s'a sss n Sss @
case tue swindling was done on July 4. The
Marshal sS Won promise nj % ns
lost $40 10 gold at lie Broadway and George Deery,
Of Halfway, N j., lost s27, also at l.s broadway
way. In each case an officer was despatched
by Marshal Tooker apd the money reiunaed.
Su crss o 81 M s Ss8 idssrn
A complaint was made 81 Otto Ircisam Of the loss
Of s6s2 by means OF bogus tickets aud exchange. he
thought 1t was In Cortandt street or West street.
Marshal Tooker sent note Tor che return OF the
money to place III Cortandt street ana TO another
in West street. At both establishments the
note was honored and the full amount claimed was
sent by the proprietors OF each. Marshal Tooker
handed the amount claimed to vresam. and the
other conscience money" instament he retains
until some further investigation WIZ determine 'ns
place at which the swindng was done.
JERSEY VEHICLES IN NEW YORK STREETS
must be lettered and numbered properly or the
Since Olcer Dyer arrested John Reynolds, dsyer OF
q business wagon for gas pipe company donR
business In Jersey City,. for not having the
iectured Mr.. Reynolds at some length,
stating that frequent complaints had been made 70
him by licensed New York cartmen OF the III treat
they had received from the Jersey authorities.
some Of them, for trvalofences. belngioned as nsn
as twenty-five dollars and that he mad Iouhu
a general inclination to evade the action
and requirements Of the LAWS Do t 1 NEW
used the streets OF this city. The Marshal stated
that he Intended to protect the New York cart and
truck men, and would rlgidy enforce the ordinances
and obge those from other cities using the streets
OF the city or New York to respect the laws and or
nances or the city. He fined Mr. Reynolds $40 for
the neglect to comply with the ordinance, bus
charged him nothing for the New York speech ana
the wholesome lecture on the occasion.