The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-12-12
mysterious Il OF b e rfes In New Or.
heans-RecDvery OF Property and
Arrest of SUSPECTED Parties.

tFrom the n. o. Commercial Bulletin, Dec. 5tl.
For over two years freight landed at th,
wharf of the New York steamers. nea]
jackson Square. has disappeared in mos
mysterious manner, causing no little diff
| ferences between the consignees apC
Messrs. Geo. A. Fosdick g. Co.. the agent!
of the line. About year and a half aec
| the police succeeded in ferretlng out some
Of the goods stolen and catching several
| thieves and receivers of stolen property
who were promptly tried, convicted, and
sent to the Penitentiary, where they are
now undergoing punishment. Still no
of taking the goods, for the thieves
bafled all the watchfulness Of the police
and the employees Of the steamers. Within
the last thirty days no less than $4,000
worth Of goods consigned to Messrs. B. T.
Walshe, 110 Canal street W. C. Tomp-
kins, corner Canal and Magazine staeets :
Messrs. Wallace 81 Co., corner of Common
and Magazine streets, aud others, have been
missed in the same mysterious manner. All
attempts to discover the thieves were in
vain. On Friday, however, person doing
business at No. 25, Chartres street, called
at the store Of Mr. Washe and exhibiting
to him some samples Of fancy articles,
urged him to purchase at prices about 30
bought for In New York. Mr.. Walshe was
struck with the similarity of the articles.
some he had chosen himself in New York,
and which were in his missing cases. Upon
inquiry, he was informed that they came
from the auction-house of Messrs. Hoffman
& Marks, on Chartres street, below the GUS
tom-house. The matter was placed in the
hands of Sergeant Malone and Special J. J.
Pierson, who set to work to ferret out the
thieves. At the store of Messrs. Hoffman
& Marks they ascertained that they had De-
riodically received within the past fortnight,
for sale at auction, cases of goods from the
house of Messrs. Leopold & Oppenheim,
on Magazine street, near Toledano, to whom
they had turned over about 81, 200. A search
at this place resulted in finding quantity Of
the missing merchandise, and further search
at the house Of f. Leopold, father-in-law of
the former Leopold, revealed that more
goods were concealed in the garret. All
these parties were arrested. From them
the information was obtained that the
goods came from A. G. Leopold, living on
TchouPitoulas street, between St. Andrew
and Adele streets. The latter admitted
having sold the articles to Leopold and Op-
penheim, saying that he had purchased
them from a man named Harvey, keeper of
a grocery, corner Of Tchoupitoulas and St.
James streets. Harvey, who is said to pos.
sess property amounting to $50, 900, and to
have already been before the courts on
similar charge, was arrested and denied
the charge. The goods A. c. Leopold
affirms he has bought from HarneY for
$1,000. It will require an examina-
ton before the Recorder before the
whole matter is thoroughly snted. The
Leopolds and Oppenheim were released on
81, 900 bail bail by Recorder Staes, and Har-
ney on his parole by Acting Superintendent
Robinson. The remarkable feature Of these
robberies is that while there are four steam
ers in this line, the goods are always missed
from two Of them-the De Soto and the
Bienville. This strange fact will lead to q
solution Of the mystery: Chow are they
taken?" The officers have displayed much
tact and vigilance in arresting the accused
and bringing to light the stolen property.
Over So, 900 have been missed by the steam
ships within the past thirty days. Regular
attidaYits have been entered by Alfred
veau, discharging clerk of Messrs. Fosd1ck
& Co.