The New York herald., 1870-06-04
UPTOWN RopBERIES.

CoIored Girls I'm League with their Profes.
siOnul ssPals''-Losses Of Late Amounting to
Fifty Thousand DOilas-SeveraI Parties
Under Arreet-GoOds Observation-Disclosures
Detective Work.
For some months past large number OF robberies
have been committed In this city at the residences OF
many Of our uptown families, the losses amount-
ing In the aggregate TO nearly $5o,000 Among other
residences robbed were those Of James y. Goodwin,
OF :wcst Twentieth street and G. Morgan, OF
East Thirty.anh street. their combined loss alone
being nearly seven thousand dollars, consisting OF
costly and elegant ewelry diamonds, fancy articles
&C. At the time the above were committed no
clue by the detectives could be had OF the
perpetrators and the different robberles 80 sclentl-
cally performed remained mystery. subsequently
the Detective Police Agency, ~ Broadway under the
direction OF superintendent Warrin. was employed
to investigate the matter, and after time the differ
ent burglaries fastened on one OF the gang OF
burglars, who proved to be Augustus Peterson, alias
Samuel Brown, alias Samuel Clark, colored lad Oh
eighteen years Of age The boy was tried last month
and received sentence from Recorder Hackett OF
ten years. hard labor at Sing Sing. The next impor
tant step the part OF the detectives was to erect
II possible, the arrest OF the boys accompces II ne
Ca Captain i HE Henry Burden, Of the Twentynin pre-
cnct, accordingly consulted In reference to the
matter, and he instantly detailed detectives Mulllgan
and Evans to as LIST in the work, In connection with
the Warrin operatives They knew their efforts would
he crowned with success, much to the delight and
satisfaction not only OF the unfortunate losers OF pro-
perty but also to Supei itntendent J0urdan and MI.
Warrin The detectives left effort untried 10 gain
o clue whereby to aid them. At last, after many
days. they began to light, which, when found, re-
flected on dark subject that subject beng Mary
Louise Carroll, cO.ored GIRL aged twenty-siX years.
residing in West Twenty fifth street. She was
promptly arrested yesterday and taken before Judge
Shandey aud committed In default OF So, 900 bail.
Search was made Of her apartments, when reve-
lation took place in the discovery OF some Of the
valuable jewelry lost in the IODberies specified,
together with q large quantity OF elegant clothing
many articles OF which were entirely new, the cotl.
ing alone amounting in value to about 81, 000 The
next place visited was residence in West twenty
ninth street, and there was discovered another lot OF
thence several other places received call from the
elared 'coppersD and each visit was attended with
success in the discovery OF long lost valuables Ad
ditiOna places YET to have CALL and some more
arrests are expected before the detectives have
completed their labOrs on this important case.
AS most OF the parties holding the stolen properly
were c0lOred W0men-as cooks, cEanlDermaldS,
laundresses and such l1ke-who hire out to families
It can readily be seen that a COLLISION must have
existed with them and their professional colored
friends, ana hus aid afforded them In the many bold
uptown robberes To show that the impression Is a
correct one the detectives found In possession OF
of the women under arrest letter addressed 10
Augustus Peterson, now at Sing Sing serving out
his sentence as one oil the principals in these many
bold robberes. 1t should be a warning to house
keepers to exercise great in these degenerate
times as to who they take into their service