The New York herald., 1870-01-27
THE CRIMINAL HOROSCOPE.
Safe-Blowing in Thirty-Eighth Street-A
Scion Of a Distinguished FaAiily In
Quod- Window Smashing in BrA,d-
way-The Wood Sls, 900 s'nos,.
bery"-WoOd Arrested
glary in Spruce Street.

uurihg tue present month. II would seem tnat tne
new year has opened with q thieves carnival that
seems TO Increase daily, until the public seem to be
more alarmed at thieves than that other ,crror-said
10 be legacy from the Health Ofiicer OF she port
the smallpox, which DR.. Elisha Harris, liz the iul-
ness Of his heart, Is endeayoring to arrest and
bring TO Justice In addition to cases reported else
where the following were obtained last EVENING"
On sunday some hungry burglars conceived the
idea or cracking the safe In the hair store or Mr..
Israel Ferguson, No. 522 West Thirty street.
where they had been led to believe were deposited
bonds money anu checks representing considera-
BILE sum. With their jimmy they worked into the
store, and reached the SAFE which they blew open
with powder. The burglars, after all their labor,
found only tive dollars In the safe. which they car
ried of, leaving IN exchange number OF chsels,
sledges and other tools, worth fully ten dollars.
These articles can be obtained from Captain Caflrey
by the owner oD proving property.
On Monday night, little after ten O'Clock u thief
msto0k the optician store OF Mr.. ). Semmons No.
6s7 Broadway, for jewery establishment smashed
in one OF the pane8 or glass In the show window
and found instead OF collection OF valuable Jewery
old glasses ana spectaccs ana lett disguised without
Yesterday Charles +. Sandford, OF Bridgeport,
Conn, wno perhaps. has never before been
lar from nome. and who Is sOjournlng at the
Libby House, met at the New Haven depot
respectfully dressed young man, VINO
together through Thlrtleth street TO the corner or
Broadway where his new-found friend asked the
loan Of thirty dollars until he ran into store ana
palu bill Sandtord was an obilgng young fellow
delighted with his friend aud made the loan. Sharper
entered, made his exit through the door on the
broadway SIDE, and has not since been seen
neither has Sandiord seen his thirty dollars SINCE
He reported hts loss to the police but they can do
nothing.
Through the instrumentality of Sergeant Cleary
ana oflcer Martinez, ol the Iwenty-niutn precncl,
yesterday dappery- young plan OF respecta
nlra anf * al tnll lf.aIp
fell INTO the clutches oil the law Ills name Ia Wharton
Wagstar Craig, formerly y broker Wall street.
and 1t Is alleged a son or gentleman connected
win the Beccker Street Savines Bank. Tne charge
upon which lie was arrested was false pretence pre-
lerred by William Fowler, proprietor OF the KnlcSer-
booker Cottage, 45B sixth avenue The police alege
that craig some days ago presented check upon
tne National City Bank Tor forty dollars to Mr.
Fowler ana requested ten dollars upon It,. The
accused was the maker OF tne instrument, and is
name appeared printed on the margin. Mr.. Fowler
accepted the cneck, believing 1t To be genuine, and
paid ten dollars. lie seat the check The bank and
II came back endorsed across the face pencil mot
good.n II ~ alleged that at the time the cheek.
wlich was dated December ~, 1869, was presented
Craig mad but three dollars in the bank. MIR. Fow-
Ter Ut once conferred VITA Captain Burden who de-
tailed ms officers the arrest OF the accused
which was accomplished ut the knickerbocker Cot
tage yesterday. Mortnot and Cleary learned that
other parties mad probably been viotlmized by the
same means anu set 10 work To lind other complain
ants. The police report that iidretn Co., of the
New York Hotel TOOK one OF these checks for sixty
do lars, winch mas not been honored, but tnat they
have not taken any steps, as an uncle OF the accused
has offered TO square It. They further state tnat
Albert 4. Abrc, grocer OF No. 32S Bowery took an.
other checA Tor seventy dollars; q. A. stevens,
jewelsr OF 4o2 Fourteenth street another for s24 7j
tnat several checks representing hundreds OF do.-
lars were received by William X. Garrison, SHIPPER
and w. ID. spool, OF Bowling Green. IL is alleged
tnas the last named have mace no complaints aud
WIN rot lAcy appear as prosecutors a. the iriends
OF the accused are cndeavoring TO satisfy all claim
ants. The uncle Ot the man, Colonel -, last
ngnt called a. the station house. represented
himself IA friend oil one OF the Poce
Comm ssioner3, and gained audience with
the prisoner. with wnat results did not
transplrc Until there Is legal Investigation be.
fore Justice shandey this morning II would be well
Tor the pubic TO suspend Judgment u to the inno
cence or guilt Of the accused, az that examination
may result in MS complete vindcatlon OI any inten
ton to delraud.
In the HERALD OF Yesterday the announccmcnr
OF the roDDing OF John W. Wood Englisn-
man. OF North Adams. Mass, at No. 81 Wall street.
or $4,000 was made. wood, who Is Stopping
at the Metropolitan Hotel, called upon Captain
sented that he had been left this amount
by young lady VINO died, drew the money
$4,000 CT IT. on O0nd and mortgage to w. ID. jack
No. Warren street, that as he entered his car
riage he,lnqulred OF man where Jay Cooke Il Co.'s
office was. He was directed to No. GO wall street.
AS he was ascending the stairs man graDDed him
by the throat and roDDed him o! the money. lie
staggered into a banking ONCE and tainted away.
Captain kelso crOss-examined him at some length.
ana becoming satisfied tnat his statements were un-
with Wood Some OF his Statements were lound
to be correct, but he finally admitted that
tue story OF his having been robbed was untrue.
Clapp took him back to the Central ONCE and locked
him UP on the complaint OF Mr.. Bellows proprietor
Of the Metropolitan Hotel stables, who represents
tnat he attempted to negotiate for the purchase Of
horses and carriages and secured Carriage rides for
wnich he has not yet taken receipt. There are
other facts IN the case not worth the space their
recording would occupy, aud winch are passed over
here. Wood Will be arraiged at the T0mbs this
morning on The complaint OF Mr. Bellows.
On Monday nignt some thieves entered, by means
OF burglars instruments, the 0illce OF Brown Il
OKeeie, on the second floor OF No. 10 Spruce street.
and ROBBED the drawers o. all the valuabes they
could ind amounting to but ten dollars. Dsap.
pointed In not finding more money III the once,
which IL attached 10 the prinJing rooms OF the irm
the thieves demolished chairs and scattered the
books and papers about the floor.