New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-28

THIEVES, WISE AND OTHERwIsE.-In the
present warm weather, the universal efforts
of can't-get-aways to keep their houses
cool during the night offers temptation
which thieves can not resist. Discharged
servants, who know where vsluables are
kept, and the class of sneak thieves who
are on the lookout for clothing and things
laying around loose, frequently make a
felonious entering, and make off with booty,
especially where they are not subject to in
terruption by the noise of opening doors
and windows, usually left invitingly open
90 let in air. Your regular in the police
business knows the track of professional
thief, and often arrives at an immediate
conclusion as to the identity of the perpe-
traitor of robbery.
If unprofessional inquiries made as to the
servants recently discharged, loafers who
prowl about the neighboring corners, or in
dlviduals who have sworn vengeance will
soon point logically to the perpetrator,
whose arrest, however, is often defeated
either from lack of proof 1.-THE strictest evil
dence being required) or else from the kind
heart of the accuser, who would not see the
party prosecuted to the bitter end. None
of these inquiries are made about the pro-
fessiOnal, whose habits, likes, dislikes,
tastes, places of residence and disposition
arc all known. Upon the thief the officer
lays the arm of the law, under the vagrant
act, but being well connected, so to speak,
the thief raises money, fees a member of
the bar and gets out on habeas corpus.
Instances are on record where the thief
goes to the same house and robs it again,
or where he meets the person robbed in the
street and tells him to do his prettiest; he
can get out by habeas corpus, If he has
money, and the way in which it is done is
passed around until it is regular business.
Have any robberies OF consequence been
reported within the past few dayss any
record of houses being feloniously entered
any news of burglaries The reason of
this is that nearly all of the well known
gang are locked up in the Workhouse.
There is the reason why there is no record
of robberies of late. Against these pro
fessionals several charges of robbery have
been brought, from which they have es-
capped by the ingenuity of counsel.
In one case thief accused of big rob-
berry forfeited his bonds, but came back
about six months ago. In another case the
prosecution failed to identify the robber.
In another case the thief was arrested as
vagrant, and is found with raw wound,
having been peppered a short time ago
when house was robbed in the overlooked
districts. All the professional gang OF
desperadoes who are constantly engaged in
their nefarious pursuit have been confined
under the legitimate Interpretation OF the
vagrant act, but have been released on jul
dicial Interpretation of its informallty; re-
leased only to go to work again and boast
in the sunlight of their achievements under
the dark lantern.
The following list of professional thieyes
are now confined in the WorkhOuse: Mat
Hogan, Pete Munday, Molloy, Jose Herman
DEE, Perez, Zimmerman, alias Cure; WI
liam Cane, alias Lottie; Jew Jake, William
Brother. Munday is accused of the robbery
of the cash box at Belden's store IN April,
1870. MollOy is accused of the robbery OF
Morgans warehouse of $l150-money used
both identified as having robbed Mr..
Schmidt, the jeweler on Royal street, the
property being recovered These, with sew
eral others whose names we can not recol-
lect. have been arrested by the police within
the last two weeks. No robberies have
been reported now for several days. Ger
tainly, if these men are again turned loose
the police ought not to be held accountable.
Matt Hogan was released yesterday, hav-
ing applied for release via habeas corpus.
The peculiar friends of the others now in
custody are casting about to obtain the same
relief. 1t does not require the gift OF pro-
nbecy to foreten that in case these men are
nermitted to walk the streets again there
will be nightly and successful robberies'
unless. as in several instances, the residents
Of the house mount guard with loaded PTS
tolls during the silent watches OF the
might
D,rp OF HIS INJURIEs.-James CARTON
freported incorrectly as Cellins), who fell