New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-04-29
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THIEVES ADVENTURES.

STRANGE FALL oP A BURGLAR Il,
Patrslman Hickey of the Twenty-seven'n
Precinct in passing by the wholesale orus S'1 :.
Charles p Jardne d Co, at No. 81 CorthnoE '' 'a.
Sunday night noticed that the store uoor
fastened and after applying his whole we'gu'
4, forcing ~ open Refund the door he founu ai"so
box Of goods Surprising that the clerks had
fastened the door on Saturday night ana not suSpoo
that thieves might be within, the oincer uiu NV"
the buidlng but merely fastened the uoor an"
norted at tho Liberty-st Statloh-house '"o i".V
., bis havipg found 1t open. few moments
after the officer had made his report man entered inc
e,,Ion house and said thae had fallen on the
roof Of flye-sory building In Greenwichst ana haa
probably received fatal injuries Officers at once hurreu
to the scene OF the accident and there found man.
who although supported by two other men, was aDe 10
walk and did not appear Ia have received any out"au
injury by his fall The stranger was carried To the STA
farmhouse where he was examined by police surgeon,
who soon declared that he had apparently not received
the slightest Injury by the fall The man on being q1es-
toned, said his Cornelius Roach ana that
he resided IN SiXteentn-st., near Nnth-aYe. lie WAS
identified by several officers however, as man WHO
had been called Cornelius MahOney. He refused 10 re-
veal by what means he had gained the roof of the house
from which he had fallen, and, appearing TO DO oA
icated he was locked up charge OF drunkenness
Early Yesterday morning an officer stumbled against u
bundle on the the spot where Roach was
picked up after his fall Opening the bundle the ocer
saw that IL was filed with brar.w wood pipes. He took
the bundle OF pipes TO the StaOnhouse and the ser
geant on duty at the desk at once suspected
that the store had been robbed and That
the bundle was part OF tho stolen goods
Officers were sent to the store. All the goods on the
lower floors were found to have been undsur0ed but
ON the top floor OF the building goods worth 5000 were
packed up for removal the packing having evidently
been done by thieves who had selected the most Valua
bic goods Alarmed. evidently by the forcing open oil
the front door by Patroman Hickey, the thieves ADAM
doned their plumber and fed through the scute 10 inc
roof CT the building. They then ran swiftly over tue
roofs along the entire block until they ieacheu
Greenwlch-s Then crossing the roof OF the houses
facing upon Greenwich-st, until theY had almost
reached Libery-s, they descended through the rooms
OF building and gained the street Inc
thief miscacuated the distance ana Zen ifo the Io
of the last house distance OF ~ IetJ 10 nc nVnh
OF tWostury house; thence he swiftly sHpPed 10 th1
lower edge OF the roof where 10 desperately graSPou
the eOpng-stOne. the momentum OF Ms Geseeht "n t
too great however, the stone was dragged out OF Is
place aud fell with the thief into the street beneath "A
bundle OF pipes which he carried also rolled luO tno
| Tomhs Police Court, yesterday, and "A complaint oi
burglary WAS preferred against hn lie was eOultlcu
| for trial in default OF 5000 bail.
| HIGHWAY ROBBERY IN BROOKLYN
! Highway robbers continue to lnfest BROOK
yn their latest exploit being the robbery and clubbing
of citizen on Sunday night. Henry Hudson OF No 62
Wyckoast., while passing through smthst., near
| Degraw-st was suddenly assaulted by unknown men
who struck him with heavy instrument, and after
Knocking him senseless robbed him Of $500 in bills The
injured man was subsequently found by boys, VINO IN
The injuries consist OF slight fracture OF the sku anu
cut the crown OF the mead neither OF when
Is necessarily fatal. The victim states that he ha Dteu
drinking in saloon at smith and ,srdwst., and was
| Oh his way home when he was assaulted