The New York herald., 1875-12-12
RECORD OF CRIME.

The police made J, ,s2s arrests during the week.
Charles Brannan OF No. l53 wyckon street, Brook
lyn arrested yesterday complaint of John Kelly,
liquor dealer OF Baltic and Hoyt streets charged
with obtaining $40 from him upon false pretences
Patrick Ennis and John Mcdonald were arrested on
Friday night by oncer Cogan while the OF break
ing into the grocery of Fletcher Aiken No I1s
Bridge street They committed TO answer by
Justice Walsh.
John and Thomas Loughery, tho convicted counter
feiters Of FIVE cent nickel pieces who escaped from tho
County Jail Sunday night are still at large August
Miller the German burglar convict who escaped IRON
the Kings County Penentiary Monday last has not
There were 400 arrests in Brooklyn during tho pas,
week.
Charles Nournan, Hoander was sentenced to the
Penentiary by Justice Eanes Yesterday for six months
for stealing watch from Elizabeth Salter, OF No TIA
LEONARD street
OF stealing SIS worth Of clothes from the store Of Justus
schoenwcld, No 10 Even street. He was committed
Last evening, about half.pas six O'Clock whle Mr.
Green and his family supper In their residence
No. l0s Grand street, Jersey City sneak thief
tered and carried or twenty-five yards Of silk, several
articles Of clothing and some jcwelry,
Harbor thieves have recently been at work al Hunt
inglon and vicinity. Among other depredations they
robbed schooner the ways for repairs In the yard
of Mr. Henry Ketcham The things taken included an
anchor and chain worth over 800
The murderer Delaney, almost 70 tho last moment OF
his life persisted in tho assertion that the two boys
who were with him board the schooner Joseph Il
Potta and whose testimony tended strongly to his
conviction, guilty Of taking part OF the money
stolen from the murdered captain District Attorney
Downing said 70 reporter yesterday that he puposed
TO communicate with Father Sheridan to ascertain II
possible, whether Delaney acknowledged him the
falsehood OF the assertion.
David Skidmore q well todo farmer living near Deer
Park L. L., engaged also in the business Of charcoal
burning entrusted the management Of his affairs TO
married son named Carll Finding that he did
ceve much from the products Of his charcoal kilns
he had reason expect, he made investigation,
and found that hts had been swndling him syste-
matcay. The father has consequently had the
arrested for hen and tho latter Is under bonds 70
appear before the Grand Jury
Frederick Smith, Of Union Hill, N. j. no occupa-
tion and of bad character attempted yesterday
to shoot Augustus H. sedc, aJersey City journalist
for publishing account In tho Jersey City ourdl
OF Smith dischargng hts revolver In tho street near
the West Hoboken stables, while intoxicated
smith meeting Scde IN hotel In West Hoboken
showed him the paragraph and while be was reading
II, struck him In the face Sede was about returning
the blow, when Smith drow his revolver and said
Now III FIX YOU" and was about shooting when
Thomas Higgs bartender, leapcd his counter
and seized the woud-be assassin Smith still endeav-
ored to shoot his shoulder bat hts was again
stayed He finally broke away and made his escape
II is expected that Chief Of Police Morgan viii soon
effect hfs