The New York herald., 1877-01-05

eight o'clock Captain Woods called mp the priseusrs
to have their names and pedigree" recorded The
one-eyed individual dressed torn suit Of black.
He gave his age be twenty years, and said that he
Was born TINS county, aa sna. nc hsS 0een sn, ss,r
street The next man led ~ was John Scnmitt ageo
iorty years. born in Germany He stated that ne was
carpenter by trade and had resided Tor Tug n nteo
years at No 14O Cherry street. He Is tall musculae
fellow with thick bushy beard, giving him ne .ps
fellow who poned a pistol at the olnesr whe|
arrested HIM, next brought up He said
,hS, his a',H name was ros,on Joa nna ssman -
trade For the past i've months, ne saos
had been working for a Mr. James Ward. who "keps
shanty of kind'' the beach at Fort HamlI'
ton. He had been fishing and farming for Ward. ne
gnve his residence as No. 2s2 Fonrteentn street.
one OF tho principal members OF the Low:ry
gang, and Is otherwise well known 20 the
police He 10 a short, thickset man. win coa'-pack
piercing eyes and altogether wicked appearance John
Roberts is a remarkably handsome fellow He app
preached the Captains stand With smile and answered
all his questions WITH readiness He said he was tnirtyf
years OF age; born Poughkeepsc; kept twdl
places Of businessa saloon in Blocker street and an
eating house in James slip "
James Riley stated his age as eighteen. He ID
short. quiet but ''hard" looking fellow whose lace
deeply marked wn osrs .ns !, ns n
or in other words, to have ''squealcd.'
IDENTIFYING THE PLUMBER.
While this scene was IN progress Mrs Hcnry Green,
Mrs. George Green, Mrs. and Miss Hitler and others
entered the ROOM Hitler and Green. who had been
present during WnOo proceedings, FuoOk OnPso'o
Murray warmly by tho hand and very profuso IN
their thanks Tor his energetic action aud con-
graduated him upon his SUCCESS. When the
examination was concluded ana the Police Justice
George Parsclls appeared, Captain Murray produced
NUMBER of articles winch were ound upon tho per.
of the burglars. They consisted OF red silk
handkerchief a PAIR Of lady's lined dog skin gloves
and pearl handled and ono ivory handled pocket
knife. From the side OF tho latter inscription had
been There also five keys, two OF
which were skeletons, a French 1vc centimes piece,
a coun,crlcit English sovereign and mccrscnaum
Nto NIL xler N la
handle pcnknifc idcntincd by the Hlllicrs os
part OF the property stolen from thcm. Mrs
Henry Green SAID she had had sovereign Of
that kind and shc believed II waa hers.
Mr.: John Willis. brothcr-in-law of Mr. Grcon,
identified Schmidt as OF tho men who entered Mr.
Green's house. lie stated that AS hc was In tho act
OF leaving his room on the night Of the
robbery Schmidt raised pistol toward him,
ana that for moment his mask partially fell from
his face. Mccarthy was also identified by Mr.. Hitler.
Tho Justice then rcmanded the prisoners until to-day.
at ten O'Clock, they Will bc brought up for ex.
animation and District Attorney Downing, OF Queens
county, will be present to conduct tho case.
Before adjournng Justice Parscs thanxed Captain
Murray publicly for his energy In tho case. Hc re-
marked that the whole community ought to be deeply
grateful to him for his gallant conduct The captain
waived all this and said that he had done nothing but
his duty.