New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-08-13
POLICE OFFICERS HOAXED.

TXCITEMENT AT A PICNIC OVER THE SUPPOSED
CAPTURE OF PORTER AND IRVING.
The police of the Twenty-eighth Precinct were
badly hoaxed on Monday night through mistake
made by Thomas Morris, of No. S72 Thrd-ave,
deputy-sheriff, who had been engaged by Sheriff
Riley of Brooklyn, to search for Porter and Irving
the burglars who escaped from the Raymond Street
jail on June l. and subsequently had a narrow es-
cane from recapture at Passaic, n. j. Morris, In
companv with Special Officer Cornish, of the
Twenty-eighth Precinct, had gone to picnic at
Jouess Wood under belief that the escaped burg
lars were be there. Many dlsordery persons were
present and the dancing was kept up until late
hour About 10 o'clock Morris thought he saw the
two escaped burglars among the crowd on tne
dancing platform He Immediately rushed TO the
police station and informed Captain Gunner that
Irving and Porter were at the picnic and that he
wanted number OF officers 10 prevent ther escape,
Thirty policemen were soon on their way to Joness
Wood and surrounded the platform.
Morris hOurshed a large revolver and pointed
70 two men, saying that Sheriff Riley had told him
TO shoot them on sight lie was restrained oy the
noIicemeu who captured the men without violence.
The prisoners went quietly to the station, where
they gave their names as Henry clark, carpenter,
and Richard Morris, saloOn-keeper. woother men
who were with them had also been arrested they
gave their names as Alfred Tucker, clerk and Will
lam Walsh, butcher. SupeTin,e ndent Nalhng, Gap
tain Kealy and several other police oinclals We're
sent for in haste, but failed 10 recognize any OF the
nrisoners as the escaped burglars. Word had also
been sent to Brooklyn. and Sheriff Riley and several
of his men came over to look at the men. AS soon
as they arrived they said that Porter ana Irving
were not among the number. Accordingly Captain
Gunner dismissed the prisoners.
AN ALLEGED NUISANCE AT GLEN COVE.
petition signed by many of the residents of
Glen Cove, l.. L. who represent property amounting
TO more than 100000, has been circulated In
that village, asking the Board of Health of the
village to compel the Glen Cove Starch Company TO
stop running the refuse from It's works into the
creek The petitioners alege that the stencil arts
ing from this refuse at low tide is intOlerabe, and
that the fishing and claiming in the neghbOrhOOd
are ruined thereby. 1t is understood that II the
Board of Health, which meets on Friday next, falls
10 take any action, the matter will be laid before
the next Grand Jury ia September. The factory
has been running for the past twenty-five years.
giving employment to over 800 men, all OF whom
with their families live IN the vicinity. Wright
Duryea, the president and founder OF the company,
also lives the factory, IN residence when
cost over 900. For the past twenty years the
refuse from the works has been sold Tor animal
food and it thus having mar et value, every
precaNtlOn is used TO save it, only very small
quantity, if any, escap ne INTO the creek IheIe is
good depth of water in the creek, enabling
schooners of several feet draught TO load and I'M
load at the works. Much of the feeling against the
factory is said to be attributed TO The stOrekeepeTs
i'm the village. Ii appears that shortly after the
close of the Mr.. Duryea went to several store
keepers and asked them, for the benefit OF his
employees, TO put down the rates OF their goods, and
not maintain the war prices, This was refused, and
the company then started a cooperative store, and
still run il for the general benefit. Many of the
oldest residents of the village assert that the stencil
comDlained of arises from the mud flats. DR.. Town.
send one of the oldest physicians in Queens
County. a resident of Glen Cove and member OF
the Board Of Health, some time ago visited the
works. and after being shown through them eX-
pressed the opinion that nothing connected with
them was detrimental to public health
INCOMPLETE REMOVAL OF A CEMETERY.
WoTkmen engaged in digging a cellar in a lot in
Frost-st near HumbOldt-st, Brooklyn. Monday
unearthed four Skeletons one of child and three
of adults. coffin plate was also found, with the
inscription Sarah o. Lockwood Died 1852 Age
four years, seven months, and two days" The
block in which this lot is was formerly cemetery
connected with the Cannon street Baptist Church,
I'm this city, For many years before the bodies were
removed it was a source of complaint In the neigh
bOrbOod The fences decayed and were not replaced,
fbe tombstOnes stood at all angles, and boys and
coats dspOrted themselves in ii as in playground.
AZ length, about three years ago. the lot-owDers
persuaded the trustees to sell the ground after the
bodies had been removed elsewhere. The work OF
removal was given TO a contractor, and as there was
mo map or record OF the graves. the whole ground
was dug over. At least this was agreed up0nj but
the failure of the contractor 70 carry out what he