Detective Short and Holland, of the Fifth Precinct, at two o'clock this morning, arrested two suspicious characters named Michael Slavin, of No. 946 Second street, and Peter Barrett, of 85 North First street. The detectives were on the look out for the fellows, who do not bear an enviable reputation. Recently petty burglaries in the ward have become numerous, and the prisoners were suspected of being the thieves. When the officers saw them on North Sixth street, near Second, this morning, acting in a suspicious manner, they took them into custody. Slaven had his gaiters off and made an attempt to escape, but he was quickly overtaken. When searched at the Station House a pawn ticket for a coat was found on one of them. They were locked up. The detectives say the men are quite noted thieves. They express their abilty to fasten several burglaries on them. Justice Elliott this morning adjourned a hearing of the case in order to afford them time to hunt up the evidence against them.
Brooklyn (New York) Daily Eagle, November 27, 1877.
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