, 1862-01-06

Interesting Developments.

Christmas, OF the larceny OF trunk from The
front of the fremont House, containing some
q Goo worth Of rich jewelry, the property Of
Mcssrs. Oppenheimcr d Mctzger, wholesale
dealers on Lake street. The trunk and a por-
tion Of the property we're found, the morning
Of the 9th, in an alley Of the North Division,
but about 81, 500 worth Of watches, gold !
chains, lockcts, fnger-rings, etc., ETC., had |
been carried off BY the robbers. Since the
discovery Of the loss, the detectives have been |
upon the track Of those they thought con
nccted with the crime.
On Saturday afternoon there was brought
before Justices Akin and Millekcn, sitting for
the occasion in the Recorders Court Room,
ono John ". Smith, charged with receiving
and secreting the stslen jewelry, The testi-
mony Of officer Dixon was to the effect that
Mr.. Smith Kept boarding house on Kinzie
street, in the vicinity Of Dearborn, and also
that three or four young men, known to the
Department as frequenters Of the Jupiter
Concert Saloon, and other places where
knucks" and thieves usually congregated,
boardcd at his house. He followed and quiet
ly nabbcd one Of the guilty party from whom
he derived certain valuable information in re-
gard to the robbery. Leaving Smith to be
dealt with on his return, the detective started
in pursuit Of the thieves. He appeared sud
denly at Buffalo, N. T., and arrested two
young men By the name of Wright and Muir
ply. They were Immediately restored to this
city and held 10 await further developments.
Meanwhile, following out the suggestions of
Murphy, who, it appears, had no part in the
crime, further than aiding in the secretion Of
| the plunder, tue same officer, accompanied by
several others, went to the store Of P. ".
! Officer, on Kinzic street, where Smith was 4
| porter, discovered box, containing a single
| card, upon which jeHelry lad been fastened,
secrcted beneath the cellar floor. Further
search resulted in the recovery Of about d
thousand dollars worth Of the stolen proper
II, securely cnveloped in three mating sacks
and buried in coal house, beneath the Goals
| and the floor, in the back yard Of Smith 5
| premises. The jewelry was in 4 damp condi-
ton and badly injured, showing conclusively
that it had been first sunk in the cellar, within
the box alluded to, and thence removed to
its last hiding place, there being too much
water under the floor Of Mr.. Officers ware,
house for the good Of the valuable prize.
8ir. Oppenheimer, one Of the owners Of the
jcwclry, was sworn, and identified the proper
ty as that placed by himself in the trunk just
before Christmas There were thirty-siS
watches-tlirteen being gold ones-yalued Al
from 81 to SEQ; one hundred dozen gold ani
> plated rings, worth from 81 TO s24 per dozen
fifty gold watch Chains, worth from S. tt
> $40; one hundred gold and plated lockets
worth from Is cents to IS; six dozen gold shir
studs, at $3.50 to $50 per DOZEN thirty doz
cn sleeve buttons at 81 to s36 per dozen, etc.
etc. This merchandise Mr.. Oppcnhcimer wa
about to take with him to Peoria, and for tia
purpose conveyed it in his trunk to the Tre
mont House and gave it in charge Of 4 man Il
supposed to have been porter Of the house
he saw it taken within the weather dool
4 where it was left, being too heavy to carry u
e stairs, until he should be ready to START Thi
4 was on the 23d Of December. At half pa:
i. ten the same evening he went for Ills trun
: and it had been taken away Information IT:
i at once lodged with the Police which rcsu1te
in it's discovery, as stated, in an alley, broke
r. open, and the jewclry scattered upon Il
T. ground. Of the property not recovered
or the officers there are four watches, one hundrt
~ ~ lockcts, sixty dozen ringe, and a lot Of go
watch keys, all Of which were probably filchs
NJ by the master thieves from their confederate
?. These young men, arrested and brought b
!. fore the Court, charged with the principal pa
" in the robbery, which they made clean brca
ID Of, were unanimous in tcstifying that Smi
+ had received and aided to secreto the jewell
He took it, they said, in a earpet-bag, from
n. house, where they had deposited it, to t
q store, and hid it under the floor, whence
ee was probably removed to more favorable I
r sition in his back yard.
s nr The Court held Smith in $500 to appear
b. tue Recorders Court for trial. Several "
H. a. nesses were introduced by the defence to slt
Sc, that the prisoner had, until the present, boz
e. the most exalted character for honesty and
tcg1ity, and it was claimed that he must ha
. been the victim Of the designing young II
Ia bc1s who had planned and executed the criu
&C. The three principals in the robbery ca
Of James Lavicr, VIM. Wright, and James E
an NJ, waived examination, and with the exc
ost ton of Lavicr, who gave bail, were commit
IN to await trial.
J; Thus for the present ends one Of the bo
r. est, not the most successful, robberies c
les, attempted in Chicago.
,rc An Exhibit of Police Business.
ems The following tables furnished by the co
agA fesv 0f Sunerinfen6ent e. P Rredtav rras