, 1862-03-21
History Of = XeunK Moxae.

1NSSKY OF 4 XSaAE Gk0Y8es
Some Of our readers may recol1ect the i'd
vent here In 1862, Of party Of Mormons who
came to the city ostensibly to purchase p1o-
visions, but a number Of whom varied the pro-
Rramme by stealing some goods and running
of. Three men and one woman we're subee-
quent1y caught and sent to Alton for the Of
fenee. Among the men WIS one By the name
Of Philmot. The wife of this convict aud her
young son pitched their tent In Chicago, and
the boz, ,Ale1andet-usual1y called "Aeck''-
commenced career Of vice and crime which
until the present time he has not given mp.
He associated himself with two lads Of like
character named David and William Wright
and three or four others, and they went into
business as till-tappers, hall-thieyes and rob-
bcre generally, at first with considerable sue
cesE.
Last aummer-the Goth Of June-the house
Of NJ, B. Smith, Esq, No. 618 Wabash Ave
nue., Was entered by some bold rogues and
robbed Of two valuable gold watches and d lot
Of silver plate. On the 25th Of the ensuing
July the room Of Mrs. Perrin, nee Miss Wood
bury, then the leading actress at McViekcr's
Theatre, was entered and 4 lot Of costly jew
elry carried of. Both of these jobs, de-
tectiyes were certain, had been per-
formed by experts in the business. They
were right Mr. Smiths property was taken
By Aleck Philmot and.Bil1 Wright. They i'm
nediately took the watches to st. Louis,
whence Mrs. Philmot had removed, where she
mas keeping lagcr beer saloon. Becoming
frightened from fear Of detection In some Of
their 7illainies, the two young rogues did not
remain long at st. Louis, but after delivering
the property to young Woman-the mis-
t1ess Of one Of them-with instructions to
bury It in the back yard Of the premises occu-
pied by Mrs. Phiimot, they crossed over to T.
linoistoWn. This girl did as she was bid, but
told the secret TO young man named Joe
Brown, snpposing him to be perfectly safe.
He was not SO, and communicated his story
to the police, who unearthed the property,
and it Was. finally restored to its rightfu]
owners. Wright and Philmot suspecting
Brown Of peaching, got him alone into by
place. engaged him in 4 quarrel, and he, get
| ting the advantage Of Bill Wright, cut hi:
| throat with a razor, killing him almost in
stantly. Brown was arrested, tried for thu
crime md acquitted He then came to Chi
/ cago, committed burglary, and is now serving
out sentence for the same at Joliet
After the death Of Bill Wright, his brothe,
| Dan. and Phflmot worked successfully togeth
cr...Thcy came here and PhiImot Was arrested
| some time In June 1861, for the robbery of tn
house Of Mr. Smith. Philmot, one morning
while temporarily at the Armory to hare m ex
animation, raised window In the third stor,
Of the building, walked out upon a ledge
passed upon that ledge, not more than 81
inches in width, to q corner Of the structure
and thence, at the imminent peril Of his lii
descended, making q kind Of ladder of th
rough stone work, to the roof OF an adJoinin
house, reached terra tirnaa and made good I'll
escape. He was not heard from for som
time, and it was supposed that he had cithe
met his fate and became m inmate Of som
prison, or had reformed his ways aud was Ii,
ing the life Of honest man- Both Of thee
surpositlons wcre false, however. he turne
: up in Cincinnati about three months SIM
along with his associate, Dan. Wright. Phi
; mot was arrested for theft Dan. escapes
The trial Of Philmot on the charge closed
Cincinnati, on Tuesday Of the present weel
he was also cleared By some legal qaibblc, AZ
thought he was once more at liberty. He ";
: never more mistaken 1 telegraph dispatt
from Superintendent G. 2. Bradley, Of til
city, held him Immediately upon his aequitt
until an officer could go to Cincinnati al
take him in charge on requisition from Go
! ernor Yates. The young rogue arrived he
yesterday morning, and now awaits cxamlu
: tion On the charge of the preparation Of t
Smith and Perrin burglaries. The chances ut
are, tiat, unless he makes e5cona esca
like his Armory adventure, he will get
$ deserts in the shape of a long sentence
G Joliet along with Joe Brown, from the Rec
) 1er's Court.
Sherman House. SuIdters' Ke1Ie
SUr1ery.