The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-04-18

RuHaLARY-ONE OF THE RoBBHRs |
c,uaHr ANDCAaED.-A couple Of burglars
altered the house of Mr.. Barhydt and at
..mpted to get into Mr.. Taylor's and, per-
s.,s other houses in North Burlington,
wn.day night. At Mr.. Barhydt's they |
.,,& an overcoat and a gold watch, which |
have not yet been recovered. About 3
o,cock in the morning they undertook to
..,,r the front door of Mr.. joys HOUSE,
Va heard them, got up quietly, got his re-
liver. and while the scoundrels were
liking at the lock, opened the door and
and upon them. They fed down Seventh
s.raet. making the best time in their pow
- Yelling murder" Mr.. Joy in hot pur-
nit crying 'Stop theft" and firing at the
nmp whenever he could see to do so with
NV reasonable chance of hitting. Soon
tbe4euows separated, one Of them going
through an alley, firing at Mr.. Joy once
peyoting his attention entirely to the one
tba, came down Seventh Street. Mr.. Joy
won overlook and captured him. taking.
from him an iron bolt with which he at
tempted to defend himself. The neighbor-
hood being aroused, q light and arope were
procured, and Mr.. Burglar was snugly in
mil in less than twenty minutes. GOA
The capture of this burglar was oneof the
most dangerous enterprises that we have
heard of lately, and its complete success
shows Mr.. Joy not only to have courage,
Int strength of arm and fieetness of foot,
for the race extended two or three squares,
and was one Of the most exciting on record,
al the burglar was hurled to the ground,
disarmed and tied in a twinAling, after an
the loads had been fired from the revolver,
!, not one of which had taken effect.
But the affair had its ludicrous feature
Mr.. Jov, made the run in his shirt and
drawers, barefooted and bareheaded.
The other burglar made his escape, and
has not since been heard of. We hope our
officers may be able to find him; bnt the
presumption is that they will not, for we
have no recollection of a burglar having
ever before been caught in Burlington.
re- David Grimes, Esq, of this city, sold
brown horse, raised by John Pierson,
Esq, Tuesday, for 81 900 cash in hand. He
is six years old and fast. @ auitsqsg
AN EPIsoDE.-Quitea scence occurred at
the breakfast table Of one of our Hotels
yesterday morning. A little groupof Cop
perheads were talking their usual disloyal
driyel over their Coffee. An army officer,
said to be from one of the Iowa regiments,
on his return to his home, listened to this
talk as long as he could bear it, when he
got up, said he had been making war
Upon rebels and traitors for some time past
aud thought it his duty to shoot Thorn wher-
ever he could find them; and drawing his
revolver, swore he would shoot those be-
fore him. The scene can be imagined. We
shall not try to describe it. The Copper
hesds were aghast. They begged and inn
plored him not to shoot. He said he must
and would shoot unless they took back
what they had said. They took it all back,
and went on with their breakfasts as whist
n mice.
A LIEUT.. Col, SHOT BY GEN. CORCORAN.
Lieut.. Col. e. A. Kimball, who is report
Cd 10 have been killed by Gen. COrcOran,
near Norfolk, Va, was u native of Yer
mont, and was editor Of the Spirit Of the
Age-a Democratic paper in Woodstock,
Vt, 1t the outbreak of the Mexican war
He then received commission as captain
in the 9th regiment volunteers, Col. Ran
SOM, and served through the entire Mexi-
cEn campaign. He was the first man that
scaled the walls at Chepultepec, and was
promoted Major at the end Of that war. He
was appointed to a place in the New York
Custom House by President Pierce, in
which position he remained up to the time
OF the outbreak of tho rebellion, when he
accepted the position of Major in Hawkins
regiment OfNew York Zouaves, which was
With Burnside in North Carolina, and the
Maryland battles, and has since been in
East Virginia. He has, in fact, had charge
ofhis, regiment, and had the reputation OF
being a thorough military man and q very
brave and efficient officer.
The circumstances of his death are sad,
indeed. 1t appears that Gen. Corcoran, in
amoment of excitement, while demanding
to be admitted within the guard lines with
out giving the countersign, shot him dead.
have yet received. Subsequent particulars
may present the matter in a light that will
be more favorable to Gen. Corcoran.
DEAR FuN.-An ex-Alderman of the
Fifth Ward had the pleasure yesterday OF
paying fifteen dollars and other costs for a
bit of"fun" enjoyed by him in challeng-
ing the vote ofone Of our citizens, at the
late election, and afterwards boldly asser
ting that the man had perjured himself by
swearing in his vote. The voter having
proven his citizenship and disliking such
attacks against his character,at once insti-
.tuted a suit against the ex-Alderman, for
damages. When the time for trial came,
however, Mr.. Alderman concluded that it
would be best to let the matter. drop and
offered to pay the costs and give the man
..httaep dollars if he would say no more
aeout 1t. The matter was then cOmprO-
missed, and the chap will hereafter he more
cautious how he talks about other people, OF
Wnom he knows but iittle.-D Davenport
Gosette.
AN oNLookKDF0RW W FITNESS. ON c27th OF
February last u letter addressed to the Rev.
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