Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-03-01
THE WORK GOES BlI AVELY On.
RObberies and Burgiaries in
the Ascendant.
they make a Huge Descent On
q Number Of Houses and
get off with the Booty.
NOArrests as far as heard rom.

The fact that Memphis at present is
the abiding place Of e large number Of
thieves, burglars, pickpOckets, conf
dence men, bogus ticket dealers, vaga-
bonds and sc0undrels Of every hue, can
not, in truth, be denied, no matter how
unpleasant OF improbable the fact may
be no matter how scarce other items
are in tine city, aye travelling local" has
always an abundance of robberies and
petty thieving, burglaries and horse
stealing on hand, should he desire to
publish it. In fact, the depreciation
Of these daring light-fngered gentry
have become so common In our midst,
that few persons other than the inme-
date sufferers ever give a robbery more
than a passing thought. Occasionally
some one Is arrested OIL suspicion and
perhaps a portion Of the stolen property
recovered, and that is the last Of it.
Within the past twenty-four hours a
number Of robberies have been COM
mitted in the city, which, for
daring impotence and GOODNESS, could
not fail to excite the admira-
ton Of the most expert thieves Of
London, Paris or New York. 1t would
appear, from the time at which these
robberies took place, that the residence OF
the Misses Gibson, situated on the
northwest corner of Front and Pom
totoc streets, was the first me Wis
tied, when the room of Mr.. H. d.
Buckley was visited and that gentle
man relieved of a suit of clothing,
a fine watch and chain, .. pocketbook
containing some blank checks, valuable
papers and y small sum of money. The
house OF Mr.. W. C. Watts, on Sixth
street, near Looney, in Chelsea, was
visited and q very valuable gold time
keeper, the property Of Mr.. w, was
found missing. No doubt the thieves
knew that the doors were left open.
Better keep them locked, any way. The
residence Of Z. Baer, No. Sc Exchange |
street, also received a passing notice by
parties who required a new supply
of table linen, shirts, bedding and chill
dren's clothing, to which they helped
themselves without saying as much as
- by your leave, good people" A sys-
tematic fellow made IN aperture through
the blinds in one of the rear windows of
the residence Of o. N. Butler, corner Of
Front and Butler streets, securing gold
watch and several articles of valuablejew-
elry, when he quietly walked out of the
front door, not having the %politeness to
it after him. The Allen house, a
new hotel, and a very good one for its
and admirably kept, was not to go
scott free, as the rooms Of three of the
boarders were entered, a valuable gold
watch being taken from one guest, and
the pocket books Of two others, contain
considerable sums of money, being
stolen. To these must be added the high
way robberies, horse and mule stealing,
with an occasional instance of garroting,
which makes it quite interesting. No
arrests for any Of the above houser-Ob-
Deries have been made as far as heard
rom. With u numerous policemen
md detectives employed, it does seem
that so few arrests of thieves are
made in proportion to the number of rob
committed. How is it? How is it
CHANcERY COURT.-NoUera5cr Term,
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