Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-04-03
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4 late Radical Deputy Mar
shall I'm Trouble.
He PLIERS Linen from the
Southern Hotel, and
IL Arrested.
The stolen Property Found
nH0in a Negro Bagnio, n

IT, L.M VI I.aN iIN... To W. 81
Esquire Hall, this morning, issued a
writ for the arrest of one II. w. Hobbs,
said Hobbsey being charged with pilfer-
ing sundry sheets on, which he had, at
divers times, reposed bis wearied limbs,
at the Southern Hotel, together, also,
with sundry towels, pillow-slips, and
such other articles of linen as he could
lay his hands on. But who is Hobb'
sey ? How ii pains us to tell = 10
wound the delicate sensibilties OF
bis numerous political friends. Yet
the unpleasant duty must be per-
formed, the truth must out. Hobbsey
is Rad, aud once enjoyed the honors
and emoluments of tho office Of deputy
marshal Of the Municipal Court Of Mem
phis. But Hobbsey was not burthened
long with the responsible duties Of this
office. he collected sundry moneys in
bis official capacity, which he failed to
account for, and he was requested to re-
sign. Hobbsey should have gene to
Jail for this, and he did, but by
some blunder he was deposited on the
wrong side of the walls. He was en-.
gagged as night Waterman, but here again
Hobbsey suddenly changed his base
there being nothing here to steal except
an assortment fkeyholes and some other
articles too heavy to lift. Hobbsey
became Disguised and sought the
Office of one Rankin, magistrate
and niger, where he was duly in
stalled as deputy constable, professional
juryman and general utility man; and
it was in this multifarious capacity thai
Hobbsey was serving the ends of public
Justice, when the foul breath of suspicion
blighted the petals Of his budding great
ness, and he was taken ruthlessly before
Esq. Hall, on the charge of sheet steal
ing And that Hobbsey really pilfered Q
considerable amount Of raw sheet there
cant be any large quantity of doubt
The penetrating foresight Of the proprie-
tor of the Southern Hotel suggested
to him the clipping off of the corner Of
each sheet in Hobbsey's apartment and
the preservation for future use Of the dis
located fragments. Now Hobbsey never
for once suspected this mutilation
of the linen on which he sci
his covetous eyes and rested bis
weary limbs and when they were found
afterwards in his possession and the clip
pings fitted just exactly to the corners,
Hebbsey was cornered, and probably nc
one was more astounded than Hobbsey,
himself. But where were said sheets after
their abstraction, discovered. Oh, most
unkindest cut Of all. o. Hobbsey, how
could your But again the truth must
out. Hobbsey, in addition to his slight
official steppings aside from the path Of
rectitude into the path of Radicalism,
has been breathing illicit tales
of love into the amorous ear
of fair but frail dulcina of the gender
feminine, and the extraction d Affricaine,
Where he had placed his young af-
fections, there, too, did he deposit
his linen, and there it was found
on search warrant-ihe sheets, and
not the affections = this morning
To be more explicit, Hobbsey's booty
was found in negro bagnio on Jeffer.
son street, near Third. Hobbsey will
have hearing this. evening, and here
we leave him for the present.