Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-01-10
| An Attempt tn -iur ssPsn (oIr
hs CaHit y tn tOat Thiaf, Attacks
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1tis norniE-, very cN,it ns c'ne took
place IN the Criminal G art, suel an ~ as
sfortr nat. l. is but rar, ly witness d. The first
csc all Al " rs that OF GEORGE HcIluley, n =
coat o., sf, " 40 y...S arrest Il ssVesil w e<s .
by DIET ctive fCt cvitt ard Ii u. Eeliy, IN I
" no subs GU, ntIy mlde his sci &c from the 9 I
at Police Il, adGuasittrs, whore he had been
tile RI. hut y a aIt,rwa dis rsclptured. Tie IA 4
pT'NI0Usiy bat N tiieI AMI convicted IN d
ctsp. ami m the case Led IL IS mornin, he W >.
charged with tie larceny OF an owe eat be-
long NJ TO Mr.. T. S5yersOr. Of which oiiel he
VAS iO' nd silly. he priuyipal witness 4 a 10.
him b inG Thomas Iin.ey, 10y about tW;i
Yeas OF age, whom he had nsed rs ojc of u.s.
to is in hr> COat-.ittng operations; his Goa Sc
- was g stlfi' u hs fore the committing m as
tEafr and te@ court, y = - spot = hDisn, - {,
seEd the boy IN to gst all the coats he @ I'd
ami bring tn IN out, when be, as IN acccnpi g,
WCI.id e ke IL, m and make II.
The ia. y having found him guilty in this ri -
lie WIS called up for sentS nee, when j lge
Ohm addr sssd him, reuiarisirg upon his pre-
ylOus tOu->e OF conduct, and gave him som =
good 3dNl,c. tXpr, Ssing the hope that a II. ag
Lis Imprisonment he would make mp his min /
10 live u Letter life when he was relpas I'd. lie
also stated that tlsre we tIr q other & net
,ntS against him, which he had aivisel the
D.stTIct Attorney 20 hold over, an il he iiysl
our his scnI6 nee and stur ned 10 lis evil
he cCU.d be arr. sted on them. he the an
noLLcsG The sentence to be two W ars IN siN
mont tbs con n' me nj 1t hard lab r in the Al
ptul!s Mia. y in 'deh case, and remarked up III
to >rCiid inG iiirIeEce with which the Pr oar
sc6Tled 10 CtAe the senten,e, saying thL hn
mGs ind, ri ~ 4 very obdurate man who On Il
thJ take the sentence.
AS taUlFy, Who during the remarks OF the
Judge WIS standing ahont the center of the
iaTSs Green tltle in front OF the clerks Il ~,
Wa motioncd back TO the p, Isoner's dock thd
s',med ior n moment 20 falter, but IN td,nly
ring 10 his ful. he light, dre W n KNIFE and mi le
"A lUnre with u - the boy TIuiey, wIo " 20
sanding n. the south eEd of the table by the
SIDE 4 i.l'ui. Johnson FINLEY Immediately
dropped u Der the table and got oat
~ the other end, seemingly much Fri slt-
eeed, and detective McUevltt u TX
hlm ucdtr his Gaze; while Lieut.. Johnson
z APPLIED hctasuley OF nd the arms and D,tec-
tive BiSley seizFd bin by the throat, and IN re
was a tnstlc, V h~n Messrs. Cbandlet and Kin :
cane II the re- che, and one o. them wren Il
a mall white handled knife with a well 81 lr-
i risorel's grasp. The crowd in the cours-ro IN
b. came z ,atly excited
McCaulsy made some desperate struy,ls5
with the officers, but N the irons We're OIL his
v fists ana he was taken before the Judge, WHO
T, maj ked Il don't want 10 see you" and t. tue
District Attorney "serd the witnesses befo:e tn
Grand Jury. and let him lie indicted for al as
Sault and bate ~ with int Mt 20 Kill, aud II ta
Clerk, MIR. Middleton ..let Mr.. HueJiiS kno v
that the prisoner is not yet TO he semitic Alba
ny"
While being taken ont OF the room by NJ.
NcDcvitt and baiiIfi King, NJ CIuley clai n ii
d. fins tly, ~ may be, gone. but all ae not gJle
yet which remark may he better under 20 ~
by anOth'r made by him b. fore he was p!asal
IN ais cell at ne lill, VIZ There are tw .nty-
one M sworn that that boy shall not live
On hi TGtrITn 10 tn. Jail Warden Ueustis i'm
mediately placed HIM in heavy irons.
There seems TO ~ some mystery IL how he
obtained the knife, and the Offct a. th. Ill
ar under the impression that while he was b.
ing taken to the Prisoners dock az III cours-
room some one of his chums slipped the wei-
pom into HE hand.