Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-04-25
A NIGHT or OVYRAeEs.
BurgIars ON the Rampage
ON Throughout the City.
Daring Attempts al Robbery
and Housebreaking-..
sNsdkW SArrests.A eA'~N

III
The, burglars, who seemed to- have de-
| serted the city since the daring entrances
aud robbery Of Rocco's store and safe
ONE weeks sihce, demonstrated the con.
trary last night by series Of
operations, simultaneously executed,
in a dozen parts OF the city, to
tho grief Of those wrapped in unsus-
pecting lslumber and the bewilder-
ment of the wakeful watcbmen.0 The
rain which fell through the night, driving
pedestrians from the streets, and the
clouds enveloping the city in darkness,
afforded an opportunity for putting into
execution nefarious designs, which is sci.
dom allowed to pass unimproved in Mem.
phis. Under cover of the favoring ele-
ments, no less than q bakers dozen Of
robberies we're attempted in the city be-
tween sunset and daybreak. Shortly be-
fore midnight the store Of Joseph Tagg,
on Main street, was entered by burglars,
with view to robbing the safe, which
they evidently supposed to contain q
large sum of money. The entrance to
the store was first effected by boring out
. PANEL Of side door, and once inside,
the burglarious party set to work
at the safe with an iron drill, designing
evidently to bore into the lock and blast
It. They had only succeeded par
TALLY in the coHsummatlon of this de.
sigu, however, when they were surprised
by the appearanceof a stranger at the
door, who turned out to be none other
than Captain Perry, ofthe southern dis
trict police, who had watched the opera,
lions of the party and allowed then n
proceed thus far with view
them. And trapped the
enough. AT the only
building, the displaced
door, stood the y
toll in hand, ready
hrst one who presa
o council of war
discretion the betEG
party resigned thensel7 Ia lI|!
and surrendered 'uncondi tj0nAuy aud
without resistanoeasi They were then
marched of to the lower station by the
Captain, where the burglarious tools and
skeleton keys with which they had ope-
rated were found on their persons. The
names fthe party, as given at the station,
were respectively W. II. Donnelly, Louis
Cross aud Andrew Young, thetwo former
white, and the last named q negro.
Scarcely had the Captain disposed Of
this trio. and returned to the scene of
their neiarious operations, when he again
had his attention directed to another and
very similar performance, which he like
wise nipped 10 the bud. In this Instance
an attempt was being made to enter the
shoe store of John Bruder, on Main, near
Union street, by two negro men. The
burglarious parties were discovered by
the Captain from the opposite side of the
street, and allowed to enter the store and
load their arms with the coveted boots.
Upon their temperance on the street,
however, the Captain made for them and.
succeeded in capturing one Of the num-
Der, named Jacob Hudson, together with
the goods in his possession. 81
Between the hours of two and three
o'clock this morning, the grocery house
ofWolf& Co., Front street, was entered
by boring off the lock Of the front door,
and goods to the amount Of about $50.
stolen. Noiarrests in this instance were
made, but the perpetratorsof the outrage
are supposed to have been negroes.
Between the hours of two and three
this morning, Mr.. L. Podesta detected
negro in the act of entering his grocery
store, at the corner Of Madison and
Second streets, and fred upon him, in
ficting what will probably prove fatal
wound. 1t would seem that Mr.. Podesta
ives sleeping 10 the establishment at the
time, aud on hearing some one, as he
suspected, endeavoring to break in, he
arose and discovered the negro, whose
name turns out to be Miles o Porter,
in the act of. entering through
the sransom over the front door, which
he had already succeeded in removing.
Mr.. P. drew his,pistol and fred. The
form of the intruder fell instantly back
into the street, and on his discovery it
was found that he had-been, shot in the
chest, and was bleeding internally His
life, therefore, can hardly be saved.
During last night, at what hour is not
known, the well known auction rooms of
Register & Trezeyant, on Second street,
we're entered by burglars and an unsue-
eessful attempt made to enter q large
safe in the establishments The safe vas
found cut about the lock this morning, /
and the burglars must evidently have
made strong effort to remove the doors
Shortly after two o'clock this morning, |
detective Cornell discovered a negro at
work at the front door lock of residence
on Mulberry near Beal street, and made
an effort to arrest the would-be burglar,
as he imposed when he fed,