Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-02-13
CRIlIINAL INTELLIGENCE

ESCAPE OF A PRIsONER-DAEGERoUs
| Practice AS capt. Lag. Isaacs, was
escOrtiBR Ben Taylor to Jail yesterday,
Ben, not liking the looks Of Mr.. Powers
elegant structure, concluded ITO try 3 lite
tie travel" Accordingly, while Capt.
Isaacs was parleyipg with the Ratekeeper
fJr admission, Ben struck down Auction
street, at q lively gait, with Capt. Isaacs
at his heels, cracking away st aim with
his revolver at every jump. he turned
into Center alley, and after Tunning q
little distance, was captured and re-
turned to Capt. Isaacs, ~uniDjuTed by the
terrific fusilade which had been directed
at him. A poor Irish widow, named
McNsmsTs, was not 50 fortunate, how
! ever, and one Of the balls from Capt.
Issacs pistol, after passing through the
wall OF her house, struck her on the left
shoulder, knocking her down, out luckily
doing no serious danEge. she hsd Just
laid down an infant, whose little skull
! pOuld have Tecsiped the bullet, had she
held ID a moment longer. IL ought to be
! made 6 criminal offence 10 fire 3 pistol
! under such circumstances q those We
| have detailed. Isaacs seems 10 % singu-
larry unfortunate IL this respect, aud We
hope thai he will learn q lesson from the
affair.
The MACREREL BRIGADE-WGile al
the all yesterday, on some business, we
were Informed by the jsilOr that he had
repeatedly tried TO maxi a Jail library,
ana had gathered together quite a num-
Der Of books, but the prisoners mutilated
and destroyed them almost 80 fast as ne
could gather tden. Looking over q few
Of the remnants Of books left in the
bookcase, we picked up q /" memoir Of
the Rev. Philip Henry, Of 1881" Sew
erRl Of the leaves were torn out, and the
inside Cf the cover, fy-leavss and mar
giDs we're all written over-evidentiy by
some prisoner, to while away time. On
one Of the leaves we found the following
list Of the mackerel brigade, with the
alias of each one: Chss. Kennedy slisE
Shinebug, JACK Alderman alias Jics,
Jack Kelly alias Jew, Richard Dslmere
alias Blind, Adam Ship alias Beardy,
Mike Murphy alias Fatty, Jerry Neville
alias Red, Johnny Brady alias humpy,
William Majors alias Dancer, --
alias Pimp, Mike Foley siias ToOthless.
Jack Kelly was enjoying himself in q
Of the cells while we were there. He
says Jack Alderman is in NieksDuTg.
There sretwo negroes, BIlAtklnson,
| and Charles Smith, chagred with robbery
and an attempt st rape.
Antonio LoBder will bs examined
/ to-day at ? O'Clock on charges preferred
by Detective Pat COnnell, of stealing a
pair Of mules from Mr.. c. I. Crenshaw.
The Grand Jury visited the station
| houses yesterday, and expressed them
selves very much pleased with the con-
dition OF affairs in both.
There was but one arrest made Ia
1 ~ Cd nF-a-HaA L. WHNzF--nfW hnEHHn
| ending yesterday evening st five O'Clock
and this one was discharged on exsmi-
nation,
Squire Grihitb, We understand, is
about to retire from BUSINESS SIS 8 Justice
Of the Peace, having accepted a sltuas
ton in the Metropolitan Police OF the
Second district.
John Lewis, negro, brought before
Squire Herman yesterday afternoon on
charge of shooting another negro with
intent to kill, was remsnded for further
eK amiDEtion.
Squire Norton yesterday placed
| Mary Bond ard Eli LOwder under bond
OF $500 each, to appear before him this
morning at 10 o'clock to answer 60 the
charge of burglsTiOusly and fslOniOusly
entering the premises Of Messrs. w. w.
] and NJ. @. Drunmond.
Doc Woods, Aaron Calico and Steve
Torrenca, three of the negroes Uho set
fire to Mr. A~lexsnder's house and so bru-,
tally maltreated him list September,
were brought out Of jsil on Thursday for
trial, and were remsnded until the next
| term NJ the Criminal Court.
We wsre informed yesterday that
I there are q large puTQber Of prisoners in
the isii that have been there for months
without having been brought to trial.
Among these iE a druggist named J. J..
Pinksrd, who hiss been there since May
y, lS6S, on charge OF horse-stesliug
This is not right, and steps should be
taken TO give thess men 8 trial immedi-
ately.
Ben Taylor, Joe Talbsrt, Toby
Davis and Mike Cochran, ne
groes, were arrested on Tuesday
| night at Holly Springs, With Q buggy
and horse stolen from a Mr.. Davis, Of
| Colliersville. They we're carried before
Squire Willard yesterday, and Talbert,
Davis aud Cochran we're discharged.
Taylor was committed, in defsult ofbail,
| 10 answer at the next term Of the Grim
inal Court.
There are one huadred and twenty
prisoners IN the county Jail at present.
Eleven Of these are accused Of murder,
viz Mike Gallagher, sentenced to three
yesra' hard labor, but granted Q new
trial r. q. Bedford, one Of the negroes
concerned Ia the murder of Capt. Perry;
/ Sam Moody, another OF Can't. PerTy's
murderers, sentenced 20 BE- hung, but
granted 5 new trial James Calvin, sens
| fenced 10 be hung for the murder Of s
policeman Christmas q yesr ago, but
granted q new trial Lewis Glvens, ne
gro, indicted for the murder OF another
negro. OF whom he was Jealous; Henry
Woods, negro; Louis Street, negro; )
A. Doran, accused of the murder of
Capt. Whitfield Mike Fender and Mike
Londrigan, for the murder OF Tom
Hepnessey; Arthur Cartwright, ne