Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-02-20
CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE.


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A regular "hard case" is q youth
who gave his name ss A. J. Hodges, at
the Causey street lookup yesterday
.fternOOn. Officer NJ Ike Kelly saw
Hodges, who is q msekerel, about elk
teen wears OF age, ssliow-faesd and pot
Quilted, hanging around the alley back
Of the Peabody Hotel, during the day,
and after watching his msneuyers
awhile, determined to take him in. He
consequently dropped on him, and on
.earehIug him found that ne was armed
With a Ratchet, which he wore hung to
The waistbsnd of his pants. Securing
his, Officer Kelly started with his pris-
0nsr TO the Lookup. The GaGckerel walked
along very quietly until the twain got
opposite DR.. HCerner's, on B=Ri street,
when, Suddenly whipping cut q pistol,
be young desperate jumped Gus into
he street and leTeled on the policeman
Here was . ts5ieau and 2 dilemma.
Officer Kelly, vino, by the vas, is q OF
the bsst and most efficient men on the
fsTce, had the Ratchet which be had
taken from his prisoner, 10 his hand, and
could easily have hurled it and burisd
It in the head Of the &" rash youth"
VINO stood so defisnily ia the street,
with pistol cooked, and swearing that he
would blow the top OF his IKeIy's)
head off il he laid hands on hiIa.
Kelly laughed at him, csjOled him,
rsIked to him, and at last told him that
be might 90 free il he wished. But his
oisrney was in vain, the more he seemed
% give ia the more the msckerel 'rAred.'
At last the young dirl-sster' got so OBJ
streperOus that every n who witnessed
The sffair-aud there we're from three to
i've hundred spectators to the comedy
thought sure Officer Kelly would go
M He, meanwhile, maintained his
temper in so remarkable q manner, in
deed, that ~by-standeTs thought ne Wss
cOWsd, aud that f0rbear8nce had ceased
% be a virtue. A full ten minutes
passed thus, and at last Officer Wright,
dressed in cItiZsa's clothes, managed to
walk up bshind the mackerel, and Sc J.
ing the pistol, wTenehed it from his
zrssp. He was then conducted, though
still ObstreperOUs ands demanding TO
snow by what authority he Vas ST.
rested, TO Causey street. Ga examining
the pistol, at the station, judge Of the
chagrin of Kelly to find that il was not
But the officer did his duty,
and be deserves q great deal Of praise for
his forbearauce. His conduct IS il
marked and honorable contrast to that
Of some OF the force who are only too
ready for an excuse to draw and use
their pistols.
Serious ARRAY.
Last night between eleven and twelve
O'Clock, 3 difficulty arose ia the Peabody
Concert Saloon ION thseOrHeT OF Monroe
and MGin,) between several parties who
we're ia there drinking. The proprietor,
; man named MorniBgstaF, interfsred,
and during the melee was severely cut
by s msckerel named Mike Foley. The
stab or cut severed the brEchisl artery,
and AEoTningstar came very near bleed
to death before assistance could be
rendered. DR.. Lynch, however, proyi-
lentieIiy es0e to hand, and stopped the
l~emOrrhsge. Foley was arrested.
ANOTHER.
A difficulty occurred last night be-
tween JOAN Thompson, formerly Of the
Basket Saloon and late of the I" Par
.or Concert Hail." and Charles Fox. enc
his employees. II ended in 8 fight,
and Thompson Was arrested. The matt
Ter will be settled by Commissioner Rich
ards this morning.
EEeRvy and Daring Robbery.
Yesterday morning between eleven
and twelve O'Clock, 8 gentleman, whose
name We withhold At the request q the
officers '~EOrkipg' the case, was robbed
lf two Thousand, three hundred and fifty
dollars (S2350 00), while standing on
Main street nesr the corner of G2yosO.
he had been talking 70 3 negro man
Ehom be wished to secure as & laborer.
md SIS he TUNED to leave him, the negro
matched the money from the breast
rocket OF his coat, and ran Off. There
q number Of other negroes around
It the time, but the thief managed to
make his Escape.
There were ssven arrests In the First
and six in the Sscond,Up 20 seven
pm. lsst night.
-Gecrge W. Richards, Esq, brother
( Claiming Bighsrds, Police Commits
.dner, has been appointed clerk Of the
Eo poles districts.
Capt. Ben. Garrett, yesterday, grab
sd John Walker, = negro horse-thief
I'd lodged MIN in the First district
-Richsrd Sssle wss arrested yesteF-
ay by the Second District Police, On the
charges Ct keeping . gambling
.ouse and gambling.
The trial Of Hobbs, charged with the
Of Tony Podesta, was again
,ostpoDed yesterday on aCcoInt OF the
illness Of Squire Griffith, who had 8
all about oae o'clock.
-Lsonsrj, ex-Conuiy Trustee, accused
4 forging coupons Of the Memphis aud
louisville Railroad 10 the amount OF
is, coo, was brought back to the city
yesterday Ia charge of Capt. >. y. Gar
aid Detective Eustsce, Of New York
9e was lodged in the county Jail imme-
lately on arrival. We understand that
rohn Bullock, Esq, has been retained
OF the defense.