Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-02-16
CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE.
Plate Recovered.

detective force, yesterday succeeded in
recovering the silver communion service
belonging 20 the Rev. DIR. Bro0ke's
(Srace) church, and arrested the party
VINO stole 1t, g Chicago brakeman, who
gave, when first arrested the name of
BrdasS, but afterwards called himself
AleG anderson. Officers MCCune and
Hastings deserve s great deal Of credit
for the manner in which they worked up
this case. They got Information OF tbs
robbery a few hours after it was commit
ted, and Immediately set to work TO trace
is up. They went first to the ieRelry
stores and gave notice Of the robbery,
and from q OF them they received the
first clue which led to the ultimate de-
lection OF the thief. Among the slOlen
goods we're a pair OF gold spectacles, and
j pair answering 10 the lost enes, had
teen brought to this store that after
noon and offered for sale. The store
keeper described the party who had
brought them, Einutsly, and on this
description tAe officers proceeded to their
work. They got wind of their man
several times that evening, and were hot
on ais track lRts Saturday night and
Sunday. Yesterday morning they
tracked him to earth aad nabbed
him. They hsd their lines drawn
30 fine on him, that he ac-
k~nOwledged the affair, described
now he obtained admission to the rec
cory, and confessed to having concealed
the plumber in 8 water closet vault. The
officers took him to the place indicated,
aud while they were searching for IL, by
some meaIs he managed to elude them
aUd got sEsY. A little lstsr IN the day
Officer Costello found "a man, apparently
q negro, hiding il q stable in the su-
burbs. Ca examining him more closely
Costello found that his prisoner was a
whitemsn gotten up in q style OF dis
guise that would do credit to the best
artist in the burnt cork line. The pris.
lei gave his name as Alexander Ander-
SOD, and said that he had been on a
little spree, snd while drunk and asleep, |
tue boys had blscked mis- face. The story |
did not go down with Costello, thought
aud be brought his captive to the First
district station. Ga searching him the
officers took from him q splendid gold
wslcn Gadiesl, chain and chstelain pin,
a Burglars 6ie and watch spring saw.
LzttEIu the day officer MoCawe seeing
him r~acCgnizs ID him as his lost prisoner, i
and after working him awhile, took
him down TO the Second district, where
ne lodged all night last night. Mr..
6rauu 0E5Gs Alex. Anderson has MAZE
a splendid debut 10 Memphis and stands
q fair chance Of going to Nashville st the
expense Of the State.
Cor TIRED.-'Sq1lre Griffith got tired
of being policeman very soon. He SEM
ia his resignation last evening, and it
was accepted.
SELLING LIQUOR ON SUNDAY. James
Dsudaro, G. CrOnsn, Pat Mclaughlin,
E. LJTerzD, z SeibeTt, John Lush, and
George S-eiumsysr, were arrested by the
police on Sunday evening for selling
iiquor on Sunday, and each paid $40 for
the fun yesterday.
CcHsITTED.-'Squire Herman COM
mit,sd two negroes, named VIM. Hem
and George H0llaWSy, to Jail, a
few days ago, IN default Of bsil, for steal
leg two mules fFGm @. T. Ccenshaw, at
Horn Lake Landing. The case vas car
fied before the Criminal Court yesterday
evening, bot was not terminated.
There we're fifteen arrests in the
First District and thirteen In the Sec
ond, up TO six O'Clock last evening.
-Jno. II. Carter was arrested by officer
Michael Dzs, yesterday, while stealing
from the shed Of r. Tucker, and
was locked up in the First District.
John Miller, who lost an arm In the
Of bis country, was yesterday ar
rested for shooting st q negro on the
-Miohaal CFopsn was arrested by
the First District police for stealing
stoned from the city, and carried
before Squire Herman, yesterday. The
was continued.
Jane LaDier, Sampson de Rusa,
Mary Brown, Jack Dyre2 and FIN Brown,
were arrested end locked up yesterday,
On suspicion Of having been engaged 10
he robbing OF MsJor Mcdonald, on Sat
Irdsy light, Of $500.
-Letitis Russell larFupped another ne.
zyo's child, and the Immediate effects
the ~lasrupping we're a big general free
in Happy Hollow. Letitis was
arrested, and will probably pay Squire
r cdsrds several dollars for her fun. f,
HABEAs CoRPUs.-John Barns, ar. ,
rested sRd incarcerated on Saturday on
= charge of being suspected Of having
q robbery, was brought be-
'oTe Judge Hunter On a writ of ba5eos
yesterday, and released.
Mr.. Bartolemi was arrested and car
led before Squire Norton, yesterday,
IN complaint OF q bGxom, fair and fat ,
who charged him with having
ylay ed the gay deceiver. Bertolemi, not
,eing able to prove that he did not, was
ent 10 under bonds TO appear at the
lext term of the County Court. l