, 1873-08-22
IS STOP TIIIEF.o

AN Exciting lknC0 fbGtNVGGn n ElCGts
footed Young Burglar nn1 1. Eat Dec
tectAvcs
Yesterday morning, about II o'clock, Madison
atroot, from State to Clark WAS greatly agtatcd
over n exciting chaBc botwoon young burglar,
namod John Koennt, and q talf-dozen police
officers. Although the boy VIVA flnnlly captrrod
tho raco suggested either that police duties make
mon by nature slow Of foot slower, or that house,
broaking, till-tapping, and such o1imes havo tho
contrary object. Koonan was arrested sonno timo
Inst week for tapping tho till iu Wolff Baloon,
md firing ut Officer Eustaco. His preliminary
examination resulted In his boing hold
for trial. Yesterday morning no was taaen
with tl,reo other prisoners, to tho photo
graph, OF, as 1t is BomotimeB called, tho
mtg" gallery, that his propossosBlug counto-
nnnco might bo forever preserved In tho album
at Police Hoadquartors. Tho operator, having
succeeded in securing Ills negative, Keenan, Was
given to Detective Leoky, with orders to tako
linn to tho jail. Lacky was either too confident
OF hH own powers Of locomotiOn, or else Ao ui-
dor-cstina.el Koonan's lore Of Liberty. ln
either caae, the dotoctive exhibited little judy
mcnt. 1lo did not attempt to lacorate Ills prisotl-
or'H wrists with tho playful como-a-longB. Az
consequence, ns tho oiicer md hin chnrge wero
walking OIL stnto streot noar Madison, pleasantly
without tutoring parting word, daried into the
alley which RUNS from stato botweon
Madison and Monroe strests. Whom
LaokY comprohendod that Keonan .was
taking bimseif away, Of course he wont for him.
But Lacky ia q worry largo man, and movoH slow
ly, 10 that when he reached tho al1oy Which ill.,
tersoots TINT reterred to, Keeuan was making
tnli npoed on Dearborn street, It should havo
boon Htated tint Lacky fired at tho fugitive, but
tilo statement Ia rendered uni,nportant by tho
fect that tho ball WIS spent iii tho mir. It mny
| havc killed. sovotal mosquitoes Oh tho wing. Az
tic detective aaw his man fast rooeding, Ao
shouted Justify, ''6top thiofl stop thief!" Tho
cry startled every human being on Madison stroat
from Stato to Clark, and III q few momouts tho
sidewalha wero allod with an agitatod crowd.
Windowa wont up, storos wcre deserted, aud for
q few minuteB commerce WIZ Ind nnt on itb
back, from tho basement to tho topmost story,
Of oyery business house. Nobody soamod to know
wlat was tho matter, aud everybody wanted
to know. All tho willie Koonan was dodgiing
from crowd to crowd, md knocking inquirinG
| ernl police officers comprehended tlp situation,
| a,d won't in pursuit. Koenan loft Madison
street ut Clarf aud ran as far ~ the alley which
! leads to the Chamber OF Commerce, down which
ho darted. After he had gono about 100 feet,
lila further progross was stopped by mountain
OF bricks, and Officer Minior, being at his hools,
tho boy was captured. The unhappy detective
Hoon appeared, lis ponderouB body boing much
agitated by tho rapid heayinga OF his lungs Ho
cIninlod bis own, and his own was surrendered
to him. Keenan, WAS safely locked up in tho
Jail, and tho crowded strectB were noon roancod
to their normal condition. But tllut Detective
Lacky Lost man will appear in Mr. Wayhburn's
diuly,