Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-09-25
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
The Evils Of Always being Armed-A Noted
Desperate international Complications
The Horse Market How IL Is Re.
plenished.
A PERAMBuLATINa ARsENAL.

A PERAMBULATING ARSENAL,
The case of the notorious Georg
Riley, who was arrested the othe
day IN this city for robbery and TO
shooting atan officer in July, afford
another illustration Of the necessity
OF a law to provide adequate punish
ment for ruffians who enter upon tn
commission Of crime armed will
deadly weapons, which may be usec
in case of detection. This noted des
perado ia 1865 killed a man ia q Ii
quor saloon; in 1865 he was con-
victed OF attempting to shoot an Of
ficer who arrested him as an escap.
ed convict; in 1868 he attempted to
stab an officer who arrested him for
dIsorderly conduct; and in 1870 be
attempted to shoot an officer who ar
rested him for assault and robbing a
man. For that crime he suffered
two days detention in the Bellone
Hospital. If we had law provid-
ing twenty-five years imprisonment
for all persons arrested in the actual
or attempted commission of a felony
having deadly weapons of any kind
about them, such outlaws as Riley
would bs affectualIy dealt with, and
policemen would have some encour-
agement to do their duty fearlessly.
IN A oUANDARY.
For the past few days Carl Vogts'
counsel has been puzzled to find some
way to get his client out Of Ludlow
street Jail. The decision of the At
torney General and of the State De.
partment that he could not be held
for extIadition by the Prussian Gov
eminent has proved delusive, as the
department has failed to forward
any order for his discharge from
Washington. His counsel drew a
petition asking the United States
Circuit Court to direct his release,on
the ground that the sixty days in
which warrant of extradition must
issue had already expired in his case
without its production. After pre-
pairing the paper he was advised not
to present it to the court, as it might
lead to new complications. Deputy
Sheriff Jarvis datailed two of his of
tcers yesterday to re.arrest Vogt, in
case he was freed by the Govern
ment' They had two warrants
against him, one in criminal action
for bringing stolen property into the
State, and the other in a civil suit for
the recovery Of So, 900 claimed by
female heir of the Chevalier du Bots
de Blanca.
AMONG THE HORSE DEALERS,
The most of the horses hero are
brought from the West by rail,
and are usually kept in the country
within striking distance until they
recover from The effects Of the jour-
ney, which in the ordinary stock
car is very trying. Fine horses are
brought in what are known as pail
ace cars in which they are made as
comfortable as if they were in their
own stables. This costs about twen-
ty dollars extra for each car. The
cheapest horses are bought by the
licensed vendors. They sometimes
buy horse for the sum it would
cost to send him to the rendering
company use it until it can work
no longer and then kill it for the
hide, which they sell for dollar.
Sales of stolen horses are rare among
the solid, regular dealers, tor long
experience enables them to judge
pretty accurately whether man is
selling his own property. They say
that man who owns horse knows
nearly what it is worth, and asks
fair price, but thief does not know
what to ask and will take the first
offer that is made, even should it be
only one half the real value. Car
horses seldom last over three years.
AT the end of that time they are gen.
orally badly damaged, and are no
longer able to do the work required
of them. Injudicious driving, bad
paving, and the strain they are SUBJ
ected to in starting heavily loaded
cars combine to wear them out very
soon.
CITY ITEMS.
Madame Clotolde l. Hote, the pi-