, 1874-02-10

horseB attached to tho uyBtcr-WAgnn Of A.
Booth, whtlo standing !nnltchod noar the corner
oncd md dashed of at furious gait down State
atroot, THO frantic animals had not gono above
n half q square boforo thoy ran into q 1orao bo-
longing to potor Sheldon, Of No. 303 Jofforson
to bo killed. Michael MeOarty, the driver Of tho
runaway team, was arrested and locked IN in tho
Armory on charge 'of criminal onrelessnoBn, but
subsequently roloasod ON bail.
Last oyenlng about O'Clock AZ car No. 80 OF
tho State atroot limo waA going north on TINT
thoroughfaro, tl,rco mon hailed tho driver md
got in the car. The car continued on It's course,
md. whom 1t had nesrly reached tho intersection
OF Fourteenth stroot, Tho trio loft their places
and stationed themselves on tho platform. Tho
driver cautioned them tint H,1oh proceeding
was contrary to tho rules Of the Company,
and insised that they re- return ; to thG a,as IN
speaking to thon,. whom two OF tho men aoized
ind held him, while tho third grabbed tho cash
box, and took it's contents, amounting to about
$50. Tho mon then arrang from the platform,
ran down Fourteenth e.rost and we're soon Lost
reported to Oapt. Ducklcy, who is making dill
gent efforts for tho capture OF tho mon.
A desperate fellow, Francis Hill by name, was
kIroste1 Sunday night while iii tho net OF broak-
i7,g into tho houae Of Androw Mcdonald, ut
The cornor OF Dosplainos and Dopuyetor
ssests That .g g1SG aksn ha b. gone to d bsd et
was surprised to hoar that Some one was tam-
porjng with tho lock Of his front door.t Ho inn
modiatoly seized o doublc-barro1od gnn which
hung loaded over tho back Of his bed, and Btop-
a into tug n ox to ta4sa nEa tho 10 on3 Of ns
them with tho glean,iug barrels pointing ct their
heads in quick altornation. Ono Of tho mon
ran away, but tho othor WAS 30 vol covered
that he was afraid to stir. Tho police Boon
secured tho remaining loek.pickor, who was
brought before IuBticB 8cnlly yoBterday morning
aud held in bonds Of g. 600 to appear In response
to tho charge ut tho next term Of tile Criminal
Court
Tho hallway Of tho house Of a. Robinson, No.
BB3 West Monroe street, vas robbed Of nbout
9100 worth Of clothing yesterday morning.
FAMILY WAR;
Tho evils resulting from mlscegonation were
South Side police Court yesterday morning, in
which Alired drantham charged ?. II.
Walsh with having battcred his skull with
m cight-pound flat-iron. The complainant WINS
= white man, tho defendant = uulatto md one
OF the several brothors and sisters III court at
the tiyno who woro the results Of rnarrisge be-
tween an Irishman and 4 pogross. Some Of
tAcBe wore almost whito and had nearly tho ap-
ronrAnco Of Caueasians, while otherH woro al
most ~ black NJ their mother, who was in court.
ny strange 4teAR tuo 1oE1neE III tA!keu Will
decided Ethiopian accent, wuile the Inter it-
du2gsl In at Irish brogue Of considerable depth OF
tollo. From the eyidenceit was apparent that the
trouble lay In tho faet that tho defendant was a
ehnao Or two darker than the rest Of tho family,
which caused tue ariatooratio drauthaua to ex-
press a wiah that the defendant might be
bounced from the bosom Of tho family. 1t WAS
impossible to distinguish from the evidence
which Of tho parties to the suit began the fight,
10 Justice Boyden, to mako sure, fined thon 81
apiece, md, after an almost interminable search
in m almost innumerabfe number Of pockets
by the whole party, tho requisite amount was
made np aud the Family moved off to their don
on Fourth ayonuo. j
TIE CRIMINAL COURT
The case against young Sherwln for tho COM
mitting OF a rape upon tho person Of Bertha
Kanniskie, = Norwegian hired girl, q charge Of
which lie was .somo time ago found guilty, but
obtainod subsequently Q new trial from the
Supreme court, was chilled yesterday morning.
The principal witueas the girl Katnniskie, was
nbsent from court, and tho Stato'a Attorney
stating that he Ind not been ablo to socure her
presence at the trial, d nolle prosequi YVES en-
tered.
George Williams. who was convicted four
weeks elaoe OF ieeplng house Of ill-fnmc 18nd
sent to jail In default Of payment was yestor-
day brought bofore tho Court. He made IN
affidavit TINT he had not the money to pay tho
fine, and wRs discharged
4 Ind named Charles Brinkman pleaded guilty
to tho larceny Of pair Of bootB from shop On
stnte stroet, and was aent to the County Jnil for
ono day.
BY agreement in the case against Michael
Joncs, the time allowed him to prepare his bill
Of exceptions before going to Joliet was extended
till tho l4th of this month.
james Hardy and Thomas Barnos, alias Will
lam Jenni,gs, ploa1od entity to committing q
worry mild burglary. Hardy was sentenced tc
twenty -ivo days in tho County Jail, and, Barnes
3YnA l1d oypr to allDw Elm Co,frt tfnougnlt tritf