, 1874-08-29
ON YOUR GUARD,
Recent Exploits OF Tho blinions of tho
Moon.
Dangers Of Leaving Home at Present.
A Mans House and Furniture Sold at
Auction.
Lnconfo Conversation BctWccn Il
Doctor Qntl 4 Burglar.


Mr.. George W. Cages Experience
Tie folly Of olecting ''ono OF tho bo5p" to tho
Chlcf Magstracy Of this city has bncomo pain
fully apparont In tho gohoral demorali cation
that l,as ousued. Without institutfng compare
aons which may DO oliouB, Everybody will ro-
member That in tho roign Of Josoph tho just, tue
lack of anything oIso to complain Of rcducoi tho
.purstanioal oitxcu to tilt s8ainBt tho bar
rooms. Thero was no question In that day Of
inceudarlsm, Gro INSURANCE company departures,
or prctty waitcr-glrl saloons. The cotorio Of
a,tlsta in lilo poeAot.picking, chip.htting, aud
stutter-ctacking llno wore unknown. Tho throo
witclos Of tho Police Department woro hold In
absolute subjoctlon, and oven tho County Com
misslonera wore poor and virtuouH. Chicago
waa III fact beginning to secure n reputation MS
wcll-govcrnod city, orderly at night, and poaco-
1ul by day.
now Tu1Nag HAVE CHANGED,
is apparent to tho moat casual observer. Mover
before In all tho score Of years whose history il
written down about us, has tho city bocn in sucl,
state Of pfotigacy, vico, dobauchcry, and open
crime na 1t Ia now. Tho FREQ masonry which iB
said to exlst among tho breH Of proy las givesl
forth tho hign to MI their orlor that tho "shut-
torn are down." tho "town Is fiSed," and NIL
who love to steal a,o invited to como IN and pnr-
tale of lilo epuils As consequence onr pro-
ciucts are ovorrun by a raco Of blnckguards. cut
threats, gamblors oraokBmen, and thieves, euch
as have not gathered together since tho days of
'tsotio,n aud Gomorrat,. Well-fnfornod phy-
;eina,s also say thai he vice Of prostitution llas
Inn, nj mr. rnn IN ftrn a hiCll Hf
eautAa tho natural Roquouco to tho ad1ent ot tho
'"laney" population.
But PROBABLY the outrage that is most disturb
ing tue peaceful cit,zens ut the prosent time III
that Of
HoUsE-unFAKlN1
or burglary. Gambling and thievcry arc passive
cnclnics hat brlng 10 lr1gnttnl tcrrots to women
or children, but when 1lciEhbor runs in to tell
how her houho was ontcrod the night before, or
how traccs Of housebrealseiB wele found at tho
back window Of tho scuitlc and tho Imagination
at the tinid PICTURES the encounter at tho dead
OF night with desperate arlned mon, thon people
leo! that crime aud toltor have come to them,
aud are at their very thronsB. Srci, iB the state
OF afrairs existing at present in Chicago. Every
neighborhood is r!fo With stories Of recent bur-
glailes. Tho inetHcicnoy Of tue police force,
numbering something over 400 men, to protect
. space Ut totrltory larger than Nov io,k, whero
Of, nnu whispers aie becoming louder md
stloneer ~ to iho necessity Of forming
i VIGILANCE colMlTTEE
70 take tho matter earnostly and Immediately i'll
hand. 4 grcat compliant goes forth TINT Mayor
Colvln entirely iguoros tho 'Yagrant law,"
which requires 3 loalor to show his GuHinegs, or
get out OF toNn in "a hours, but Which aecnlo to
10 entirely n aead letter to lis Honor, aud as
"a tho Dine Laws Of Connecticut. Many ir-
staucoe of midnight aud midday robbery find
tleir Nny into tho daily papera, but it is highly
probable TINT the greator uumper do not
AN INSTANCE
near lhirty-flith street. TINT has heretofore os-
capod notice. 1t Roeuas that at D worry late hotr
at night = servant gill, sloopng in the buck part
OF the house, heasa q noise Which awakened her.
It seemed to como from tue kitchen window, To-
Gated to the left OF tho door. sbe at onco pro.
ceeaed to Investigate tho matter, and
upon opening tho door was confronted
by two staiwart mon. Quo of whom
Struck her upon the head with the butt end of n
gagged aud bound. aud tue brutoa entered tho
Louso and collected largo amount Of pluudcr,
ull,cl they made on with without discovery. The
woman describes them as negroes. but 1t is prob
nb1o they wore black maBkA AZ d disguise.
There are rumors Of other case8 where violence
has been used, but as they cannut be traced 10
Al authoritative source, they are not given. The
reaidenee OF Mr. Bradley, on Indiana avenue,
near Ihirty-arss street.. was entered soveral
nights nKo, and valuable lot Of jeweIry and
clothing disappeared, bIr. Bradley is seeklng to
find His properly with tho aid Of tic police. Not
GO with
NE. CHARLES TATU,1,
tho wo1-knoWn grocer. Lie liyea near BY On
the 8th OF this month he concluded to take trip
aoross tho lako with his family, for fortuight's
recreation. IA thoy woro not going to fasu-
iou1hle resort, tho boat dresaos were left ut
home, as vel u, as their RI, 5owel,ty,
returned last week, and upon entering tloir res-
lcnos @ sight WIS presented thai struck them
dumb. Ths floors were strewn with odds and
ands. The closets woro onpted Of dleasoa,
roau drawers we're turned iusilo out, and ran
sackcd. Every shred Of inco and article Of tow-
olry had disappeared. Evon the little clothes Of
sho children wero taken, showing that nothing
was too small to be deBpiBed. A couple Of little
lin "aayings banks" III which tho li.tle ones
wcrc accustomed to deposit their odd pence wero
carried Off. In this instance tho work had been
performed with oleynruoss and acllhoraton. aud,
when tho thieves loft, they carried tho door keys
on with tlem. Alr. Tatum baa advertised III
Inn Tribune for returns. aud iB opcn to nego-
tlutionH on the "uo questions aakea" basis. The
residence Of
Mr.. Loa!nAnp,
on Indiana avenue, near Twentieth street, Mas
broken Into f0w dsys aEG aa aoSsr sSery and
1t 6o2 Michigan avenue. had d similar
visitation. Ii tho latter case the
job was dono i'll the daytime. a
Lady next door suH a man at tho door1tep ring
ing tho bell. but for fear he might be . burglar
she thought she would not tell him TINT there
Waa no one ut hume.
When Mr. Lombard returned at night, he found
that liz stock of clothing. furs, iewelry. ant
other goods was very attcnuatod indeed. Il
acema to be quite tho custoM to "Bpot" Q Aous8
and gain entlauco either
II 4 NEDDLEH
Or on son,o other plea. A Hebrew who Ia sup,
posed to be In league with tho organization Of