, 1874-11-20
4 Fable Of Esop Applied to
Mr.. Hesing and "Long
Jo1ln.o
Peoples Party Burglars eco Through
Them" for Their Vaiua-
blCS.
Further Particulars Of the Stafford
Robbery,
A Young Girl Abducted by One
Of Mike McDona1l's Men.
WARNING SERPENT9.

WARNING sERPENTs.
4. Q. HEsrHo.
Onco upon timo, "a oountryman Was gofng
home Of a wintor'sday, hosaw alf-frozon adler
lying by tho aide Of tito road. Taking pity upon
IT. lo put It In lis boaom aud caTiedit 1t homo. Tho
rost OF tho story Is familiar to everybody who has
real Eaop. 0var yonr ago Mr. HesinK organ
lied The peoplo's party. In searching around
| for votes for that organization, ho found tho
| criminal olasses OF Chicago woak. exhausted,
desperate from tho treatnont they had received
at tho hands Of Police Superintendent Waah-
burn. Mr. Horipg took this party to bis bosom,
and, partly by rho aid Of Its votcs, 1nonoy, aud
esertions, gained tho victory Of 1878.
| Night before 1ast alr. Hosing spout hts lcfHnro
mononta ii recalling to himself this interesting
fable Of Esop. in reporting appropriate lines
| serpentH tooth 1t Ia to lave thanklcss child"
etc., etc. Tho causo Of his spending his t!mo 10
| this literary manner Wns thAt, about o'clock
in tho evening, he honsc hAd boon onsesed bv
uudor tho truly patoFnal government u taPa
| Rch1n, and who had deprived him OF oil Ills
| iowelry together with q number Of articles OF
yittu which ho bud bro ught with him from
| Germany.
His residence is on tho cornor Of CaHs and
| Huron streets, aud was entered between aud ~
| o'clock in tho oyenlng. Mr. Hosing was absont
at tho time. and Ills Wife and family woro IN tha
gained accoss in some rnannor unknown. As
| nouo OF tho doors or Windows were found to
have been tampcrod with, 1t Ia thought TINT en-
trancc was eniucd through tho front door by
means Of skeleton key. Mrs, 1lesina'a room ia
on the second floor, and lSht vas
burning It in during the evening. 50
| TINT tho thief who tansacked tho apartment
| had sufficient light. The bureau drawers were
| locked. but tllcee, With ono exception. woro
opoued, and yaluabloa amounting to between
| 81, COO and S1,8U0 stolen from them. Among
| the nj tfcleB taken Wero set of diamond aud
| cameo jawclry purchased In home. lava act
bought iu Naples quartz set f1om San FRAN
cisco, two gold watches, aaay's chain. sleeve
buttons, broastpius, pair Of nearl-set bracelets.
a laco ahawl and iackes, q gold pencil presented
to Mr.. uesing BY DR.. 9. Y. Dyer, mud gold medal
! givon % Testimonial TO h{r. llcsing by tho
political fronds lust fall, ~ tobtnonlal for his
notified of the robbery yesterday morning. but
np to Inst night had obtained no Glow to tic rob-
! bor or tho booty. ..
JouS WENTWORTH, .
On tho ovaniuE of tha oloclion of 1879 the
lion. John Wentworth, in atato al exhiiaration,
having drank 80 1nuch rs to cauHo all increaso OF
cent per glass in tho price Of whisky that aftor-
noon, made his appearance Mt the ratification
Hall, aud then and there. standing upon table.
which bought him in such close proximity
to tho ceiling TINT the lesuoo Of tho hafl WAS
compelled TO intorfeo in order to preserve the
logianee TO the pcup1as party. Night before
last Alr. Wentworth, tho bright and shiutng light
Of tha party which WAS joined BY tho thieves
ana gamblers OF Chicsgo. was yipted By ono Of
tho 1eya5 o9 e I'll a0 vseh Sherman IN nou"s Isa
hrioflyt abson,cd himeolf from his ROOM No.
| 901 ia tho Sherman Honse, yesterday morning.
and aolne thief entered it and stole his Jurgon-
sen, valued at $500. Tho guilty party escaped
observation and arrest.
| Nir. Wentworth took tho train for Summit yes
| tcrday evening, renewing tho pledge which he
made in 1866 and 1870, that he would never have
ANYTHING more to do With pohtics III Cook
| County.
| THE Last Ess1ANCE-
| To the Kditar # Tia chsee3o Irtanue:
| HIR: Thoro was during nttampt by burglars
to rob Mr. s. II. Lucas: y ieweler and dry gooda
| dealer Oh State street, between Thlrty-nintl and
Fortleth, Inst Monday morning. at s o'clock that
| came near resulting seriously to Mr.. Lucaa. uo
hns bacn 70 disturbed in tho last year BY frequent
| attempts to break into his establishment, that
no ID constantly expecting now attempts. sat-
by their Efforts, aud Monday morning ho awoko
| hearing . noise at the gear window; gos UP,
dressed himaelf, and waited for developments.
| Ha hoard tho robbers cut soaae Of the
| open tho window. aud oIimp In. Thinking
| ii about timo to interfere he opened the door,
| Almost At the aame instant tho robbers tired two
| Shots ono passing through tho door within or
inches OF Ills hcnd tho other striking tho door
| casing the other eide Of him. He returned tho
shot at once, hitting his man without doubt. as
the quantities Of blood on tho curtain, window
sill. and Bteps outside indicate.
| Immediately after firing, no ran out tho front
way to intercept them it possible: and ssw one
Of them running away. he ordered him to holt.
and fired as him, but tho man turmoil q corner
aud oscaned. There WAS not policeman IN that
neiehborhood. nor WAS ono heard Of until 1
o'clock p. m. Monday. Mr.. Lucas is
| a man Of undouhtea courage, AMI, being thor
! oughiy reused to the necessity Of protecting hie
own propastY, viii make it hot for thcm should
Of al. kinds IL rapidly increasing In that locality
and tue people express tho determination tc
| visit summary vengeance on the miacreants,
should they LAT hands on any Of thcn.
CHICAGO, Nov. ~, 1874. OBSERVER.
/ ANOTHER CASE.
Sunday night tho shoe-storo OF 7. Bouorn,
No. 117G State BtIect, WAS entered and robbed ol
several hundred dollars worth Of goods. Thie
iB the second trne within yoar that this has
happened. hr. 3. has lost all hope OF the
| palice, and pina his faith to = now hbot-euu he
| has purchased.
THE Stafford ROBBERY.
Justice Boyden's Court WAS the contro OF at,
traction yesterday morning for many rho were
drawn thero to learn what they could In the SAT-
ford robbery. This is the $4,000 csso in which
Nevada miner named 3. q. SafFord was robbot
Monday 1aBt ut the house Of lll-fame Of Carrie
Boyd. on Fourth avenue. Tho details Of thla at
fair wore giyon in Wednesday mornings Tn1p
! uNH