, 1874-05-07

bogus burglary mud safe robbery recently com.
mittcd 1t tho office Of AsaiAtsnt Diarict Attorney
Harrnston. A Mr: Ives, clerk In = bank, test1.
1rarington's office Oh ..his way to hla rasi.
dence. In accordance with btu ,lA.lnl custom
whom travelling the Htreeta OF Waehington late ut
uighthe grasped arovolvor whiah l,o oarriod in bin
oost-rooket. On the night in question juat az
standing near1y in trout Of the, District Attor-
noyB Office man Bprang from botltnd tho board
aud seized him by tho arm: Quick as lightning,
tho revolver iu jones' hand WAS presented at tie
head OF tho man. who
TOOK OFF A SLOUGH hat
which concealed his features, aud cried out,
Don't shoot, for Gods :anko" Alr. Ives ro-
cognized In tho man Dick Harrington, District
from litling-placoa and came to whoro 1yos and
HARRINGTON were standing. They were Richards,
toctixo A. j. Wli.ms, Police p1s i@wyor, ns
aud Tom Shepherd, brother Of. tho Governor.
dored 1vea to continue bis homoward march,
aud ovon threatened to take Him In II l,o did not
uuo dlseatch in moving on. Not exactly Batis-
lied with the appearance, A1r. Ives took turn
Which ia j'tHs ACROSS the htroet from Harring-
TOMS ofioo. After waiting thore q long Tine ilo
hoard loud explosion, the noise ap-
bitfoney ps@seoding from tho District
.AstSANSF SaA3Ns AAA kMUr lAtEI
10; saw two mon emerge from the
building, and separate, one going East and tho
other going West. One carried a valise. Whom
the latter had gone some distance from Har-
rlngtons Office. and In tho direction of Colum-
bus Alexhnders house, aIr. 1vos noticed That
Harrington, Richards, Clarence Williams, and
Tom Sllopherd waro following him. Believing
10 .
HAD SEEN ENOUGH
OF what Btruck hini, Of singular transaction,
and it hntnfr n1n1naf 1nv1i1},k Ao+ lo,i
to his homo. Arriving there ho narrated all tue
circumstances Of Ills adventure to hia
wife, and then, at her suEgestion, sat down
and wrote them out III detail. In the
informed that burglats had broken into Har-
r!ngtons office. blown opon tho safo, and car-
rlod OF the contents. 1oforo ho fairlY got to
work, Richards, Chief Of Police, came into tin
bns;t bnk aha appI,9achng Ives who was standing
''You WE'RE VERY DuuNK.
wer6 you not, when you mot mo last night? You
woro 40 drunk TINT had to tako yol, home"
Amazed ut this declaration, Ives conld only deny
tne imputation Mho Richards vas ret talking,
Clarence and Williams ca1ne into tho bank,
md Inado tho Hamo statement regarding Iyea'
condition tho previous night, and tried hard 10
got the gentleman to acknowledge that he was
drunk when they mot him. Dy this time Ives
gave hie acousers to understand TINT ho vas
thoroughly cognlzant Of their ltttlo gamo aud,
= to prove TINT flo was In earnoat, draw from hin
pocket tho statement l,o ind drawn up when ho
reached home, ~ boforo related, and read it to
them.
nEAL1z1Sa THE CONDITION OF AFFAIRS,
tho three cco1lspiratora tllon endcayored
10 obtain from 1ycs promise that
he would not expose them, but hc 1o-
fused to bind hiInaelf to auy such agreement.
That afternoon, upon reading III the evening pa-
pers that the n,etnoria1ists were expected Of bo-
lng at the bottom OF tho burglary, AIr. Ives yis-
tied the houae Of q. Alexander and laid tho facta
before him. With this lend Mr.. Alexander. :
WENT To WORK UPON THE CASE,
and very Boon was satisfied tint tia burglary
vas put-up. Job by Harrington and others,
their object beug 10 put tho crime upon him
lAlcxnnder), nnd thereby ruin mud disgrace him
IN the face OF tho world, and break
trlce of Columbia, Of which ho ia ono Of tile
the leading spirits. Ho aacertatuod tlat tl. ooll-
spirators had
EMpLoyED PROFESSIONAL. BURGLAR
from Nsw York and m ex.datoctiye from Balli-
more to hroa; open the safe and staa the contents;
that thsir reward, 81 QUO, Was locked up In the
aaro aul could not be reached without blowing
off tho door; tllat when the blowing open Of tue
safe Lad been accomplished, and Tho yaliao
it, tie professional burglar made bis way,
according 10 directions, towarus the houae
IL tho city, le {the burglary went to tho wrong
house, and had to be redirected by Que Of tho
conapirators; that. finally reaching the right
the bell Of tho basoment door; TINT in conso-
quence Of tho deafness Of Alexander and tho 70.
motoness ct his hlcoplug-apartnont from the
kltehon-be: llc failed to bo aroused by tho ring
Of the transaction, and fearing detec-
tion, for it wnn low quito light, Rich-
ards refused to 60 any further with the
1ot,;, and insiated upon arrcstiug the burglar
without waiting for Alexander to como to tho
door, tho game boing to wait until Alexander,
~ response to tho bell, opened tho door, when
the burglar sraH TO hand him tha yalise telling
him it contained tho hooks OF original eutry Of
John O. EyanR' transacticln with the Board Of
Public Works, NM! ri y it WAS known 1lr.
tle 1nyestgating = '~'-attiea. The moment
Alexander Honltl ta". &c ralisc the conspira-
tota we're to rush forward, oVerwhelu him
with confusion. accuao him. of putting up tho
job, and tako him and the burglar into custody.
- THE PRETTY 11rTLR GAME
Tas !a1lute. Richards. however, arrested tho
bogua burglar and locked him up in Jail, where
he now ianguiahoH. = Richards subsequently,
made full confession Of his part In tho cum
spiracy to tho Board Of Police. This charming
document will be given to the District Inyosti-
eating Committee tomorrow. The Ring are in
fearful state of comulotion. It ia thought
somebody will hive to go to tho Ponjtentiary
unloss tho couspirators should prove powerful
[Io fhs associated Preas.1
.WAaH1EaroS, MaY G.-.At tho District Inyesti-
CATION today, afaj. George II. Elliot, Of the
Engineer Corps. U. s.. A.. testified that tho
lowest bid for laying a6.inoh main in the city
was thrown out On account of orasuraB being
made III it, and upon Recommendation OF tho
ey-Genarnf, to whom tho bid waB referred
who decided that it could not be, accepted. Tho
second lowest bid was one mado BY Thomas
Evans. Which was thrown out OH account Of no
signature being attached, although tho bonds
were duly executed. -,
-, u. oElVLEY,
A!saistant-Engipeor Of tho Board OF Public
Works, was RECALLED with reference to tho
schedule left previously By him with the Con-
mittee, going 70 show that tis estimate Of what
tile Government should pay for sowor-work was
nearly correct, az shown. by tho actual cont to
t4o Board aftor the work Ind boon completed.
10 was cross-exan,lfled sharply with roioropco
to tho data he made the chedulo from, and said
T. a,,,,,y Mas :. from a map and not from
be did, not know that the Board Ind
maps which worc vropg, from which they
estimated the Government aAaIe Of the sewer
CIufrHH. HA 9n{i 11A Enhr Ira noar1 h1d unvo,.o1