, 1874-02-26

tiatol el0 loa,, with ootto. leaving with Tho
Inter as security tho originnl timeriece Which
vas worn BY h'a grnn,fat,ns,r ,a On Chg fold Of
s1o and tic watci, and demanded demanded lis lis
own ticker In roturn. This Cotto de-
cea to hand .} eyer, o,a,t; ay,a;rring TINT change
the loan. An, argument a,oao, in which tho
DAtcn,op flow round with prodigI Ioap velocity,
but ito ono wns aerioualy hurt mid each Of tho
Tiloao gontlo,ncl argued tho caBo hofo1c tic Jus
tico with an nrlor that could only ariao from
e5 fce paid IN advance, aud nftor
M hours talk tho eettlsmont was apparently Ga
tsr on a. over when The 9nstee hintca at IN
gestiou n1a stated TINT it. WAS what thoy had
bocn longing for al1 nlong, no tho JuBtico Rnvo
gotto hia, watch aud Tho ,&1o-bill, returned
BroHBean his. Historical tursip. and ondol tho
cnao.
THE FREMONT HOUSE nonBEn.
JnmoB Il. Barron, commonly known as tho
fremont House robbor, was brought up before
Judge Moore for tria1, to ahow whothor
rh9 a Or a bo' caso a4oad %s
ulusual interest, for Boyoral roasonB. Ono Of
shcHo was the fact TINT tho prisonor, besides
having reputation as calculating, daring, aud
successful thiof, has had tlat Of boiug Contle-
which pooplo OF hia alleged occupation do not
usua'ly pretend. Another was tho general
belief that lo has, for tho lust few
yoars, supplied tho braiu work which began and
on large scale, which have taken place iu tho
Western statos. Still another reason WIS bis
alleged connection with the Btar Union Limo
robbers and tho notorioty given him by
hossre. Chandler aud Tyrrell, WHO hayo immor-
talizod him N pamphlet which may be consid-
erod one Of tho most peculiar criminal novel;
ottcB Of tho n,neteonth century. Az a conBo-
quonco OF the interest excitod In tho caso. tho
court-i ooin was all day long throngod With spec
tators who listened intontlyto the evidence. To
tho thrico-told story Of tho Fremont House
robbery, tho testimony OF tho various Witnesses
mist laye boon rathor monotonous. As on
previous occasl0na, tho former was represented by
MIR. A. s. Trude, who, contrary to tho genoral
expectation, did not tnoyo for q continuance
It WAS some time before jury pleasing to the
mind OF dofondant'H counsel wRs secured, about
twenty Jurors boing challenged OIL tho ground
that thoy wero personally acquainted with Mr.
Chandler, who played stornloid to ryrrol's Hop
kinB IN tic Star Limo Robbery novc!. Tho wit
ncssos examined were: Mr. Mills, who was trnyel-
Ing with tho jowalry at the timo tho rob-
berry occurred, Mr.. sohonold, WHO caus-
ed the arrest Of Barron and schocn,
ted Of having anything to do with the robbery,
who testified TINT he bought tho jowolry iu Bart.
lott's pawnbrokiug store Detective Tyrrel1, who
arrested Barron aud Schocn, and Messra. 8choeu-
witnesses. who swore to tie good moral charac-
tor Of defendant at tho timo thoy wore acquaint-
cd with lin. previous to tho occurrence Of tho
robbery. Tho case went to the Jury after brief
arguments by dofendaut's council aud tbs state's
Attorney.
M1scELLANnous.
Throo footpads attacked a man named John
Boucher at an carly hour last evening, near tho
corner OF Clinton and Van Buren, streotH, and,
while two OF thom held him fast, tho third robbed
him Of about 3l5. No arroBts.
4 man named John ODont,ell was arrested by
Union Street Btation, on tho charge OF burglary.
1t IL alleged that ho IL tho man WHO entered No,
14o Vest Randolph stroot Tuesday night, and
got away with goods valued at noarly 500. He
will 10 examined before soully this morning.
Herman schola was yesterday brought before
United Statos CommiaHiouor Simeon W. King,
charged with unlawfully representing himself to
be q United States noyonuo Onicor and under
Bnch protenso carrying away from her shop
about 3t60 worth Of tobacco belonging to Johanna
Ebert. on Canalport avenue. 1ho prisoner WAS
held over In the sum OF 81, 200 for further hear
ing this day. at o'clock p. M, the caHe being
trial.
John D. Wolgo, aairyman, living on Ohio
street, betwcen Olurk aud LnSalle, was cheated
out of Sl75 by turos confidence men yeAterday,
Two OF tho conRpirators called upon him to get q
third, who naourned h,s inability to moot notc
duo yesterday, His companions offered him two
watohos on which to raise the necessary emount.
Welgo. was applied to for TINT purpose, and nd
yanecd tho money. Ho discovered Hoon after
that the watches wero brnaB, and reported his
loss to tic police.
This evening ut 7;30 q young rough by the
name or GENrlHH {jFGrncra- in 0f a