, 1875-07-28
CRIMINAL.

The schooner 1.chn johnson ran into ono Of
the Twenty.tccona street bridgo-aprroaches yee-
terday, and damaged II sltglslY.
William Fields "a tho msn accused BIZ George
Luudy, Of No. 9a7 Vest Di7iaton s.reot, OF tho
larceny of his coat Tito former Ia under arrcat.
Ono J. Smith WAS arroetod yersertlay by De-
tccstre Flynn, and III held at Madison Street
Station 10 await n hearing on tho charge Of COLI
sriracy. Particulars Of the caae hayo not bceu
given.
Jol,uno Mufphv, \ woll-known burglar, said
to hayo bcen 1'al nf tho lato laulentcd HlIck
Iulbrook. was arrested yasterday for brenktng
Twolfth street. Saturday night lnet, and sten&ng
tewoiry valued ut $5sG. l'he prisoner In unt!es
bail Of $l,00U to await = hentlng next Saturday.
An Ohio n,nn (As nsual) invested $40 or $40 In
thu Kentucky f.Msery (bnnkn) yesterday, and
drew bInll;B. No rnturn OF tho fnndA in this
~ and duwn tho PRINCIPAL streets witll imnuni.y.
and t4 back to tho patrulnan With all tho arro-
ganco imaginable.
Bono malicious person tnado an attempt to flro
LVncltb tlist1llorv, No. " 1.artabco Htroet. at
o'clock laHt n'glit, by throwing quantity Of
ishsed oak sI'av'ns .asnrated with tyr
coopor-slor. Tho night vntch.nnu discovered
the !ifo tnst In tmo to prcyent cout!ag. alton.
Tho building is four stories high. atd built OF
Lrick. large iuant1tv Of spirits il atorel th it,
and had tho tire slIe cad thu loas would have been
Eteat.
MtaB Car1ie Milia, yonng lady residing at No.
47G West Adams street. was tu victim, 4 day or
Two ago, Of n most audaciouu robbery. While
walking on Calumet agcnl,e. ncnr Twenty-foutth
street, yonE thief approached her, snatcheA
hor pockotbook containing over $50 iu bills,
vauo, from her liand aud fled. Tho young lady
very cotrngeonaly pursued him for H0tno dis.
tatlce, and attracted Anu.nber Of men who joined
III tho cllaso. The p,lrtuis waa kept mp for ~lonE
distance, but tho rascal finally distanccu his fol-
lovers.
Yoa.erdsy nfteruoon Mt o'clock Egbcrt G.
Rockwell, = canl,nsHsion merchant, was arrested
by Onicer Donohuo Oh warrant sworn out by
William A. Russell. )iyery-stabie Eecpor. who
cha1gos him with perjury In falsely aver
ground at tho cornor Of llulsscd aud Thirty
FIRST streets, In showing his responsibility 10
qualify AZ boudpmnn in an attachment cAso
against John Eyats brought in tito Superior
Court. The bond was :'in't'. nnd waa signed
Jointly by Rockwell md Harriet c. Thofnna.
Up to last midnight tho prisoner lad not given
bail and WAS III cell at the Armory.
4 wealthy couutrT merchant camo to Chicago
yesterday to buy Enosa from ono OF the lc0dIng
houses. but wan met at a very oatly hour by
one Of tho numerous rtccrors in tho bnnko
busneaH. lie ms met by clanco In tho
Usual way, stceror No. obtaining hin naino aud
residence. aid No. q using it with nuch effect
that 81, $40 Was obtsnod from tho fooltBh Mah
lie Immediately arplsod to tho Rontlomou At tlls
head OF tho Wholesale huse where he intontletl
10 tratio, and through their olTor.s tho money
was returned. Tie city merchants went d.
rcctly to Ills Chief Of Detectives, 30 1t Is ns-
sortcd and demanded Tho rotura OF tho funls
forthwith. III lcss than nn hour tlln money was
returned frnln tho bunko swlldlern. and the
countrynan became hapry. III what mannor
Mr. Dixon Alccoeasd 80 nicely ii left for him to
tell the public, whose servant ho IL.