, 1875-10-10

f,rifin. one year each; s*Saddle-Rock Smith" !"
OF Lake View, was fined $40 and costs And sent
to the County Jail for ten days on several in
dictments for selling liquor without hcensa-
ANOTHER MURDER
Abont 10 o'clock yesterday morning Detective
Flanagan vas instructed to Wotk up case OF
probable murder, which occurred aoont O'CLOCK
yesterday morning. but which was not reported
at the sts:ion until the hour mens1oneo- iona
Foley a boarler 1T the Fort Donelaon House,
on Canal street, near Randolph. got intoxicated
Friday night, and early in tho morning lie met
stranger, who boarded at q neighboring place
The beer he carried made him extremely friendly
to his 1elou-man, and drink a1teT aflnk
followed in close succession. Then qu4rfal
ensued about Some trivial matter and the strang-
er carved John with knife in seven different
places He WAS hurried up stairs to his room
and physician summoned, who pronounced the
wounds very dangerous it not fatal Ihe detect
i've could learn nothing shout the stranger, not
even about how he looked, and there IS not the
slightest clue to his identity. Foley's death ID
expected hourly.
In this connection attention may be Justly
called to tho total hefficiency OF the pobce
Murder after murder has been following in
close succession, and 10 report ls made by
policemen until some citizen briggs the news 70
the stations or to the no"spapa1-othces- me
Maud Stewart murder Was kuown OF a. toe
some place. Poor Otto Schneider lay in the
ditch shot fatally from O'CLOCK in the evening
until the following morning. and even then tue
police did not hear OF it until the following Gsy'
when naws was brought to the station. Inc
attempted murder and suicide Of Fred Harris
was not even heard OF untu published in the
newspapers. And last Of all comes the above
case, hsppening as 1t does on street when re-
qui1es the closest scrutiny OF the pollce poth
hight and day. The man is stabbed seven tunes.
and the disturbance must have been gteat- And
vet the police knew nothing about it until
eight hours afterwards, and then It Is
brought to the station by . citizon-
supt Hickey can do no bettor act to begin with
than correct the notorious habit OF policemen
Iounging on their beats. Those four cases must
be enous, to convince any rational person that
niue-t tenths OF the police are being paid ior LOAF
ing. The new regime must do BETTER
ApEFAULT1sG MAM-CARRIER-
The Grand Jury in the United States District
indictments into Court yesterday morning,
one against Joseph Llness, 1ettez-ca1ues
connected with the Post-Oface here, and the
other against Henry Downing. the Assistant
Postmaster at Evanston Liness was arrested
last spring, pleaded guilty before Commissioner
Hoyne, md was sent to Jail IN default Of bail;
He has intended to plead guilty on trial. and
yastertiav after the lndictment Was found ne
was brought into Court, and acknowledged that
he had been guilty OF opening letters and taA1ne
His attorney. Mr. t. H. Biabee, made an ap-
peal to the Judge in his favor: stating that ne
had long been connected with the mail service
that he WAS OF good family and previously Of
good character. He had taken to dE1nklne
Through grief at the loss Of his son, and he had
wife and crippled child dependent on him
Mr. Bisbee hoped the sentence would be made II
Light as possible. ;
Judge Blodgett seemed to zeal interested II
the case. and said that ne had been ac7ualnses
With the prisoner for nearly twenty-five years
| and had known his reputation to be good IL
had been in the War, and had been in th'
maiI-seryice for over twelve years
The Judge thought there must nav.
hean some unknown cause Wh1ci
led the prisoner to commit the crime with whlcl
be was charged and would therefore give hia
| tho comparatively light sentence OF year a
| hard labor in the Penitentiary.
Harry Downing will plead not guilty, and nl'
Grand jury are through their labors.