, 1875-01-23

Tho Unp1cn1slnt E'Fclicunaont OF
1lcxarss Herbert aud DsHrtcm.
cauo prcscntation came OF soma months
ago which, from present appearances. bids faie
to bring Certain participants In tho affair into tile
Criminal Court, md II 1t does not tho invests
gation will certainly not piaco them in all envia-
ble poaition boforo the public. Tho Immediate
parties Interested arc jcwcry firm, All e1prcsa-
man, grocoryman. clerk, policeman, b sa-
loon-koeper, and Glaud Juror.
Tho story, ~ told to q TRIBUNE reporter, Will
bear repeating. and to give the particulars In the
affair 1t Ia necessary 10 60 back to tho fire OF
July Inst.
During the confagra.ion an expressn,an, whoso
name IL unknown, purloned from the jewclry
store Of Wondcli 4 Lyman two gold-headcd
walking-canes, and in making of with them
hc was met by Officer nichard O'ConueIl,
of tho city rolice-forco, who, suspcctng that
tho articles woso ntolen, relieved tho oxprossman
Of thon-but failed to tako him into custody or
procure his name-aud carried them to tho
Coutial Station. There ho totaincl thom for
aome length Of time, and failing, AZ he states,
to find an ownor, conceived the iloa Of GET
ting up -..-....-........
a CANE FERMENTATION
for Home Of his friends Tho "boYs'' woro noti-
| 31ed 10 be OIL hand at John Ryan's saloou OH
8tato street on certain oventng to witness
| tho coromony. John Herbert, tue owner OF q
| Ineat-markot on State atroot. and Pat 0'Drien,
| WHO keeps b saloon on the samo street, and who
| Ia now serving on the Grand Jury, wero selected
! as the happy recipients Of tho s:icks. They
| were invited to be present Oh the occasion, and.
usual In affairs Of that nature, wero supposed
| to be III total oblivion to what wss to happeu.
| At the hour selected for the presentation, tho
| gentlemen we're assembled. alld, aftor partaking
| " Hundsy "nips" all around, Mese-u. Herbert
}htn he
At least it is tho proper thing to say so-by one
Of the party, who had been sooctea OH account
OF his well-known ability In speoctl-maKing on
such occasions, who htopped forward and, IN his
| best ssylo aud graco bestowed the ebony sticks
In tue nan1e Of the donor to the fortunate, or
unfortunate, chosen oucs Tha usual responses
wore made, toasts proposed and drank IN mnDy
bumper and the eycnt y; . Mss ss, ,It merry orc.
| cd, from tho condition, Of mnny tl,ero prosont,
| That 1t was nbout time to break up. 4 final
| toast was proposed md washed down with hot
tlo or two OF john's beat 1Iosello-at tho expense
| OF tho ca1led northumberland tho donor, recipi-
| euts, and gneHta separated
Tho event Naa ono long to be remembered by
tho participants, ,-such events generally arc. This
cue will certainly DO remembered by two Of the
| Eentleu1etI, il mol moro, in manner that they
| will not roliBh On tho night OF tho presenta-
| tIon thero wau present as guest d man named
| JOHN HouaM
| Afr. uough Wac O clerk in tho 1noat-rnsrket OF
| Herbert, Nho had tho honor Of rccoiynH enc of
tho canos. For reasona best known to Iough.
llo started to find out where tho sticks
canc from. aud discovered they we're stolen
| from WondcIl d 1loymau. This information
llo retained. and was careful not to divulgo his
knowledge to any ono nt least not nt TINT timo
neither did this naGacious clerk Of tho meat-
market forgot hin discovery, but az tho sequel
will e;1ow' reserved his information till ho coud
turn it to advantage.
Borno fow days ago Herbert surmisod that
| HouSh WIS
E,lnEzzLlHa SMALL AMOUNTS
| from him from time to tlmo on tho
aaloa of steaks. roasts. aud RIBS, and capc-
cialy MAS ho holding back certain suns received
from the Balo Of oyaters, specially Of tho houae
suspccting bis clclk, hc informed hlm Of hin
BuspiconB. This accusation enTagcd III. 1iongh,
and lie Mt onco called Gil Mr.. Wendoll, tho right
full owner OF the canes, aud
| "oAyE AWAY" Ills EMPLOYER,
as we'll az Officer O'Connell aud Pat 'Drien.
Mr. Wendell calied on Justice llaines
seS' tho 'f0s arrest of " both l. isias nsFSots
uud o'Conneli on the chargs Of rocoyiug
| Artnol with these documents. Constable Crean
proceeded to the house Of Herbert, md thcro
found tho ebony stick with tho gold head.
! O'Conne1l and Herbert wore next honogea with
| vsslt from tho Constable. who gently broke tic
nowR to them, and inYltod tho donor
and recipient to accompany him to Justice
llaines' oI1lcs. Yesterday tho parties wero
| INTERVIEWED M THE JUSTICE
who informed them TINT he waH compelled to
forego all examination Of the charges till Thurs
day, and hau 10 require them to gyo bail for til cir
appearance before him OIL that day. Bail waa
| furnished
Constable Cream then sot about to get possess
nion OF
TIE REMAINING STICK.
With that intention Ito waitod on 1fr. Pat
O'BrIen tue Grand Juror, md politely Informed
him Of his GRAND. hlr O'i,flcn expressed his
| astoniHhu1ent,- and this eno thoro il no doubt
but what AiD surprise WIS greater and moro
genuine thau on tho occasion when the presonta-
tion was mado,-and informed tho Constable
that ho had never carried the cane. and by going
to hls residence he could obtain it. Conhtablo
Croan called there, aud tho article In question
WAS surrendered.
OFFICER o'coSsEI1
isaa been reported TO tho Boart md hs will bo
called upon to explain why ha did not turn the
property oyor to tho cuatodian Of stolen goods,
instead uf getting up, grand blowout, such as
was Witnessed At John Ryan's saloon Oh tie
night OF the presentation ceremony.
thereafter persons who are often taken by sur
prae on being tho aBtonIshed recipients of gifts.
such A. .gold-hcnded caueB. watches, pins, go!a!
stars with diamond IN the centro, horaos aud
buggies, etc., would do wall to inquire Of the
donors whore, when, ana how they csnc in pos
session OF tho glE they called upon to receive.
by 60 doug, they will in all probability ssold
unpleasant notosoty d at n1w s's,as ..no t9o
| canes.
It Is hut Just to Officer o'Conpell to add, that
tho pattlcs connected with the affair arc uf tie
opinion that he did not thnh thss 10 ~ "as =, dolng
wrong in dispostng OF tho property III tho nlan-
ner tia. he did, and that the only blame they at
tach to him waa that ho did not turn over tho
aticka to tho custodian at tue esation. During
| the investigation by tho ltoart1, come infor!na-
tlon may bs gaired In tho affair hy the prsseuco
of onlcer slahoney. Ut tho city police force.
civil and Religious Marriages in