, 1875-10-24

| The man Sanders, who mas sent to the House
Of Correction F1iday for stealing an overcoat
was not in the employ OF the Clarendon House
| Henry Sommers was yesterday held in 81, ,00t
| bail to the District Court by Commissioner
Hoyne, for not destroying the stamps on Liquor
| which be WAS retailing.
| Patrick Kelly was before Commssioner Hoyne
| yesterday afternoon on charge OF carrying on
business as retail liquor-dealer without paying
the special tax. He WAS held in $500 bail.
Charles Dunn is one Of these fellows whom
Waehburn has not yet heard Of. Yesterday he
tried to pass counterfeit $5 note at % West
Randolph street, and was locked up in the Madi-
son Street Station
Commissioner Hoyne yesterday saw dt to re-
duce the bail Of Benjamin Case, charged with
cheating the Government ont Of :axes on whisky,
from $1,000 to $4,000. Case was thereby ona-
bled to go free until the day of his trial.
The notorious Tip Farrell is laid up for re-
pairs in the West Madison Street Station. and ia
charged MI 9Th cheating two st. LOUIS merchants
out Of $500 on bogus check, and also with de-
fraudlng John Miller, William Metzler, and
Albert MCGOWAN out Of $s5, $40, and $40.
Patrick Tierney became tired of life without
work, and made up his mind to take 1aboser's
luck in digging clay on the gtreets. Then he
began BY stealing an Al and spade at 80 West
Randolph. And now be will 20 to wort at the
House OF Correction il the court knows Itself,
and Justice ScultJ thinks it does.
Nevada. He arrived in this city Thursdsy with
his pockets loaded down with golden eagles aud
other "yeiiow boys +" which be readily exchanged
for roll Of greenbac1s. This, or something
else, made him unusually happy. and he took i
stroll on West kiazie street. freely patronizlng
nm hR ktraat n IN u hA foil
in with crowd Of four, who coa1ed
him to have drink At the
saloon on the corner OF Dunn street.
Lynch generously pstd for them. and in doing
the four followed him. aud when they
reached 4 suitable place one Of them
knocked him down while the others
went through his pockets and relieved him of
1885. Yesterday he sued out q warrant for their
arrest before Justice Scully. went With the Con-
stable, and pointed out man named James Dale
az the one who had knocked him down. Dale Was
etoweed away in the Madison Street Station. anH
the offers are on the tracks Of his accomplices.
The police yesterday heard Of a case Of proba-
bic child murder, which is as yet almost Z CON-
plete mystery. On the night Of Oct. party
brlckayet, located on the corner Of Twelfth
street and Western avenue, and insisted that
Dorsey should go with them. His wife object
ed, and one Of the men dealt her blow With an
as: AZ She ns dodesd % it ~, and ts the eornar Of
arms. indicting wound about inches long just
oeh,ud the right ear. The names Of the meu arc
given as Reuben McKinnon, George and Harry
Lunn, Elijah Woods Charles Woods, and Bill
chiddick. This ia the story that Mrs. Dorsey
instant she took the child to DR.. Elliot II No.
459 Western avenue, and to him she told an Gu
tire|y different story, which is decidedly the
more Hrobabie Of the two. namely, thai
the child WAS injured by nail in the sidewalk.
serg.. vesey, of the Gad's Hill Station, investi
gated the case yesterday, and is inclined to be-
lieve the latter story. The eldest+ daughter Of |
the family says abe does not know how it oc-
CURED. bat she does know that there Was no
such Affair as her mother reports On tpe night in
the Ak is further proven false by the wound on
the chlld's head. 1t is merely puncture not |
threee eighths OF ~ inch in length, and could not
have been done with an AZ. Some Of
the neighbors are inclined to believe. thst !
one Of his drunken brawls. When questioned
in regard to the affair, Dorsey protested entire
ignorance, and said he would have brought it !
into Court had it not been for the expenses at~ t
tending the issuance OF warrants foE the arrest
Of the men. The child is about fifteen months |
old, and is in ! dying condition. Dr. Dunno, ]
The City Physician, gays it is wonder that the |
child has lived 70 long. Orders hare been given |
for the arrest Of the men, but the police hsve !
they are convinced that the wound WAS either !
caused accidentally BY nail OF by some weapon |
Ia the hands Of it's drunken father. |
CRIMINAL COUNT.
In the Criminal Court yesterday morning, aF- |
plicatlon was made for writ of hsbeas corpus |
by Martin McGarry, now in jail on naittinus /
from the Coroner. on the charge Of numbering !
Tacob Maajick, Like application MAS made by |
John brennan, confined Gu the charge Of bur
,lary. The writs werc ordered to issue in each
application, and the cases viii come up Tor hear
OK the coming week.
In the case of Charles Murray and Thomas
Griffin, found guilty OF larceny Ut tho Inst term,
new trial was granted
In the cass Of EdWald s. Curtis, tried d 9s |