, 1875-06-28
FALLING AMONG THIEVES.

ApyES-ULEH or 4 PHILADELPHIA ALDERMAN.
Among tho recent arrivnis 10 tho city waB A!t
MtCalltgan, who reprcsouts tho Fiji, Ward Of
Philadelphia in thu Council OF that city, but
who is fettor known to lamo az the Treasurer Of
tho Philadelphia Baseball Club. Tho Alderman
wa8 nt pistsburg tho o:tar day on busfucss,
and could not reEist tl.c temptation to Flip osor
to this city and eco how Ills organization bc-
hayed Itself. 30 far as the cirb ia cor-
ccrned, ho is filled with satisfaction,
bnt ono little incident Of 4 personal nature ha.,
happened during bis stay hero Which has cast
1Eadow oyer his life, mud which dctalnB lin hero
even aftor Ais Veterans issve dePArtsd. Although
tl,o Alderman, by yi1tuo OF hB Office, Is Eolico
Justice, and 1lna trled lnnny Ell offender, vet tho
standard Of erin,o III 20 low n lis quiet city that
ho never hss laa an opIoEtu',ity to TO-
eH eSiiiial way In WV WHICH eaoat;as 4a Is
Carried on in city like Ch,cago. 1lls kuo s1edso
OF criminals nii,ht carry iin unHcashell through
tho rolils Of an Eastern city, hut III Clieago
ho ,yaa ilko untu + litslo c.llldt Innocent aud
knowing no evil.
Four tlaya ago. A. le waB standing In trout
OF his i4otal, there rushed up to him Il ,,an who
grcetod him NJ M old friend. Tue Alderman
Know lli,n not. nnd sasd 10, Eomarking thRt his
name was McCalligan, not Wells, and tlat he ca.no
to pass with uuorring accuracy thut, teI. minutes
afterwards, another 1nau rush, I'd up tho s;epa,
greeted the Alderman rs ''lIv old boy,"
and nsked him bow na left everybody and oyorY-
k:lng in Philadelphia. Then ho invited the
Aloaftnau to take ! Btroll. and tho latter fol-
loved him like an OF to tue slaughter. They
went 10 beo abot that lottery ticket which titc cw
= prize. THO bunko-cfoth NM produced. and the
Alderman we,.. in. Ho represented what money
hs had, aul then deposited vajunblo
solitaire diamond riny valnod at e840, which Lu
had borrowed from u Philadelphia friend III
order that ho might impress tho pcorlo Of tia
West with n.l oxaygoratea idea Of his mlgnifl-
renee. 1TnviuE thus put up th1 ring, ho won't
out TO got money to substitute fer it. but wl.cu
he returned tho premises wera vacaat. Az l,c
.arne downstairs lla mot nowBboy nnI asked
him whoro tho people lad gono VIM occupied
[soom 10. Tho buy gavo "ith al,d told tia
Alderman hc gucHaod ho had been bnnkoed. It
H moi tho least OF tho Alilcrmat'A Aumllintious
that n ClIcago Bt:c0t-urchEn Ut 10 Should he
Hiter tp llis Ea.Icratlon than . PlE1alclplia po-
ica Juhtco Of 40.
JIo nut tho matter In tho hands Of tho de-
tectiycB, Nlo aoon discovered that tho ring could
on recovered il Milo Mcdonald weru pnhl :Al5.
lilo Alderman ttocB not sec tho 1uE.ico OF that,
bcing Mnaoquaintcd with tho tneal puculia1itics
Of Chcago mud tue way In which police bun!-
nass ia done here, md III hanging OIL III tho 1tope
llc can get back lis friends jewol a. u
cheaper rate. During this o'f0rced delay cuupie
OF bis Chicago nclnatutances, aynsrathziuG
With lIla uusoplliattratotl nature, arc kcepinI,
cl'He watch Of him, fearing lest !1e may lose tho
rest of his property at three cart.monto, or some
other intellectual amusement unknown in lhtia.
dciphia, aud that they will have to pay lis
paakaEp home,