, 1875-02-27

hoard from 10 q certainty. 11le nnn1o Of James
Nlhck doos nut appear OH tllo roceips-hook for
noves boon presented 10 Tho urAnl Jury. aud
tile records Of tho Criminal C,irt do not contain
lie na.no OF TINT criminal. The query naturally
Arises,
WHAT nscAME or the rn1soSEn?
llla man waa known to hc an expert In t,ia hr1ti-
csB, consequently too valuable 70 tho fraternity
to .,o loft IN DURANGO ylio therefore, II II pre-
MINED, bail was frtninl'ed ana 10 wnn never
taken; sakon to jai Tno rsror'ct Of 1mE TnnusE
ing this cuse and that Official coslld give him no
inforfnntien. lilo WAS requested to furnish tic
namo OF tho bondsman, il any, for Hack, aud
th!a In WAS unallla To do.
offcor pcstingcr WAS next called upon 10 ns.
ccrtan II DO know nn,thtng conccsnInE lilo dis
pnr.ton Of tho prisoner. AL l.e Inuw wan that
j,lhico lnyt1on llnl held him to tho Criminal
Court. Tile s!atEon-keopcr was then inter-
no Information f,irtllor tl,an that a!roa!y known
Justco Doytlon was calIod upon to rcfreAl, his
memory and inform tho reporter whether he
Know If tho rrlhoncr, gas" bail. He, Ike tho
remainder, know noth1nng moro thaa tia. ho had
tile ni!n!nn tlla man furnished bail.
Under these existing cfrcu1nsIancca,
ONE nP TWO CoSc,.UsIn:ts
nnly can bc esrivcd at: Firnt, that tl.o prisoner
tho custody of some police of'ccr unknown, ho
IN some manner obtained lta rcIcaae, either by
lrii,u or fofco. sccoudly, that ho .nyo bnii and
Martin suIly ioHt tho bonds. THO sis.. cntl-
f'S to1 % ofs e ss nst pnaGGc ssy ri Wb.,tst the st
j.. sold himself to tho fronhu of Hack
who would s1no money in,14tly 10 procure bis
Freedom, Or whether he In the drunken cAroIeas
manner wist. Which io las conducted tic duties
of his ciicc showed tho baiI.botda away il, a
piscon-liolo Of his icak, en1 some al.r.trr law
yer who hangs around hini waited lin oppor-
tunity aud for . confederation purio,uctl the
papcrn. is boyond knowledge. In either oventit
IL sufficiently damaging. Tho Criminal Court
aud Sheriff hnya no luoana Of aEcertaining wie,,
prisoner IL held to tho Criminal Cuiirt for
trial by Magistrate until tic IlIAoner or Ills
ball.botcA arc received by them. tn tic other
hand tho Chief Of tho police force pisces
nubounlcd contdeuce III Lin men tho CAPTAINS
lu tl,oir Soargoanta, and they i'll thcir men. X
pritoucr Ia aced ii, their latlts to 10 conveve..
to Jail, no leturn liz to Io made tho hca1A o! tho
Poi!cc Department further than tho word Of tho
officer that io surrendered lia INN tn the Jai'er.
II tho policeman desires to FREQ hts prisuncr,
tho chances nro no knowledge Of it would ever
reach the ears Of Lis superior. This In placing
too much confidence 10 ally ono subUrdi,a.e a,,h
something should bo douo 10 retuedy this loose
mannor Of handling criminals.
HAD suuIL.Y ATTENDED 70 D1s nCMSEss
this man Ilack would now, undoubtedly, bo
serying ont a Just punishment iu tic lciiiten-
tiary. Sil.co tho escapo OF this fellow
last Nay, man giylng the same nstna waa ar
loatcd III uiSo Oh Lanai strect attempting The
eaalo game Of pooket-p!ckng. 1Io waH brought
before Justice soally, alli tile Charge could no:
hc s'lAtntned. but the prisoner waA tincd 425 for
dsosdoriy conduct. II lis presr,mablo that this
offender s tho sau1o identical Black who picked
tho pockots Of Mrn. Weoks. Tho pol,ce author
tiles may rot bring thin man to punishment by
keeping q lookout for him. 1t IL 1,o8Aiblo that
ho may bo sorving out sentence In tho Bride
vol, although 1t IL scarcely probable, and, by
sending officer Dettingcr to Supt. FELTON,. it the
Lost rrlsoner is thcre le may be found, W. Dot
finger could easily identify lin.