, 1876-05-11
CRIMINAL.

Wllilam 4. van Brunt, Of ~ Contre kyeuuet
complains that aneak.thleres yesterday got
away with his valuable silver watch and aome
other tFinkets that be did not care to loss.
Bridget Mtcl,nels complained to Justice De-
Wolf that Michael Aiichaels, her husband, had
threatened and abused her. The Justice placed
lin under $500 bonds I'LL to-day. when he will
be tried.
L. F. Fisher was before Commissioner Hoyuo
yesterday charged With having pasted counter
lei. SO 6ill on William Brazelton, Il thu corner
Of Dearborn and Madison streets: The case was
continued I'LL to-day In bail Of $500.
David Grant waa green enough to visit the
house Of Lizzie Iiackctt, on Bller. avenue, and
while there was relieved OF his ,pock:t.oook. A
theft, while David himself repines In AL adjo!u-
Ing cell for dlsostcrly conduct.
Edward F. Thomas, the Clark street real.
estate man, was again locked up at The Armosy
yesterday, on charge Of swtndling. This tstnc
!hc complainant is !. G. shcddcr, Of No. 2f'
pretended to sell land upon which he had no
cl1itn whatever.
At $3.50 o'clock yesterday morning two Ger.
mans named Aires Cagcl and Jacob Moses had
a quarrel In front Of No. 1888 Barber street.
when caEcl stabbed Moses IN The icfs asma u.
parties were locked up, ns neither would give
any explanation as to tho cause Of the quarrel.
A cheeky sncak.thief yesterday. afternoon
walked into the private office Of Mr.. W. II.
Bradley, Clerk Of the United 9tatca Courts, IN
his absence, and carried OF bis overcoat; Ahe
Bradley, returning, caught sight Of him and 70:
cognfzcd tho coat. 1Io started In pursuit and
caught him. a policeman was called and tho
SCAMP wl,o was evidently preparing for ;Hs ret
short time ago Mr. Bradley lost coat fron,
tho same room In similar manner.
Monday young man named Peter Stevens,
clerk In ono Of tc abstrAct Offices, who Is accs-
toned to take tho suits and Judgments. for tho
abstrnct firm, left his oyercoat during the day IN
tho Superior Court, and was aston!shed at night
to 1n.i'it mtsslng. It is likely TINT tho room
was entered BY aneak-thtef, who carried It offs
but no clcw f1as been obtained. Tho theft was d
moro than few minutes at a time, and COM
nunieatcs with an adjoining room occupied BY n
Number Of clerks, tho door bctsScun the two
roouls being alwuys opcE.
Patrick Kelley wandered aeross the Rhine
yesterday aild got drunk Some mIschlerous
shoo, oycr him in : Sery elaborate manner.
aiding to thu effect by daubing on eross-bars Of
whltc. To complete tic Job they
a With the M Sam, t soor adorned On ssf It's u,sshe h
Fin an extra largn drink to keep him going,
and telling btu! to wipe on his chin, set him
aAoat on Clark street. Some thought the
Jnter-Oeean reporter lad returned from the
Black Hills, md subsequently they did not
scare worth cent, but on The contrary fol-
lowed the "bIg lnjun" with stentorinn
whoops. Pat was in consequence taken in tow
by nt ull}ccr, mid his paint cannot bo taken oil
until hc reaches the Dridewell.
Mrs. John Mooney, residing at No. n West
Thirteenth street, ca,n8 into the 1tnmnn Street
StattoH yesterday morning and told the follow
Ing story: She bought the house and lot where
alic lives now zone tilnc ago, on monthly pay
lives On Mitchell street. Size had paid $500 in all
OIL tho property, when her husband WIS attacked
with consumption. As he WIS for long time
1alt up, the fnmI}y ran short OF means. The
monthly payments became due, and, tn order to
settle tho matter, Mrs. Mooney turned over her
right and title to Sampson, AMI lie again became
owner In fee simple, Of the property. she rent
family consists Of four children, bcsdts herself
and husband. Mr.. Mooney was only able to
| procure work BONE thrGe days nEo, and the rent
wns three months In arrears. Sampson Inform
cd her that hn lad sold the house ehc was living
| In to Charles Hays. q blacksmith, and Bernard
previous warnIug, went to her house yesterday
| morning, while her two children were still In
| bed arilcd with axes and crowbnrB, mud began
! to tear down the place. They gave her no
chance to move out, but knocked down the
chimney on the roof, partially breaking II, and
\ dumaginE the woman'g furniture. Officers
Moore ard Canuon arrested THO two men on a
we're hizcd to do the work In order to get nd Of
tte Mooney family. Justice Scully held tho
prisoners III $500 bail each, Sampson becoming
! tlslr surety.