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tha title, no evidence of perjury could bt
brought hRAinat him, and ho WAS dtsoharged.

brought hgainat him, and ho was discharged.
f'ome days sTo Hannah Datv commenced sui.
hEAtnat Harry Dyrnos Ter bnh.ardy, Harry botng
THO alleged fsthsr Of uannah's ohild. which Ie
| to hc: Tho case wes callol yosto1day afternoon,
Int tho prosecution wta mssiug aud tho Pria-
onnr MAS discharged. Harry volunteered Tho in-
formation sbet he had bought tho girl OF for $5
About half-past II O'Clock last night, Of!oer
Foley, Of tbs ArmorJ force, ssW threo men with
s s ssss se S en.ea se
tho fuEftivos, dropping thnIr plundcr, ran along
Monroe etrees to Deurboru and escaped. The
officer picked up twelyo boxes Of cigars, which
await an ownor At the Armory.
Adaring robbery Of u jowslry store Oh Canal.
port hvento occurred Wednesday evening, It Ia
iumorod. BY which the thEovcs captured about
$500 vorth Of wAtchoB, sto Fivo men cntornd
tho csthbtihhmont about Q o'clock, hnd, who
tl,roo Of them bold rcvolyors 1t the heads OF tho
occupants, tho remaining two gutted the caaea
and eafo. The police s.o on thoir trace. aad
hopo to arrest thom.
About half.past o'clock last eyentug the as-
tention OF Frank Wetufuslh, living oyor hin
butcher shop. No. 645 8outh Canal street, was
attracted by tho nolae Of rapping At his shop
door. lie camo down Rtaira to ascortAin tho
cause and, as he got ont to tho Sidewalk, be wns
etruok over tho load by oluAyer In the hands
OF an unknown man. who ammodintolr dlsap-
pcaroa. lie was taken to hia room and o1amIn-
ed by physlelan. who pronounced tho wound
tack, but be thinks 1t MAS made by person
whoso namo ho refuses to give, between whom
and himself shoro Ia an old grulgo.
John II. Rabb was before Commissioner Hoyna
yesterday morning charged, rs ntAted yesterday,
With carrying on tho buslneas Of rectlaer WITH
for tha defense WAS an emploJo Of Rabb's, who
had previously told tho Deputy Collectors thss
tho coloring matter in tho s!op was usod
nea fGs pgRoSspE RspPsss' soPos s but Goo oo d.
stoncr that suca uha tho true state
Of tho case. There was another cmployo OF
Rabb's who might have been called hns WAS
not for resaons beat known to tho defendant.
would toll the truth, aud that his preeonoe was
not particularly desirable for The defenso Tho
Commissloner hoard tho testimony with becom-
ing patieuce, and concluded that theEo WAS
enough Of 4 case to tuatify him In holding tho
dofendau: IN $1,000 bail to await tho action Of
tito Grand jury.
Bono further facts which have coma to light
in reference to tho Blachford embozzlomont
show that the accusod MAS In the employ Of this
firm Of Allen, Keith : Co., and thoir prodeees.
70 ouiobor ISL In the l.ss-nsmea nc month ii 1ao tbo
suspicious OF tho firm were arouscd by
the fact that men and women known
70 20 in no way connected With
1hd rdan h hftmy y. .os in tho h9bt o
tnation Of tho firms books at tho timo showod
discrepancy Of e2,0OO. aud DIachfortl wa dis
missed, though no prosecution Taa begun
against him. Blachford then won't into several
kinds. Of business both hers md in tho Esst
bringing up on tho Board Of Trade with
Mr. Pool as partner. Some months ago the
firm sot out to havo thoir hooks ovorhauled, md
wlcu tho work WAS finished It Was found that
Dlachtord bad onbezzled about $5. 600 from The
firm under tho former name, and tho Same suna
from tho new finn. The sumA taken ranged
from $40 to $500 1t hmo. Blaobford'n father
was Captain in tho British army, and tho young
man enjoys the honor OF having heon born on
tho 1Hland OF Ut. Helena.
WATER LOTS.
Ono LoomiB. Of Datt3a Crock, Mich, Is await
Inc portion OF bis reward for tho deods ]ono In
tho body. A clsszen Of Battle Greek, natued
the charge Of conspiracy to defraud. The par-
ticulsts Of tho case show that lsugaby, Who ought
to be sharp, from largo experience in real cstate
matter. but Who MAS not, Was tAken IN by
drivo close bargain. Loomis, in tha oouraa Of
his trading aehemes, profcssed to hAve secured
thteo lota IN this city 10 exchange for patent
right. Ho had = friend In Chicago BY the name
Ct LorIp Chadwick, formsr citizen Of Battle
to ropo In RuEsby, and thoy- did IL. Chadwick
wrote 4 personal, private. and entirely confdsn-
tial le!ssr to hugaby shying that Loonia owned
three lots In Chicago, and thas ho (Chkdwick)
him (ChadHick). Tho latter stated that he
would b unwilling to pay more than s1.5o0
apiece for she thsee lota. Rugsby took Tho bit,
thought he could do better than that for him.
s sso "is fet e sba a's es 1a ID e. 2a bun s9 9
timo be cAme to Chicago to look after
his property. which he found undor wafer down
In the 1natshea OF Calumet. He wont homo,
sssinst Ioonln aud Chadwick. tho litter s'oi Of
whom, after enjoying the little joke for somo
time, Wan arrested on the charge OF conspiracy
to defraud, a. stated. 4 partial examination
was held day or 10 ago, and will b concluded
to-day.
HELD ron Perjury.
@. E. Kinncy, . young man following tho pro-
tosslon Of \ bond4mau, was botoro Justice Meech
yesterday afternoon TO annuor to the charge OF
pyes 10 Il tho ~ cr%ins eG Go"st Ada 10 fsasa Sonda
OF e2000. IN default of which 10
wont to jul. Tho prisoner avora that he
hAa heen drummer for wholesale liquor
appcsl-bond that he was tho ouner Of $1,000
worth OF property; tho decd, be said, vas On roc
ord. An e1aminasion w&s made and it MAS found
that he hnd no property whatoyer. Feb.
10 l., ha put IT., on !, resotd ., what pgtportsd
lad Bworn To- 10 tho affidavit. tho
document being dated Sept. 20, 1876. and 60
kno~Iedged before enc Eugene Hartman, = no.
torioua Notary: This decd vaa evidently Cotton
eFty copied from tho affidavit which ho had
made concerning tho lots. The decd MAS
from > man named Thompson. Kinsey saya
that ho never knew Thompson till iuat
beforo ho made tho purchase Of him ho had
nover seen tho land; paid $3.50 in cash and
gave notes for 81, 600 tho bargain took place ia
the Nvo!i. He had 6een introduced to Thomp-
sou by man named Max Keller, . friend. On
the cross-o1sminAtion Kinney did not know
whore To lnd Keller he haa 6oen Introduced to
Kc|lor by Thompson could not find either OF
thcm.
In the examination before Justics NIeocb
Wednesday, the prisoner said he had giyan q
stock OF liquors for tho land.
The lAnda in question, 30 far - described, ap-
pear 10 bo oHnod by Joel D. Harvey and 8. W.
Stotrh WHO state that thoy hayo owned the
property for yaass and have noyor conveyed II In
any way. Tic whole schsme WAS looked upon
by tho Court ~ 4 nefarions pioce OF business,
and tho prisoners own lawyer, At tho close Of
the examination, admitted that his client WA
the worst Iascal With whom hls had to daAl,
THE CITY HALL.
The Special Committee On Insurance IL called
for Saturday At T. M In kha CItv Nlnrtra