Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-07-05
LOCAL NEWS.
Arrest Of "a Engtii,e from Iu..I.

hrrest OF % Fugitive from Justice
VIRGINIA. BIRD WAS rRApPFn
.,.-1slS afternoon a telegram was received
o. 80, neauquarters from Thos. " Waller
TN Oh SI"'A vlvania rauntN Va lrs..,,.,t
ing that some OF fhe ,,,,.,,t-l - !. {, -
Tie baltimore ana Potor,ae 49,. =. - - -
cllN, on The arrival of the "a ert,.. = -, -, -
the south. detectives Nc1cyit.e n't' ttoti
and NoSs accordingly present "a ~, l.lltt'>l
~ The hour designated. and som So a -
Sherih. VINO had under SurveinanTs - 80
ored woman on tgc train. MI Wals~ ~
no time ln communicate TO the tIfft...r 80
named the fact that b. hal Intercepted "a -
Ter rom ibis wofnsn's hushacd, MontgOm-
cry blr1. ia this CITY. arranging 10 fl1eef h.r
ON this train, that Bird was a fugitive rom
justice, having escaped from an O.fi,er 81
Spot>N lvania, who hal him IN custody. soma
three weeks ago, SnatChiug "A - revolver from
MS holster. and detytug SiN or seven unarmeB
men who pursued him for spmedtSt tnca. ana
finally got out pf their reach. Bird sapn ana
pcaled, snd met hiS wife, aud tpge her thty
started from the depot, taking the .IA street
cars towards the northern nor. tOn of taa civ,
The sheriff, accompanied bN the de- act v,S ,
mounted the car, TWO or turee taking sta
tloil on the rear platform. while the Others
took stand 10y the side OF the driver ID
front. When they arrived IA the vicinity OF
"hells Bottom" they noticed that b RI was
preparing 10 leave The car. and at the cDrnes
OF Rhode Island avenue the fugitive : gnalovf
10 the conductor To stop, and as he ana hi =
wife stepped off the officers went for him.
blrd, II appeared, had dropped" 10 the ioh
put up 10y the officers. aud took 10 a : heels.
pursued by all of the Officers. who Ordered
him TO halt lie paid no attention to them
until Detective Noss discharged one shp',
which had the effect OF checking his spse 4,
SO that they collared him, but had a pretty
rough seuihe 10 secure him. tie was finally
overcome, and waltZed To head quarters and
locked up, TO be returned To Virginia To- law
The offence for which ne has 10 answer ia
burglary and grand larceny. He is charged
weeks ago, and rifling IL OF several hundred
dollars worth OF goods, a portion of which
were recovered at Birds shanty ia MS WIGS
keeping sheriff Waller, and his deputy,
Jesse IL Stubbs, who accompanied hin 10
this city, stale that they hsve discovered
That Bird had two accomplices who will bs
arrested on their return. They represent
Bird as daring and dangerous man
O
A PHILADELPHIA RECRUIT FOR THE
CHAIN-GANG.-About , O'Clock this morn
ing Officer Slaitery, OF the 5th precinct, dis
covered five or xix men In the snort alley i'm
the rear of the priests residence. corner OF
10th and g streets, crawling out OF rear
window OF tie new church being erected ON
the vacant lot near there. The officer ap-
preached them, when taeE suddenly retracrI
their steps and ran between The IoIuiat ION
walls OF the church towards 10Th street, the
officer in the meantime firing a shot Al Them
on their refusing 20 halt at has command.
lie chased them up 10Th 10 @ along u 10 lItl
street, where they scattered ln different di-
rections. Having no one TO aid him an secur-
ing them, lac selected one OF them To follow
and ran him 70 II. between llth aud I'm
streets, when he overlook him and graspei
hlm by The neck. Applying the nipprrs, he
was led 10 the station h0ase. and on search
ing him a cold chisei was found in his pocket
and a letter from Phiadei phia, datei July
"a, from has friend Jim. - Ia which the lat
ter informs him that ms friend TX. b." has
left one hunGr-t dollors foT him, aud that
he is ooming'to try and get his pardon. on
me back OF this note IL n pencil diagram OF
the locality where they were found, descrfb-
ing 10th ard q streets, with the alley and the
priests house, indicating that the attempt
was 20 be made to enter IL last night on
looking for the cod chisel Immediately after
he had been locked up in the station II could
not be found, and il is thought that by some
slight of-hand unobserVed by those around
him he had thrown IL out OF doors. as IL
could not be found on his person nor in the
rooms OF the station. His counsel, Mr.. A.
b. Williams, in the Police Court this morn
ing tried TO persuade the judge that IL was
not unusual for men to carry cold chisels,
but the court could not see IL, and commit
ted him TO the chain gang for ninety days.
IL thought TO be professional cracksman
as he has all the marks OF one.
A SINGULAR SUIT.-Tuesday, Frank v.
Parker, by MI. r. A, Newman, filed a bin
against w. r. George, restraining the de-
fendant George from opening or carrying
on the retail cigar and tobacco business
within six squares of the store No. go T.
street northwest. which defendant (George,
on The l2th of September lss6, sold 10 TIE
defendant then agreed in writing that ne
would not open or carry on any oJher retail
cigar aud tobacco store within six squares of
store No $50 y street northwest. except Ths
places be was then conducting on 7th street
and Pennsylvania avenue. and charges that
IN violation Of this agreement defendant has
ofered a store i'm the same square-No. gi2
+ street. Judge Mac Arthur issued a tenn
porary restraining order.
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Two SUDDEN DEATHs.-EdwarI Hard-
ing, Wnlte man, about 10 years old. fore
man Al helleher's livery stable On Sth -
tween ID and r streets, yesterday complainef
OF feeling cnwell, ard LAID himself down ON
col In the stable, and in less than two hours
afterwards died. Dr. Har;igan was callef
Ia and gave a certificate of death by couees-
ton from drinking ice water
A woman named Eliza Robinson died sud-
denly yesterday, at No 3l9 III street south
West. certificate was given of deaJh from
natural causes-consumption.
THE GRAND JURY to-day brought indicf-
ments as true bills against the following.
Joseph Eskridge, larceny, second offence.
FRANK Ferguson, rape; Thos. Cumpsion,
ALIAS MurfAV. reSisfipg nffcer Mulhaf.