, 1877-08-18
CRIMINAL.

August Becker, Of 146 West jackson street,
was up before Commissioner NoYne yesterday
charged with selling liquor without paying the
usual tax, but his case wss continued until to-
day.
W. u.'Northway complains Of the loss Of
about $50 worth oi clothing h5 burglars enter
Ing Room II, northeast corner OF Clinton md
Washington strects; and E. D. Redd!ngton, OF
No. 10 Elizabeth street, ,tcomptalns ut dnprcda-
ttons to similar amount by two women sneak
thieves.
Mrs, Mary Mury was locked up al the West
Twelfth Street Station last evening for tho lar
eeny Of 4 piGce OF gingham from SchaEcr's dry.
gools store, No. 971 Unlisted street. But the
police let hor 60 again, and not a moment too
soon either As tho woman YVES within few
hours OF clild-bed.
At o:45 yesterday morning pfatrtck Brady,
Of Emnettfs Nigh&-Wateh Force, saw tolored
man running III the alley III the rear Of No. Al
Clark street. 1lo called On hlm 10 stop; not
doing 80, ac fired two shots. The man dropped
Vi no. AL Clark street.
E. W. Hcndorson Is locked up ut the Madison
Street Station upon suspicion OF having stolen
horse and buggy, With whtcl, he WAS found on
Canal street by Otllccr Henry snith,-the horse
tagged cut and the nuEEy badly demolished: d.
Hurtz, OF No. 10 Canal street, with the bltt-end
OF q whEp.
Oflccr Kctslcr, Of tho Town Of Lake, yester-
i1ay found tic dead body Ut an unEnown man
on tho St. Louis u Alton track, uear Brighton.
lie IA supposed to havo been stock dealer, and
must fiave fallen between train Of cars while
In lnotiun, ~ his head was badly brllsed, bis
left llund cut of. aud also several toes. An in.
quest will be held to-day.
Mrs. Ellen LOTUS Is q model 1anllady, II tho
stories related Of her ore true, and, as she i,as
already been arrested, II would scetn that they
}11t thAr lar tFf A{k< MI
kept house at Mo. 80 North Wells street, and,
according to Dr.. Alexander Mckay, shc suducn-
iy vn,nooscd the ranche," taking with her two
trunks full Of Ills clothIng, together with stx-
crs. She will bo given hearing before Justice
Kaufman to-day.
"Bc careful wfat you sny to your neighbour"
is the watel,word along Indiana avenue. Yes
tcrtlay tho dcnizens ot that avenue, who hare
for TIE past week been half atlmi1ng, half
ssuudea f '' at a.eestatn.nT s9i tsas a'' the a
apparently wealthy proprietor was not tbs
prosperous merchant be pretended, but simply
dom Of crooks a Joe Parrish, ptckpocket antl
burglar, parrish's Raudy bubble was butst by
Detectfvcs NyAn and Ostcrman, both OF whom
arc paying close attention to tho array Of crooks
recently arrived In this city. Vagrancy Ia the
charge.
John Wilson, blood-thtrsty sailor, whlo In
An intoxicated condition last evening came
within IN nco Ut committing q dastar1ly tnuF-
der. Without tue slightest proyocat,on he IT.
t1rkel another sa3lor, whom he knew not, aud
hit him IN tho mouth several timcs. THIS hAp-
peued at thu eorner of Lake and Canal streets
at8:43 last evening. John Austln, the s,an whom
Wilson struck, saw the drunken fellow draw
| akn!gc, and do1ged Just In time to escape the
blow. But Austln's "parl," Patrick Tucker,
was slower than he, mud lie received severe
| though not fatal cut In tho abdomen. Wilson
| by tho tl1emcn Of Engine Company II, and
| turned over 10 Officer IIoo1ey. At the lirst un-
| slauzht ccrtaln Thomas Fitzgerald !ntcrfercd.
and It IS reported TINT he too was cut by Tho
! furious Wilson.