, 1877-02-01
LOCAL CRIMINAL ITEMS.


J.. Peterten, cigar-1nakcr On West Ohio
street, wns before Commissioner iloyne ycstcr-
s1ny, charged with violation OF the Icyeh,c law,
lie was held In bali Ut S,00 fur further cxaluta.
tion.
Matthias Warmcrsptnc and Theodore Rtshold
were arrested last evening by Officer l1ctirick
while cntlcavoring to break into vacant house
opposite firculn pnrk with vIcw to cleaning
out nil the lead pipe 1t contained.
Officers 1tcnrdon, AIaloney, aud Sclbcst last
night Mt II 30 o'clock swuopcd dow, upon
skfn Ealnc, at M. 6s Randolph street, md there
captu Ioin Walpoc, George Gallagher, j.
+: Watson, and J. Young, together with cum
plctc faro layout.
Tom English, .plck-pockct, was arrested yea
tcrlay plying bis vocation, ant.nX tho crowds
johnny Lamb, with whom be Is wantcl for tic
rercnt attack upon the Coliseum.
A sllcrcssfnl attempt WAS nlatlc at 1o:o0 tlfs
morning to !orce npcn with Jimmy Tic tlo0rbf
Hnck ~, n Mayner's tlrus sto1c On Clark street.
ators bc!nrn they h,.tl proceeded fur AMI after
wards snw them Try TO kick open a cigar store
opposite. No arrests.
A bold attempt WIS made by three foot-pads
lust evening 10 20 through tho lIulsg Of ucur0o
kttcllcn In the garb of mencants, ticy sutitlcn-
" turned r0l,hcEA anu presented q pop ut tc
head Of tho serrnnt-E1sI, uni demanded the To-
tntion u the s!lSeFwarc anu icwcls. Tho girl
srresu'ned ut lie top u tcr sotcc, 50 ular,uIng
them that they made rapfl trnrks In tl0rtlc5ly
direction. Detective set'aAuk md OtlIccr Lat
itch followed in their wake, mud succeed In
overl,auiing them vt the corner Of state und
siocthc Streets When taken to tho Chicago
Avenue stattnn tbry gnvc the t,atlrs OF James
Scott, Louis Stcthcn, ailaa |,acllu., and NIebcl
! Hucho.
AN ATHEIST uSDEn DirPlCuT.TiEs.
When un arrest is lnu.lc In lhe Twelfth street
district tho people turn out cn Illsec tu view It,
us though it wtre funeral or barbecue tint
required q eoneourse Of people to .nako Il n
not end here. III soma, Of thu harder
localities, The mcn in tlu immediate i,ciel,-
bnrl'"od Ut tho arrest skulk through
alleys aud around corners tn get Eootl rha.,ce
to shy stone ut the !ntrsliing officers heaus,
their wiyes !lsc knives, dppc!s. md other
household urtlclcs Whenever policeman comes
near thcI,, and even tho children put III their
our. Several nights ago tho liquor sturc of
~. Doehn', at The corner Of Centre avenue
ubout sl96 wnrtn Of gootis, airl Just
Us thy rob'crs were making OF With the PUN.
der, oiircr TIN sIal'oney ca.no upon then. and
low, threw IN Ills hn,l,ls a.I exclaimed tint he
WAS tllot, hut nevertheless managed 10 lsnkc
his escape Yesterday the otl!ccr learned that
!taEbcr.htTcet EanE, headed by tllc notorious
Jnhn 41!rr alias Svaf,in1', we're nll drunk, snns-
tnklblc evidence III 10 tilcir guilt, Tor tE1ry
rarely have 1nnucy enough fora luxurious drunk.
a descent was ncrori,sly ordered, sergt. titz-
patrirk lcaIsg the wny. After Il terrific rem
son.rc. during which the officers eacl, received
relies oi rn1lingpIna, tt!pper- n1l .leftly thrown
kl,Iyts, sergi. Fitzpatrick usl.rpc,tcd ii, taking
in tho notorious lcatlnr of thu ganE, se,nlnn,
In IN almost naked condition. and on1-
Albert heller a,la Frnuk Patterson, tho
two young thieves suspected OF tho liquor rot-
berry. The sergeant re"cycd b'ow from
stone or brlrk upon the crown nj his hend,
WHICH broke his hat, anil Inflicted severe scalp
wouutl. Thl4 fs thu aatl,e crowd WHO sull.c two
| weeks a4o knlwked Oilirer Ifaitrock scnselpSs
and shot III old man iii DcKoycn street who
dangerous crowd canuot b. b. fo,,..u % iusiio .' the
city jfluitb.