, 1877-04-22
LOCAL :sMISCELI4ANY:@
,SOAPY LEVY.

SENT up WITH Ills GANG.
Soapy Levy and two of his protsges we're be-
fore Justice Foote yesterday morning On the
old, old charge Of swindling, and, after long
and tedious examination, were held over to the
Grand jury in the sum Of SIS, 600 each. The
main facts in the case are as follows; lew
weeks agoa man by the name Of Charles Riddle,
and his wife, came here from Grand Rapids,
Mich, on their way. to Kansas. For want Of a
better place to star, they vent to the place OF
one Lotus, On Clark street. Alexander Lotus,
the son Of the proprietor, made himself very
agreeable to Riddle, and soon learned that
the latter had $500 about his clothes. As the
Granger was going to Kansas it was quite
natural he should want q gun, and it was not
long before he expressed desire that LOTUS
should show him where to go for the article.
Lotus, who is one Of the Levy gang, of course
piioted his unsuspectiug friend to No. p North
Canal street, den adjacent to LEWIS clothing
house. After the gun question had been dis
Charles Harris, another young rcprobate in
with the gang, to pull out . pack Of cards and
propose game with the Granger The latter
was easily induced to try his luck. and for
ting all was well with him, and he smiled smiled
with satisfaction as he took IN ,,sd~ sdseFal
haul Of u 500 gold watch. Thus encour-
ayed, lie did what thousand other fools have
done before hin,-risked his all with the mag
niticent idea that he was going to make MS
fortune. OF course he lost every cent he had.
Lotus played the virtuous, and:did the proper
amount Of clustering, and threatened to have
Harris and Riddle arrested. or course tue latter
WIS scared, and took his leave rather abrantly.
uc afterwards reported his loss to police
headquarters, and, in order to keep him quiet
10 future thu gang Of swindlers gave him $l2o
rs sort uf sop. But the ptAicc fai1 yio-
lent hands Oh Riddle, and detained him Us
witness when the case should come up. In the
meantime Levy says he received 4 note signed
ses" tfafP'A'oEf tas Eevg couia s9
range that matter with the. Michigan
Grauger, the writer would pay him for -h!s
trouble. Thcrcupon Levy employed ex-Dctcct-
i've Chaplin, who-is now III durcss, to confer With
fhe %ness m ao s tn 70 s'iia f st how
ever, some days ago, and all hands were arrest
cd aud held for hearing. When the case caule
up before Justice Sumtucrfeld, tleS all took
change OF venue to Justice Foote, whence arose
cutting ATTORNEY Boyaen aud Mr. Atwates repre-
scnteu the State and the complainant respect
lively, while Bill Felker aud man named Hor-
ton bolstere1 up the cause of the gang.
All the facts above detailed were gone over
and over again, the defense endeayorfng to
show that the complainant engaged IN legitt-
mate game of.gamtling; that Levy had nothing
to do with the matter. that he dill not own the
prctuiscs, but that they we're leased to man
named Raymond, who, as the agent for tue
propcrty testified, was NOT Lew; that 1t would
be ridiculous to attempt to spirit q witness
away when he was III charge of the Police DE-
paltnent; in short, that the whole gang were
immaculate apd could not be held, with the pos
siblc exception Of Harris, who might he brought
in under the Charge Of gambling. Horton
claimed that Lotus was as pure as the driven
snow-or something to that effect,
But Justice Forte sat. down upon all such