, 1877-12-08

iurn OF George Eager, tho notorious straw bali
opefatof and long: suspected ''fcnce, had come.
md that his chances for an extended term In tho
reniscntlarr, which l,o has 80 long dcfrauded Of
fta prcy, had Increased considerably. Yesterday
ho was brought up At ths Armory on two charges Of
being aeccssory 10 burglary and 70 strong
was tho evidence addueed that hfs In.
dletment By tho Grand Jury will donbt.
less be a. 4 principal In ono II not both
tho cases, The police authorities feel jubilnnt,
for they betieva that the conviction Of Eager
means the breaking up Of ono Of the most dsnFcr-
Gus can4s Of burglars and thieves With which thcy
ever had to deal. FaEin out Of the road. The Art.
thc police hold thai II Il the opportunity for DIS
posing of The products Of BIZ crimes which retains
Yesterday afternoon there were arrsi0ntd at tha
Armory no less than hino men CHARGED With bur.
sto,sn Sooas sseh 10 nv 6en upaT
tbo charges a9atnst them vere AZ follows: George
nei hsss and seismsn 1es reeei1in3 stosn
goods. each twp charges; Jnl1ua II. ste!n, fe.
frss ,ns :@ss Ssn F FsSS ass ss cs.sss csass' o, 1ss
man, alias .'sheeney 0eorgc.".. and Id will,ams,
chief ; of Poes Ss f1eseys Deputy @ @ sopesntendent
and Tho Court was crowded. Mr. Linscott prose.
sa s ~ ehis: IL n'ss sss3 o; of s
Nearly 81 the pzisoaers asked . change q venue.
which nef hs
A. that gontlcman's ofIcc WAS not IarRe enough ho
,rsusiaffei himself 10 the Police Court, wbese tho
s:sa ess s'sn rs9s s: @ .
In $40, 600 ball to The Criminal Court. Tho DeFgs
weEe granted continuance unti! tho 17th Inst,
u Tas % 1am.in!ns dsisaasats were then ranged In
line, and the ts!al began.
merchant tailor, doing business at No. 0B8 Archer
nvenne. was tho. nrst witness. He sworc that
into ana worth Of eosSs. 9tosed sad
@ Moss,ed piece .yoods, three oyerecats watcs re- re-
vove1, and .? il money carried or lie identified
great part Of tho goods which had been recovered
pa,rs o} pants wh!eh hat besn made from
hi4 cloth since It was stolen. The pauts
wero found BY Capt. Simon o'Donnel1 1t
tluSs o otssH II shs
room Of = colored man in tho raeihc Block on
Clark street.
and VIZ smptoycd to make tho pants b! Stein. wh!
brought them 70 hlm ready cut, and who supplied
tho '''HppSsi oeSicsns s1a; x.n.rn AND ppnn,
sass!sa Gn:n: T. :, :,:i q III, x1s:%.a S1,tS I'd
oar. loi asoss
r. % .bs to tsps4 a % e. ins Ct ss
b hia motion. ..-..
Wholesale clothics, Nos. o. and Gu Wabash avenue,
4dcntiaed nearly 500 worth OF tho goods with
which tho court was ltttored d having
1go last Tuesday night Ths property
coas!stod OF Imported Cloths sk velvet, aid pihcr
valuable goods- lie idcnsldcd BnEns a. having
called 1t his place With companiou few dsYs be-.
about TO uptn 4 store 1t Ottawa. ill.,. aud wsnted
to buy Z stock Of goods. but hts actions were so
snspfclous ~ to ati1act MI. Erustvin'e attention.
and he warned Ais clnslA to luox cut, A boy en-
ployed In tho store gave corsobosativa testimony
On thls point,
Detective McGnrrigtc testified that he found d
quantity OF tho Cpos 1t tho house OF Sarah Light
foot, No. 174 Fourth avenue. Tbs proporty did.
covered there wRs the product Of tho E.fsteln
robbe1y.
MRS. ltaHryooT
described On interview between hef1etf and EteIn
i which the Inter sFranged Tor bringing tho Nods
The subject nseda no cofnnscnt.
Ia a merchans tatlor doin1 bnsin.,s q, M oa7
ti.rk sftret nsaT rsn itnTen .trr.I r. IL t,1 20.
mnnv hnrn. nnt a. It n h. eIt,snoon. swtdnn.
wtII not snfre T., send d,soIv+ Fsysr ~ fnst Se.
m extended nefiod tbsn thsra il nelfhsr i"v mn
in.t;cs in isrss ils sworo tbst tsres wrrI. s1o
Eaosr cams 10 Rim sna so1d ssstsin var ,xi,, ~
aona Cloth in dsy or two nn H.
steIns store With .shssney George"
~ Wrnwn afterwsrd "amn an TX .h,. pasns tna,