, 1877-11-14
tempt WAS made 10 arrest the Singer Garrtty,

tempt was rnnsc to arrest the singer Garrity,
or any Of his pals.
Dowiing were brought up before tho article call:
ri Hanynn anA admitted 10 fail. Mcdonald
gaze security Tor fa,hD, and D"TlinE for 8..-
Ncu more for their friend Garrtty. Bowling
himself was put nntlcr hall Of sl,s0o, mud Me.
Thursday, OFT. ", 1S;.s Clarity MAS tried for
the assaults just nnteu. lie had however,
taken the pa1us to provide himself with choice
assortment Of witnesses, who sworc him out Of
but the jury, and thry knuH rTlfnt was coming
very naturally. Mcdonald defended Clarity Oh
this OCCASION.
AFTER M'aARRr:
John waA with Mike AtcDnnafd and Nick Gcary
when Mike, in September, 1871. nttnckelJ i'm Mc.
tlarry In his aatoou on Madison street, anil, aAal-
legged, snapped Fttinl At lIt' It will, peri'nts,
be crcmcmbcErt1 that John u. K0hnttec, John tiar-
rick, tIusttlc Duytlcn, II. II. Miller, auA MIMI
bcr Of other politicians. were In the ro1n at the
time. aEs1 that a1,,enr the encounters Was one
between Join Uarrity autl - buffalo" Miller.
The evidence wns not sufficiently strong to
warrant scnsling tarrty to TUG Criminal Court;
10 own thc pistol Mcdonald ltd; 50 he was dis
charged.
lii March, 1s7b, Hugh, having in the mean
"nuxKo't srAEREn,
turned UP again. 1Ie roped man named r. 7.
Putnam, Of Pcurtn, tntu NJ. tfS Clark street,
wlierc hls confcdcrates beat Putnam out Of
500. lie xaa arrested, t.tll at the trial wit
nesses proved an allbE for bim. They wero IN
they sxorc. and It was fellow named Rlrc,
who looked like Hugh" that came In NTH Put
nan. The victim was paid $500 not IL prose.
c1itc, but hc did It, sfnrc hG was t,ndcr $0 bail
swore him out OF sight, and "not guilty" was
tho verdict.
In December, 1SI. Jol,n vas arrested for
being vagrant, md fined S5.
vaQrant. 1Ieforftisel his bail, and was RECAP
turcd two days afterwards and lined SO.
CoEF1pEKClNG.
On the al q July, is'5, Hugh was arrested,
with hi. pal, Nike st'nunessy. Tor ,conlidcnelng
James Hall, GraM9cr. out Of 500 b.. the
bogus-chcck game. They loug!,t tic "suckct"
of, gave him perhaps 42j anil paid Ills fare
hotne. Consequently lie didn't appear nt the
In October, ts1H, Hugh and shauncsscy we're
again run In for their oil trick,-beatinE q
far,ner named Ferdinand Alien, OF Nebraska,
out Of $40 by tbs bood gau,e. They wcrc held
in $4,000 each to answer al tho Criminal Court,
but they i,avo ncror been ttiod, aud never viii
bc. Through friends, Allen was bought uH aud
seut out Of town, aud tho case did not get TO
the Grand Jury.
On the 81 OF siarrh, is;7, John attacked j,
II. RomaIne ~ Datchetdcr's saloon Oil State
street, and in tho fight rroekcry was smashed,
and Aonane received two bal cuts oyer tho
cyo. Gnrrity Wis arrested, but when the c1sc
tIon md tho charge, .'assault with intcut 10 do
bodily injury" was dismissed. Tie satllo t1ay
lie was arrested for creating disturbance n q
lO,la0 OF ill-fatne-a favoettr amusement. This
case also fell through.
RonnlNa 4 GAMBLER
In May Of the present year John, Hugh, and
nn associate named Snalt, fllcI neorEu Duval,
the Eamhler, full Of liquor, in Elllost's taloon,
corner of Harrison street and Fourth avel'uo,
nrrcstcd, but llugl. skipped. TIC two former
were held fur trial. In July Hugh returned to
the city and wna arrestcd. Dura1 went before
tho Grald Jury, lut, "a llc was unable TO sup
port hls statcnirnt, no Indictment was foul.d,
and that ended the matter.
MAYHEM.
In August Of thia year, John beat o man
named John Conltsk, who WIS taken TO thu Ar
fnoty In scini.uncnnselous condition. At nt-
lie was not even arrosted, txnl,atty beeadsg
CUnlfsk refused tn mako q complaint.
JOHN has, Or haul, q gtrl nanlGd "Bellct" and,
when drunk. be wins in the habit vi tt,rnahtng
i,inl all the made. sho has bud ,lln lockctl up
for hls brutality, hut neserwould appear sgalnst
him.
The abovo BY no mcana includes
ALI TIE AIsDKxDR
OF these creatures There nsp scores Of drunk.
en- men beaten anti robbed OF strlnipGts Cokctl
until they gaye up their pour earnings, Of murl
blnkoed And tllen run ont Of town, IF coulrattca
robbed Gntl deserted, which l,avs neverappcare.l
In the papcrB, ur which Wcsu mentioned Only
casually. During tho last ten. years hardly q
week has elapsed IN which one Of them has not
been guilty ot crime, anil during that long
pcrioI none Of them except when ut Joliet l,aa
cnrEletl an honest dollar. It Ia sincerely to hc
hoped that, HOW that three of them, the wOrst
Of tho gang, hare heGn arrested on a serious
charge xhcrs sherc Is ample testimony to prove
It, there will be no delay on tho part ri the
Btate's Attorney and the police authorities III
| giving them tliesr dues and sonl.g thotn tG
Joliet tor mt less than ten years apiece. For
| tue question Is getting to bc n serious ono tC
this city whether 1t can alforl to have such III
famous dogs as thcse tucn In It's midst. No dc
ccnt man can walk the streets with nnythinp
like security while. they arG at liberty, bccauBt
| they may take liking TO ba watch OF oycn tt
bis life, and tl!cro has been no Law found ycl
| TINT eau bold them to any sort Of rcspun5l
bility. Onc Of them the biggest tEtcf
the drttcst coward, an1 the vilest cur OF tic lot
| has loudly boaktCl oi bis intcutton 10 "mash ,
one or two OF the ncwsgatflcTcrs Of this city, Il
| tho general public weru llalf na ready to blow
l,o1, through, Clarity 10 the threatened incr
nrc, they would all four have gone 10 tllei
deserts long before Ihis. Thcro Is not exactly
law commanding one 10 kill q snake or tlarrl
IT, bnt, III yIcW OF tho character III both, it Il
Inrhtfty yyat er f. aY,,tI In anv u,nrN tnt,r1a