Daily Republican., 1878-11-13
THIEVES UNDEn ARREST.
The Perpetrators Of the Robbery
NJ RsansDey's Segar store Cap
taPed-The segsrs Recovered
Old OFFENDERS Implicated.

at Ra0nsDey's eeGor eeOre Cap
taFed The seEars Recovered
Old Offenders Implicated.
In yesterdays REPUBLICAN, was pub
lished an article Announcing the com
mission Of a robbery at the segar store
of William Raunsley, Sixth and Ship.
ley streets. '
When the facts OF the robbery came
to the attention of the police suspicion
was directed to a certain crowd of young
men who have been In the habit Of
gathering at the saloon Of William II.
Carroll on Fdarth street between Mar
kst apdi Shipley. 4. "a .t.it,
At the time the robbery was com
mittsd a gentlemen was passing Sixth
and shipley, and hs saw young man
standing on the corner and two others
in the cellar. From the description
obtained from this party the suspicious
Of the police were more firmly estab-
lis he'd and they became convinced that
the robbery was committed by. James
Hagsny alias "Slim Jim" and Thomas
Garraghy alias "Brackey Tom," mem
beers OF the aforementioned disreputa-
BE crowd.
Shortly after the robbery was COM
mitted these two were seen proceeding
down Shipley street with bags on their
backs, by the workmen in the compos-
ing room Of the Herald Office. This in
formation was all that was necessary,
aud the police at once inferred that the
stolen articles had been hidden away In
Carroll's saloon.
Pc William Rawnsley swors out o search
warrant for Carroll's establishment and
also for the arrest Of Hagany and Gar.
|raghy. The warrant was placed in the
hands Of Sergeant Legg and he In CON-
pany with Chief Police O'Toole and Off
Ger Jones proceeded to Carroll's saloon.
This was abb ut four o'clock in the after.
noon of yesterday.
Upon entering they found Thomas
Garraghy asleep in little room back
Of the bar. Thomas was placed under
arrest and the search continued. At
last Carroll informed the officers that
the segars were hidden upstairs and
that they had been brought to the sa
loon by Hagany AID Garraghy. Car
roll then showed the officers mp In the
garret. Upon officer Legg liftinga num-
ber of bedclothes large pillow case
filed with segars came to view. On
looking further the searciiers found an
old ice cooler also full of segars. Mr..
Lsgg procured bag and changed the
fegars from the cooler into il. There
were three wash stands in the room,
the drawers of which when pulled out
were found to be also filed. This en-
ded the search. Carroll and Garraghy
wsre taken to the hall where the latter
was confined in the city cells, while the
former gave bail in the sum of 5000 to
appear when wanted.
Sergeant Legg after taking the cigars
to the Hall, went on the track Of IIa-
gany, and arrested him about FIVE
o clock in the evening at the establish
ment of Margaret Ayers, No. 4l0 Adams
street.
In the meantime second search of
the premises of Carroll was ordered
and officer Jones in company with officer
Mecham and Deputy U. s. Collector,
Prettyman, proceeded to execute the
mandate. In going over the garret they
discovered five gallon measure con-
taing about eight or nine hundred ci-
gars. That was all that was revealed.
Hagany and Garraghy are in the cells
awaiting their trial. They are old Of
Tenders and are well known to the
police. Hagany served term of im-
Prisonment in Baltimore penitentiary
for robbiDg the house of his brother in,
law at that place; and was short time
ago arrested under suspicion of way-'
layinga man and knocking him down
at Fourth and West streets, but there
not being sufficient evidence to war
rant a conviction he was discharged.
The penalty attached to the offence Is
quite heavy one as the perpetrators
have not only committed a felony
against the State, but have transgress-
I'd the laws of the general government.
These laws infict heavy fine and a
engthy imprisonment upon any person
who takes from mandatory a segar
hat has not been branded with the
government stamp. As the segars that
we're stolen were in raw state and no
luty paid upon them, the U. s. govern
nent will probably take action upon
he matter and inflict upon the thieves
he full extent Of the national statute,
When the laws Of the State have been
ully vindicated.