, 1879-01-14

Anothef OF the nople army o. ConHtanses. Ivy
yiror Is M. iii sou.l. Morenn street, where
until yesterday resided Halph Lamb ut TX
policeman. his wife, and dastEhter., Lamb % w;as
one OF The victims To tho economy OF the Cos,n, %
worthy officer, with family tlcpcnlent on lin.
But for oil that Tho mnntin!c was, Lamb must
go," and he had to obcy u; Since ho ieft si'c
could get, and has known what pinchrsgE pogst,
t. means from nctua1 experience. Ills Inst
work was In tho capacity us q policeman at
The Exposition Building dt,rtnR tho d5o'l
beet, uuablo 10 ! Get much, Il anything, to do.
While on the iorcc he got together enough
money to buy the little cottagu ut tho above
named nnmber and tn furnish IT. Tten ''e
BY woman on the South Side. to whom Lamb
has hccn paying ground.rcnt. In lifs tlay Of nd
yersity he got hehintl In hia payments sutnc
Fl5g. ]lu stated tho caso to tho owner of tsts
9lrcn titne to 90 50, ami asked her nut to take
any steps In the matter. According 10 his
statements to rcpoFter last evening, shs re-.
bJ ' i,cr husban,l viii a discrimination
to get the house Into her own hnnis,-the
knowledge Of which determination hp said l,o
had gained from some OF her feienls,-she got
Yesterday rcsoried to tic Court OF Jus.ice
tlnincs to sec nbout having the Judgment c1l-
forced. The particular piece Of machinery used
Il, thc procoss was writ of rsstttuslou, Of which
two Constab!es took possession aud psoceedctl
to execute. Their narea, according to Lamb,
afe Mcaney and ilaskfus.
Knowing that Lamb was apt to hayo re-
voireE about the house, and fcnrin9 t1le possible
cousequcuees Of its betnR rcck!essIy. hhn-
,as was no. " at l.o.nu h'n.eit.- they
loaded themselves up, ahc says, with similar
weapons, and resorted to the additional prccuu-
tton of picking up two policemen at tue Ntadlsun
Street 8tat!un to usstst them In breaking open
the hou.c,-i. c.. in preserving the peace. Ar
riytne at the house, thor kn0chcd and dcnanl-
Cd at,n!ttanse, rcsl'ns the w5lt By wy Ct en-
and, either At this stage of thu gau,c OF anbsc-
quently, intnated TINT sho hid q. revolver On
tho premises, and mildly suggested that they'd
hetter & 60 away: Instead ! o. Eone awny,
that Mrs. Lamb had no real intention
to Use thu gun, for had she 80 desired, 1t would
have bcen easv enough to perlorato too bodies
in'." sho evidently, thought. se gould scarc
them ofI, and probably would havo tluno so had
the two protecting policemen not been on hand
to nerve tllem up tor tho occasion. AZ It was,
Of tho "cops," the Constables rushed Into the
hutlsc through thu bur4ted door, and, While ouc,
it Is tlarscd, held hls gun ut tho wpnlcn's heads,
Inc othcF proceeded: with the aid Of tho po-
tufe. 'rh!. process was .. ID disastrous
to The furniture as though It had been llloyed on
| tho 1st Of Mas bv tho average expressnlnn. One
| stove was rendered as good as uselces and
other articles Of household use bore evidences
Of the roug, handling they slau rcs c!vcd. Tho
| stuff was thrown over the fence, on the sidc-
walk, INTO the street, around tho front yard, and
tho humble little cottage completely dcnudcd,
utter which the women were driven 0ilt into the
cold, custodian took possession, and tho furns-
turr-s,nastcrs droyu off. The fact that tElc fur
titure was not taken away showed the bchelne
Of the owner to bo nothing more nor less than
,f1f hat
| discovered. Mrs. Lamb and her daughter wcre
received Into tue house ot q cool friend near
| By, whefo Lamb found them Oh ILLS return home
late III tho AFTERNOON. OF course he WIS as.
tonished, and indignant, but tho frst thing to
do WIS to get trtnuorsry quarters, and, aftcr a
while, tllcse were found at No. i1 Ann street,
where tho little family moved, anl where the
reporter found them last avcntng, considerably
tur1, up ID MUD, body, and estate. Lamb de-
nouneGs tho wholc thing as m outrageous
selcine OF tho part Of thu landlord to drive lin
uut Of house a1ld t,oine and yet the property
Into hfs own hands, md promises to tnuke them
and thu Constablcs "swcat" for It yct.