The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-05-25

| , \""o ny the act
showed that they are not incapable If
very little things tried to persuade Mr.
Blxpy that the quoted remarks referred a.
rectly to him, and were gross and damoo
ing insult that called for resentment TT
this was piece Of humor in the parties
in question, nobody will envy them their
conception of the humorous. If it was a
piece OF spite-work or the outcrop-
ping OF spleen and personal venom,
it was directly the reverse of brave and
manly. We found Mr. Bixby an honest
minded, candid man. He could see MOTH
Ing wrong in the paragraph, but was as
sured that 1t was slanderous, and that the
writer should be held answerablc. Mr..
BXby is not kentuckian, as we have
stated; but citizen of Illinois.
Deputy Sheriff Charles Benncted had
quite a time of it Friday last, in eifectng
the arrest of colored man named John
Thomas, who is suspected of horse stealing.
Bennefield was on his way to Unity when
helovcrtook an Old man named Hight who
claimed that he was in search of q horse
thief but was fearful he would never come
up with him. Benncfed took dcscrip-
| ton of the man wanted, and at once decided
that the description fit John Thomas,a young
colored man eighteen or nineteen years old,
living with his parents near Mounds juno.
| ton. Obtaining the company of JEFF
| Craig, Bennetied set our for the Junction
| and arriving at the house, called for a
drink of water. The woman was about to
respond 70 the call, when John cried out,
mo; we haven't got any water. Don't let
EN- come in here" At this both Benefited
and Craig entered the yard. The negro
man ran to neighboring fence and jerk
inc off picket, warned the officers not to
lay hands on him. Bcnnefcld approached,
when the negro aimed blow at his head
that would have cleft the skull, but for the
fortunate circumstance thar the picket was
impcdcd by a tree top. The assaulted officer,
hoping to scare the negro into
submission, drew his revolver, and
aiming at the culprits ann,
fired, The negro instantly dashed through
the opening he had made in the fence, aud
cut out at full speed across an open field.
Benneticld fired upon the fugative the ball
taking effect in his back, and then put cut
in pursuit. At the end of a quarter mile
foot race, and when in a state Of utter eX-
haustion, he overlook his man, who, in
stead of surrcniering, turned upon Bcnne-
field, and fought like an enragcd tiger 1t
was blow for blow, until Bcnncticld plant
ed good one in Thomas temple, and
grounded him. By this time Craig, who
had been sick, reached the scene Of con.
hct, and the desperate fellow was soon
mastered. He was tied, brought safely to
Cairo and is now securely ensconccd in the
county Jail.
-Ammiel Gomez is the name of
French creole who reached Cairo some
weeks ago and concluded that it was
good place to ply his avocation, which is
that fthe dead beat. In his rounds hc
met an Italian, named Gallillco. who en-
pressed purpose to 60 to Cape Girarle au
Very singularly Cape Girardcau was the
point for which Gomez was destined. and
they'd bear each other company. Pend.
ing the arrival Of a boat they walked out
the Mississippi levcc. Gomez informed
his friend how he had learned all the
tricks Of the shallow confidence men Of
Cairo and how, If he could be persuaded
10 do so, he could break every one Of them
In three card monte, he could turn the
card every time, and he showed his eager
Italian friend how &c do it. This CONVEX
Sation had scarcely ended when a negro
met them, shutting three cards, and under
some pretcxt made himself known. Con.
ycrsation turned upon threc-card monte,
and Just for the fun of the thing Gomez
showed his skill, turning Jack every time
much to the establishment of course, of the
negro. The negro having to step aside
a moment the Italian was let into the secret
the Jack was marked The balance is
the old story. The Italian bet all the
money he had and his watch and chain
that he could turn Jack, and his stakes
were covered. Confident Of success, he
turned the marked card, and it wasn't
jack The negro being Gomc2's
confederate subsequently divided the
booty, leaving the Italian pcnnilcss,
which was fortunate circumstance in this,
that it insured his presence here to prose
cute Gomcz-the negro having escaped.
The jury after hearing the evidence, re-
turned verdict Of "guilty,' and fixed the