The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-30

fired a second shot and then asked: what
money have you got about your" Lynn
picked up stone, and then tho hoy fired
third shot from his revolver. The bullet
entered Lynns left thigh. Ie hurled the
stone and then turned and ran, while he
shouted "murieri' again and again. AT
the same time the three boys ran away and
escaped. This happened nearly opposite the
gate Of Mr.. James OBrion's residence. As
Lynn ran mp the path to his house Mr..
o'Brien met hlsn. 1t is supposed the boys on
| the fence heard Mr.. . Brlen open his front
door, and therefore the three ran away with
oct committing q robbery. The first bullet
would have penetrated vital spot II It had
not struck heavy buckle on Mr.. Lynn's
braces. The second bullet was stopped by n
thick memorandum hook IN his right
coat pocket The third bullet caused a
wound in the thigh. He wore very plain
clothing, though he had with him about $500.
! The assault on Alderman John J. Morris
occurred on the twenty-Sixth or October, on
Sixth Avenue, near Twenty second street 1t
was $50 In the morning He had just ex-
changed salutations with police officer ut
Twenty first street. While he was opposite
| Stern Bros store man stabbed him three
times I'm the breast. The morning was foggy,
and the assassin disappeared. Alderman Nor
ria made no outcry, but hurried back to the
officer he had just left. Pursuit proved use
less. The cause of the assault could not be
eoujectured. Many supposed the Alderman
had been mistaken for another man. He re-
| covered from MS WO1nua.
| On the night Of the following day occurred
| the Manhattan Bank robbery ut Broadway
and Bleeeker streets. In which the thieves blew
open tho vault and carried away over 81, ,000-
900 In bonds and other securities.
On the morning OF November 6, Mr.. A.
Bernhard discovered that small hole had
been cut through pane In the side of his
show window. at 9N Eighth Avenue, and n
gold watch and several solid gold rings
tished out with n stick or q piece of wire. At
O'Clock heard n
crash Of glass, and almost at the same In
slant, saw the head and part OF the body Of a
man protrude through n large broken pane
Of glass into his show window. The thief
took up tray containing eight gold watches,
together with some gold rings, and fled with
IL. MIR. Bernhard and his clerk sprang TO the
front door, but found 1t fastened from the
outside. 1t took their united strength to pull
It open. How II was fastened they could not
afterward ascertain. The clerk, Charles Loe-
ger, chased the thief and fired three shots at
him, but all trace was lost at Broadway and
Fifty-fith street. In his flight he dropped the
tray. three gold watches and q lantern.
On the night OF November occurred the
robbery OF Mr.. A. i. Stewards grave.
On December 10, in Brooklyn, the Rev. II.
>. Francis seventy-one years Of age. was
riding with his wife In a Franklin Avenue car
on his way to church. At first there were no
other passengers. Afterward four men got
in. Just as Mr.. Francis was stepping out of
the car behind his wife the four passengers
wedged him In the doorway and took his
pocket-book containing $40 from him. Then
they pushed him off the car and the driver
started his horses. Mr.. Francis chased the
car and called on the driver TO stop, but with
out success
On the seventh of December Philip Marks
AYERS that he was knocked down and robbed
at l03 Bowery, a bar-room said to be kept by
VIM. McGlOry and James Flynn; that he
was afterwards gagged and bound and kept
In a dance-r0om until the morning; that he
was subsequently taken In a carriage by
Flynn to place in Third Avenue, where he
was kept prisoner for three days and two
nights, and that he was then given an old
suit of clothes and thrust out into the street
Marks was unable to bring proof enough OF
his charges against McGlory and Flynn to
satisfy police justice; but 1t is worth noting
that the same Flynn is now serving twenty
years sentence for being a confederate Of
David Pender. who tore a diamond ring from
an ear OF Mrs. Adolph DeBarry In
ans, ss' in Fifth % Avenue. o Pender. nc D''1f who,
was arrested afterward In the Bowery and
sentenced to twenty years imprisonment,
had just three weeks before on January "a,
forcibly opened the door of handsome car
riage, with a liveried driver. as it was rolling
slowly up Fifth Avenue In the afternoon, and
mounted on the steps. Two ladies were the
only occupants. From one Of these he tried
to tear her iewelry. She kicked him in the
breast and, seeing Mr.. VIM. K. Skidmore
coming to their rescue Pender ran away,
holding his handkerchief before his face In |
lieu Of mask. Flynn was his confederate In
this instance also, though he did nothing but
stand on the sidewalk in readiness to aid in
Penders escape II necessary.
On the twentieth of July a large gang of
roughs boarded and took possession of an ex- |
cursion train returning from New Haven to |
Westiield and Northampton. The rOughs, |
VINO belonged in Southington, terrified, in |
suited and assaulted the passengers. The
auilhus III this case was probably not robbery. |
mos: Buckley, treasurer OF the Abba Knit /
Slhg Mill Company of Abba, near Troy, n. |
l., got into an Abba horse car at 10 o'clock on |
tne tl morning OF July with $1,000 to pay the !
nlahus; carriage followed the car Sud- !
uenIy Mr.. Buckley felt his head drawn back |
oy the clasp OF two arms around his neck. /
ne trled TO cry out but he could ONLY
gasp. AT the same moment another |
man snatehed from him the package Of |
tAouey. ne man who seized the money ran |
W .he rGafflage which had been following the
caf; me other then let go of Mr.. Buckley,
ahl also ran tor the carriage He vas * |
closely ptrsued by Mr.. Buckley and ma ~ 1
tWo olher passengers that the first one did /
not dare 10 walt for him. He, therefore ran
on behlnd Ehe carriage Mr.. Buckley fired af
MIN several times with revolver and he ra
turned the skots. Finally the rofh-r in tho
carriage got cut, and, with his co,npanion
ran across a cemetery to a piece of woods
and escaped
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