, 1879-07-18
bali TO the 18th, BY Jns.tce Wallace. and Ast
evening Gnerin and bis two partners were Ad-
Mitted to 81, 0Q0 bail 10 tho same date.


United to 81, 600 bail 10 tho same date.
soxx THIEVES BAao1p. \
"When thieves fall out, honeat men xct thef
duet," wss fully proven by several arrests madS
n the West Division, some Of them at very
i ,he s.sta,,n. s"qr LIT night A To eeet1 Ttt
re.rpaty,. John Leighton, visitor IN this
city lrnm Texae, MAS beaten out Of $40 at cards,
aud eanscd The arrest Of John Hardgrovc, T.
s1!oonkecner y, At No. 81 Hals.ed street Ia xhose
none, and coaid not remsn to pro-:
HardRrove had been ~ tuoi.hsd By . Is fne.
Leiehson Is positive sha. be Was roped fFou the
where he was robbed Of ~, cash and h,f watch
AMI ct1nin, but, though IialstcI st.cet was
searched Thoroughly, sl,t houss .could
nos Iss % Do,c. f0upS w:r+ ,n,n1,, ts~ dsys .go
stolen watch Was at Mrs, schnt;der,s baznio,
No. 114 Green street, and tin, TINT 7as the
pfnce Wherc Leighton was robbtd. An cyc was
kept gn the pis9e BY Detectives Shea md Keat-. |
g,ms ss to ahe station ard teoorted tlat
.es%e. s'e ss" BAD bruta,ly as.sutea '0Sas sef.
and that abe wanted him kept awaE trorn the
tht hlnteo e ths oileer. that he -. the ons
who hsd stolen LeiRhttn's watch IN the house,
after entiei'g him aHnr from tho game
sir.,t.s Of si'd , s'or9 rh,rs.S h ;heFsupSn
theft. but he cleverly turned upon the woman,
and said thai abe and an inmafe Of the house
named Maggie Hcrsl!ue had rpobcd Leighton.
MaEEte WAS next arrested. and aaid that the
essa es5 i rG 70 'ss Ss u e. a.d 1 sSns h:a
10 The recovery o' tho watcl, in the possession
ot Sir. Il. 4. CoEay. with the firm Of y. y. Fisk
d 70, lie, auppostnE tho nstch to bo stowe's,
had readily obliged him with loan. Of $i5
IT, manner IN which Mrs. schue.
der had implicated him, that in revenge
he tolu Heating that ailvcsMare stolen
from the Residence Of Christian llotz, better
In tile mouse, and that the thieves were George
Thompson, and Mary Thompson, Alias
Clark and aicks, md better known
"ola Man" iii k. After thoroughly ses1cS.
inE the houte On Green street, a portion Of the
stolen flverware Was found In III old closet
under .s;airr ~, rhct, was reached by secret
SQUARE herself, and s1e told the police that the
Thomp1ons weeB the thieves. and that the wom-
an Hicks lad WORKED TOR time In the mansion.
She then rclated the story Of the burglary n 1t
thuna M nacrs storm on ths night oi II june
IN lie library winduws; md, eutefiug,
carried away o lot Of sllvcrwaFe. mid cut two
S s Io@ s H.. tFsss s bsoh s9es
went to the house Of George Mc0tbben, No. 3l2
West Harrison street, nnt, upurlnndinE a larger
quantity Of tue stolen sllserware IN hia
no,scssIon: PLACED M h'n under nrtest. M1: NJ.
capacity Us secondhand dealer on West Ran
dolpn stree. lie had bought the 9ools from
Tl,otnp.on aud lie freely owned up that no
Es. ,;s H IN possession Of ond n uo paint. Int
at present. UwsnE to the absence Of bis wife
from the ctr. The police were still out upon
the trail at 10 O'Clock this morning. and hope
to lind son.c other quantttlcs Of plundcr. To-
dny charges will be preferred xgalnat those un-
der the arrest
THE CONFIDENCE OPERATOR.
The gretuest Granger that has been seen In
this city for many days was To be found With
Detectives Shea and keattnE yesterday. His
name is Frederick Bickmau. bis age So ssart,
arrived >iu town at 8 o'clock IN the morning
over the Chicago t Alton Railroad from Pay
ettsvle IT. Clair Counrr. ILL.,, bis intention being
to transact some bualucsa III the CITY, and then
rnotcr-mill. Al the depot he was met by one
OF the many confidence men who swarm about
certain street corners and Saloons, aud, owtng to
Mr. B!cknAns unsnspecttnE nature, the "con."
man easily enRaged him In conycrsatlon. They
wAlkcu lelsutefy t0ceilrr until, At the corner
OF Canal and Washington streets, they were
mot By second tnnu. who was In
great DESPAIR. ae "a.. farmer IN Jet-
ts.son Gou1,r; ~; :" a'd H., knew alt about the
be was anxious to return home, and had 1ust
bought bill OF goods amounting To several
hundred dollars, and lad only i $1,000 bill,
when, Of course. The storekesper could not
Of good. ut lie Nor.wes.eru 's dcnot
which ne feascd son,c one would stral during
his absence. and would Mr.. DicEnlAn be kind
enougl, to Z nd l,t% ~, ne money nnt,l be could
"an.1s" upon his Victim. then pt.scd the
$1,000 bil!, which of course was spuri-
ous, to him, and the unsnspccting
Granger turned over to the sharper ESQ Of bis
money Earo tho uane Of Brown. aud, after d.
rccting Mr.. Bcknan to 70 to the dcoot aud
rake Charge IT Lie aforesaid valuable package,
he tcampered away 10 buy his merchandise. Nj.
hickman went to tic depot, md searched ahnut
Tor Mr.. Browns baggage, but found It moi.
Meeting with Officer James DesHe, on duty nt
that point Hickman became quite Indignant
with him because be waa unable to end the val
nable package; After long Tux betaesa
asa tSsn 0'Ga ran ''o'' ie the A' west ,!saisea
Street Station md reported hts lnlshap, but he
$1,000 hlll. lie describes thc man who roped lin
~ tYlt aud slender, taudy hatr, inustaclse and
side whiskcrs, md clad in EraytslI m,1eA suit,
With black hat. The pocc have no caew upon
rhch to work, there being 40 many "con. :"
men In town, that the description does not Gt
any oue Of them more than another. However,
determined effort ts to bo luadn by the West
Division police to shame their South Divls!on
brethren into soaring the gentry into closer
quarters.
ln this connection It may bo said TINT eon-
fiieuce men anu awfndiers OF all clAsses line
10th sides OF Clark street from thclCounty-
Building to the City-llall at all hours Of the
dAv, ulelrpeincipal resorts being At the corner
OF Madison and Clark strests and at the Wash
iugton street and 3touroe street coruer1. Ha-
loons kept by I politicians At each Of uheso
corners arc the rendezvous.