, 1879-08-13
4 THTEF'5 BWlNULE.

a TH1EF'5 Bw1NDLE.
The phrase "diamoud .cut diamond
fails to express the sharpness aud dextority
Of tho financial operation performed In this
city. fow days ago, Of which LHssEn Fn1En-
uEno wns tho victim. To understand the
case, and to approciate tho magnitude and
| brilliancy Of tho transaction, it ia necesgary
to exp1niu who LESSER Fn1EpnERo Is.
| LRssEn FR1EDnEno Is o Gcunau, a ao.called
Jow; thief by habit, instinct, and long
| practice; man to whom honesty Is fablo,
mud aoouuslroltam q natural gift Ho lns
been pawnbroker by license; ho ID now
n pawnbrokor without license at alt timos
| areceiver Of stolen property tho instigator
Of robbery md burglary; tho employer Of
thieves nnd burglars, he, in ut least ono wall
| established case, WAS tho inspirer Of tho
assassination Of M oflioos. We tlo not ax'
aggerato the character OF LESSER FR1EpnEno,
and, whila wo repent only what Is notorious
to Tho police, tho Public Prosecutor, and the
courts, LESSER Fn1EpnEno 1ynlks tic streets
Of Chicago openly, fearloss1y, delant1y.
Just now ho Is pesieging tho courts for
Justice the prosecution OF q thief.
With this portrait of the mann portrait
in which tho co1ora aro oil too partial aud
rosonte-tho roaler will understand hottor
the wonderful story that makes FR1EDDrno
n plafntiH In a court Of iustioo, invoking
tho protection which the Constitution pro-
vidoa for 81 life, liberty, and property"
LESSER Fn1EpnERo, assisted by his wife aud
various othora, runs a pawnahop, otherwise
a fenco; he Inns n widespread reputation and
does large business Lust week a thief caau-
ally informed him that oertain Of tho fraternity
wora In tho city, hnving in their possession
n "hriok y; TINT this brick was tho reault Of
watol-cases, rings, chains, plato, and other
plumber, tho result Of large business done
by the owners that tho holders had dfl-
Guilty In tlisposing Of it because Of their
inability to oxplain how they obtnined tho
precious motal. FR1EDnEna at once "tum.
bled to tho job. Ho wantad to know tho
parties, but Ills informants "good fnith
forbid nny disclosures until FRIED.
nEao paid him $500 cash to be
put In communication with tho pos
sossora Of tho brick. An soon aa thiH was
done he opened negotiations for the pur-
chase Of tho gold. Tho nature ot tho nogo-
.,o stato5 m ,ho ona honi1 t,,a .o,lora ,varo
corfo.so;, t,,iavoa ntrar,nr for s,1s ,ha ,on,
os,,,~atod ,,rooooi1a ~ soyor,, ro,,horios, t,,o
nn-oh.sor vos m ov,,v,d roca1vor ~ a,o,on
faodo 1,n,in1 fror, r-ofo.sad ,,,,ovos Tha
hrot vo;ahed aho,t mn, ourcoa md vaa
.vo-,t 40 1,n1,;or T., ro,,n;1 fr,,-ns ac I'm
T,hs s.,tor, ,..n,a,7 nr nm ths I,,,op oTor.,,
10 nm Fin.llv tbo cortroot W. md.
mn, t1,o h,,ol w.s n ha trorsto--oa ~
60 aoo ~
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any I'sA " uA'.na a'hp"h"o Hsaup'"9 e. .ne
eosa a.1a saoa.'ns tps 'uo Po4ss: ,,,-, tn0y
appo1n'uu "'o'uof i'ao'' na'' e'@pt'saeu -, y
P''sn'o go'u'foop1 !" "o''u.oae no'e',
"''" '"efe 1lsp"hho' t''oslue'' WIN 1o''s ".,a
oots1a an'. o'hoe ''oa'ls ~ ,o"''4e 1Ao l'aF''S
~ ."o n'o'a'' 'uo' '''a 'f''na''
FmEpnsRo' like al OF h's sraao' lad all
the appll"pees TOR suol. business Ae 4sl
Ills oottIo OF ao'd tsoally 1lled he had hta
A"gar or'gnteneo loF tho occasion. Those
no rlaooo On tho 1aole. 1he o"nora OF tho
brick Lad also their bottle OF acid; they, in
fact, lad lwo bottles, ono af which was pure
wAteFs anti, strange to soy. those bottles ex-
actly correspondent with &hoao OF Fn1Ep-