, 1879-03-20

lHAhADELtlfAt AlaFC[l l]+-QQG Ol tHo NlO8L
curious unsuccessful attempts at robbery which
hare ever CONC to tl.o knowledge of tic police
MAS discovered this morning, ut about 8 o'clock.
night uatchman discovered smoke and flames
ssuns from tho basotncnt Ut j. s. i. Kemple's
ladies' drcss goods establishment, ut No. 90
aouth Fourth street. Ho gave an alarm, which
being quickly responded to by the f!rcmen, they
nere Fortunately able to e1tingutsh tl,u cl,i-
bro cuntIaerut!on before serious damage was
aopc. a singular discovery wns lnatlo when
ne building WaR searched to find the origin of
Ae 1Fe II was evident that TIC store hah been
entered BY burglars by breaking Into ono OF the
fsaE. n They had packed up several large bun
ales Of sa!uable goods, Including Iaces, trim
!nlhes, etc., aIid Ind carefully deposited them In
US 1ascmsnt, after ransacking tue dltfcrGnt
qeors 10 to get toEothcr tho most costly goods.
!hcy t,ad even got SO fur as to break the from
guards OF basement window IN tho rear, and
gag deposited several Of their bundles ot plum
ael through the aperture into nn nEcnway, pro-
pasasosy to removal, Thus fur tl,c thieves were
;Gssessla tat IT ths point they seem to have
Md. the tct1ptatian being too much for them,
!"aey proegcdel to indulge in tho fascinating
adaoE. Whether or nut they beca1no tntaIlcat-
" " unknowni but they probably did, NJ they
apeet lighted lnntern and 10 set fire to the
e. se.e. About thIs tl1ne they must have bur
nSulr .1r lett tho place, Us they took mono OF tho
plunder With tlcm md the fire was discovered
after IT. broke otlt. The only loss by this
hSugolaF burglary Ia &3,00o worth Of goods
tgsatncd, which Ia not c0ual to the value oi what
~e burglars Ind packed up to carry on.
JUSTICE MOCKED IN ARKANSAS.
Mspatch to 81. LoHts Globe, |fHoetus.
ArELR RocK, Ark, March 18.-John Lindsay,
% lsla! at Lonoke for the murder OF Andrew
taylor, co!orcd. wss acquitted today. The
murder was committed In th!s (Pulaski) county
nss summer In tic following nlannor; PsIsou
.a.e0'hson, :. smith Kotlutn, and John Lindsey,
snsa msts Young white mon, were drinking at a
1%,aatrS ~, grog~slop, about seven n,i1es from this
i.!' ,a,tl, as alleged III thu testimony, feeling
nsa than mere deviltry, took Taylor, MI old
sa man, aWay from tie atoro to thu adjacent
II iYpSas, etood him up as mark. tfred at him un-
H.. II w &as struck ouce or twice. which brought
@ eys; e9'sg 81 asgs ifr IL s p%a SSa ii e.
esofdeteEa were arrested. Kclium was sem
AISa ,Sa tq ten y.ars' imprisonment. and Is now
Sl+,daa Ms renltehsiary. ps!ton Robinson. who
sS"lsd saaasa,, youth md druuhenness, and had
~ senssfMl friends, was sentenced to one
,lGsSu ,,IlnG!sue Court mud secured q new trial,
Iiaa,, MN VII dountloss be had at. tie
se sa; Contt Of thts county, next, month, hut
on h!u h.! ths lay, for as soou as hs was re!oased
Sals ~ December ls got married. John
unoa Tie n,nu who was acquitted today,
ehsa.a7 hnu arrest waived examination, and accureu Il
scrn1a,. sugs o. venue to Lonolke County, LlHdaey,
nSv"salns nv to the ayldenco takeu liere, was tEe
ill., deliberately bcw out The bralns Of tho
ils l.na. 1he Democrat Of to-day, speaking Of
nurs,yaqattal, snys; ut was horrible, ghasty
S"usasd, crime almost without paroilol.
rnsn., 70 recount fur this verdict from Jury OF
an"nlet hone4t, educated gentlemen sufnas ssan
p"*ess ot comprehension. Ws give It up,"