, 1879-03-30

that a certain sa}oon-kccper negotiated nit
him for the exchange Of q showcase for tn
coupon However, he was detained prisone
. until the matter is more fully investigated.
: The notorious, ungrammatical, unorthograpE
lcal' 'mpen!tent, and gray-bearded defendant i
me celebrated case Of Amanda Craig rs. Elish
day charged with defrauding George s. Bowel
out Of S550 by false pretenscs. Thc prosecution
was represented by an attorney named Brock
WY, who appeared in the dual capacity Of coun
SCI ana complaining witness. MIR. Sprague va
represented BY N1r. Gus Van Buren, and Mr.. D.
Nolf; Mr.. Brockway testified that tho defend
ant had sold to George s, Bowen for s35t
tnreo land-warrants, representing thai
they ttle warrants) had not teer
hoedfeo hod &c., Then 1e fact vas TIA. H. theS
solo solo the land,-360 acres. The payment OF the
S5o0, on the part Of Mr. Bowen, was positively
sworn to, as was also the statement that Sprague
had represented the warrants Us unsatisfcd.
! lhe statement that the land had been located
On. those warrants. and had been sold BY
sprague, the witness offered to prove BY letters
| from the Department of the Interior at WASH
tngtou. These letters he introduced in cvi-
oenee as Official reports authorized By the Gov
crnmcnt. They set forth CLEARLY the statement
that the particular warrants iu question had
been located and the land sold. Mr. Van Bnren
objected TO the introducing Of the letters as cyl
dence, and said that their authenticity and gcnu-
ineness had not been shown, nor had the identity
anu authority OF the sgncr OF the lcttcrsbeeD
established. MIR. Brockway contendcd that the
letters came through the United States mail In
Inc Official envelopes OF the Department of the
Interior, and written upon the official paper of
tIat Department Of the Government, needed no
additional support as to their genuineness.
They were authentic. reliable United States rec
ords. The Court did not regard the1n in that
iight. He sided with the defense in the objec-
tons which had been raised. The prosecution
hno nothing except the letters to establish the
Before Sprague lett the Court he was arrested
by Deputy-sherif Ben II. Seligman on a ca. sa-
Tor debt OF S1,6S5 due mau named Heaps,
one ol the contractors for the building Of the
manms ADAMS House 6oss as vas taken back to Hof-
Justice summerne1d: Otto Boe1m cancb+
cndcaVorinr to force noar = ~o;trooI'oa, - -.
Alton Railroad by Daniel Berry. of No 11s
Eleventh street, So fne. A. f;o1dsm;a ~ n.,en 10
broker refusing to alinm the nocr tn IN his
register Of njedees con,;9na5 - ~ a US
Sadie Green. charra6 w;1t, rohh;n.r con.'
James Baggs Of SS0 zach and '' ~. 1aa,s,, Haus.
silver with. i,fsch.rye1 o Tor Ioo,. aEAsy
prosecution; Robert Stewart. alias Gror@e II n
$500 to the Criminal Couri ,,nnn aa"t NJ ~
following charres. Iy;iav R,os " s" scn - VIZ tlae
Madison street: G.. Stntfreren NJ a Nexth
Clark street: /. r. HIM NJ ia s,ad;ea
street, NJ. Rnrn M !
was n]so ha1d Jtn; Ne; =, n 10 Clark stfeGl: He
Court for the theft NJ ,ho,,t n s4o6 lllnl 'rnntn
Of silvrrwsrc and c1,+bi,o @''ua IL e"u h" WILL
employed to do rhores ahnnf tha o ho,1n nao oGel'
SEMI Nav nawnbroter auoEt ~ dn w nonse po OF 20
day when rane nf na,ntoous ,asl aasn; anu one
Dremises Arnold Pnad rith ~ apout tne
er ha coid afnou tr..t.1 oesamnea WILD az the plum
s1irt1r aoE,ard - tne dresses were
,hons md vas4srdav tha s,,'. ~ varlous pawn
hainnse ~ tHa aaS s'NclNare a1lo Inc
Iizze snro '"e au,e plu1ugI WHE;+ were recovered;
3einr aeccssarv to Iarcenr ~ ad snateSo WIN
Rcnsch - staa1 - 10y ~ 1luns nttse aartna
pntno Clnthi,r fTac Mn se'e.a, +;y uays ago at ne
;nstico Mnprtsnp 1iuuSe, Mn1; eWW9iueu 70 ine "a;
n,,a rtse ,.;.h at Malon ana Michael
on n9ntir,,;s ~ mitn staponls Young Cnr1stlan-
~ ~ o9nts.uu .;s u sne same naii until the
creesh,a p rn,,,,1stus Gumafo rappenaori, dis
- - 10 prot,.nnn; ounstGl 49,, o. ~ years. sent
ercs,, snS nfo.nsrs " n:n Asylum; fTank Andrews,
~ 3, u % sonc Spoons ron ron =. H. Dlckey, Of
Vi;,fe and T.ddv fvss 3t sloy nne, ne5oert,
nj rsare res1eetseis tntee iaus aus agea L. IT,
~ ilspses's' "no nave pecn away
,p;a Iph nelr nome n1lle successive days, during