, 1880-08-05
LOCAL CRIME

LOCAL CRIME.
ADENTAL THIEF.
About 8 o'clock yesterday afternoon Con-
stable George Hartman arrested George a.
Ewcll, young man who lias been In great
demand by tho dentists OF this city, at his
boarding place, No. I'D Cottage Grove ave-
nue.. Like all expert thieves, Ewell lns
particular racket" which he "works ION
tho unsuspccting. He Is II good-looklng
young man, Of pleasant address. n11d has
picked up d knowledge Of dentistry. With this
to back Him, lie calls on some dentist and asks
for situation. II he succeeds IN getting orn-
yoarg ,mal,, joins tho CHURCH, and nlnkes .
favorable impression, on bis employer. This
g0es on for week Or two. and some morn
ing when the dentist goes down to bis Office
ile finds Ills Instruments and faluables miss
The story Of Ewcil's operations In this city,
rs far as Eno,Wn% 3, % can oS @ tGid @ In ysry yt iew
eiseS eESs; qn }5e e osa @s 81 o ffS st. eo1ss os'
Lewis, dentist doing business at tho
corner of State and 1salldolp streets, was
entered by"n burglar and $3.50 worth Of
had employed Ewelt as an assistant, md at
tho time tho robbery was discovered it was
found that satchel belonging to nlat young
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pit in IN apPearanee during TIC day, ana the
Doctor concluded that he Hlust ba tho thief.
Accordingly lie went before Justice Wallace
md swore out a warrant Tor Ills arrest on
Mt the Central Station, giving tho name and .
description Of tito man. LIE Was informed
that the police had been looking for tho same
clap for some time on tho same class OF work:
Tho Doctor put tho warrant III the hands Of
| Constable Hartman, and Instructed him to
work up tlle case.
at tho Metropolitan Hotel, on North Wells
Snn1ay:scfool connected with Dr.. Need.
not been Mt his hotel for u day or two, and
Lard III @ saufan oam sayns 1ns ie Spay. wsG
school teachers had introduced him at tic
hotel, and It was supposed that )c was
oil right but he, LEFT. no baggago behind
act @ xag f1X pS Tsoka h 1yF IT. faEr ses5sR @ tFG o
thst place lace viii s two 1 complete sci sets of dental
| tools among Ills baggage. He dcclated TINT
as askea t hei e be aoxea % az lo ssy & &c os
! until the matter could be Investigated. lie
was left in II room md 1lts clothes were taken
from him: n the night, lc escaped 10 hts
at Soufl, bend, Ind, where be worked
for, Dr., Cummings. another dentist: Tie
Gt0ie thlS u9ctnr8 Tools, Dut was captured
at Laportc, Ind, and was taken back to
| South Bend for trial. when hn was dis.
charged on a f1nW In tho Warrant and was OF
before lie could be rear1ested. Up to- q few
days ago bis whereabouts could not bo dis
Constable Hartman left bis description at
NIL the dental offices in the city IN order that
he might be identified 1t he attempted 70 seek
SSss 5 S That The vs Ssy biSES bs s; sa HILL /
| man called Mt the office. Of Dr.: Smith, on
| West Madison street, and asked that gentle-
man II lie Knew OF q man who wanted eH-
fold that there was young man IN the city,
| living on Cottage Grove avenue. near Twenty
SECOND stree, who was looking for such sttll-
ation, but the Doctor did not know his name.
Grove avenue and made lnQnifies In seyeral
houses for young, man named !Ewell. ilo
finally found tllnt> 10 was boarding ct No.
:eaea1 on that street, and was told that ho
IIe returned there at that time, md posted
! Dr. Lewis in Dauna's Pavilion, where )io
could SEQ the man. lie was seen
s19R5Ey asT 1ano coming Iadyg a " n4 e as ttss9s
identified him is Ills old assistant, AS tho
couple entered the house Constable Hart
man made the arrest. EwclI took tho matter
Sssty as fpd @ 1enfd 81 Ills I'll dSx pSa fEfSa d. Gs@s
came up md identified tho otcrcoat on tho
prisoners arm rs the one stolen from his
| Office. Ewell confessed that II WIS, but
stuffed that he bud merely borrowed It, i'll
tending to return It.. llo WAS then taken to
the Armory and booked. Tho staHon-keopcr
recognized him as the nnail who had been
wanted - for some tlIuc. Ills case will
como up this morning ut o'clock, but hero
will probably b. continuance grnnted..
Ewull was arrested hero ABOUT three
nionths ago by Detective Denny Sluons for
| rohbinE a dentists office at the corner Of
State and Madison streets. lie was held
ta that boaS 3 beesse Ws
ngainst him. lie cnntesses his crimes, aS.l
does not appear tn fear tho consequences. 1t
Is very probable that he has been playing his
Eunls a1l over the country, and tho deceived
dentists who t,lay hear OF tl[s caso will un-
tl0nbtctlly rival III numbers tlB wives OF
| Ctarence Davis. >