, 1880-12-26
| suspicion by Burke jumping town immaat.
ately after the capture. w


rested by Officers Derrig and Barrett at 10!so
lAst evening for stealing a horse and buggy
Van buren street, which were taken
sSSq Ssrss orssa es!'ef Street from rhey No. w59e d
caught at the corner of Lake and Sangampn
streets with the buggy Iii their possession.
Edward Maloney and james Colburn ara
also locked up for having stolen horse and
fysI from eeFFa a vsdns of No. bs rs
property was recovered.
JOHN Morrison, an attendant in the closets
at the Palmer House, was arrested last even
ing upon complaint Of E, F. Goltre. a guest
of the hotel, who suspected him Of having
found z pocketbook containing ticket TO
Of the seats. Morrison denied having
found the book, but when searched at the
station the theatre ticket and a portion Of the
were found upon bis person. Morrison then
told so many conflicting stories TINT the po-
lice were satisfied Of his guilt.
The saloon Of P. O'Brien, at No. 2 North
Clark street, which is extensively patron
lied by dock -laborers, was the scene OF dis
orderly brawl at II o'clock Yesterday fore.
noon A man named Martin Foley had picked
handkerchief from the pocket Of one OF q
large party Of laborers congregated In the
saloon, and the party made In collse-
quence such disturbance that they were
ordered to leave the place, Continuing the
attempted to eject Foley, who was the chief
cause of the row. Foley resisted, and the
bartender drew a revolver and fired one shot,
which inflicted a severe wound III Foley's
was taken to the County Hospital, and
O'Connor was locked up at the Chicago Aye
nue. Station. He clalns that he drew the re-
yolver only to scare the man into submission,
and that the weapon went of accidentally,
l. VERY HARD CROWD.
The Christmas carol Of crime was ushered
IN, by party Of hoodlums, thugs. and
to q DANCE given at West Twelfth Street
Dramatic and Dancing Club, an organ
izatton Offered by young N, men a?. Lying T1g
large hail was packed to overtlowlng, and
along in the early morning hours fights,
instead OF dances, became the amusement Of
the crowd. After a long series Of ,brawls
thickly packed was the crowd: and SO bellig-
erent their humor that they prevented the
police from taking any one into custody.
Finally, in one Of the scrilnmages Officer
Hanley was struck and slightly injured OH
the crown Of the head By piece Of broken
Of the bali were being rapidly demolished;
scared nearly 91t Of his wits.
The police concluded to disperse the assem-
No arrests were made, but subsequently
Jimmie Van Hessler and two OF his cronies,
named James Maroney and John Flani-
gan, created a disturbance on the
street and interfered with typ young
They were run in, and yesterday, before Jus:
tice mgersoiL they we're fined SO. IS. and
IS each. So far as was ascertained, no one
attending the dance was seriously injured,
but there must have been several hundreds
another charge against Van Hessler.
About two weeks ago, while playing
| pool in John Hammell's saloon, at No. 547
Jefferson street, he quarreled with q beer
severely beat over the head with billiard
| cue. He escaped from the saloon and from
| the Police Patrol, leaving behind lis coat
aud cap, which gave him away completely.
WHISKY DID IT.
Edward DeIaunt. living on Packard ave
nue., in the Town of Lake, sent Edward
day morning to procure from them an order
| tor S5775 upon Britton Il Guth, butchers Oh
West Jackson street o'Toole. got the
order, but instead of returning with
Brten to hs tG&S5hsseT Gh rfaf hse{ Il
| as Delaunt's business partner. and got an
Bank for the money: He then went to
| Michael Evans, "By DANG, ,'who keeps,
Streets, and by again representing himself as
with him to the bank and vouch fol-
him. O'Toole then went upon a
| spree, and was found by officer Patrick
Station, at the corner OF Halsted and Thirty:
seventh streets very late Friday night. He
was drunk and had Just been badly beaten
and plundered by foot-pads Of every cent o1
the money. He was kept over night at the
Twenty-second Street Station, but yester
day morning his condition was such thai
| it was deemed advisable to send him to the
| County-Hospital for treatment. O'Toole il
| worthless character, about 50 years Of age
| about the Stock-Y ards. The police hope tt
capture the men who robbed him, but they
do not expect to recover any portion OF tht
money.