, 1880-07-25
ARRESTS

! with, a "pal,',' whose name is unknown, a
/ he escaped, was detected in the act OF stea
ing pals OF tobacco from the rear door o
/ Dean. Whitaker s. Co.'s grocery, Nos. an
4 Wabash avenue. The property was all II
j covered.
Nicholas E. Branfgan, a member Of Ii
band of "souealers ~ employed by IN
police, managed to get arrested once a. agali
Scene BY assaulting Mrs. Hannah n. CLARK
| Branisan is Known in criminal circles a:
"Stone's Kid,'' but when arrested yesterda,
he insisted upon calling himself Alfred
| Forday. - s: F..
Joseph s.Jibowski was arrested yesterday
and lodged in the West Chicago Avenue STA
violin, bass viol, and some other articles
from John Schultz, No. IS Fox place: The !t
goods we're: recovered in saloon at NO. 2os
North Sangamon. street, where hey were
left for safekeeplng with, Frank konks; ;;
Jibowski has been III trouble before, and 4
Is thought other charges can be found
against him.
E. ". Schroeder Is the name Of suppos;;
edly insane 1ilan who last evening reported
at the AInsory that, upon coming home from
the Government pier, he was folloWey by three
foot pads, who madea desperate attempt to
rob him. Obtaining but little satisfaction he
returned with the intention OF shooting them
arrested, after firing one shot at his imagin-
ary ass;iiantS. and was locked up at the
Armory for safe-keeping.
Al Guyon, Room 2, No. q Clark street, had
the misfortune to lose a roll Of bills amount
ing to about $50 III downtown c1oset last
he noticed c. J. Wentworth, and his brother
Frank two rather har(l-looking citizens, act
ing as if they had found something in the
closet just after lie left, and when he asked
Il ,f,L k1nFH
it. He was so thoroughly CONVINCED they
had the money that he caused their arrest
Mrs. Melvin, while taking ride on one
of the pleasure-boats running out of this
larbor, had her pocket picked yester-
day of pocEetbook containing about
SIS and some papers. She concluded
until She : reached the landing; but
happening to notice young man on the
boat draw her papers out of his pocket, at the
same time he drew forth his handkerchief,
she recognized the papers and at once
charged him with the theft. He refused to
refund and she caused his arrest He gave
the name of Robert BartelL. p.
Minor arrests: Willie Brown and Charles
C0tfman, stealing a watermelon from 4. c:
Palmer, No. 153 West Madison street; Fred
Uennessey, charged with the larceny Of
butter and provisions from the Revere YER
ss was arrested s last M tight I Just sfttr Ri having
returned from Kansas City, whittier be
went to escape arrest; Thomas Nullin, 13
years of age, who stole pocket book con-
tanning small sum Ut money which had
s Ms y 81 skoPse 9psn "so So II esson I aees ssree
Harry johnson, clerk on the steamer Sky
lark, charged with the abduction of a
daughter Of Mrs Catherine Scotsman, of
Benton Harbor, which was fully mentioned
several days ago.
a. Allen en-. FreeI. q ve1y bad land and disobedIent d
in once again last night for annoying Wlll-
at the corner of De Puyster and Ha1sted
streets. On the way to. the sta
ton the - Boy ~ was "a ,a.ss seized Mith
force to bring him in. 4 large |
crowd was gathered, and upon reaching the
station not a few. accused the officer
t bussa aaay 5 xfGnPy sG RoSng e'fF9esf F2sssa i: and
'ancti'nonious young rascal when once
,e gets behind the bars and he brings con-
'iderably sympathy to himself His favorit
rick is to yell at the.top Of his voice for
i'm through shame. This trick he played
With success last Tuesday upon the Chief Of
lie Police.
The highwaymen are beginning to make
heir presence known: Shortly after 10 |
''clock last night Mr: G. Grunewald, while
n. HIS way home to: No. 363 West jackson
'e1: oot Jackson and Aberdeen 80 streets
y three highwaylnen. He was
rst struck on the back of the head, and once
gain on the forehead, with some blunt in
trnment, slpng-shot perhaps, which
;hich the blood; flowed: freely. :: Mr.
tiunewald was not stunned by either
low, though the intent Of the thieves
:as undoubtedly to render him unconscious.
r., which brought to the scene Officer F. a.
'aylor. At his approach the highwaymen
an of, but the officer. at once comprehend
e what had occurred gave chase, and sue
eedlng .,,,,. in catching 1has one Of the trio
was taken to have his injury
ressed, the prisoner was fully identified BY
i'm as one of his -assallants. The prisoner
ave the name OF James Barton ~:
Last Thursday evening two men and a
oman carried into. a drugstore in MiIwau-
ee man covered with blood and suffering
ON three knife wounds, ,oneof whicfl, having
enetrated the lung, was considered serious.
he men SUNK AWAY, leaving the woman !
. care for the man until the: doctors came.
he man gave the name Of Adam Vein, and
e woman confessed to being his wife, but
'lice ascertained that his name was Lam {
~, and that Adam Weyer, alias Weiss, and I
IT Vein, was the man wlo cut him. Now
eyer is. a member Of notorious band of
leves who have wandered to and fro in
is neighhorhood for some years, and, !
ey generally have headquarters in :
licago or in some suburb, such as :
Jacksonville or Englewood. From this :
int on the police asccrtained that party of | i
ieyes had accompanied the wounded man t
Milwau kee, and that, quarreling about the
vision Of spoil, Weyer had cut Landon. 8
member ct the party named Wagner was ar t
sted, but Landon refused to prosecute him. !;
til Jansen, Of the Milwaukee police, took 4
E case in hand, amt corning TO this city Sc t
red the aid of Officer William Zimmauck, i
d. arrested Adam Weyer at South Engie- d
>od. He was taken back to Milwaukee in I
: afternoon: Edward Wagner, If the Mil =
lukee police are unable to convict him, will T
brought back to this city, where he is .
lnted Tor horse stealing. 49,. -, .
SCIEN T1F,C NOTES. 49, .
,eilu1oid is one ofe the NEST remarkable OF | =
deEn Inventions, and bids fair to be not less 2
ensiyely Or vuriously used than vuicanized u
)ber. 1t Is produced, snys the journal 0f In y
trB, BY mixing guul-carnphor wirh pulp OF ~
4 cotton, and subiecting the combination to =