Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-01-04
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A Crop of sleeper Snatchcrs and
Pipe Hitters Garnered for the

A Crop Of sleeper snatchcrs and
Pipe Hitters Garnered for tht
Cooler.
At 10 o'clock last night the whole force
OF the Sherifrs Office rested from theii
labors. They had been on the go since z
o'clock in the afternoon pulling in "hoats.'
When they surveyed what they had accom-
plished they felt that they msrited the ap-
plause: "Well done thou good and
faithful servants" They had succeeded
in caging just one dozen birds OF various
hue, eleven men and one woman, nine OF
them having been arrested on the charge
Of vagrancy and three for smoking opium.
They are characters not unknown to fame,
as will be seen. As the ladies should al
ways have precedence Miss Bodie Jake
takes the head Of the class. Next m
James Norris (' Red" so called on account
Of his being a decided strawberry blonde,
then slippery" who is well named, then
Charles Kleine, alias Tom. Lawton, then
Signor NJ. Garcia, II. Johnson, George
Sullivan, Ed. Howard, E. r. Jones, Chas.
Woods and three Cinnamon. These last
three were arrested for smoking opium,
and were caught in the act. A whole pile
Of pipes and other apparatus and a can
nearly full Of opium were captured and
brought in with the last Celestial that was
taken.
The case against most Of these prisoners
is clear. They ought TO be gotten rid Of.
The Migrants can be put to good use by
being set to work on tho streets, for the
benefit OF themselves and the county. 1t
is high time, also, that the wholesome law
to put dow the smoking OF opium should
be enforced. The Sheriff n his officers
have done their whole duty. 1t is ex-
pected that their labors will not be lost.
1t is not unlikely that some OF those
persons imprisoned Oh the charge Of va.
grancy are also petty larceny thieves, and
that they are implicated in the numerous
robberies that have been committed re-
Gently, some of which nave been referred
to in the SENTINEL and commented upon.
The thieves have been growing holder and
holder. The following is a partial list Of
those whom they have victimized or tried
to victimize: Monday morning at 2 O'Clock
two men attempted to break into H.
Bris tcher's saloon, opposite the Eureka &
California Lumber Yard. John McDaniels
was reused by the noise they made in par
TALLY removing one OF the iron shutters
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stout plank. Finding they were discovered
they ran away and escaped. Tuesday night
burglars went through the lodging-houss
above the Truckee saloon, taking off q
number of small articles with them and
cleaning out the pockets OF one man who
was asleep. The same night they stripped
several clothes lines. The families Of Col.
Dave Hall, of J. s. Whitton, Charley Fox
Of the Parker House Restaurant, and of
Deputy Sheriff Mckay can tell a fearful
tale Of these night depredations. The light
fingered gentry have carried their stealing
to such an extent that they seem to
think it bad to have anything untouched.
Many a family has been put out Of all
sorts lately by having no milk for the
breakfast coffee. Monday morn ing early
Jimmy, at the Corner Restaurant, handed
the dairyman a can for the milk and went
aside for a moment. When he returned
the can and milk had disappeared. And
SO the story goes.