Daily Republican., 1882-08-14
FIFTH EDITION
CAUGHT IN TRF 1c1
A COlOred Man ana Wa.
tempt 10 Steal n S~an Al,

a OOAOTou man and War;
tempt to Steal Poskst'@..aa .a At
About 8 o'clock this mo,.,OOA'
Margaret Harmon. who resIdas ag y MIS-,
Gust street, between Taylor lss Sas On IO-
streets, got on o car Of the nv MI Elghth
Union streets line at Front and n5Gat and
streets to go to the upper part NV '. y MARKET
to attend . funeral. She ma ot sne city
her arms, and after aha wss s Oabe IL
the car she saw two ladies On tSa ttHSa'ea % IL
walk who told her that she w w. tne side
the wrong car. There was Nc mas taking
In the car At the time and az ~ one elSa
and went out to talk with tbo,.s o sot up
ment, leaving her parasoI hrn5ia % mo.
pocket book containing nna oie Sto And
$6 bill and a iO.cent piece On VtS tSo OH a
While she was talking to the laS;,s dH seat
saw colored man and wom.N a'eS sAa
the car, and when she ret,rntSS ~ u
pocket book was gone. "'ueu The
She asked them where has
book was, but they both denied POctet pt
seen 1t. Mrs. Harmon then Oot uSvlng oN,
the car to look for an officer. And Uus OS0, Of
officers Vickers and Cannon at q. ITSSlag Tg
and Market streets, called to tbo,n front
told how she had lost her monsu m a0d
the meantime the car had startss 10
Front street, and the officers Ss Ssd Uu1
chase of three squares before thew u@u M, =
took it. AS soon as the car stonneS Stst' ~
colored man and woman got ONT opl .as 'as
the officer arrested them. auu
After they were brought to tbs n,,
station Squire O'Neill ordered pvlrS NV
they be searched, and although tSas snS.
both protested their Innocence wy Y.
pocket-book with the contents =. y 10
scribed by Mrs. Harmon was iorSs W
upon them. While the officer. 'Vuua VSal
searching the woman she drOnnaa" a"Tlo Az
book among some other things, and ,SS ,SS
man picked 1t up. Although tbis v.s '.s
done in careless off hand name, "% =
did not escape the eye of OfiOer VII =
ers, who compelled the mar 10 bsDS !
TO him, and returned and reportad toM.
acting Mayor what he had found whsS J%'
they were both placed in the dsok 4'A
They gave their names as jesse IN,
Margaret Finn, and were very anYioD,
fIr their trial to be proceeded with =
they said they wanted to pet M
move to Rockland this afternoon
Squire O'Neill heard Mrs. HaDu,,
evidence and upon looking in thsSt
found two receipted coal bills E~
Frank Townsend, and a recsi.SS
grocery bill from Mr.. Ellinger Vrow,
ct Eighth and Bennett street. HAM
ed the prisoners about these bllIs mi
they did not know anything sbont
them, while on the other hand NM
Harmon was able to describe tbAm
fully. The colored man protests tbM
the money was his, but could Dot al
how much there was: or the denOmiua
ton of the notes.
The acting Mayor said that tho syi.
dence was conclusive, that they had
stolen the pocket book, and ordered
them to furnish $500 bail each for thsr
appearance at Court.
The prisoners had in their posSessiO ion
two bundles of dry goods, ono Of which
had the advertisement of VIM. Huber
dry goods dealer No. 203 Market street
on the wrapper. They also had some
common tea spoons, half dozen sau.
GERS and 8 glass goblets, all of which
were taken charge of by Chief Of PO-
lice Hawkins. AS it is not likely they
will be able to furnish bail 1t is prOba.
BILE that they will be taken over to New
Castle this afternoon.