The daily gazette., 1883-11-20

The City Hall room was crowded last
evening during the hearings before the
Municipal Court. The attendance of the
crowd was occasioned no doubt by the fact
that 1t had become known that a case
would be heard In which well known pro-
fessional thief would be arraigned upon sus-
picion of having endeavored to entice
young man to q lonely spot for the purpose
of robbing him OF q gold watch. Two
Others were arraigncd on the same charge.
The parties arrsigned were George 8. Ha-
gany, Rlias t'9lim Em," John Logan and
Charles Harris. They were charged on sus-
picion of J. Hayes Of endt avoring to decoy
him to lonely spot for the purpose of rob-
berry. Hayes was q very unwilling witness
at first and refused to answer several i'm
portant questions put TO him by II. G.
Turner, Esq, Deputy Attorney General,
but when informed by Judge Cummins
that he would have to answer the questions
or be committed, he finally concluded to do
so.
The testimony of Hayes was to the effect
that On Sunday afternoon he visited the old
Malta House on Water street in search OF
friend, and while there he met the
prisoners. "Slim Jim" soon entered into
conversation with him and after some 1esul-
tory conversation said to the witness that
friend OF his desired to obtain the body of
"Little Henry" the bOotbIaek, who was re-
Gently buried, and proposed to the witness
that he should personate doctor. Desiring
to see 'the joke" through he assented
While in conversation with Hagany the wit
ness drew his watch from his pocket to as.
certain the time. Haeany examined the
watch. The witness remained in the com
pany of the prisoners until between IL and
~ O'Clock Sunday night. In the evening
the whole party went to the Delaware House
and remained there nutil the time stated
above.
"We left the hotel and went out on Ship
ley street, and theneI had my suspicious
aroused and refused to accompany them to
the cemetery, thinking that 1t was job put
up to rob me. / lett them and went up
Shipley street and met an officer to whom
related the circumstances"
Sergeant Blackburn testified / was stand
ing on the corner of Sixth and Shipley stree
on Sunday night about 10 o'clock
watching four or Ave men stand
ing on the pavement In the
rear of the Delaware House. While stand
ing there heard footsteps coming towards
me, and In few moments Mr.. Hayes came
up and asked If l had seen man going by
with anything in his hands. answered him
no. He appeared to be very much excited,
| asked what kind of an article. He did
not tell me, but asked If / would go up to
the next corner with him. l did so, and
while standing there q man came up OH the
west side of ShipleF street and turned out
1 seventh. Hayes started alter the man and
4 followed him. He met the man between
Orange and TatDall and both stopped and
conversed for few minutes. He then
crossed over to where l was standing,
| and said, "That Is one of the
men," We followed the man and
when on West near Sixth stopped him and
asked where he belong and he replied 81
board at the Swan Hotel" arrested him
and it proved to be Logan. Hayes told me
who the others were, and how they en-
deavored TO induce him to go to cemetery.
naturally concluded that they intended 10
| rob him.
Officer Osborne testified that he had
known "Slim Jim" by sight for over year.
| His reputation In the community was that
| of a thief. 1--WE have received orders from
headquarters to arrest all known profes-
sional thieves, under the 80 days law, and
consider Hagany one"
i Officer Tucker also testified that the gen
eral reputation of Hagany In the COM
munity was that of thief.
Sergeant Blackburn testified to The same
effect, and said he was the principle one
complained of by Hayes. When a robbery
is committed In town Hagany is generally
suspected by the citizens as well as the
police.
]. Hayes, the plaintiff, was recalled and
| said he had known Hagany for about eight
yearp and he generally passed as thief. He
was the principal in Sundays transaction.
He was the one who made the proposition
to go to the cemetery.
Chief Hawkins testified that he had seen
Hagany serving sentence in Moyamensing
4 lnhf fho dar latu
IN Pennsylvania.
In regard to Harris, Hayes testified that
he had never seen him before SUNDAY
but he was continually in the party. He
asked me to accompany him to see friend,
who was locked up. He said his friend had
been selling preparation to brighten silver
ware and had been arrested on suspicion.
This concluded the testimony and Deputy
Turner read the law on such cases. He
would not ask for the holding of Logan VS.
Harris under the act but Harris might be
held until his character in Philadelphia was
inquired into. He would ask for the hold
ing of HagaDy. He would also ask the
Court to publicly refer to the police in re
gard to the arrests. The Court said IN
reply that the officer did very properly and
were to be commended.
Deputy Turner then stated 70 the Court tha
he would not ask that Logan be held under
the law of persons being held for 80 days,
but he thought something was due to thu
officers who made the arrests, and he would
call them to testify to their characters.
Deputy-"Yes; they certainly did, ant
promptly, too"
1.-THE Judge-"Yes. and they are short o
men,
The Court held Logan and Hagany in S20t
bail for their appearance at the General Ses
sions Court this morning. Harris was hello
for a further hearing this evening.
The cases of Brown, Lawler and North
who are under bail for assaulting Sergean
Mcdonnell in Spring alley, some few night
| ago, was to have been heard before the Mu
nicipal Court last evening, but was post
poned until Nc. day, December 3.
PROCEEDINGS THIS MORNING.
At this mornings session of Municipa
Court, Judge Cummins fined Henry Hinson
colored, for drunkenness and disorderly con
duet at Fourth and Poplar streets last night
was fined $3 and costs. rs
J John McCarty, for drunkenness an
, disorderly conduct was fined 80 an
costs. William Haskine, Ann
, Holiday, colored, and James Lynch,
striking glass-blower from Wheeling, Yves
Virginia, and en- route to Philadelphia, wer
each fined 81 and costs Tor drunkenness
The last prisoner was young man of goo
, connections, who was arrested by Office
Q Marques, on the charge of drunkenness
and was fined 81 and costs.
S Squire O'Neill yesterday morning hel
} John, alias "Acky" Dugan in the sum {
5000 bail for his appearance at Mnnicipa