The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1883-05-12
MIDNIGHT pRowLERs.
What Is Going On I'm Canon Under
Cover Of Darkness.

During the past week our city seems to
have been infested by number of suspi-
cious-looking characters who have doubt.
less committed the several lesser offenses
enumerated in the catalogue here presented,
These fellows need looking after:
Burglars broke into Mr.. Ripley's cellar, on
Sunday night, and stole everything in the
edible line.
On Tuesday night several pairs of stock
lngs were stolen from line in the yard of
Mrs. Pero, on River street.
On Tuesday q man was seen to enter the
henneIy of Mr. Charles Apple, and it was
afterwards discovered that some 4ggs had
been stolen.
The door of the washing room of the
English laundry was forced open on Tues
day night, wire screen being town away
and the hasp Of the lock removed. Fortu-
nately for the proprietresses of this estab-
lishment, no clothes had been left in this
apartment in the evening, and the thief or
thieves got nothing.
On Tuesday night last someone visited
the Hemmerly residence, ut an unseemly
hour, and, while evidently attempting to
effect an entrance, made such q noise upon
the window Of the sleeping apartment of
the young ladies rs to arouse them. This
and some mems clothing stolen. which was
afterwards found in the alley in the rear of
the house.
On Tuesday night Roadmaster Briggs
heard q noise on his back steps, which he
soon discovered to be made by burglar
attempting to pry open the door with an
Ak. He sprang to the scene, clad in So so
Tabor nightshirt, and, armed with a poker,
gave chase to the villain, but the lat
ter, being better shod and equipped for
jumping fences, made good his escape, leav-
ing the AK behind him.
On Wednesday last James Brennan, for
many years a resident of Caflon, a young
man well connected in the city, and whose
greatest fault is an inordinate love of liquor,
was tried and convicted of misdemeanor,
in Justice Minors court, and sentenced to
thirty days in the county Jail. The circum-
stances connected with this affair. appear
ing from the testimony, are briefly as fol-
lows: Adjoining the residence of G. o..
Baldwin, Esq, on Upper Main street, and
IN that gentleman's enclosed yard is q tent,
used in pleasant weather as a sleeping
apartment by his two daughters, the
younger of whom is about 10 years of age
On Sunday evening, while alone in this
tent, the younger daughter heard whisper
ings and footsteps outside, and called her
mother. Mrs. Baldwin came into the tent,
and, after hearing the girls relation of
what had transpired, quieted her alarm by
assuring her daughter she must have been
mistaken. Taking the lamp, Mrs. Baldwin
re-entered the house, the daughter having
retired. Shortly after this, two persons en-
tered the tent in the darkness-the hour
being about 10 o'clock-and began feeling
over the bed coverings, when the frightened
child screamed, bringing her parents to the
tent. The two men fed toward the north,
and on a neigiboring corner, in their hasty
fight, passed Mr.. Paul Minor, who rccog-
nized Brennan, but did not know the other
party. Brennan was arrested at once, and
tried on Wednesday, with the result above
stated. Mr.. A. Macon defended the pris-
oner, while Colonel Dennison conducted the
prosecution