Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-12
SATAh'S SUBJECTS.
The Tenn6y Burglary Sill Both
ers the Brains Of the
Police.
An Old Offender Brought Up
on a Train Robbery Dom.
mitted Last Year.
Smaller ORensss end O6enders and
How Dealt with

Smaller ORensss end Offenders and
How Dealt with
The officers are still at working try
ing to solve the mystery Of the bur.
glsrizing Of Tenney's jewelry STORE,
by which $1,000 worth Of watcher,
chains, etc., were taken. No very
satisfactory results have yet been
reached. The thieves in their hasty
exit dropped on the floor Of the store
number Of rings and two watches.
A locked and chain we're afterwards
found near Dohsny's hall, and still
later o few rings and three empty trays
in an open shed In that vicinity,
these articles indicating the direction
in which. the thieves flow with Their
plumber. The police have picked up
three persons on suspicion, and are
holding them for Investigation, they
Ed. Sullivan, Forney Wood and
Bill Schurtz.
AN OLD OFFENDER
Major John s. Wood, Of the G.,
b 80 detective service, on Satur
day brought TO this city a man named
John Higgins, who was wanted on an
old charge, an information having
been filed before Justice Baird in De.
cember, 1881, charging him with
breaking open a freight-car on the O.,
B. & Q. track, and stealing therefrom
sixty suits of clothes. Higgins es-
capped from justice at the time, but
wa 800 into another sorape, which
resulted In his being sentenced to Q
term In the penitentiary at Joliet, Ill.
An eye was kept on him, and as soon
as his time was up, Major Wood
appeared upon the scsne with the
ry papers for his arrest on this
old charge.
Upon arriving In this city the pris.
oner wau taken before Justice Schurs,
waived examination, and bail being
fixed ct 5000, he was committed to
jail.
Higgins Is an old offender, who Is
said to have already served one term
in this state Of well as the one il
Illinois.
PICKING H MARsHAL's POCKET.
City Marshal Jackson Is the latest
official to get Into trouble. While at
tending to duties In the police court
he had his pocket picked of 81 by
some fellow. The money was in his
overcoat pocket, which made the
the theft o little easier Of successful
accomplishment, but the boys do not
seem inclined to let up on joking him,
and 1t has already cost him more than
~ additional for smoke and liquids.
FAMILY FUss.
On Saturday George Wright, who
lives on Sixth avenue, was arrested on
the charge of stealing an overcoat be.
to John Boutwell,, a nephew
OF his, living at Little Sioux. 1t was
claimed that the overooat was taken
about q year age. 1t appeared from
the evidence that the nephew was
about that time taken to the insane
asylum, and he left his overcoat at
some place, where Wright got It. in.
tending to keep 1t until his nephew
got out again and return it to him.
The witnesses for the prosecution
we're relatives of Wright's, and the
affair seemed to be an outoropping of
some bitter family feud. Nc testi-
mony was introduced by the defend.
ant, and the jury brought in q verdict
OF acquittal.
A SMALL BURGLARY.
r. Jensen claims that q man named
L. Thompson broke into his saloon Oh
broadway and robbed the till of about
%. Thompson was arrested and
brought before Justice Schurz on Sat.
urdsy. He waived examination, and
In default of bail was sent to Jail to
await the action Of the grand jury.
LITTLE roo FAST.
A Young man named G. 81. Nichols
was yesterday arrested and locked up
on the charge Of obtaining a livery ria
OF Dr.. Patton, under false pretence
that his name was Stephens, that he
was boarding at the Ogden house, and
Was employed by the Northwestern
railway company in Ito advertising de.
partment. DR.. Patton learned tina.
he had q few days before got . rig u
Wsatherbee::s stable under some othe,
sort OF Q pretext, and that the bill had
not been settled. He therefore hunted
up the young man andhad him run In.
1t II claimed that the young man "a
. Vol Of the assistant superintendent
OF public instruction In this state, and
that he Is Of excellent family, but In.
olined to be q little too high speeded.
OTHER aLRANINes.
A Macedonia man, for being drunk
and raising q disturbance IN q train,
was brought to the jail here Saturday
night, on a thirty days sentence. HI
concluded yesterday to pay his fine
rather than board 1t out.
Andrew Pace, for being drunk anG
using naughty words In Bowles' IA,
loon, was, on Saturday, led In by of
tioers Sterling and Ousick and adjusted
In the usual way.
d. Kraoht, Of Thrall q Kracht, hal
had his hen roost robbed of forty.fy,
pullet, with little or no prospect O
catching the thief.
On Saturday Constable Skinner a,
rested William Litkens, for whom h.
has been hunting for several days, ant
who is charged with getting food o.
Mrs. A. Russell under false pretenses
Not being able to give bonds he stayet
In jail over Sunday, his case being SCI
tor a hearing before Justice Vaughan
this morning.
The case against OHcer Morse. ha,
been continued until the 18th.