Daily Republican., 1885-09-10
Philadelphia Items.

PB1LADELPHIA,5 5eptem ber 10, 1888. =
X. A. Brown, 429 Arch street, l.. @
Boox, 1915 Cherry street, and H. II
Hoffman, Delapoo, N. j., were yester
day beld to bail by Magistrate Durham
on the charge Of larceny Of money from
Charles II. Partridge, who has an eat
Ing stand In Fifth street market. Boos
was employed by Mr.. Partridge, and
the other two defendants patronised tn,
place. The allegation 10 that whsr
Boos received the price of their mea Ii
from Brown and Hoffman he usually
slipped them two or three dollars. The
trio would meet In the evening and di
vide the money.
The scheme was discovered early las,
week, and when Browns employer
William II. schurch, dealer In butcA.
ers' supplies, l29 North Third street
heard Of his clerks connection with the
robberies, he concluded TO make an in.
spection Of the young mans accounts.
1t was discovered that Brown had col.
lected and appropriated to his own use
about $1,000. He had been employed by
Mr.. Schurch about three years. To
Captain Linden, Of Pinkerton's Detec.
tive Agency, who arrested him, the
clerk confessed that he had taken the
money and spent it foolishly. Brown
was yesterday held In $1,000 bail by
Magistrate Smith, on the additional
charge of EN- bez lement.
On the 9th Of last month Andrew
Moulton, a plausible young man, in
formed James NJ. Munyon, proprietor
OF the Hotel Vendome, on Broad street,
below Arch, that he had found o pur-
chaser for the hotel In the person OF .
man named Ricketts,. As Mr.. Muny on
desired to retire from the business, he
expressed his willingness to part with
the property. Moulton suggested that
In order to familiarize himself with the
business he had better hold position
in the house. He was given o clerk
ship, al d at the end Of month he said
that Mr.. Ricketts, had changed his
mind. Moulton insisted upon contilu
ing the business himself, and refused
to deliver the key Of the money. drawer
and the receipts for three days. Yester.
day the sQuatter WAS arrested and he Id
in $1,000 bail by Magistrate Clemen,
for larceny and embezzlement. The
prisoner claimed that he held a receip,
as tenant, but failed to produce the
docume ent.
II. Standley Twells, "a years old
living at 1910 South Broad street, " hi lt
under an overdose Of morphia, attempt
ed TO commit suicide yesterday after
noon. He placed loaded pistol 10 hi,
temple and pulled the trigger. For
tunately the ball glanced from hi
head, and the wound will probably NOT
be fatal. Mr.. Twells was suffering
from infiammatory rheumatism, and
had taken the drug to alleviate hi
pain. He 10 member Of the University
Boat Club, a man we'll known and will
many friends. There Ia no reason
why he should have wanted TO xii
himself.
Medical Inspector Taylor reported t.
the Health Board yesterday tha
the discharge Of fumes OF fat from the
premises on Pennsylvania avenue, he
low Sixteenth street, occupied by the
Butchers Tallow Rendering Associa
tion, was nuisance. About $4,000
pounds Of tallow are received weekly
at the establishment, a portion o
which Is sold, without rendering, to tn,
Ioleomargarine manufacturers. The
Inspector suggested the rendering o.
the fat In steam-tight tanks, and the
matter was referred 20 the Sanitary
Committee.
| nv tuo iuoctiuk VI tuC DutCucfo nu'
Citizens Protective Association in Lin
coin Hall, Broad and Fairmount Ave
! nue., last night, 1t was resolved that ;
com mittee be appointed TO wait OF
Major veale and DIR. Ford, Of the Boar,
OF Health, and ask them to address th
association on the subject Of disetset
and unhealthy meat.
The association meets weekly, Ant
expects to form q permanent organiza
tion at It's next meeting. They hav
already the names of 1876 butchers, an
expect about 1900. The object of tn
association is to suppress diseased ant
nwholesome meat.
Two of the three children of Josep
Wheelan, 4432 Penn street, Frankford
who recently turned his W ife and of
spring ont Of the house, sold the furni
ture and then left for parts unknown
were yesterday placed in St. John
Orphan Asylum by the Society to Pro
tect Children from Cruelty.