Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-11-18
FIFTH EDITION.


About 8 O'Clock ys,tard..
the shouse Of Pedro Ms,t,.m .oinlns
Italian residing st Eighth and i M,,a
ssicets, Va broken into and robhsS a u
pal! OF pants, . coat, . pair Of sho.Ms
eoia locket, .. pair Of earring. Ao' A|
DOLLARS In cash and . revolysr NV
trance wAs effected BY climbin. An an en'
porch and getting In through ths ~. up ns
story window, and after the M, oooond'
secured the boety and was mah, All, IAd
escape the noise awoke M,s ny
netti, who called her husband a msft'
hurried 70 the open window IN . %au %
alarm, when he was Obliged ~ ~ ~ an
hasty retreat BY . bullet ared \, oest Z
ono outside the house, which nay. ~ iona
COMFORTABLY close TO his head. WI
The matter was reported TO the mill.
ana yesterday afternoon Sergeant NJ
yey ana Omcer MAguire arrested I Mu
B. Cornell. . white boy, and w JIun
Groome, colored, at . low dripl,ns. d.e
ON Lafayette street, on suspicion u,a|
being the guilty parties. Roth - ny
drunk, and Groome had on A ,a,.
pants belonging to the Italian. While w.
noll wore Q vest which had also M
taken. Several colored men vSo w uosn|
with them In the saloon were a.
rested. and the entire party was loCts
up until this morning, when they war
afraigned ct the city court. Martinsa1
gave his evidence through An iptsrp,sj
ter, and the testimony Of the osacs,I
was also heard, after which Groome sn'
Conneil we're committed 10 dsfaul, n
1000 each for their appearance At cop,,|
aud the others were held In S4Oo hs,
each for further hearing to.mo,,o.
morning. Groome admitted 10 the an
GERS that he had robbed the houss an
said that Cornell stood outside ANY
watched, while he was inside ,ecurir
the plumber.
1t is also alleged that after their az
plot ut the Italians they entered !
boarding house at Seventh and Seo,I
streets, and stole rearly $40 from NM
! ockets OF some OF the boarders, buI
when they were arrested neither
them had any money. 1t is thop,b
that after they got drunk they wsrI
robbed themselves by some Of ,hs
companions.
Groome, although young in year,, h
q hardened criminal and has been al
fore the Court number OF tlmes Of
charges Of larceny, but In several M
stances he has managed to Gauss
doubt In the minds Of the Jury, whic1
has ensured his acquittal, John a
Cornell 10 about II years Of age AMI
first turned up In this city some Two d
three weeks ago, when he was ARRESTED
At Sixth and Spruce streets By ex.CLld
OF Police Mcdonnell, beastly drunk
An effort was made to obtain the name
OF the parties from whom he obtainsI
the liquor, but he refused to tell.
He however stated to Mayor Rhoai|
that his father was highly respect
BILE BUSINESS ma. In Washington, d
O., and as soon ~ the Ma;qr obtaine|
bis address he wrote, asking fer fund
TO send the boy hume. In few day
an answer was received from Mr.. Cod
nell, stating that the boy hs4 10
away from home q year and was inoot|
rigible. He declined 10 do anythiu|
for him and said that IL he got himss
In trouble he would have to get out :
II the best way he could. He was tho
let 60 and nothing further WAS know
of him until his arrest on this serlod !
charge. This morning, while bis I'll
was going on, he was totally unco@
cerned and laughed several times viii
the Italian was giving his testimony.