The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-02-09


10 him genial companion. who never no.
ticed In public any Of the bunlbler mem
bers OF his profession. With the sale of bis
wardrobe the curtain rings down on the
last act, and the busy whirl of our New
Ysrk life the very name of this once pop
ulsr idol will be forgotten.
Several times within the past few menths
have felt called on to report daring rob-
berries, but three robberies took place last
week that throw the exploits Of Claude Du-
val, Dick Turpiu and Billy the Kid into the
shade. On Wednesday afternoon there was
a blockade of street cars on the Bowery,
and hundreds of people assembled on the
sidewalk to see the fun, the crush became
quite heavy and 1t seemed to concentrate
about jewelers. shop few doors frsm the
corner of Grand street. The window was
full Of watches and diamonds laid out in
tempting array Quick as fash of light
ming came q terrible crash and two young
thieves who had broken the immense glass
window reached in through the opening
and grabbing ever, thing within reach start
ed off like couple II deer pursued by the
bowling crowd They scattered diamonds
and watches as they fed, and therein lay
their salvation, for the crowd stopped to
pick up the jewels and the watches, and in
the scramble the thieves escaped. This
was about three o'clock in the afternoon
on the most public thorouehfare Of New
| IL, ~ fhnuoande Of
people.
On Thursday = lady was knocked down
with sandbag by a ruffisn in the middle
Of the afternoon and robbed Of her watch
and forty dollars in cash. While German
who had just drawn five hundred dollars
from the Savings Bank was on his way
home on q street car, two men jostled
against him and on the instant he felt his
money going; he grabbed for the bag which
contained It and which was hidden in an
inside pocket. The struggle was brief, when
one of the men knocked him OFF the car,
and when ne recovered his money was gone.
The robbers ran In different directions. The
pursuit was immediate and one of the men
was run down, but it was not the man with
the money; however, the next day when
the thief who was captured was srraigned
before the police magistrate the poor Ger.
man who lost the money recognized sitting
among the crowd the ether thief who had
assisted in the robbery. He told the court
officers and they watched the pair and soon
found them exchanging signals; then the
thief who was free advanced towards the
prisoner and offered to procure him coun-
sci; he was at once pouuced upon by the
officers, and to their great delight he turned
out to be Abe Coakley, one of the most
daring bank robbers and expert sneak
thieves in the United States. Nearly one.
half Of Abe's life has been passed behind
prison bars; but during the other half be
has contrived to make it very uncomforta-
BILE for bankers and all others who had loose
money. l hardly know how Abe could
have got so low down as to commit rob
berry on street car, he has generally flown
for higher game-for during his life he has
, relieved banks and individuals of over a
, million Of dollars.
The war which has been raging for oveI
! two years between the English and Ameri.
: can branches Of the Salvation Harmy, cul
t minated last week in the deposition oi
General Moore, who led the American re-
: bellion two years ago, which resulted in the
separation of the English branch from
D that situated in the United States. 1t il
3 several years ago since General Moore lee
I the invading hosts of SalYationists from
+ Halbion's Hile to the dominions of Huncl,
t Sam. The field was large, the harvest wa
= great, and the Head Centre, Pope or Crane
8 Lama, or whatever he was, General Booth
I was much rejoiced thereat; as golden Amer
: ican eagles rolled into the London treasury
r 1t did not take many years for Genera
}, Moore to realize that it would not be baC
!, idea to horganiEe q Harmy Of 'is hown
J. whether this idea was the prompting of I
!! good spirit or the work of the devil can
/ not tell, but as soon as General Booth learn
8 ed the treason he made things exceedingl.
s warm for Gendral Moore. He started TO
!, the United States at once, and his son Bal
d lingtoR was hordered to the front to dowI
is the Satanic cohorts of the rebels. Baling
e ton Booth is about six feet two and weigh
II considerably over eighty pounds. Genera
r Moore is about FIVE feet one and tips t
i steelyards at nearly two hundred, so fla
. the advantage was on neither side, boil
Is relied on the Lord tor help, and what on
It lacked in length the other made up il
\ hraadlh n that n vuo ahottt . IL,
T all around; but BallingtoR Booth was no
d an opponent to be sneeEed at He ha
e served an apprenticeship under his father
d and knew what rough fighting meant. q
s. had wrestled with the devil among White
d chapel toughs and had thrown him ever
ot time, so he was not At all scared when h
Y. came to the United States and tackled Ger
De- eral Moore. On the other hand, Geners
10 Moore was all covered over with spiIitus
/; scars which he had received in his numel
" Gus encounters, and when it came to fghI
D ing he was not afraid of the devil himself
ly When Ballngtoa Booth arrived here h
IN opened his batteries at once, and now aftt
d. two years. struggle it is announced tsI
a General Moore is deposed. The Generi
I'd announces, however. that he is not y,
cs dead, and it looks as though General Boot
as may nnd him a very lively ghost. He
le not yet deserted by all OF his friends-As
IN Barrel Jimml, Banjo Charley and Hoop
be doc Sam stick to him; this with slol
of contingent of Salvation lasses may hel
IS him to Hold the Fort; meanwhile We wa
with bated breath for news from the sol
er of war.
go Our sister Brooklyn is in trouble. +,
no five days not car has stirred on fiys of Il
e- principal street car lines, and this meal
ed that out of $50. 900 people over 200, 900 mu
Is. get to their work as best they can over di
IT; tances varying from two TO five mile