Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-07
PUZZLES FOR POLICE.
The Many Strange Visitors Who Drift
to the Central Station.
LOOKING FOR AN ABDUCTED CHILD.
Owen McNally Holds a Reception Behind
the Bars.
AN ITALIAN BOY AND THE OLD SOLDIER

1T appears as II notnlng coulu haPpen W
anyone In the city, whether for good or Ill.
but they have to come:down to the Central
station and get consolation, advice or con-
graduation from us" said Inspector NC
Aleese yesterday afternoon. "And II any
one is taken sick, becomes insane or is pen
niless they are sent to us to look after.
This remark was called forth by the appli-
cation of little italian boy, who, in shat
tered English, asked to be sent to hospital
as he was sick. Upon being questioned,
the boy said he lived with his father on
Washington street, who had sent him, ac-
companied by a still smaller boy, to the
Central station. The boy did not look very
sick, except that his face was very yellow,
which might have been the much-sung olive
complexion of Italy or biliousness. The
boy was sent home and told that his father
was the proper person to secure his admls-
sion to hospital.
A few minutes slater Mrs. John McCabe,
of Locust street, entered the station to make
a complaint. She was neatly dressed and
rather attractive in appearance. She said
she worked out to make living for.herself
and her two children, boy and girl, aged
respectively 9 and years. Mrs. McCabe
said her husband had not worked since last
Thanksgiving Day, and has, therefore, con-
tributed nothing to the support of his fam
lily. She had been keeping herself and pay
ing for the support of her children at the
Tannahill Street Orphan Asylum.
ROBBED HIS HONEST BROTHER.
L. Cot, har huc
band went to the asylum, and coaxed the
boy away BY the promise of unlimited cake,
and that now the child could not be found.
She had been to her husband, who lives
with his parents on Ruch's Hill, and he
denied any knowledge of the ehild's where
abouts. SuperinteuL m Dean, of the Anti
Cruelty Society, dropped in about this time
and took charge of the case.
This matter had just been disposed of
when an old soldier wandered in. He had
fought through the war with Pennsyl-
vania regiment, and had since been West
for several years. Though he had been on
the winning side during the Rebellion, he
had been defeated in the battle of life, and
now sought to reach friends in Ohio. He
was penniless and wanted shelter until Mon
day. when he would continue his journey.
He was placed in cell and supplied with
supper.
Mr.. E. R. Beatty dropped in. He came
to see and endeavor to identify Owen Nc
rested on Saturday for robbing number of
residences. Mr.. Beatty had no trouble in
recognizing the man. Furthermore he rec
onlzed his coat and vest on McNally's back,
and the underwear worn by the prisoner
bore the name of E. R. Beatty. About this
time Detectives Kornman and Steele, OF AL
legheny, paid an official visit to the prisoner,
and will have something to say to him in
court.
Mrs. McNally, mother of the prisoner,
was the next visitor. She is very respect
able woman and feels deeply the position of
her son. At this time, however. she was
intent upon recovering gold watch which
Owen had stolen from his younger brother,
Owen did not have the watch in his posses
sion when arrested. r.
UPON VARIED ERRANDs.
Next came a man who complained that
there was too much noise in a Fourth
avenue house, and wanted it suppressed
then and there. A couple of officers were
dispatched to the scene, where they found
nothing very serious, and restored harmony
W INC uCISuUOIuVOu mlbuOub ludAlaS OIL ar
rest.
A young man who is contesting an estate
in a distant city came around to talk over
his prospects, and possibly to gain some
legal information from the police officials.
He was interrupted by several persons who
were hunting lost children.
On the whole, it was a very quiet day for
visitors. On week days they come in droves.
Women want help to find their absent hus-
bands; William Brown drops around to find
the address of his old friend, John Smith,
who came from New York or Nova Scotia
TO Pittsburg ten years ago; parents want to
know the best means of keeping their IN
ruly children in subjection; people come in
to ask the time, how to reach McKeesport
and what the weather will be tomorrow; to
see the Mayor; to get prisoners out OF Jail;
to look at the City Directory. In fact, there
is nothing that they do not want to know, to
have or to do. The sergeant at the Central
station has more hard and irrelevant ques-
tions put to him in a day than any hotel
clerk in the country.