Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-13
PICKED UP BY THE POLICE

JOHN WoscHAK, Pole, was committed to
Jail last night on O charge of aggravated
assault
SARAH LEWIS, of Soho, was arrested yester-
day for larceny. The charges were preferred
by her stepfather.
JOHANNA BEALE was arrested in Allegheny
Market for trying to pass counterfeit dol
lar. She was afterward released.
LAWRENCE RILEY was placed in JAIL last
night on q charge of forgery, preferred by
Thomas Riley before Alderman Warner.
THOMAS ANDERSON reported that he had
been robbed Friday night of his watch and
$50 by a young woman he had met on Virgin
alley.
JOHN SNYDER and A. McNinnery, who were
arrested on the Southside Friday night,
were sent to the workhouse for 30 days yes
terday.
AGENT SWEENEY yesterday had John Hay
maker, of the West End, arraigned before
Alderman MAIDEN on a charge of cruelty and
neglect of his aged wife.
INFORMATION was made yesterday against
William Dungurtz for keeping a ferocious
dog. The charges were preferred by j.
Mantley, OF Arlington avenue.
MAN who secures lodging in boarding
houses and then robs the other boarders
when they are asleep Is complained of in
Allegheny and the police are after him. The
thief is a large man with crippled hand
OFFICERS CROSS and Summerville arrested
Alex Cochran and Jerry Collins on Tunnel
street yesterday charged with stealing O
keg of beer from an Italian in that vicinity.
The prisoners were placed in Central sta
tion.
ALEXANDER RUSSELL, a driver of a brick
wagon, was arrested yesterday for driving
nance Officer Phillips was present at th q
time of his arrest and had q controversy
with Russell.
KATIE McMULLEN, aged Is, whose home is
in the West End, is missing and the police are
looking for her. She left home to work at
the Central Hotel four weeks ago, but left
there a few days later and has not been
heard of since
JOHN JANSEN of No. 1906 Penn avenue, re-
ported to the police yesterday that he had
been knocked down and robbed of 5000 ON
the Sharpsburg bridge the previous night.
He could give no description of the alleged
robbers
WILLIAM ACKERMAN sued Frank Hazleton
before Alderman Burns last night for lar
ceny. 1t is alleged that while the two men
were riding in q crowded cable car Friday
evening Hazleton took a watch from Acker-
man. A warrant was issued.
GEORGE RuBYwRIGHT, a boarder at the Bea-
com Hotel, East End. notified the police
yesterday that his room had been entered
H.
note for Sl25 and small sum of money were
taken. There is 10 clew to the thief.
PETER BANGLER, of SOS Fifth avenue, got
drunk Friday night, went home, attempted
to beat his wife and failed, and then in de-
epair attempted suicide by cutting an artery
in his wrist. Then he was arrested and
Magistrate Gripp gave him 30 days to the
workhouse.
NJ. r. SMITH, of the Southside, yesterday
entered bail for court on q charge of aggra-
waited assault and battery, entered before
Alderman McMasters. The prosecutor is
Mrs. NJ. j. Graham, who alleges that Smith
attacked her minor son and knocked two of
his teeth out.
DETECTIVE MoTIGHE arrested a young man
at First avenue and Smithfield street last
night on q charge of horse stealing The
prisoner is John Cannon, alias Robinson.
and it is alleged that some two months ago
he stole a horse valued at $500 while the
house, and taking it to Washington county,
sold it for $780,
MAGISTRATE GRIPP held Pierce Bracken
and Robert McFetrick, alias "Whitey Bob"
for court yesterday in default of 81, 600 on
charge of highway robbery. The men are
alleged to have met C. r. Zerby at the cor.
ner of Third and Liberty streets some davs
ago. when they knocked him down and
robbed him of gold watch anu $3.50 in
money. Detective McTighe arrested Bracken
a day or two after and McFetrick jumped to
Philadelphia. where he was arrested Oh a
telegram and brought back by Detective
Demmel.