New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-01
aUr4NfED CHICAGO CRIMINALS

l. there or il there not, carnival oi crime
i'm Chicago AZ present? IL has been freely charS"'
that there IT, and II has been n freely d"hled
on, Of thr mass of conflicting testimony on" tilhg
seems ~ br established IL is now certain that
thieves did not. IL has been charged, steal Inc
rrd-hot stove from police headquarters on t"'
niaht of January ~. Officers ar" trying 10 ais
cover the miscreant who started THIS Nl'lou'
H.. and If they are successful he will l'' severely
dealt with The stove was stolen Of course, but
il was not rcd-hot-in fact, IL Was scarcely waril'
But leaving out the question as to the amount
Of crime in Chicago, which We presume IL ~
greater than in any large city, IL must, n"verthe
less. be- admitted that il occasionally assumes
hichlv original forms Take. for instance, the
experience which George Grimm of No. rs South
Greens st, recently had with house-brcaiers
Grimm. We ate told, in a CHICAGO dispatch. works
i'm "A lanndry. His wife il also employed with
him, and they both leave HON" early IN the morn
ng and DO not return till late in the evening.
They had IA f,ir-si7cd and comfortably furnished
fat AZ the number mentioned rs they stepped
into their rooms one evening about week ago
they wcr, surprised to find The floor bare. Light
inc the ras. they looked about Their fat was
cleared ont a. clean ~ the inside N seaSh"li
Every article Of furniture was goue. The ear
pets, tie widow sndu'~, III" PICTURES, 'n' ulo"'H
all were gone The dispatch closes with these
pathetic words: Even their marriage certificate.
which had been hanging on the wall, had been
taken by the thieves
The feelings Of Chicago man when he finds
that burglars have carried or his certificate of
marriage must be too intense for description No
doubt he would feel badly enough 10 have hts
Sunday clothes stolen, and his family Bible, and
his dog but when his marriage certificate, with
"A pair Of claspcd hands and two doves and
large fancy letters on IT, and all neatly framed
and hanging in tho paror-when this is carried
away by red-hande criminal, the Chicago man +
henrt must be ready 10 break. II would in fact
be- q severe strain on any mans heart.
IL strikes lis that thieves, robbers and Others
with criminal eceentrictieS are developing aston
ishing originality lately. IL was only few
weeks an, that burglars looted one Of our
States prisons A few days later another gans
broke into the Tombs in this city Now Chicago
thieves are running about town trying to pawn
the marriage certificates which they have stolen
These things are all, if We mistake not, decidedly
novel in criminal achievements. But an idea
occurs to us in regard 10 the situation in Chicago
Why cannot decay policeman be constructed
and filled with dynamite aud placed in some
vacant lot? Then, when the criminals in thc
neighborhood gather around and begin 10 shout
dcrisivcly ut the supposed officer, and to throw
stones at him, and prepare TO climb over the fence
and rob him, the explosive can be- set OF by
cl.ctrcity and we doubt not q number OF I'M
desirable persons be blown of the face Of the
EARTH. The plan is worth trying. Chicago must
do something before the Fair opens.