El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-10-22
MeaIy-Mouthed "Curley.

The case OF robbery against Cur
ley" Sullivan was called in Justice
McKie's court late yesterday after
noon and the prisoner was placed uu-
der bond OF three hundred dollars.
NJ Ike Collins, in whose saloon w .
II. Grant claims to have lost his money.
and Mr.. Heatherly were mentioned as
Sullivan's bondsmen and were accept
| ed by Justice McKie without their
names being signed to the bond, and
the notorious crook wa released to
further his daylight robbing plans
The case was again called in the same
| court this morning and the prisoner
waived examination and new bond
| Was required.
The police are honest in their efforts
| to rid Ell Paso OF this curb-stone rob-
| Der, but it seems as if Their earne-t
efforts are foiled at every attempt.
Repeatedly have Chief Lockhart and
Night Captain Bendy instructed the
officers to arrest him on various charg-
es when the evidence against him
seemed direct, but conviction seems
| impossible.
The same talk he made to Mr..
Grant, he has made to many others.
He approached Mr.. Grant and told
him that he was the owner of large
herds of cattle and stranger in the
city. This interested the young man,
| who listened attentively to the oily
tongue of Sullivan, and when the king
| buncoer OF the southwest suggested q
| visit to the cock fight, what more nat
| ural than for the young man to &C.
| company him. The buncoer and his
| tender prey entered the dive of Mike
Collins, on the corner of Seventh and
santa Fe streets and, as presrrauged
by the buucOers, dice game was pro-
posed by Sullivsn's two coofederates.
sullivan just happened to think that
he LETT his money at the hotel and ask
ed for loan of 80 from Grant. Grant
pulled the money out of his pocket but
refused TO give itup, whereupon Sulli-
van grabbed it and, as pre-arrsnged
also, lost it Sullivan thea had bust
ness with his imaginary cattle, and
out what had happened
This affair would never have come to
light had it not been for the wstcbful
eye OF Officer Clements He
noticcd this young man in Suli
vans company Thursday afternoon
and watched them as far as possible,
bu5 they sappesred going south on
Santa Fe street. Yesterday morning
Officer Glenn nts meet the young man
and asked him if he koew the man he
vas with the day before.
hhO" NC q 5tIuhSC, edlQ LDe
young man.
"What did be do?" asked the officer.
HE robbed me of S1O," was the re-
ply.
The officer then took the young man
before the chief of police and the re-
suit was thSt warrant was sworn out
for Sullivan. aud his arrest by Clements
followed. The officers aud county at
torney we're greatly put out at the re-
suit of the hearing in Justice Mex les
court yesterday afternoon, but all they
could do was to grind their teeth and
grumble.
In regard to his action In the matter
Justice McKie said: III admit l &C.
copied an IA signed bond, but in so do
ing l hoped to get rid of the accused
They have been trying for the past ten
years to cinch Sullivan but have yet
been successful only once. They did
-ucceed in imposipg q fine Of $40 on
him for vagrancy and that is all.''
w. 81. Grants home is in Roswell.
n. M. He is 8 sober and Industrious
youu g'fellow, and he now fully realizes
that he has been made victim of mis-
placed confidence.
Up TO q late hour this afternoon
Sullivan had failed in his effort to Sc
cure three hundred dollar bond and
was resting very easily in the county
Jail. His case will come up before the
grand jury next Thursday. and those
who are in a position to know say
that there is no doubt that q bill will
be returned against him.