Arizona republican., 1899-02-25


 GucF disTeputable characters thaj when they came to get it they were liable tc cake everything else in sight dIe ayas only thankful that the thief had Over- looked purse containing more than $l00 which was in the pocket with the
 watch. Some enc advised him to tell the police about his loss. "Oh mo-" he
 replied. T don't think the man that got the watch is here now He moved
 away soon after he touched me"
 DUGAN's REGRET. Ed Dugan,
 enc of the prisoners brought in by
 Deputies Slanka.d and Moore On
 Thursday morning is likely to lose his 1 left leg, in which he was shot in the
 fight with the officers. The doctor
 told him yesterday morning that it
 was extremely doubtful if it could be
 saved and advised an amputation Dugan has not yet consented. He said
 that if an aInputatiCn should be found
 necessary he would regret that the shot which shattered his leg had not l found lOdgment between his eyes.
 A POLICEMAN'S Officer Al Hawley found a bicycle at the scene of the fire last night and could not locate the owner. He took it to the city hall and later notified The Re publican, hoping to restore it to it's owner this morning. The subsequent scene was at the office of the city jail, where Officer Albright, after trudging about the city afoot for three hours ill search of his steel steed, at last dis covered it. Mir. Albright proposes to bring charges against his fellow off cer for n-prOfessiOnal conduct while the latter threatens to retaliate with a suit against the wheel, for allowing it's rider to go astray.
 FIVE IN A MONTH. Last night a man named Clement Gutierrez com plained to Deputy Sheriff Bush that he had been robbed of $40 in a house in the block occupied by a couple of women named Flora Wilson and Leo DuBcis. The deputy sheriff, acting under pre- viOus instructions from Justice John stone, raided the house, but could find only the Wilson woman. She was taken ito jail. This is the fifth com plaint against this house within q month. "A funny thing about it is that nc matter how much money the victim has in his pockets he loses only $40. Gutierrez had Sf00 ir the pocketbcok from which his money was taken.
 BLOCK RIOT CASE. The preIim- mary examination of Dave Gibbons and J. D. Black Of the Santa Fe bridge gang. charged wi5h an assault on. Dep uty Sheriff Joe Bush last Wednesday night, while trying to rescue William Sewal whom the officer had arrested. tcck place before Justice J0hnStOne yesterday afternoon. There was so much confusion during the attempted rescue that the two defendants ts1cOul} not be definitely connected with 1t. In fact. witnesses for the te"rit3 yntesti- fled that they saw the defendants forty --Lz. er--T--- while running up to the assistance of the ,-fficer. The justice considered the case until half past seven last night and discharged the defendants. Se- | wall, who had pleaded guilty the day before to 9 disturbance Of 'the peace, { was fined $30.
 CAUGHT IN A SPROCKET. The i index finger of W. T. Bars left hand is not so long by half an inch as it was twenty-foUr hours age. He was in cleaning 9 b-cycie and had ! the wheel upside down. The rear wheel was set revolving and Mir Barr 1 was holding a rag allowing the | sruccket chain to wipe itself eff on it. | I1 can be done more quickly and easily | this way, but it is important hat the i operator should not allow his attention | to be diverted Otherwise c part Of a i finger is liable to be diverted and that | i3 precisely what happened to MT. l Barr He looked away for an instant . and the finger was dragged into the <. rear srnocket and severed as neatly 1 and a great deal more quickly than 1t . could have been done by surgeon. . There was absolutely no pain at first. i NIr. Parr knew he had become 8 vic tim of some kind of disaster, but he aid not know the nature of the calam- ivy until he saw the end of his finger lying on the ground.
 RETIRED FROM BUSINESS. -E. M. Dorris yesterday sold his half in terest in he finn Of Doris Bros wholesale and retail dealers in furni ture and house furnishing goods to i C. D. Doris, his brother. the remain ing partner Mir Doris has had this move under consideration for long tine. He re5ires from business Cn ac- count of a badly needed rest and he side, his health has not been as good this winter as formerly. He will re- main in the city and retain all of his extensive real estate holdings, consist ing for the most part of inside city property. He came to Phoenix not 1uite thirteen years ago on account of his health. He had no definite purpose ip view. but bought a half interest in the business, from which he is now re- riring for the inadequate sum of $175. His partner was MT. Herrett. The business has grown somewhat since then, for Mr Doris receives for his half interest new S15,492 Neally all the rest of his property, worth many thousand dollars, has been derived di- rectly or indirectly from the business.