The Cairo bulletin., 1908-11-30
STOLEN WH|SKEY
IN UNION CITY
THIEF SHIPPED TT FROM CAIRO
BY EXPRESS PACKED IN ICE
MARKED "FlSH."
SENT TO PROHIBITI0NIST
VINO Refused TO Receive Shipment
Watch Theft Caught-Wounded
Negro May Recover
Ugly Fight.

The six cases of whiskey which
were stolen from Hicks saloon on
| Ohio street one night last week have
been traced by Chief Egan 10 Union
City, Tenn There's good story in
his ease II appears that the thieves
were seen while putting the cases
over the back Tense at Hicks place,
5ut the men who saw them thought
they were beer wagon drivers getting
empties
But the strange and amusing part
Of the story is that the thief packed
the whiskey bottles into two barrels
stole ice and put a thick layer OF
broken ice over the top, marked the
packages fish" in big letters and eX
pressed them to a man named Bur
lick in Union City, Tenn, a fish deal.
n and a strong Prohibiitionist. Bur.
lick was notified that the two pack
| ages of. fish" were there for him he
vas surprised because he did not eN,
pect any fish from Cairo. Going to
the denot TO investigate he found a
strong odor emanating from the bar,
rels, which he did not like, and on
opening the packages almost tainted
with horror He refused 70 receive
he stuff and il is still held there.
Chief Egan notified the express au-
thorities not to surrender the pack,
lges.
A strange circumstance is that the
packages were NOT shipped through
| the express office here but got into
the express car somehaw without go.
| ing through the office. How this han
lened will probably be investigated
by the express authorities.
Watch Thief Caught.
Henry Bedford is in Jail here, ar
rested by Officers Johnson and Brad
ley and is wanted in Paducah for
stealing a watch. The fellow pawnei
he watch with Charley Powers for
70. Powers informed the police CT
| he transaction and Chief Egan in
yestigated. Taking the number OF
the watch he asked the Paducah po-
ice the visit the jewelry stores and
learn ii a watch of that number was
IN record there The number was
found and the owners name was Ford
a railroad man, who on being called
up. admitted that his watch had been
stolen. The watch is worth about
iG5
An Ugly Fight
There was a free-for-all yesterday
afternoon started in Ed. Brackets sa.
Don on Thirtyfourth street and end
ad in disturbing the peace of the
leighborhood. # is reported that a
iozen. more or less. participated in
| he fight and one Of the warriors was
nit on the head with an axe sustain.
ing a painful scalp wound. He was
covered with blood and presented a
CORY sight when he was escorted into
Carl Hebsacker's drug store at Syca.
more and Thirty-fourth streets. He
made a change of clothing there and
tNDh Il AdA AAdt hhAH ~ iih4NfN INV
traces of blood from his face and
hands. By-standers who saw the man
Thought he was fatally cut Another
who was in the fight was Ed Carey,
railroad man. who has been in sew
aral affairs Of the kind and was i'm.
plicated in the assault on Ches. Char
es at the Winter Bros. fire. He got a
bad eye in yesterdays fracas.
Back 10 Paducah.
Jailcr Eaker. OF Paducah, came
Town yesterday 10 take back the ne
gro Calhoun, who broke Jail there res
Gently He refused TO return yolun-
iarily and requisition papers were
obtained from Gov Deneen.
Chance For His Life.
Dick Ward. the negro who was shot
by Joe Walton. the hot tamale ped.
dler Saturday night on Twenty-secord
street. was still alive last night AMI,
in the opinion OF DIR. Fields has
chance 10 recover. The bullet passed
through him. entering his left breast.
No Arrests.
There were no arrests al all yes
terlay. while on the Sunday before
there were Twenty-eight
DR.. woEtFLE.