Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1909-10-09

Elm and Sedgwick streets Aug. 2S
when policeman came along and
told them to move on. They obeyed
with the exception Of respectable
plumber named Thomas Leady, OF
1S1 Milton avenue. who resented the
policeman's authority. Mr.. Leady was
shot In the right thigh by the "offi.
cer."
MUNICIPAL JUDGE GIRTEN ALSO.
Municipal Judge Michael F. Girten
took rap at police methods during
the day when he discharged Oscar
Hunce, teamster, arrested for al.
legged violation Of the vehicle ordi.
nance. He asserted that unfairness
had been shown In the handling Of
the wheel tax cases and that discrim.
ination Is made In favor of the
wealthy vehicle owners.
why Is II these poor fellows are
pulled In of the street and locked up
while the wealthy man who owns an
automobile Is brought in on sum.
mons?' he asked Patrolman Ryan, the
arresting ofYicer.
Ryan said he simply was obeying
the order Of the department.
II know It is the order" replied the
Judge, but why Is 1t SO? One may Is
summoned in and given two weeks or
a month to get his tag and then the
case probably Is dismissed. These
poor chaps like Hunce are picked up
on sight and thrown down cellar and
held until they can give bond and in
some cases they stay a day and night
In cell.
II intend to write letter to Chief
Steward to-day and see II something
can't be done to change this policy"
PICKPOCKETS GET $1,000.
Dislike OF banks caused F'redricus
Yonge, 1898 Fourteenth place. to carry
$1,000, the savings of a lifetime, in
his vest pocket, and while on west
bound Twelfth street car he was rob.
bed OF the money
The conductor of the car noticed
that five suspicious looking men had
crowded Yonge and hurriedly left the
car after they had jostled him. When
Yonge was questioned by the conduc.
tor he felt In his vest pocket for his
wallet and found 1t had disappeared
Almost fainting from the shock
Yonge told Of the robbery and then
went to the Morton Park police sta.
tion. where he made report.
Yonge is 60 years old. He told the
police that at Fortieth avenue he felt
In his pocket as crowd OF young men
boarded the car and his money at
that time was safe. Some Of the late
passengers j0stled him several times
as the car approached F0rty-eighth
avenue, but he he'd not missed his
money until cautioned by the con.
ductor.
After giving the police the facts
about his loss, Yonge left the station
for his home. The money was In four
$50 bills, forty $50 bills. sixty IS bills.
ten $40 bills and the remainder in
smaller denominations.
The police arrested five suspects, all
of whom were later released when
they proved their innocence.
DIAMONDS WORTH $4,000 ARE
STOLEN.
On Sunday, Aug. 80. diamonds val
ued at $4,000, all of them rare gems
and elaborately set were stolen In a
Chicago hotel, the thief or thieves dar-
ing the light OF day and the danger
OF detection presented by a crowded
dining room, in which the theft was
committed, to accomplish the crime.
The affair confronts the police of the
city as one of the most mysterious
with which they have had to grapple.
The theory they have advanced is that
they have to contend with new
Rafiies."
The victim was Mrs. Adolphe
Hirsch and the scene of the theft the
dining room of the Vend0me hotel,
5000 Monroe avenue, where she and
her husband are guests. Mrs. Hlrsch
Is The wife OF the president of A. II.
Hirsch & Co., diamond brokers, in the
Masonic Temple. All the stones lost
we're picked up by Mr., Hlrsch In vari-
Gus parts OF the world, acquired he
cause of some peculiar characteristic
which gave each an added value.
POLICEMAN DRUNK FOR THREE
YEARS.
Can policeman remain drunk for
three years and retain his Job?
Mrs. Amanda Evert, wife of Police
man John Evert, says her husband
has done so. That Is why she wants
a divorce.
She alleges that he became drunk
on their wedding day. Nov 2S. 1905,