Show CHICKENCEABLEi Or a Caseof Hard Luck at an Advanced Age > Chicken Charley Is quite sn historical his-torical character in a limited way i and has grown to be one ot the regular reg-ular standbys of the police He can no more resist the temptation to steal chickens than to breathe or to eat at least it seems that way Charley was lit out only a few days ago and as he has grown EO no cuatomed to the prison walls and laboring on the street it is the most natural thing in tho world that be should want to get back At a late hour on Friday night some parties saw Charley wandering along the Stats Road with an unnatural if not unusual fullness about the waist Knowing Char leys isro penalty the gentlemen called on him to stop but as he did not sea it in that light be bolted for the corn While going over the fence o squsking was beard and the suspciou was confirmed Charley wa capured stud finally confessed the tluft and went with those who had arrested him and turned the fowl over to the astonished patties from whom they had been taken He was then brought to the city and jailed His return to the jail is the occasion occa-sion for many very laughabia inc dents It is said that Charleys penchant for stealing chIckens is no stronger then his discretion in biding the place where he disposes of them was pronounced It was a certainty that any chickens he had were stolen It is doubtful If toe was ever caught in the act and his chickens were never known to squeal en him a thing which would indicate that they had as great an affection for him as he for them Charley always takes with him a chicken chloroform which accounts for the feathered biped never betraying be-traying him When taken before tbe justice ho declares his innocence inno-cence and curEes the people who continually suspect him of wrong doing and tho f ite tiist prevents an hone man for getting an honest livelihood The chickens he teals are generally sold to Chinamen hence the diffisulty in getting en de nee to convict him and he invariably In-variably stows them away beneath his thirt end next to his waist On one oTcasion he took very great dislike to Ileleman Prattonce a mem jar of the police force and when released from jail he baited for Mr Pratta born yard and car rind off some fat and temptiog turkeys tur-keys Mr Prgt suspected and started out He found the lost turktyj and Charley got ancihsr dose es a re aid Ju3tco Ge 10 D Pyper was unwilling to hear the caie yesterday He said ho thought rt change of venue to another justice in the casa was but just as some time previous he had two beautiful duls stolen nd ho could not resist the belief that CliarJf hid a hand in the purloining On ono occasion Jidge A 0 Pyper now dead dit guatetl with tho frequency of Charley Char-ley vlnlts before him fined the little fellow fSOO and gave him six months imprisonment As he bad no money the pen1 J ally was equal to 480 Gays in the city jail and it was in close conflufmfnt The moral effort was of abort duration for no sooner was he released then he was in again In all the cases in which Chiley has QgQied until Saturday he was neverkno an to admit pulitThe police pol-ice were literally electrified on Saturday Satur-day when he admitted the two charges and it is probable the effect ef-fect was similar on Charley when fie judge gave him 100 days for I each offense 200 d ys in all i |