Show A HEINOUS CRIME CRIMEi Joseph Hedges Arrested for Attempted At-tempted Rape THE VICTIM A LITTLE GIRL The Fellows Ugly Beeord Two Petty Larcenists lar-cenists Sent Bloodthirsty Uaeos The Police Record For some time past numerous complaints have been made to tho police of some brute who was engaged in systematically making lewd exposures to unprotected ladies whom he would meet on the street Shortly before be-fore noon yesterday the wretch who turned out to be Joseph Hodges made a criminal assault upon a fiveyearold child named Flora Lester near the Fourth ward school house which she attends Fortunately Fortu-nately the brute was foiled in his attempt by the appearance of some boys on the scone and he then ran off The boys kept him in view until Officer Sheets arrived and arrested ar-rested him although Hedges several times drew a razor and tried to frighten them off by threatening to rip them open Ho will have a hearing in the police court today to-day This is not the first time that this wretch has been guilty of such offenses Some seven years ago he outraged a girl in the Twentieth ward and was sent up for three years Soon after his release he perpetrated a similar offense upon another woman and in attempting to escape from a mob broke into the Warm Springs building build-ing to hide He was sentenced to two years imprisonment for housebreaking and a few months ago while working ou the penitentiary farm he attempted to rape a daughter of Mr Smoot of SugarHouse Sugar-House It was for this last offense that Warden Vandercook horsewhipped the brute and Judge Znne few days ago ordered that tho wardens conduct on that occasion be investigated On October 15 Hedges was pardoned by Governor Thomas with the understanding that he would return to England his native land Bloodthirsty Dasos Yesterday afternoon two dagos named Tom Power and > Dominick Lewis got in tfu argument in the I X L saloon with a third party as to tim superiority of the German Ger-man and Italian navies Failing to con vince the man by argument the degas drew their knives and were about to disembowel him when Officer Yocum arrested them for assault with a deadly weapon Police Court In the police court yesterday Sam Newton New-ton was convicted of stealing a carpenters square and was sent up for fifteen days John Kelley the daring thief who on Wednesday afternoon stole a bolt of dress goqds from in front of Simon Bros Dukes store pleaded guilty to the charge of petit larceny and was sent up for oventyfivo days John Nuent paid 15 for indulging In an ornamental drunk Six inebriates were fined 5 each |