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Show - Spotted and Nabbed. John Curran, alias Patsey Mar ley No. is quite a noted character in, these parts, Ko is one of the roughs who is known as a "hard case." For his crimes he has served sentences senten-ces iu the city jail, and in 1S72 was sent to tho penitentiary from Tooele County for rtbbery and attempted murder. Tic same year he tried to escape the gtard and was shot, but unfortunately the wound was not fatal. He aterwards got away, but was rccaptund a fciv weeks since and once mac put lo work for the public. 2sexl he was released from tho custody o! the Warden on habeas corpus by Justice McKean, and was once more timed loose upon the community. Now he is reposing in the guard hoise at Camp Douglas, and it is probiblo the public will uol ho aimnvrd wl.h him .iun fursnmn time. It appears ho once belonged to the U. S. iruiy, and deserted from his command in Arizona, stealing a government mule on which lo ride away. Ths fact'L coming to the knowledge of,lhc officers at Douglas, the provost tmard yesterday morning morn-ing arrested iirran and escorted him to the post t await the action of the military laf in his ease. At the eastern terminus of tho city, yesterday, yester-day, "Patscj" refusal to accompany the guard iny further, but a little persuasion, rich as military gentlemen gentle-men can us enticed him to proceed on to the pat. The public will .feci safer when hey know that Curran ia I in some peiitenti.iry where k-it-us corpus will t reach him. |