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Show OKA STILL IfLNT The Police Committee Start Forth to the Jungles with Scalping Knives Well Eharpenbd. , . k A RAILWAY THIEF IU COURT. O CO Ad Arrat that will Probably Break up Kj1 the Gaug Pickingj From tho - Police. g HH "The police committee are on a still t" hunt." ft This was the expression that fell from Q the lips of an official who has been con- a ferring vv ith them with reference to W matters that may bring forth a guillotine. It is understood that charges have been " preferred airainst four of the force and CD that tin y will bo thoroughly ventillated in the next few days. At present the committee decline to make public the W result of their enquiries, but vill reserve re-serve it until such time as an open council is ready to receive ami act upon up-on it. The affair promise some highly sensational disclosures. Whit, nail lllark. "Is my bnsban' in here?" demanded a strapping example of culled society as she trioped, liko an adipose tumor into police headquarters and with searching eyes bent over the register upon which Sergeant MeCurdy was entering en-tering the names of tho latest lot of raw recruit,. "Who is your husband?" enquired the sergeant in melodramatic tones at he looked into the dark continent that had suddenly ushered itself into bis presence. pres-ence. "Mr. (ioodyear; Mr. Jim Goodyear, ah, lisped the Sencgainbian sorceress, theidylic creature who ga.ed pleadingly plead-ingly into his upturned eyes. "While or black'" "White as you are, sah," exclaimed the ama.onian as sho drew herself up like a country school boy with a pair of new suspenders. "What's that?" shrieked the assistant prosecuting attorney, Mr. Eichnor, as he entered the chamber. "Jes as white as any man, sih." "Married in real earnest; solemnized under tho law?" j "Yes, sah; de preacher." "Madam," continued the attorney with superb solemnity and staggering hauteur, "do you know that you are pleading guilty to miscegoration, and lhat you are liable to go to tho penitentiary peniten-tiary for this offense? How long hare you been married to hiuiY" "Two year." "What's his business?" "Odd jobs." "A id yours!" "Oh! i takes odd jobs too." ' This dialogue that war) liable to lead to interesting disclosures was interrupted interrup-ted by the approaching troop of malefactors, male-factors, among whom was the distinguished distin-guished gentleman whom the Queen of Xight was seeking. "Plead guilty man!" shrieked Mrs. Colonel (ioodyear as she threw a shiner over the clerk's desk and with vegal scorn swept with his repenteut lordship I from the chamber. ICobbed the Kailwar, Billy Burns was caught coquetting with tho law yesterday and fined $00 and costs by tho United States commissioner commis-sioner before whom he was arraigned. The defendant was arrested in Parleys canyon on Sunday last on a charge of stealing from the Utah Central railway, a corporation that has. it is alleged, been made the victim of a steady and high-handed drainage of an organized or-ganized band of guerrillas who infest tho country through which it operates. Sheriff Burt has had tho case in hand for some time and the arrest of Burns will very likely lead to others if it does not result in the capture of the entire gang. In making an invoice a short time ago it was ascertained that within tno past few years merchandise of the value of about $.")0,000 had been filched from the road, 8nd while there is no direct evidence as to the identity of the perpetrators, a wilderness of tin car.s betrays the fact that unblushing robbery has been going on. Tolice Tic kings. Two revolvers that were recently stolen from Schade's saloon by Shorty Brown and Kid Bray have been recovered recov-ered by Officer Parker. One was found in the possession of Bray's brother, while tho other had been cached beneath be-neath the steps leading to the basement of theTivoli saloon. The outlook for the prisoners is critical. A fellow giving his name as Jack Fat was arrested last night for stealing a silver fork from a Main street restaurant. restaur-ant. He pleaded not guilty this morning morn-ing and was allowed time to secure counel beforo going on trial. There were three drunks and a vag to plead before his houor this morning. Nick Jones was fined $10 and costs this morning for obtaining square meals under false preteuses. Ho did the work at the Tivoli restaurant lhat has been made the victim of two offeuses within the last few hours. |
