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Show IN A Ii01 HOOST. The Police Descend1 on the Den of an Organized Band and Strip it of its Spoils. LIST OF AET1CLSS REOOVEBED. An Alarming State of Things Disclosed in a Bookory on First South East Street. Yesterday Marshal John M. Young and Officer Will Parker, with a small garrison of the finest surrounding tho roost, made a raid on a dilapidated dwelling on First South East that has for a long time been Quder surveillance I of tho police, and unearthed wear- . ing apparel of the value of several hundred dollars, in addition to a silver watch that was secreted in one of the recesses of the den. For some time complaints have been pouring into headquarters concerning tho work of the sneak thief, who for a long time succeeded in eluding the officers. of-ficers. Each night some house was pillaged pil-laged in the most daring manner and a half dozen houses were put under surveillance. sur-veillance. The den was finally located and the descent was planned for yesterday afternoon when it was thought to eatch the marauders maraud-ers in the quiet embrace of Morpheus. The marauder was not there, however. The plunder was, and the search ouco commenced article upon article was unearthed until the following list was invoiced: One ladies' street dress with astrakhan astra-khan trimming, Two prineesse dresses of green plush. Three black sattcen dresses. One gros-grain silk skirt with velvet unisn. One short dolman with brocaded velvet. vel-vet. One seal-plush jacket lined with brown satin. One plush coat lined with black quilted silk and trimmed with fur. Ono pair striped trousers. One chinchilla overcoat with fancy silk lining. One dark brown melton overcoat. One Elgin wr.tch, No. 2,3.17.874. This is what the haul invoiced, and the articles now await identification at police neadquarters. Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Hardy visited tho marshal this morning and identified the plush coat and the melton overcoat as having been stolen from them in the raid made upon their residence by thieves on tho night of October last. Mrs. E. O. Weir has also identified the black gro-grain skirt as one of which she was recently robbed. The discovery of this plunder is but one of the evidences of the reign of robbery rob-bery that has existed in this city during the past season, and systematic, syste-matic, unrelonting warfare will now be waged against every dwelling upon which suspicion may rest. The officers aro entitled to much credit and the "Vale edition" continues in hot pursuit with its nose just 24 hours behind the news. |