OCR Text |
Show WITH A RRICK RAT. JAMES DYE ATTACKED BY CA RROT ERS WHOM HE STANDS OFF. The Marshal Makes a Kald and Captures Five of the Vmnplres One of Whom is Identilled as Having At- tempted the ICohbery. At 4 o'clock this morning Marshal John M. Young, with a retinue from tho from the finest made a raid on the haunts of the ravenous vampire and bagged five of them. The immediate occasion for the raid was an effort to garrote James Dye as he came from Parker's back entrance at 11 o'clock last nigtit and started through Tun Times alley to Commercial. He had been in the resort indulging in a game of billiards and on settling exposed his cash to the skulking horde who peered from the dim-lit recesses of the room. He had scarce reached the dark alley when two of tho fiends appeared and ordered hands up! Dye replied with hands (low u; stooping he, gathered a full grown brick bat and landed it at tho retreating forms, w hen he continued contin-ued his was to Commercial and notified an officer. The footpads however had Down and the matter was held for further developments. Determined De-termined to inaugurate his crusada and check this reign of footpadism the marshal at 2 o'clock, an hour when honest men without a lodge are in bed he ran in five lusty specimens spec-imens as suspects. This morning Dye appeared at the city jail and identified one of the suspects as oue of the men who had undertaken to garrote him. The quintette will be held until they can show a clear titlo to liberty or I leave the city. |