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Show MERRY WARON MAIN. The Dosperate Altercations Betweon Sneak Thief and His Very Pluck Captors. THE PAL FINALLY PINCHED, After Which a Young Lithographer is Found and Bun in as the Star Aotcr. Sergeant Curran scooped in Frank Rice last evening, and took him down to the city jail, where he was held on a charge of assault. A few moments later Harry Washer, an industrious de-devotee de-devotee of the art preservative, was brought down by Sergeant Cantlon, who identified him as the marauder who had presented himself at the residence resi-dence of Mr. W. II. Lyons on Fifth South, near Main street. This achievement achieve-ment that pins itself to the escutcheon of the crafty Cantlon was the signal for much riotous congratulation on the part of his constituent, who has never lost faith in slumbering genius or in the philosophy of the propbetio bard who filled Despairing Humanity with wholesome tonic when he declared "there is a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at its flood, leads on to fortune," and lis should have said fame. The arrests of Rice and Washer is the sequel to visits that have "been a source of considerable annoyance at the residence of Mr. Lyon. For successive suc-cessive nights some fellow with feline tread has stolen to the door of tho dwelling and carefully turned the knob. Last evening, between the hours of 7 and 8 o'clock, while Mrs. Lyoa was in the hallway sho detected the mysterious revolution of the knob and with Excellent Btratery opened the door. There were two callers call-ers at the threshold, one of whom wheeled and started to the street, while tho other emboldened by the apparent ap-parent absence of any person who wore breeches accented the invitation to walk in. In the meantime he had informed in-formed his hostess that he was searching search-ing for a doctor and she had criticised his suspicious manner of approaching the door. In the parlor the visitor found himself in the presence of Mr. Lyons and Henry Mills, the son of Mrs Lyons. To them the robber Repeated Ilia Kiue saying that ex-oflicor had dispatched him for Dr. Newman. To test his in-tegrity in-tegrity the gentleman Mr. Mills, suffering suf-fering from a broken arm determined to accompany him to Sullivan's. The procession was moving up Main and had reached a point just below the Walker when the captive drew back and eluding a blow frem Mill's cane landed ono on the disabled arm that was again broken. Tho fellow made his escape while the accomplice again put in appearance and taken in was turned over to Sergeant Curran who marched him to jail. While this was in progress pro-gress Henry Roberts descended on the fugitive who "presented arms" and distanced his pursuer. Roberts was not to be so easily shaken off however and started on a pilgrimage Through tha Beaorta. At the Deanery he found Harry Washer and summoning Cantlon and Officer Rhoads turned him over to them. The party then moved before tho admiring gaze of the pedestrian and tho captive was landed at headquarters. head-quarters. It was shortly made known that young Washer was a lithographer litho-grapher in the employ of Kelly printing house and his employer hastening has-tening below bore evidence of the excellent ex-cellent standing of the prisoner, at the same time volunteering to put up $1000 as security for his appearance. If the right men have been apprehended and it be true that Mr. Roberts and the crowd have correctly identified the prisoners it will be an occasion for congratulations. con-gratulations. If not oh, how ephemeral ephe-meral its fame. |