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Show OIK INTIIE DOCK. The Well-Known Attorney Traoked to Tunual and Draped Out to Aa-iwer Aa-iwer Ciwrs of Forjary. AND HELD IN THE SUM OF 52500 The Usual Humber of Sneak Thieves Run j iarreach Hymphs Must Go j Polics ticking). ! Bun V. Drigs was arrested last night on a warrant charging him with forgery and a new era of tribulation opens bofora hiiu. The s nature in the scandal is that of Judge Huge and thus far it settles 1 down on a question of veracity be- I tween the prisoner and Alexander j Johusun who caused tiio arrest. Driggs and Johnson bad been close business frionds and w hen the latter iu May lust applied to Driggs for a loan it was I secured. The licensed was attorney fur Dr. John S. Park and went to him for the exetKi,.ier, i! ich was secured on paper to which i)iigg-' siguutiiie wit:i aitae'.ed. The trauoactmu soon settled down its a rcuiiu.eccnce and when the no.o boca.ue duo il was loanwd t.iat Judgo floge's name was upon it. The signature was denounced as a fyr;'ery a-ul t ) becure Or. 1'aik, John.soQ jvo a mortgage, on his propeily. He then Bought to eileet some kiad cf a settin-lueiit settin-lueiit whereby s;andal would be cueatnd of its ju.cy mor.el but tiuablH to do so Johnson wont belore Commissioner Commis-sioner (ireenmau and swore out thu warrant which ti phveed in tha hnuds of lieputy Mafsbiii W. L. ami C. s. Ijoodeel for execution. Thoy traced Dtiggs to his dwelling up oj the North bench aud placed him under arrest. Piaading tho iiiucss of Ins wile he was permitted to gs tip bluirs, and failing to return althe given minute the otlicers went in search. An open window and fresh tracks m the snow revealed the fact thai he had tlown, and taking the ne.vly-inade trad they followed him to a tuunil in tlie hil.side iu which he had intrenched himself. Knowing Drigga was desperate des-perate in his disgrace, one of the deputies depu-ties returned for reinforcements, but before the tunnel was reached again, met Driggs and the other deputy. The party went before a commissioner and Driggs was released on his own recogui-zance recogui-zance until this morning, j Drigg-i, who is his own attorney, went before CammissioBer Greeuman this morning, aud, waiving examination, went before the grand jury, where he will meet his foeman on the merits of the case. Ha denies any knowledge whatever of the legerdermain by which jln.jjk ilag'n name was placed upon .-iiote, and says he signed it with Johnson, alter which il left his hands. He intimates that if any forgery was committed it wa3 done after tha paper left him, and the struggle in the grand jury room is likely to be au exciting one j Pollon 1'iokinrs. I OHicer Randolph picked up George I Washington at the depot last night for i drunkenness and escorted him to head-! head-! ijtisrters. ' . George lirennan, arrested for assault, I was released on motion of the complaining com-plaining witness, who withdrew tho charge. Mrs. Eenton has as yet heard nothing ; from the maunders who vandalized I her residence during an r.ft6tnoou ab-. ab-. sence. j The case of the people against F. F. ; Raymond, indicted for assault, has 1 been eoutiuued. at tho motion of Judge j Powers, for the term. A rio'ous individual descended from ; tho rooms over the telegraph ollice ; about 11 o'clock last night and complained com-plained that he had been robbed ot $:;."). An inventory of his pocket disclosed that be had lost but a solitary $5 bill. |