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Show A ( I.OOK IN COirRT. A Choice Oollection of Thieves and Thuga Make Their Appearance and Plead to Obargei. A SAFE - ELOWER'S COJf FE3SI0N . The Highway Robbers Stand Fat Caching Cach-ing Held for N pping Material of tha Value of $108,618,75. Arraignment day in the district court was characterized by the usual amount of business, Jailer Hurt and his lieutenants lieuten-ants Burbridjje and Locon reporting with a motley troop under hand-cull and chain. No time was lost in getting the troop before the court, and nine cases were added to the caleud.ir for the term which begins on Friday next. The oiI'cdsb before which all others dwarfed was that in which John J. Cushiug is indicted for grand larceny in the stealing steal-ing of material of the par value of $101,-G1H.T5. $101,-G1H.T5. tho prosecuting wi'.ness in the case being J. If. Korty. The particulars particu-lars of the alleged nll'euse have already beeu spread before the public. Mr. Korty, who was for mauy years a deputy dep-uty sberilT iu Leadville, accumulated various miuiug stocks, the par value of which was $101,150. For this his trunk was made a depository. During his absence ab-sence from the city Cushiug, an alleged al-leged lawyer, entered the truuk and literally gutted it. llu departed with the accumulation of years, and, subsequently subse-quently overtaken, was held to the action of the graud jury. A S&fa Itluwor's Confnaalon. Contrary to the rule Frank Stewart, charged with burglary, entered a plea of guilty aud signilied bis williugnei-s to lake bis medicine, lie was remanded reman-ded aud ordered to appear before Judge Andersoe for seuleuce on next Mouday. Stewart is the cracksmau captured by Detective (ileason and others oth-ers while iu the act of robbing a safe at Cunuiugton V C'o's. on the morning of July -; t h last, lie had over charged the vault and the report of the explosion explo-sion was so violent us to arouse the ollicers. They hastened to the place and while Stewart was attemptiug bis escape three shots were tired upon him. His confederates made their escape aud while tha hope waa iudulged that he would squeal he has stood put and resigued himself to the martyr-doui. martyr-doui. Th Merry Bur-lr. John Welch, Dan Harrington aud John Smith stepped forward to answer an-swer an indictment charging tliem with an attempt to commit a burglary on tho night of July H last, and each responded re-sponded with a plea of not guilty, whereupon Counselor Denny was appointed ap-pointed to defend them. The attack was made upon a residence occupied by O. J. Holiister, Lewis B. Melsey and ,1 nines B. Gillespie, the prisoners having hav-ing been detected while they were removing re-moving a screen from the residence. Attempt to Kob. James Williams, a raw-boned gar-roter, gar-roter, and James Sullivan, his lowbrowed low-browed pal, both of whom presented interesting studies for the physiognomist, physiognom-ist, aud in the face of incontestible proof entered a plea of not guilty. They were without means with which to secure counsel, and a lawyer was appointed to represent them. Fur Houeehreaklog. Frank Johnson, a gray-haired sinner, and Frank Hamilton, a beardless boy, were brought up as a team to plead to an indictment charging them with breaking into a dwelling occupied by Bettie Smith, and plead not guilty. Barlow Ferguson, esq., was appointed to defend them, the case to come up for trial on October l.'i. |