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Show THE POLICE RECORD. The Pol'os Coma t'pai a Gr"op of Creaks maa aael Escort Than to Jail. A trinity of craoksuien were intercepted inter-cepted while engaged in an effort to crack the safes iu Kelsey & Gillespie's oAice early this morning and are uow down in the city jail. Thev warn slated as John Welsh, Dan Harrington Harring-ton and John Smith. When detected Welsh and Harrington ware in tho act of cutting through the window screen, while Smith was kfoping k.i eyo out on the patrolman. Lrrgeant, Jenney anl Nigbtwatchmen White and Jack son appeared on the scene, however, and the pisriles Wft taken in limb. -Upon ser.rchlDg them a piece of fuse) was fouuil, a small amonut of powder, and a eafeblowers punoh. The police committee who are now engaged in investigating tbe charges Captain Farker and Sergeant Glenn ad-jouned ad-jouned yesterday afternoon until Monday Mon-day next at 2 o'clock, it is impossible impos-sible to get any information, from the chamber and it is likely that tbe dofense which has a large troop of witnesses will occupy several days. Tha ilefendaats will interpose in-terpose a general denial of the charges and will undertake to snpptrt it by an overwhelming mass of testimony. Charles Mason was sent down to tho countv jail in default of bail io tbe sum of $2500 to await the action of thu grand jury on a charge of attempting to relieve Harry I'.letheu of his cash in front of tbe Walker house. |