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Show THE POLICE R0COBD. JOE SIMON MAKES A DEADLY ASSAULT ON HIS WIFE. Breaking Up tho Gang Of Counterfeiters Their Arraignment Itefore Commissioner Commis-sioner tlreemnan Pickings From the 1'nlice. Joe Simon, an ex-soldier, was arrested last .cuing for a murderous assault upon his wife at No. s Pugsley's How. Tli.' conjugal course of the Simons has been characterized by frequent jars, Mrs. Simons having some time ago opened war an he? mate with a knife and inflicted injuries injur-ies that for a time threatened to culminate in a coroner's inquest. Joe was culled to Denver as a witness and returned to the castle Jin Victoria Vic-toria alley where the tempest was soon aroused. In the absence of a New Year's turkey to sate the kern tooth of the carving Knife, Simon yesterday afternoon launched it at his wife, the blade striking her upon the forehead and severing an artery from which the blood poured in a torrent. Dr. Fisher was summoned anda (tor considerable consid-erable work succeeded ill catching tin the artery, Simon was arrested and is held below be-low to answer. The Counterfeiters Having aged I heir birds through a series of the cleverest moves ever made on an official cheM board. Marshal Young uud his ubiquitous ubi-quitous staff arc now sorting out the mass of evidence preliminary to a most vigorous prosecution against the gang individually and collectively. Gagnon's doom is sealed. Neither the oratory of Beilly nor the cleverness of Col-onel Col-onel I.ochrie can save him. He sealed bis own fate whi n tic waived the amnesty that the "state's evidence" clause extendod to Mm and placed his guilt above bis own signature sig-nature when be went before Commissioner Greenman's. court and pleaded. The arrest of Sprague at Detective Howe's end of the Denver-Salt Lake circuit drew the mass: from the remainder of the gang. It is said that the evidence is invulnerable and that it there is any one of them who fails to enter a plea of guilty there is proof enough to give him tin; extent of the law. Officer Reilly who, with the aid of Merchant Mer-chant Colin, effected (he arrest of Gegnon, stati d to a reporter that already the men had confessed enough to hang themselves. The breaking up of the gang is one of the eleverc.-t pieces of work that lias been scored by the present administration and stops, for a time at least, the severe criticism with Which it lias been assailed. At 'J o'clock tiiis afternoon Tate, Cronk mill King, alias "Denver Bill," were taken before I nited states Commissioner Green-man Green-man and each entering a plea of not guilty were held to the grand Jury in the sum of (6000. Unable to procure this amount or a visible fraction of it they were turned over to the United Slates marshal and rcmoved to tin- penitentiary. Poliee Picking!, Joe McKenile had an overcoat stolen from him last evening while he was interested in tt game of billiards. A drunken hodcarrler was arrested on West Temple street by Officer Smith yesterday yester-day afternoon and slated on a charge of indecent in-decent exposure. Deputy Marshal doe Bush hss returned from Kurcka. w here be was detailed to preserve pre-serve quiet during the entrance of the Rio iirar.de Western track. George J. Johnion and llenrv Kclley, the toughs captured Thursday "night, "were ordered to appear before Judge (ice and plead during the day. Conroy Qorman, Geo. Williams ami Henry Morion were arrested by Officer Shaffer last night just on the eve of their attack upon the Kentucky liquor house. They had sc. cretcil themselves in a coal shed at the rear and had a complete kit of tools that were subsequently unearthed by Sergeant Randolph. Ran-dolph. They will be held to the grand jury, |