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Show CRIMINAL NEWS. A Problem i" Consanguinity Perplexes Per-plexes Kesler, J. ABSCONDER K1DD HEARD FROM. Darin- Thieves Wreck a Safe and Appropriate Papers of So Value toThem The Kecidenee of Orson Allen Visited by a Burglar Zion Crooks Juiietl at IjaramieI'oliee Pointers and Uoiags About the IIv.il of the Municipality. Kcsler, J., and Coad, A. C. A., had a knotty case to adjudicate this morning, the defendants being three Chinaman, all connected con-nected by the tles'of consanguinity, the exact ex-act nature of which could not be learued,who engaged iu a family scrap in their habitation habita-tion a laundry at the corner of Second F.uat. arid Second South streets yesterday. yes-terday. As is always the case wheii Chinamen are concerned, it v. as a physical as well as a lingual impossibility impossi-bility to ascertain the truth. Fathers, brothers and cousins were alluded t in pigeon-English by Quong Quing, the attorney attor-ney for the six companies, with a freedom !:ii naivete that charmed his hearers and caused a ripple of a smile that was child--like and bland to overspread the countenances counten-ances of the Confucians, a performance for which they are peculiar. It, was finally learned that Ah Foy, the youngest, had, in the language of the attorney, at-torney, "licked him nailer's bludder, him bleing clousins, makee him uncle madee and him flader, and him. fader lickee him." On this showing, Kesler, J., declared the bail of Ah Bins:, "him Tlader's bludder," forfeited and lined the kid $10. Daring Safo 11 lowing, The store of Weight fc Sperry, on the cor- ner of First West and Fifth South streets, was the scene of a safe-blowing exhibition yesterday morning about 2 o'clock. The experts worked according to system, for after diilling and charging the hole with powder, an embankment of sacked oats was made to deaden the sound. The explosion must nave urea a lernuu uuc, lur lue saie door was blown from its fastenings and in its passage passed through and destroyed a f lurjre coliee mill, and knocked down a pile of canned goods, wile the jar caused the building to rock as though in the throes of an earthquake, dismantling the shelves of some 1 their contents and the walls of several sev-eral yards of plaster. A small-sized conflagration confla-gration also rtsulted, the books of the concern con-cern being burned and the oat-sacks destroyed, de-stroyed, leaving the grain loose. An inventory inven-tory taken by the merchants showed that only several insurance policies and a bauk book, all of which can be easily duplicated, were taken, and they, as well as the police, are at a loss for a clew to the operators. Absconder Kidd Heard From. Detective Franks returned last night from Denver where he has been on business connected con-nected w ith the caee of James R. Kidd, the absconding agent of Ciidahy company of South Omaha, whose capture in Canada was due to Mr. Franks' efforts. The detective says that Kidd was brought back to Denver, and there made a settlement set-tlement with the guarantee company which was responsible for his shortage, and was then released. Kidd gave Mr. Franks the old coins which he obtained from Mr. Springer, and stated that he intended to settle his Salt Lake accounts. Zion Th ievee Caged. Leland and Kingston, light-lingered gentry gen-try who were released from the penitentiary, are in quod in Laramie for passing counterfeit counter-feit coin. The spurious coins are believed l to iiave been made in this city, and an tirort will be made to locate the plant. A lSurjflary Keported. The residence of Orson Allen at 34 I street was entered by a burglar at 4 o'clock this morning. Loss, $20 in money and a lady's gold ring. Short Orders. William Minto was assessed $5 for getting drunk, and the same dose was meted out to Peter McCordell, James Mills and Ed. Moore. The case of Thomas Parsons, charged with purchasing second-hand goods and failing to record the same, was continued, as was also the case of Joe Uoddard, who is under arrest for stealing the goods that got him into trouble. J. N. Brown is in durance for attempting lo pass a worthless check calling for 40 on the Coffin Hardware company. He is unknown un-known here. His case was set for tomorrow at 10 o'clock. P. Currely was adjudged not guilty of the tharge of refusing to pay for a meal. He admitted that he had ordered the meal, but as the waiter was dilatory, he in his disgust attempted to leave the hashery and was arrested ar-rested for his temerity. Billy Nixon and G. Copp were arraigned for fighting. As Nixon was the aggressor, he was sent to jail for ten days and Copp lischarged. An Escape K -a p t u rel . Charles Martin, the crook now doing time in the city jail, escaped from that institution Friday night, but he and Ed Loyance, a pal, I were recaptured at Farmingtou the follow ing evening by officers Estes aud Rhodes. Martin is looked upon as being a desperate criminal by the authorities and is a pal of Leland, who is now in jail at Laramie for passing the queer. Police Pointers. Chief of Police Paul appeared on parade yesterday resplendent in a gorgeons uni-forvu uni-forvu liberally decorated with gilt braid and insignia of cilice. Tfwee policemen who accompanied the Tuscaroras to Chicago are mourning the loss of eighteen days' pay each. They claim that it was an understood thing that they were not to be docked, but the police committee refuse to countenance their claims. |