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Show A SHItims I.IIMKIK. II. IT. Ir'l(i Juo tirr.ltl on a (loniplalul llfglng lorgirj. He Waive Ltainlnalloii and I, IMJ lo .tmnrr. Vraterday Alexander Joliti'on aj-lared aj-lared Ijeforo Coruml-tloner Ufeeomau and airornoiit n complaint, charging lien W, Dilig., Juu , with forgery. The warrant waa placed In the hand! of t)-ity Marihal, W. L.Uooderlland f. IbUoodaell. Thu ofllcer. ireceeilctl lo Prlgg,' bouit-.ou Caltol Hill. They !oi- him bt home, and In'ormed blin of tho nature of their errand. He manllealed tiouiiea.IneMnor unwlllliicnei4 to l plnced under arreil. Howevrr, bu a.keil permlailon to go uUln, lo get hi, overcuat, and ,ee bis wlfn, who ho ralJ wa, ipilto III. The tifllcer, roniented aud Drlgga went U,talra. Hndld not return, and after waiting aomn time one of lb ofllct r. aecended Ihe.talr.. On enterlui; room ou the lecond floor he fuuud a window open, and on the ground leading from It on lb oulilda footprints were plainly vlilble. The clllcer. followed Ihe Ira'l. Drlgga, who concealed litmiclf In a tuont 1 not far from hi. houai!afti r a little time cam. out and aiirran jered. lluwai taken lo lh marihal'. udlco, and later on wu rcleA-ed on hi. own recogultanc. Uilg, wa. inn Mil. forenoon In th mar.hal'a oflKe, by a Ng reporter. It appeal., from III. .intern. ut, that Alexander Joltbion, who wa. a friend or tloa aoiualntiiieo uf Mr. Drlggi, bought mm. real e- ato fur tOOOO, He l.ild Slmai In cuh, and -poke to Drlgga alio it tailing tho re-malnder. re-malnder. Th latter, who had already ctinduded LiulueM fur Dr. Park, thought that a lean of f --MO might be obtained from that geiitlcman on i roivr lecutlly. A nutefor the umoiiul waa duty made cut. Jnbuwn tlgncl It and to did Drlgga. The note waa taken away by Johumn, .0 Drlggi .tatea, and after a little while waa returned with Judgo Hono'a .Igualure on Ihe batk of it. Dr. l'ark acre) ted II. o nolo on Ibe .trengtli of Hoge'a end ir.ment, and the money wa, ild toJohuiou, Tula occurre-J eighteen minlhe ur twu year. .go. InM.y lal the note le. rime due, and whenpreeontedtoHoge luriettlement, lliatgent'enian pronounced pronoun-ced hla atgnature tl t reon a forgery. Ilrlgg. claim, that thl. wa, the Hut he beard or knew rt the forgery. II. dot i not charge Johuon with .lgnlng Hog.', nam., blithe ay. that It waa .IgncHl while the note wai,lnJoliuiou', cu.tody. Thu cae Rtein, comi lknteJ. John-eon, John-eon, of coureti, clilm.theiuntrar). Ho It I. only by a Judlolal luveatlgatlon that the Irulli of thu matter can be obtained. Mr. Dflg:, itate,, however, how-ever, that hi. rcaeou for lie. Ing fioni Ihu ofllcer. wa. not ihe reviiltof neon. .clou.Ilelt, of guilt, but bttcuuiu he thought If hoket llio atlalr from hi. Wife', kliuwledgu fir a lew daya It could U mMM. Mn. Drlgg, Ii In very feebluhtallh, and hu fi ami that Iheniicrtof lit, arret would pooa dangeruu, .hock to her, Drlggi, ronmluuduiider tbu watch-till watch-till eye of a deputy Uulttd Htate, marihal In Marihal rarion.' nftlco until II: l thla morning, when he went Ufjro CoiiimlMloner Norrell Coniml.,lonir Urecuman, before whom the complaint wal anoru out, being otbir-vlie engaged waived ex. amlnatlon, and gave bund. In th, turn nf$J,uUdto apivar bvfure the grand Jury when railed uu. Mr. Drlgg, waa theu alliwed to gu free. HI. Iudimen are lll.hop A. J. Drlgg,, of Ktigar Houi, ward, aud Mr. Cbarlea Wilkin, of llil. city. |
