Show STOP THIEF 4 that was I 1 he cry winch which stirred awen tu ell I 1 ty fifth street to excitement 1 1 stop thief ill 1 vigorously shouted by a d dozen ozen voices was beard on twenty I 1 fifth street near lincoln avenue lar last A night about 9 A lodgins keeper claimed that a man had h attempted to steal some blankets officer phil ford and hie his father in law gave chase and a crowd followed telling yelling and hooting till one wo would I 1 lave ave thought there had been a bold a attempt at burglary or an effort to take human life the crowd d followed somebody into a narrow alleyway and in the rear of brownings saloon a man was caught I 1 he ile got a an ay after making a hard struggle roggle Bt and bad fight as the officers L claimed with a knife Offic officer erFord ford 4 1 secured the services of the night policeman at the union depot and run the man in he lie being easily found I 1 I 1 from the fact that the crowd hung to him four other men tried to interfere inter fere whether in earnest or in a joke an and d I 1 they were locked up as bags on one 0 showed allowed 5 in gold at the station but bu t declared he would juet just aa as eson ason save a nighat ni glitt lodging as not these men may be guilty of nothing wrong but there is a gang in the city who are giving the police force a great deal of trouble aa as here there are numerous petty lings and holdup hold up jobs being done |