Bold Robbery

Last Sunday afternoon, whilo Mr. and Mrs. William IIultxTt were atteoding tbe meeting in University Hall, their son, James, who has just returoed f'rom Chicago, and who has been a notorious charactor in this city for many years and who has been in jail a score of times, and in the Detroit work house twice, once for assaulting hia aged father witli a mor, threatening to kill, and was only prevented froin so doing, or injuriug him, by outside interferance, gained access to the house and stole all bis father's bonds, mortgages, notes, memoranda and papers of value, and then, when night arrived, had the affrontery to retire to rest. In the morning, he ate his break tast with his parents, whom he was robbing, and tlian, it is supposed, took his departure for Canada. Mr. Hulbert suspeoted nothing .wrong until going to his secretary he discovered a long letter addressed to him, from Jaines, stating what he had done, and that he could be found in Canada, and would aurrendor the papers upon receipt of $500. He stated that he lost all his money in gambling, stock speculating, etc, and that he must have more. This is not the first, second, or third time he has robbed bis father, he once taking $500, but it is the first time he made a clean sweep of all his personal property, and most of it is personal. Ili.s fnther has repeatedly stated that when he, James, was around, he was in mortal fear of his life, and that he had many times sat up nearly all night, to receive his drunken son, for fear he might come in and do him some personal violence. He has supplied him with money with a prodigal hand, in order to keep him away from home, and probably $10,000 would not cover the monry ha has given to him and that he has stolen in the last twelve years. In the last eighteen months he has had some $3,000. Wednesday eveniug he was scen on the street very drunk, either having just returned, or not havinp been away. Last evening, probably thinking the proper time had arrived, and tbat he had terrified his tatherup to the right point, he went to the house, and as is his custom, demanded money, and said he must have it tbat night, or he would put a ball through his father's head. At this junción pnlicemen Johnson and Porter stepped in and arrested him, when he in quired, with the brazen affrontary of a pnlished rogue, what he had done. The papers have not yet been fi und. Mr. Hulbert is 83 years of age, and is a venerable, fine-looking, kind-hearipH old genileman as the eiiy all'T Is, and h and his wife have the sytujathy of the community.