Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-05-20

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We havs statea bsebes that Pascsase ~
Apsqsnlly sela hssts - 5Asss - nss-
shaals II this city. He seaa buIs = hash
0asrstA ~. Balin, D. 3. Caristso 40
ssllsn, 4 diGsrsat tinss. The Develop
nsats sftks rass ~ days - thsss -.
shaats 70 inquire whslhse q net Rsseees'
hAd not bsss ssbbins one merchant sod
selling Tie sane gseds 10 snothsr, and -
On. Acting spea ths sasgntion n. bssiIa
called st Garrstt's 70 investigate. lmme-
diatsly ~ bsean 70 discover essds That
bsss his private nask, and othsfe taas hs
knew 70 b. his that were not marked. He
fsssd abeat ols0 worth thsths could idea.
tify under cath, and hsw naay more thathe
could not ws afo unable te state. He also
found some q Ssllsn's and Oarlston's.
Strsightway xr. Berlin proceeded to pro-
care The indietnsent ef Pancoast for thstt,
and without delay Nr. Garrett preessdsd to
attach Pancoast's household furniture to
eOvsr the loss hs would sustain BY The iisn.
ti0eation Of goods BY Mr. Berlin.
Psnooast was brought into court this
norning to answsr NJ. Beriin's charge, and
was held 10 bail in The sum Of $50, and r.
turned to jail.
Ar. Garrett acting upon the idsa that :
little Investigation might reveal whsfs some
Of his goods had gone 70. he went to Sci.
lsn's, and the very arst case Of goods open
ID, (of the fsnsaast stssk) Mr. Garrett pro
nounsed the identical goeds that b had
purchased from Paneoast several months
before!
Mr.. Warrinsr has been looking through
Berlin's, 0asrett's and Sellen's stocks. and
duds indications at each placs In the shape
Of . few pairs Of shoes which be h SURE were
stolen from his store.
So It goes; stealing from one and selling
70 the other /; then stealing the same stock
hack and selling It TO the nsxt-and repeat
a1iHfsiesml Even though . very serious
mater, one can hardly refrain ffom andibls
smiles At the operations Of that villain
among our merchants. While W aympa.
thiss with his wife, and most deeply deplore
The degradation that this iuvsterats and
cunning thief has brought upon his limo.
cent children, No cannot refrain from ex-
pressing the hope that he viii Be punished
to the extent Of the law for such eases made
and providsd. Not only has he besn steal
ing from one merchant here and selling to
another, but L l. rspsrtsd that hs hes bssn
shipping easss Of goods from time to time to
partlss elsewhere.
It 10 now known that after having cold
goods to Mr. Mast when ht wss in business
in Ls Claire Row, he (Paneoast) stUae the
goods back again, and afterwards sod the
same goods 70 Greene, last winter, at his
store On Brady street. Nr. Mast knew that
he was selling goods enough, and q such %
advanes over cost - to enable hin to make
handsons living prodt, but % taking -.
count Of stock, asesrtainsd to his surprise,
that be had been losing money ell the time.
| At his store this fellow, Panceast was con-
slant attendant, which explains The reason
why Mr. Mast was not mors prospersus.- .-
So, too, with Mr. Garrett his books showed
that he was doing . thriving busiaess'
but on taking account Of stock he VA
forced to The eonclusion that bis gains wsrs
mot nearly = large - the figures indicated.
rhers, too, Mr.. Pancoast was IN the habit
Of making friendly calls.
The same discrepancy between 6gurss,
profits and stock was apparent 1t Warrinef'l
where Pancoast was want 70 call daily.
The upshot Of The whole natter y, thai
for ths past eighteen months that this ele
gantly dressed, plausible william has been 4
resident Of this city, be has been systsmati'
eally stealing from our mschants -ssllinl
from one to the other, shipping goods end
rsciviAg shipments from conSsdsratss slss
whsrs. There 10 - room 1br sympathy
for such man. Let him taks The conse
quences.
Tn Scneoss AxD Tas SAxlRAnY Fam
Alrsady the comnea seheols q Scott Go
: have raised by . snail subscriptions ~ suu
of sbout Avs hundred dollars 70 forward Il,
nssls Sanitary Missioa--and thu ssn VI
i b forwarded to the coming Fair at Chicago
Thsss ars schsels, howsvse, IN this county
4 ~ ars sorry 70 say, tAat have not oontsibu
ted sdanything 70 this fund. Il = - y hope,
|. thas net sinsis enc win iail 70 perform Il
!. duty ih this respect. The Fair viii ops,
. sooo-hsrry up ths a.bscriptises.
d Cosnscs1ox.-In speaking q he arsivs
4 u another tsashsr-Mr. Olivse Springs
. = Bryant, Stssttsn I Messilrs Coanes
: eial Csllegs, yesterday, ws said ~ ~ I
! assume ~ charge II ths elass In CONNER
J. cial Asithnstie. We sheula hass said ~
/ y ~ y taks ehargs II ~ 1snkins d
! Pastneut.
> NnlfAsS.-1hs nustselne sat businss
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Tire fssss at Gel. 0siss's sqss. anl stil
thsss asems b - plsnty 4 vssk - hsnd
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4 New Dssten, Captain D1ssrd and I. part
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