The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-09-28
o. EER THIFTS.
4 boston Tea Merchants Manner OF Rcpien-
i.hing his stock.

Trsa o, ~ 51iorf vrory
In Boston, on Thursday. William ].
fuunc'. Jr.. oi the firm Of William j. laun -.
1r. x Co.,. ten merchants aud grorers ut 1873
rmrk-tone -trnri was arrested for hr ak INK
and entering the store of thu formosa Tea Go.
a. w. I.tr. 80. Munu.crl Is ShaWmu avenue,
and the mrcrny 'urrcfrom oi q quantity ~ H.
Flunr" b. q Young mum. an active m"mi"r ~
the Young Men = tnrisilon Association. and has
relatives living IA New Bedford. II residence
WIS in Tho same building aui directly over
PirrH' store. By means of false AcN lerould
enter the uu r. place oi business III pleasure.
aud usually ala - about midnight. The object
ot las drpr"iailuns seems To have been tea
alone; that which h' stole he would conceal IN a
port of the cellar under tho huilding whl'h
WAS leased With his tenement. and repack lng
the goods in different shape. whenever oppor-
tunlty offered carried his plumber 10 his own
store ana there disposed OF it, being able 10 sell
n. of course. mu IA under the regular price,
thereby cAn ting lr>t thr envy ana then the sus-
piclon Of his brother tea M, rchants. who's" APP
prrhrn~iuuS Iced to his hning Shudow"d. detect
-. arrested. md induce! To partially confess.
Others besides Nj. Pierce were NlrtlmiHod
similarly. Int mat Gentleman was the heaviest
loser. several weeks ago Faun"c brought "A
quantity of tea 10 this city on speculation. ON"
chest Wd~ sold at auction through Hooper
Chase. tneu al 93 Purchase street the remain
der h. disposed Of NJ privat" sale 20 grorrrs
around town. Learning these in'fs Friday. De-
tectlyc Harding of Station T. Boston. was de-
-pat 'hed hithrr 10 investigate the case. and
Onl.rr Adams was detailed to assist him, VIII ch
h. did SO carefully and thoroughly that sats-
factory results We're achieved.
At the China tea store. sO'l Purchase street
Two of these Mr.. Pierce lwho accompanied the
oliccrl identified H. being some of his missing
property. and concerning, tive other chests ne
Boston merchant. identified the ilitn rs having
been stolen from his store. At Patrick DAYS
grocery. on the east side of South Water street,
between Rowland and Grinnell. was found
another chest sold 10y Faunce. which was iden-
titled and claimed by Mr.. Pierce. As the pres
eut holders had pur hased the tea in good faith,
Mr-srs. Pierce and Warner very generously re-
thus recovered back 10 Boston, whore II Will be
introduced in the evidence against Faunce.
Another chest Of the tea stolen in Boston 10y
W. r. fuunce Jr.. the willy tea merchant, has
been discovered. II was shipped by him TO
John Carroll. grocer al the northeast corner of
South Water and Rowland streets. but being
sent &. q. H. romans at Hatch Coz express
OH e., a. Mr.. Carroll has closed uu Tor n while.
II seems that Faunrr dealt in other things be-
sides tea, ana during the pnst summer has ire
qu 'ntly visited this city, selling ly sample. Com
siderall" dl-Sni sia'ilon was oNIf ssrd by ms
customers, rs the goods received often were
quite different from what was ordered. one in
part eulur. prOproirrS- Of boarding nous" nj
IN" south end, ordered a dozen bottles Of extract
of lemon when the pnrkag" came. il contained
a dpIcn BOTTLES one OF lemon. AMI ia" others
other extracts. Again, she ordered u box OF "a i
| cratu-, and r"neiVed wnShinE-~ola. II WAS
packed in papers resembling saleratus wrap
| stances of a similar nature Turn sh ground for
"A suspicion, quite generally entertained, that
| some II not All his orIorS were lllei 10y nm in
the night time and surrcpttiuusly from other
stock than his own. one and the same tnamstrr
has always taken his goods from the depot To-
the customers. and on several occasions told
Mr. Fauuee that much fault was found 10y the
recipients. Fdnnec told the teamster. in cases
like these, to always let the customer have his
way. and not enter into any defence or dispute
concerning the goods, INSTRUCTIONS winch the
crably at variance with the directions usually
given by drummers and traders.