, 1877-01-12
DETECTIVE n1C1{EY.

DEFECTIVE n1CKEY.
HIS stnR OF rms sroRf.
The statement IN yesterdays TK1RuNE a. to
The manner IN which Detective Hickey re,
covered watch which had been stolen from
George a. II. Baker. Of the Pott, WAS eS.partc,
and appears 10 hare been unjust 10 the oi!ireT.
His version Of the transaction Is a: follows:
When the watch WAS reported stolen. TIM TACT
was noted on my book. IS all such property ts.
my business boInG TO look alter the pawnshops
did not know who Baker vas The next morn
Ing he came To the Central Office and says, "ls
this Hickey" tsatl. AYES" "flage you got
nv waiehr | asked, "What watch; what "a
your naIne" Iin gave tnc lis name. aud !
turned to nls took and said, ..So; haven't
been 10 eli the pawntlaops slnceit was reporsedi
hut may lind tt yct.''
had heen 10 nearly all Of them. tie asked NE
II had ssea Anstalne Of it, itoid him | had
mt Eottcu any track Of y. fle the.! said the
wa.cl, was rrcsent to him. and he didn't want
sibie. iold him wo,,i,l,- tina, 1t bis request
! would say t. the t,awnl)rnkera. " II sueh
watch Is Uttered u, yt,u, takc II, n,nl ret II ~
f.s. n y1,' , sa i, Anu ,s ill., @ az" 'sls ta r @
to d" Il. nni / ihl 81 sunls of The pnsyn.
br.'kcrs took = escript,un oi the wntcls aud !he
u,n,1scf, ~ they would kftow II. Afterwards
visited the s'u,,s aud male Inquiry. Nnnr oi
them lad gotten track of II. i had MT i'ccn
and and asked me- II i had gotten traek
of II. told him no-.hat i was
where Nc couldn't rsurh it-tint had Inquired
everywhere, and dune everything could With
ont success. ''WeiI." says he, "Bahcs wouldn't
lose It for tho value of II. It ~as present.
is,,'t there any way YOU cnn gel III" aat.t,
iff1t't In
IL; Superintendent Hickey does mt like tu have
lis DO II, Anil never wna'A do IL ~Isiout direct
or.lcrs frun The parttcs themselves. that IL 10
notty .os M a,ksrs y, ani ,i ou'sidsfs .', t. sse
would haye to pay to get IT,, Thr next morning
Jaker came 10 the Office and called Tic into The
hall and talked with mr.. salt! 10 htn.. twill
s,ah ,e you u. ",t s T vii iii at9oasr xSa S%0 ys S,
aud you tell tllcm what you want
them to ,lo." lie says, :" Hickey, they viii uos
d" II tor me- ;a ,Thsy .n WI, u, 4 60 with
4 PERSONAL FAVOR 70 YOU roIt Me-"
lie says, II Invent lime to gu. You do this
toF nlc. IL wtll 1e great inyor io H,e. will
1anIse you all rtEht." ! said: YOU will not
my wnrk II get ut this fur yo,i, It will 10 on
ynur p1on,ise tl,nt there will he nothing said
about 1t hereafter, because u the witch should
bc turned III, In that way, and u slulIa appear
IT,, might th,uk 1t looked bad" lie promised
me upon his honor TINT not word would bu
said about u; told ME to get It In lty way
~uasl, Ito tndo wl,atit would cpst; III tih.n't
rost TOO much he would pay IL; ii It did he
would not.
! then went to some Of the pawnbrukcrs anil
notified then, that 1 wanted fleIn to gtt trarik
ot tho watch.-to1d them Il" SUE outsiders they
could rraeh but could not.-that 1t was pres.
cnt, aud the owner liln't like 10 1oae twas
member u the rrcs.,-antl wanted them IN
| get II. Tic pawnbrnkcre satd tilcy would Try.
r'nec Is on Ciark street, told MIC tia. ll,an lal
| tal hlMl khnt he had gotten track u watcl
with an inscription on It, and he Thought 1t was
Nakrr's, although he laln't srcu II. lie uskctl
| until hui seen latn again, but i"
| find out lnw much It would TAKE tu ret It, Tbs
next morning Buker .va.nc t' l4c oliicc, and 1
tnu him what tircenburg l'4d tnld r,--that,
oweTer 1 wns, Sssta INIT, tas m ts wu'c ta,a "a,
get Il. ] told him didn't know, but haul told
The pawnbrokcr 10 tl,Hl out.
| lie saya, "Gan you ill'A outa" told Him
aeain'" said, .'Irnseht or toUasrow ,n,rn-
Ing" IIe says, "Al! right, I will sre you.'' The
next morning (abt Tuesday, he ea1no III again,
asId told l,inl Il would eost 350, but tisat
wasn't surc that It was hts watch, but did not
tuubt i, Us Il had an inscription On 1t. lle sahl
ho hadn't tbs money, but would get II, and
wanted ~ know wfeti he could SEQ inc. told
hfln would meet him at noon, or he could cnlne
10 the o!l!cc In the evening Of The next morning,
and bring the money. ! n'ade arrangements
10 meet lin ut Lip1nan's tho ncxt day. Langley
never knew anything about the watcA until IL
was ut his place. Ksnncdy did. urccnburg told
| Him he would not put up any nulcy on It. "
have anything to d. vithit, but II would leave
the nlurcy somewhere ho would tclt tho parties
to send the watch wherever said; and then Il
IT was Haker'x watch ihe money could bc pa!
or Kept u II WAS nut. Ill didn't want to aanals
the watch nt all.
WENT TO 1ENSEDy,
t.anslcy's boukkeepcr, aud asked him i he hat
my uhicvton. to my bringing Baker there ami
Introducing hin! anl taking ehc money, and
basers &ats M Il il was 'ns nos, L. M u I: conrs; "
sud sud NJ -ti,st ho Would ID do ISL It M Mio
me. When met Baker \. Lrman's. ! tool
a Ksns o s tS5 slm q sss ;s%ssa .s onsy s.
lfn. ilc says: II do not know slt. Kennedy
kno'rr you, Hickey; will give ,he nancy /
YOU; then will h9lA you responsible tor th'
received The money from lin, and handed i
right over to Kcnuedy. llc to pay for the "atvs
II It MAS Bakers: II it WAS nat,- tu kecp th'
muucy. Tho only to.'llsh thing did connrs II
right hrre. After BAKER lett did uos wan
Went JasE 10 Kennedy, gos Il tbs II monc
from HIN, om totI j. up anE
gave u tn Grccnturg. toll lin
IL takc thn money, 10 and sec thc parties, atlt
ii he VIVA satisfied The watch WAS Bakers IL pa
the t.uucy and send the watch uuwB to Kun
nedy AZ LanE!ey's He went out, found tn
watch was Haker's. and paid ior IL, and too
| the watel,, calculating to lake |. down 10 Lang
ley's and 'eaye i. At,er dinner dropped 4
l,a*l gone down. Ile said "Yes, it was hi
tsi,ker's) watch, and have IL, and am going I
give II ~ KenueAy Tits afternoon" | says, :"
WILL not yut you to that trouble. Evcrythiu
Is al! right, and ! Will take the witch anl giy
It 70 KcnHcly my.elt took The watch ~,
carried IL .tnwn; 1t Was rolled up; aud llal,de
II To Kennedy, aud to!d him TO open Il and "
II Il was takers watcl. Hs opened 1t a,nl said
"That Is The watch" then took 1t aud lauSe
| Al II, aud SAW 1t WAS the watch; II had an |.
scsiptlnn IN It. lput 1t In my packet. \ littI
while after ~. to The stattou, At Nigh
| tWednrsd3y}, Baker cAule In.
AND HANDED HIN TIE WATCH.
Saws "ls that your's!", lls looked At II an
says, "Ycs,n and thanked the. saul u him
"Snw YOU can DO Just ~ you att + mind to, bl
some tine, when yuu are Hust and tcel like 1t,
would make Kennedy preset. ot Is, ~
tsafnt uladu cent ou tlts.'n 1le saI IL