The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-23
NEWS OF THE CITY
LED AsTRAY.
u youths Ambition to Become Rich
Causes Him to Rob His
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DeI5IH cLOr.
Yesterday morning .. young man named Vie
tor JAEGER called ut the office OF the chief Of
police and there told the chief horrible tale
Ill how he had been hueked and gagged, and
robbed In the most approved style by three
highway men.
layers story ran thus; For month and u
haif he hud been IN the employ Of MesHrs. Magi
u IL Miranda. cigar dealers. doing business at the
corner of Common and 1t. Charles streets.
That Friday night. he being he last man ut the
store. he put The money and lottery tickets away
and after locking up the store loft. Then re-
DhirinR to Canal street he took ono Of The
Baron Road cars bound for home.
He had not gone more than 100 yards from
fhe car On liz arrival at Bayou brl 'ge. when 10
was seized by three men who buckad and
gHEged him and then robbed him OF his store
keys and his poeket-book. containing sixty
cents.
III explaining the bucking and gaggl Luz por-
tion Of the yarn the speaker said that the foot
pads first tied handkerchief tightly across his
mouth to prevent him from screaming. and
warned him Of tne Dc, t,me ,h ahae tr ne made my
They then bound his hands nnd legs with a
clothes-iin Afterwards, having rolled bin
His remained In the road In that condition until
his foster brother. Dock Stein. happened to
paaH who unbound him. when together they
On reaching the city they Immediately went
to the store and found that L bad been robbed OF
oh u 2af Bos sG ' and Aids is Mcponerh md
Hannessey, who had thoroughly Investigated the
matter, told Tint gentle youth that his story was
beautiful and gauzy sensation for some illus
trhted paper. but the only mistake 10 had made
y sof H. he c "ew H." s sT
i experience Of earroters showed that tho man
ner ~ garrotinR. IA related by him. was not the
usual n.odsts operdndi IF men Of that etripe
that his story was wanting In many respects
and thnt In his opinion tho romanea was with
out foundation. Ill. ended with the moral that
A would BIZ better for him to toll tho truth and
be done with It.
The 81 ini Of the chief was baaed upon tine
/ fact that the store that had been robbed had
been secured after the robbery: that tho 10y
Jager had no lime dust on hs clothes 70 bear
out bis assertions hat he had been relied over
sand over on ths Hhalltoad by The garroters.
and. further, that The gnrroters should have
taken the time ~ have bound the youth after
ronbing him All 'hts s when annmed np vent ,,
the truth.
All Jaeer still stuck to his story. Aids Hem
Inessey and Med fnogh continued their inves-
tfgation until evening aud Jaeger then finding
ha b. Ya ad b r h h
closing the store, and that It was II put NJ iob
between. him and bis foster brother. That %
.a1 him and md n o.
above stated. That he had stolen The money
lottery tickets and STAMPS, and had hid the
booty In q tree In tho city park.
q The officers repaired 10 tho tree designated
Lib the park, but the frute of the robtery were
not there. Upon this JAEGER said that his foster
brother had taken away the plumber. The 20
llce officers not seeing the point he took them
TO the house Of his parents. aud leaitng them
Into The stabeF. there surrendered his Ill
gotten gains.
Messrs. Malt N Miranda, satisfied with the
recovery OF their money and lottery tickets. de-
Clined to prosecute the youth. and he was
fnrund lnoaa