The daily gazette., 1882-10-10
SECOND EDITION.
WAS THE MAN SLIM JIM
What Transpired After
Robbery.
KENT COUNTY REPUBLI CANS
RoHBrRr or WATCHES.

Front street store Robbed I'm Daylight
Two Men Arrested, fsut the Police
.Prove +" an Alfbi.
Yesterday afternoon the jewelry store Of
Wilson scrafton, at No. 42O West Front
street was robbed of six silver watches and
one brass case one, the time pieces being
taken from a show window, In one end of
which piece Of paper had been pasted oyer
abroken pane OF glass. Mr.. scrafton vas
absent from hts store during the
afternoon, and upon his return
shortly after 8 o'clock discovered hisloss.
The door Of the store was locked while he
was away, and his wife and daughter were
at work In the basement Of the house. Mrs.
Scrafton went into the storeroom about 4
O'Clock and looked ont Of the window,
seeing three men standing by the post at the
curb. When Scrafton returned he informed
his wife of the loss, and q hurried search of
the neighborhood was made.
Mr.. Scrafton went to the City Hall and
informed the police, and the locality was
searched by the Scraftou family In vain for
the three, to them, strangers. A young
man working on the ruins OF Persons
burned saw mill opposite Scrafton's, told
Mrs. Serafton that one of the two men was
sslim Jfm," and that he had seen him and
the others talking 10 some girls at the eating
house next to the Delaw IRE foundry, during
the afternoon and about the time the rob
berry Is supposed to have been committed.
Mrs. Scrafton told her husband as best she
could what the men looked like, one being
tall, with what she thought was blue suit,
and another thick set fellow, all three
very well dressed.
Mr.. scrafton went to the depot at the sug-
gestion of the police to be on the lookout
for the three men; but after remaining there
until three o'clock this morning, and not
seeing any police offiaer returned home.
Shortly before IL O'Clock last night, Mrs.
Scraiton looked from her second-story
window and saw three police officers and
two civilians standing ut the opposite corner
debating as to where the Scrafton's lived.
They then crossed the street and went TO
the eating house where the three suspicious
characters were seen in the afternoon.
From thence they came to Scrafton's store
and knocking were admitted to the little
salesroom, Mrs. Scraften and her daughter
both coming down stairs.
On lighting the lamps the parties were
found to be Chief Hawkins, two officers, a
man introduced as "Mr. Reynolds ard a
"gentleman" known as "Slim Jim.'
r Mrs. Serafton was asked 70 identify the
men, particularly "Jim," who was dressed
in greenish suit and carried light over
coat over his arm. "Jim" told the woman
had told her husband. Mrs. Scrafton would
Lot swear to the mans identity, but she fully
believed he was In front OF her store at the
time stated.
~ As to Reynolds, who showed Scared
, face, and asked If she remembered that, she
could say nothing.
Chief Hawkins was positive that "Slim
Jim " had not been IN town during the af-
ternoon, as he had telegraphed to Philadel-
nh nd fhat haA
not left that city until 6 o'clock in the
evening.
The party remained in the store about
half an hour, and both Mrs. Scrafton and
her daughter declare that the Chief and his
"specials was more anxious to prove the
innocence of Reynolds and "Jim" than
those worthless were themselves.
The women were then told, when they de-
clared It was impossible to recognize any
one by the uncertain light of the lamps, that
ifthey came to the City Hall this morning
at 9 O'Clock with the young man who said
he saw 'Slim Jim" during the afternoon
they would be given another chance to
identify both him and Reynolds. The CHIEF
said the men would be held until then, but
Miss ScraftOn intimated as much that sh,
didn't believe them.
The officers also stated that they had beer
to beer saloon near by, where the thre
during the afternoon, but the proprieto
said that neither Reynolds nor "Jlmo wer
iB that party.
Mrs. Scrafton did not appear at the hal
this morning, neither did Mr.. " Slim jim
nor Mr. Reynolds. The women state tina
Mr.. Scrafton was refused a warrant by tn
Chief,s but upon what grounds they knc'
not. They are very indignant over tn
whole matter and freely declare they hay
not been treated fairly by the police.
Why Reynolds was brought to them
identify they knew not, as they had sal
nothing to warrant his arrest.
Mr. Serafton could not be found and h
version of the affair could not be obtaine
except through his wife and daughter.
Chief Hawkins, in all the material point
corroborates the women and declares th,
he is positive, from "information received,
that "Slim Jim" was not in town at Il
time of the robbery, although he would n,
inform our reporter what that informatiC
was.
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