The daily gazette., 1882-08-01
WHO TOOK THE WATCH
ACQUISITION oRowiNo OUT OF
Ia5bi7fA "A POLITICAL SPREE.
RESULT OF FARBPUBLIOAE DRUNK.
Two Kegs uf Ee4rs Drink OF Whisky, o
Missing Watch, an Unsolvod Mystery
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Two Kegs Of Ese9rs Drink Of whisky, o
Missing Watch, Rn Unsolvod Mystery
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g. rather peculiar case has been exciting
people 10 the Ninth ward for some time and
some very interesting details are now being
made public. III They deal with Republican
l.orgie held the day, after the city election,
the loss Of valuable watch and charges OF
theft and swindling The owner Of the
watch which is lost d William II. Grimes,
foreman in the Arlington Cotton mills,
and he charged that Alfred Eaches and
Alfred Kirk had been The parties 70 the theft
A warrant was sworn out for their arrest
and they were to answer the charge before
Magistrate Vandergrift last night, Grimes
recovered the watch on Saturday night and
the case did not come up. The facts of the
case will be read with interest.
A SUNDAY AFTERNOON. oReIR.
Ninth ward people still occasionally talk
in, a joking way over little event that took
place In Brandywine village on the after
noon of Sunday, July 4-the day after the
| city election and which at the time caused
something OF a neighborhood sensation.
The theft Of the watch Is connected with
this Sunday afternoon picnic. On the after
noon in question 1t was decided BY the
leaders In the Ninth ward to have the Re-
| publican victory appropriately celebrated.
| It was the particular victory In the Ninth
| ward that they desired to celebrate and
| the house of Alfred Eaches, In Lamotte
street, was selected as the place for the
jubilee. Here 10. or a dozen Of the over
joyed got together, and in the party were
certain Democrats, who had favored Mr..
Mousley for the Councilmanic nomination
Mr IA cof e.. A..
efforts, gave their support to Mr.. File, which
resulted in his election. 1t Is stated that
Mr.. Mousley was in the party. Among
Others, present were Eaches, Kirk, james L.
Hawkins, now Chief of Police, and Mr.
Grimes, who was induced to 20 down after
| the fun had commenced.
II all reports are TO be believed the time
spent was a royalty good one. Two kegs
OF beer had been provided, and the ex-
hilarating German beverage was dispensed
with q lavish hand, Of course, If the gen
tleman desired to enjoy themselves In this
way 1t was nob0dy's business, and they had
| aright to celebrate 'sthe great victoryp If
they feltthat they could not well get along
[ withouta celebration. Mr. Grimes sayR he
did not drink heavily. He took three glasses
| of beer, according to his story, and the
Others took many more, and got In even q
'happier frame Of mind than that IN which
they were at Eighth and King the night be-
fore, when the band and hootinG7 crowd
serenaded the Mayor-elect.
y. THE MISSING WATCH.
Finally Messrs Hawkins, Kirk, Eaches
and Grimes went to Mr.. Hawkins house
Mr. Hawkins, SO the story runs, at once
laid down and went TO sleep. The Others
had some whisky, Grimes taking table
| spoonful according to his statement. After
talking a short time they left the house to
gether and went across the fields to the
Brandywine and stopped near the new rail-
road. Mr.. Hawkins says that Eaches and
Kirk did not accompany Grimes, but Grimes
tlatly contradicts this. He fell into
slight doze under the trees, his two
Rrcompanions sitting near him. Finally an
alarm of fire was sounded and the two men
| got up to run, when Grimes heard Kirk say
to Eaches, Why didn't you take his watch2b
sEaches came back and with quick move
nlent took the watch and chain. AS Eaches
didithis Grimes put up his hands and said,
aHere, none of that, don't like that sort Of
| fooling.Y But Eaehes had the watch, and
he put it in his pocket, so Grimes has
alleged, and ran away.
Now, here comes the queer part of the
story. After returning home and eating
supper Grimes went around to Eaehesp
house and asked him to give him the watch.
aDon't worry" was the reply tyou'll get
it in two or three days" IN few days
Grimes asked again for the watch when
Eaches denied knowing anything about It.
Then, he says, he went to Mr.. Hawkins to
get that gentleman to use his influence for
him, Then it was that Mr.. Hawkins said
that according to his recollection Eaches
and Kirk did not leave his Hawkins, house
until two hours after Grimes departed.
fa.sfsr sao1
had elapsed he concluded that he would ap-
peal to the law even If lawsuit did "give"
the Sunday orgie away,
tlt4d q THE WATCH RECOVERED.
The case was to have come up before
Magistrate Vandegrift last evening, but
new phase had been developed. Grimes
had recovered the watch, which had been
handed over to him by ex- Policeman Michael
Sherry, who had been on Mayor Almonds
foree.t Mr.. Sherry tells a story about the
watch which tends to make the case quite
mysterious one. He saysithat one Sunday
afternoon he was along the Brandy
wine. In his capacity Of officer when
Chief Engineer Conwell of the City Survey
ing Department, pointed out tKo men to
him, and said that one had a watch lying
beside film which he had better take charge
Of Officer Sherry at once went to the men,
lhey lay some distance apart, and one OF
them, Mr.. Sherry afterward recognized as
Mr.. Grimes. The other man was lying up
against tree as drunk as lord. About
foot away upon the grass was the watch,
which MFR. Sherry took charge of, after
endeavoring to arouse the man. Mr.
Sherry says the man had
sandy mustache. When Mr.. Grimes identi-
fled the watch as his own Saturday evening,
it was at once given up. Mr.. Sherry thinks
the day he found the watch was May "a, but
he must be mistaken as that day did not
come on Sunday. The question now is how
did the watch come to be beside the young
man with the sandy mustache, and who was
he The friends of Messfs. Eaches and
Kirk say Mr.. Grimes has told several differ
ent stories about the watch and that he has
accused other people of the theft.
Avsnging an AtrociQus Deed
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