The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-24
STEALING BY WHOLESALE.
4 Boston Engineer Stocks a New
York Store with Goods.
Oaptured with hzs PIundex he Gems
9eaaed nle Guilt.

Boston, July 3l.--In March last Lewis
Coleman & Co., dealers in hosiery, gloves,
and furnishing goods in Chauncey street,
began to miss property from their store.
Detectives have since been trying to detect
the thief, and, If possible, to recover some
Of the property. The clerks were at first
the objects Of suspicion; but after long
watching nothing was discovered which
tended In any way to criminate them. At
length the attention Of one of the detec~
tiyes was attracted by the peculiar con-
ei.aae- c-A--&1-~~-r 1T>s~-,y Ear, hoas,
employed i'll the building for twelve years
as an engineer, and who he's an Office ON
the top floor Of the adjoining building oc-
cupied BY Lawrence s. Co. The engine is
in the latter building, but furnishes power
and heat to the Coleman building rs well,
Every window except one in both stores
was protected bYa burglar alarm, and that
one was small window on the top floor
leading from the Lawrence to the Coleman
store. Noyes was seen by the detectives
one morning experimenting the shipping
Of a number Of large boxes Of dry goods.
These were followed, and it was learned
that some of them were expressed to New
York and the remainder taken to the South |
End and left in the rear Of the Paine Me-
mortal Hall. It was soon developed that |
Noyes was shipping goods every few days,
and that a room In the basement Of the |
Memorial Hall was pretty well filled with |
boxes Of goods. The room had been hired |
BY Noyes, who gave the landlord to under
stand that he was 8 commercial traveller
and that the goods were his samples.
The detectives having completed the
chain OF evidence against Noyes, this
morning followed him to his room in Paine
Memorial Hall and there confronted him
with his stolen merchandise. He soon |
saw that his game was Up and, finding
that his evastons were Of no use, confessed
his guilt lie said that he had been re-
RloVing goods from the store since Febru-
aTy, and he estimated that the value of
those In the room was about $4,000. His
mode Of operation was as follows: He
would enter the building in the night by
the Lawrence side, go to his room In the
upper story, thence crawl through the Win
dow into Coleman's store, 60 down OF the
elevator to the salesrooms below, select his
goods and take them to his room, where
they were packed athis leisure into suit
able cases fol. removal. In the morning,
or when opportunity occurred, he would
lower his cases to the street floor and send
them away by teams. This he did under
the very eyes Of the clerks. When the
elevator was not running, Noyes was ac-
cu8tomed to lower his goods to the ship
ping floor by. a rope, and then followed
them on rope ladder which he had con-
structed for the purpose.
The goods which were sent odby express
formed the stock in trade Of store which
be carried on at ], All Third avenne, New
York. The store was hired of E. C. Pres
colt, and was conducted by Noyes's sister,
i maiden lady. After a while he found Z
that this establishment did not pay very
well, and he sold out to one H. Levi Of 313
East Tooth street, New York, receiving
s625 ID full payment. The goods which
he had stored in the Memorial Hall base
ment he intended to dispose Of in various
ways. His spoils in all he valued at about
5000, and consisted of fne qualities of
gloves, handkerchiefs, and other goods.
Noyes is about 40 years old, and has a wife
living III Boston.
s'AFhat shall my song be to-night?" said B
Miss Tibbs at the tea table. we are. 60
ng to haYea musicale. Think shall try .
Within . Mile Of Edinboro. ''' Seems
. me- said Jones, the undaunted, II ,
would try something could come within
ess than d mile Of. Miss &. says she /
links Lieutenant Jones Is horrid II Boa-I !
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