National Republican., 1883-01-27
ANOTHER GOOD CASE
For the Grand Jury 20 Look into in the
Case AEalnaL The netectiyea.

Case Against the Detectives.
If the grand jury carefully investigates all
tho cases that have been sent to the district
attorneys office in the matter of the detective
scandal, their hands will be full and their
labors will be by no means easy. And yet it
seems that these cases must all be inquired
into, for the incidents run one into the other,
and the same parties are implicated in
many of the cases. Some new facts in
regard to the robbery of Col Colgate
at tho National hotel about two years ago,
which was mentioned in THE REPUBLICAN
yesterday, have since been received by tho
citizens committee 1t will be remembered
that when Detective Miller went to Mr.
Douglass and told him that he had found out
whore the watch and chain were he said
they were in Baltimore. The latest in
formation received by the committee is
to the effect that the vest and
its contents were stolen by female SER
want of the hotel, who gave it to a man SER
want, by whom it was given to Detective Mil
Ter; that the watch was pawned at Cohcn's,
who then kept on Pennsylvania avenue be-
tween Tenth and Eleventh streets and was
never outside of this city until it was sent by
Mr.. Douglass back to its owner.
Another interesting case has lust been
brought to light. The residence of Mr.. Will
lam II. Finckel, 1908 Sixteenth street north
west, was twice robbed. The first time it was
in the morning, and the thief entered by a
back window and proceeded up stairs to
the bed room and took gold lace
pin which was sticking in PIN
cushing on the bureau. As he was coming
down he was met by Mr.. Finckel's mother
who asked him what he wanted. He replied
that he had been sent for an old pair of Shoes
and Immediately put on his own shoes which
ho carried in his hand. He went hurriodly
past Mrs. Finckel, and made his way out Of
tho house; Mrs. Finckel, however, got n
good look at him, and subsequently
meeting the man on the street she said to her
daughter, who accompanied her, "That was
the man who robbed our house." The man
was we'll known in that neighborhood and
called Eddie Berry, and his sister had for n
short time been employed by Mr.. Fnclxel as
a servant. He afterward said that his first
attempt ut robbery was to secure a large
amount of money which his sister had told
him Mr.. Finckel kept in tho lower drawer Of
the bureau.
A short time afterwards Berry made another
attempt ut the house of Mr.. Finckel. This
time he climbed up the porch of the house
next door, and got on the roofof Mr.. FinckePs
baywindow and entered tho front chamber
He was heard walking about, and Mr.. Finckel
started up stairs, and, on reaching one
door, found it locked. He entered the
room by another door just in time to
see Berry 90 out the window and drop to the
ground. Before being interrupted, however
Berry made sure of q sealskin sack, which he
threw out of the window to q confederate on
the sidewalk. Both got away, but Berry was
considerably hurt when he dropped from the
bay window, and was obliged to stay within
doors for q day or two The sack, it was said,
was taken to George Mantz, who loaned $15
on it.
Berry was suspected as the thief and Officer
West arrested him and sent for Mr.. and Mrs
Finckel to come to the station and identify
him, which they did. When Berry found he
was identified he began to get frightened, and
asked if they would let up ON him if he
would restore the property. After consider
able parley it was agreed that if he would re-
store both the sealskin sack and the lace pins
the case against him would not be pressed. The
sack and pin were returned to Mr.. Finckel
by Henry Lacy, who, it is said, received the
sack from Mr. A. b. Williams. The pin, it is
alleged, was pawned at place on L street.
between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets
northwest for twenty-five cents.
This is another case for the grand jury to
inquire into, if they want to find the true in
wardness Of Mr.. Mantz.