Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-08-07
BRIEF, BUT LIVELY.
THE CONFESSION OF AN ANA.
TEUR BURGLAR.
Business, but Fails in
the Attempt.

He Starts in to Break up the Saloon
Business, but Fails in
the Attempt.
The local papers have, within the last
two months. had occasion frequently to
refer to the commission of burglaries and
the theft of small sums Of coin, cigars,
cigarettes, etc. mostly from saloons; and
latterly these ofienses came so thick and
fast as to cause much speculation concern
ing their author or authors. For some
time Chief Jackson and his officers were of
the opinion that more than one person was
concerned in them but later on they be-
came convinced, from the systematic man
ner in which the burglaries were effected,
and from the character of the stuff stolen,
that some one person was enjoying mo-
| nopoly of the business of visiting saloons
| by the rear doors after the places had been
closed for the night. The proprietors
would come around in the morning, and
now and then one would find that from 81
| to s. had been extracted from his till and
his bar relieved of cigars or Cigarettes gen
| orally the lalter-and in some cases the
matter would be reported to the police and
in others it was treated of rather small i'm
portance, and would only reach the ears of
the officers by accident Assuming that
most of the saloons would in due time be
visited, Chief Jackson caused
MARKED COINS, ETC, TO BE DISTRIBUTED
| About, in the hope that eventually the
| thief would be caught with the evidence Of
l,fs = IN, Ia let \
! difficult for four officers all that are on
| duty at one time) to closely watch city of
about 10000 population; hence it was pos
| sible for a smart thief, as this fellow had
| shown himself TO be, to operate for some
/ time without being detected The last
! saloon robbed was that known as Adams
Saloon on J street, between Seventh and
! Eighth, last Monday night, in the till of
which had been placed Il marked quarter
! The robbery occurred a little after II
o'clock. officer Ash had been specially
detailed by Chief Jackson to work up .
this
SALOON OBBING BUSINESS
And he made mp his mind that the thief
would soon pay a visit to Captain Stevens
place, on J street, near Third Accord
inglv, about o'clock on Tuesday morning,
he repaired to the alley in the rear of the
saloon and was about TO secret himself
when he discovered that his man had got
there Just ahead and had seen him. Hence
there was nothing to do but pounce upon
the fellow and capture him. The latter
tried to escape, and took refuge in closet,
from which he was induced to emerge
through the
PERSUASIVE INFLUENCE OF y sIX-sHooTER.
He was taken to the station house, and
on his person were found Il quantity of
cigarettes and the marked coin stolen only
hour before from Adams saloon. He
proved to be young man about 10 years Of
age. and gave the name of Thomas
Mcclure, but his real name proved to be
Thomas Memory. Although satisfied
that he had conclusive case against the
man, Chief jackson held several inter
views with him in the hope of get
ting definite information as 10 his
connection with other recent burg
laries but McMorry acted in
defiant manner and refused to make any
admissions. The Chief then adopted
other tactics, and at last the obstreperous
prisoner weakened and asked to be al
lowad to make full confession, admitting
that he had committed 4 regular round Of
burglaries. He was admitted to the
Chiefs private office last evening, and
therein the presence of that official and
blAASti ASH nv maui t4At lOiipA liz oltilC
ment:
\ PEYCHANT FOR SALOONS.
The prisoners statement was taken down
by Chief Jackson as nearly verbatim rs
possible. and it was as follows, " | have
been at this thing for two months. The
first place l went through was Dohn's on
X street, between Ninth and Tenth The
next was Turner Hall saloon The next
was the Fredericksburg Saloon on X, be-
tween Fifth and Sixth. The next was the
Vienna Beer Hall, on X, between Fourth
and Fifth streets. The next was Matt
Schmidt's, on J between Ninth and Tenth;
got s.. The next was jim Groths Forrest
Saloon, on X street; got 81 30 there. Next
went through the New York Saloon, on X
street, between Second and Third, where |
got 81. Didion's saloon, on J street Con
gress Halll, came next; got 50 there. Be
fore that ! went into the Office Saloon, on
Fourth street, but the dog stopped me-
Went into the Farmers (Merchants') Elk
change, Third street, between J and X
where
GOT AWAY WITH SPOOL OF THREAD.
THE proprietorS says he helped himself
to beer and crackers Visited Turner Hall
saloon the second time, but got nothing
Also visited the Palisade Saloon, K, be-
tween Second and Third, and got 81 80
Robbed Harry CANDLES twice and got
nohing but cigarettes. Also robbed Pete
Flaherty's saloon, and got 81 80. The last
place was Adams saloon, on ], between
Seventh aud Eighth got 81 The money
and cigarettes taken from my person | got
at Adams saloon. When Ash caught me
at Stevens saloon, | was Just looking to
make arrangements to rob it the next night
This statement ! make voluntarily and
of my own free will. Signed T. Nc
Morry.
THE PRISONER,
As stated, is young man about 10 years Of
age, and has lived in this city and vicinity for
some time. He was at one time employed
on n farm at Reuters station, and is said
10 be we'll connected. Perhaps before he
gets through with his confession (the last
chapter having been given late last night,
with a prospect of more to come, he may
relate more interesting events Of MS life.
GOOD WORK DONE.
About the time the present police force
was elected there was begun a series of
daring burglaries in this city the first of
| importance being that of J. Olsen. whose
place on Second street was robbed of 81 500
On the same night the saloon Of David
Davis was robbed, and during that week
! the store of s. S. Nathan & Co., Third and
! X streets, and several other places were
burglarized. Chief Jackson and his
officers set vigorously at work 10
ferret out the willy cracksmen,
and i'll due time the whole gang-Pierce
! Tryon, Ramsey and others-w,re appre-
| hended, convicted and lodged in the State
! Prison. The next systematic round Of
| burglaries were those committed by Joseph
Marshall, some months ago Marshall
proved himself to be one of the smartest
craftsmen in the State and had for months
eluded the vigilance of the Oakland detect
ives while committing wholesale robberies
! in that city. He succeeded here for some
time, but finally he was cornered, most
of the stolen property recovered, and he
was sent to the Penitentiary. In fact, it
may be said-to the credit of Chief Jack
son and his force-that they have broken
up and captured every organized gang of
burglars and thieves that have sought to
| operate here of late, as well as those who
pursued the business single-handed. The
/ capture and conviction of few more of
! these fellows should suffice to deter all of
I that class to give this city wide berth.
BOARD OF EDUcATIoS.-The City Board of
Education met in special session last even
ing for the purpose of electing a
Principal for the Sacramento Gram
mar School. All the members were present.
! Direction & ,-nru rnova1 that Professor i w