The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-03
ANOTHER CAPTURE.
A NOTORIOUS BURGLAR CAUGHT
BY THE POLICE,
who MaRe Rich Find at His LOdG-
ing Iouse-He COnfesses
His Guilt.

elidirg bsG k the b1l.
La t Saturday night A. b. Mullers
iewelry store, No. ~ Beale street, was
robbed OF about sevet ty five watches
and plain gold ling the whole value
Of the loot being about $1,000.
List week the Waterman at the
Kansas City utctiou cent VOID to
police headquarters that he bad pur-
chased for 81 so q fine tartyiour call
Der Smith q Wesson pistol worth $lb,
andthat he believed it 10 have been
stolen. lie gave an accurate descrlp-
ton OF 'the da' ky from whom he
bought it. 1t provtd 10 be one OF the
pistols stolen from Vienna.
Two or three days slrcs a party who
bought gold ring / r mere trile
also notified the police and 1t was rec
oenized rs the property OF Mr.. Muller
The description Of the dOrky from
whom it had been Obtained tailed ex'
actly with that given by tle purchaser
of the pistol.
Chief Davis put his men at work,
detailing several of them TO watch To-
calities which the thief was supposed
to hauDt.
A lite after | o'clock yesterday
afternoon Ca O'Hsvtr me. with his
usual luck. He discovered the scamp
sanding on the conner Of Cau;ey aud
Vance streets, and advanced toward
him in q 'eiaurely way. He was prcb'
ably rtcoenisei, however, and tho
darky t,ok to bis heel. Capt.
O'Hsver followed, chasing his man
nearly mile. They scurned up and
down back alleyS, over tall fences,
aero S back yards and tn oush houses
until lhfy were both pretty well ex-
haustec. Detective Pryde, who had
been watching another corner not far
off. Joined in the pursuit, ard Chief
q cary, of the FIRE Department, was
not far b .hind. At last they cornered
the fugiuve In an alley, O'Haver clos
ing in on him at one end and Pryde
at the other The fellow, when he
realized the situaion, walked in
among group Of darkies and took a
seat, think ng, perhaps, that when the
officers came up, bieathles5 Rs they
were, THY would have some difficulty
in picking him out, and he nigh.
have another showing. In this, how
ever, he vas mistaken. He wae recog-
MED wi, hout d fficulty, submit ed
Quietly 10 arrest, aud was soon after
ward lodged in the Station House,
Very hale difficulty was expert
enced in making the pump work to
the satisfaction OF the police. The ne
gro said his name WAS Charlie Will
ans, that he boarded at Mre. Ran
dolph's, on Second stree, just above
Beale, and that he had a va,ise full oI
plumber in bis room there. 1t YVES &c.
cured by officers and found to contain
eixty.five OF Muller's watches and the
remaining three III Vienna's pistols.
williams said he had sold one OF the
watches TO the cook OF the steamer
Ohio, End that he gave his kid
negro boy named Willie, eight Of the
watch yesterday morning TO sell
He gave full description OF the boy
He dess ibed him as being about i
years cd, bright ginger cake color ant
sad he wore black silk cap, grs,
wooden shirt, laced with blue cord
striped gray coat, small gray checked
pants and imitation patent leather lov
auariered laced shoss, carried q b o.
blacks box and visited depots abou
train time. Such boy tried to Bell
second haud watch at No. 2 enein
house vests rday.
win Jams says he watched Muller
placs for several days last week an
finally enlisting the services OF IN
boy, had hin secrete himself in tn
store late Saturday evening. He hi'
uuder the counter and at a Bignf
from tho outside opened the door an
admitted him. He put the watcht
in pillow slip and they made thei
escape without difficulty. ...
, According to the account William
give, OF himself, he is most notorior
scoundrel. He Gays his home Is /
Philadelphia, but the supply OF crooa
there was greater than the demant
and he concluded to explore the Sum
5 sou'h. On his way down he stole
fine watch at Cincinnati, selling it f.
half its value TO q party whose a.
dress he gave Chief Davis. He ga.
: he smeared the watch, which had
= handsomely jeweled case, all over wit
mud, 50 that he might pretend, il
! should be discovered on his persoi
! tina he had picked il up in the quite
Williams claims that he was the to-
:. OF the fellow who psrpe' ra'ed the r
:, cent big diamond robbery In Ne
: York, the leader. who appropriate
:, the lions share OF the swag, going
Florida, where he cut 30 wide swat
y by opening up a big tobacco stoi
- that PinkertDn'a men made an aa'
;, prey OF him. He was also arrsstC
= bat turned States evidence az
escaped. The cause OF bis arrest, !
ssys, WAS his fool sh efllrt to sell
diamond crescent worth $500, on u
:. train near Columbus, KY, for $50.
n Among his other pleasantries W
4 the larceney OF $4,000 from safe in
New York Office, while the prophet
~ was looking the other way. lie pT
y chase snowy diamond pin with ~
~ of the money and took receipt Tor
Ia A detective crested him on suspicic
,. but he was able to pr we that he h
'e paid for the pin, and as it could not,
a proven where he ttole the money,
~ was allowed TO go.
~ He Claims 10 have known To
"a Adams Intimately, and says he il
IA regular sneak thief aud pickpock
Adams, 1t will be remembered, robb
VIM. QuiDn's Il of $500 while Q
ployed there several months ago a
s- fled TO Buffalo, where he was arrest
ID brought back here ADD sentenced
Of three years in the penitentia
xe Williams, so the story goes, was are
of ed with adams once at Cleveland,
"a. on suspicion Of having committee
ma rob 1ery in New York. Their pho
n. graphs were taken and SEM there,
he nothing came Of it, aud as thsy W
Id innocent they were discharged.
no The prisoner is an ordinary yell
i3 negro, about 80 years old, slender,
Ier dressed as hundreds OF his class 1
ed He is the most talkative thief
a. police have gilled in their net in mi
ter a day.
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