Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-12-08
LOCAL INTELLIGENgR.
WINE THIEVES.
Petit LARCENY Thleves and Rnrr,a-. c..

fetit Larceny Thieves and Burglars Gst-
ting to be Numerous.
The fact that Sacramento is q central
commercial point, easy of access from every
point of the compass, no doubt accounts
partially for the fact that at all seasons of
the year it is overrun with tramps and
sneak-ihieves. For the past two months the
streets have been crowded with drunken
loafers, grimy with filth, many of them Grip
pies, who stand on the corners and ask
every one they meet for dime to get coffee
with. Their story of want of employment.
Please, sir, I've had nothing to eat for the
last twenty-four hours" generally secures
the asked-for coin, which, in nine cases ont
ten, goes for beer instead of food.
a gentleman who was accosted on the
street yesterday by one of these tramps.
SAID: will not give you money but
come with me and get your breakfast" He
gave restaurant Keeper twenty-five cents.
telling him to give the impecunious gent
who said he was on the point of starvation
good square meal. As soon as the sym
pathetic stranger left the restaurant, the
tramp asked for a fVe-cent sandwich and
demanded twenty cents change. He
marched straight from the restaurant to
beer saloon, from which he emerged half
an hour later drunk as a lord, and two
hours later was stretched across the side
walk in a drunken stupor.
Another gentleman gave one of these
beggars fifteen cents to get meal with. and
watched to see that he went to a restaurant.
he made straight for a five cent saloon.
where he invested in three schooners of
beer.
a boy about fifteen years of age was on
the street yesterday begging for ten cents
to buy a cup of coffee He was a strong.
robust, healthy beggar. He said be was
from San jose, his father was dead and his
widowed mother was unable to support
him.
If the police would take all such in and
put them in the chain-gang they no doubt
would give Sacramento wider berth in the
future.
Petty larceny thieves and burglaries are
getting quite numerous
Thursday, some time during the night
they broke into the basement of the resi-
dence of Mrs. P. ]. Hopper, lila n street.
They broke into trunk belonging to Mrs
General Davidson. The trunk had been
stored in the basement and contained no
articles of value. Evidently they we're
chagrined at finding nothing worth steal
ing and wreaked their spite upon the trunk
by smashing it in pieces. They also broke
into trunk belonging TO Mrs. Cadwalader,
and took therefrom lot of clothing, which
they scattered around the basement and
along the walk for a couple of blocks.
Their eyes must have sparkled and their
mouths watered, however, when they found
some cases of wine belonging to Deputy
Secretary of State Davidson. There were
seven dozen bottles of the verv finest, and
they carried it all away, leaving only one
bottle, which they dropped in the yard.
Yesterday morning fourteen of the empty
bottles were found under g tree in
Capitol Park, and the way the grass
was torn up for a about twenty
feet square they must have held
high carnival tor q couple of hours while
the policeman of the State grounds slept
1t being foggy and unpleasant, no doubt
the State official was enjoying Havana
and a siesta beside a good fire in some
down town club room.
The same parties paid a visit to W. B.
Maydwel's residence, few doors distant.
They entered his basement and carried of
basket of soilsd linen. The ladies' and
children S apparel was scattered along the
street for couple of blocks, but Mr.. Mayd-
wells shirts, socks and unmentionables
were appropriated.
This burglary took place about 10 clock
At that hour Mr. Maydwell went home
and proceeded to the backyard to cut some
kindling for the morning fire. He locked
the basement door and locked the thieves
in. They, however, escaped by prying out
a window.
Yesterday morning of ' Sacramento's
Finest" wentup to Investigate. He peeped
into the woodshed and ash barrel, and
finally asked Mrs. Davidson if they had a
telephone in the house. She replied No"
but told him he could find one over at the
Capitol.
WELL said he, - was just thinking
that if you had one, you could telephone
us when the thieves come around, and we
could come up and catch them"