The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-06-21
INTERVIEWS WITH A FENCE.
BURGLAR LAWYER STARTS JKWELLER
SJICH OFF FOR SING SING.


Seventy Cents nm Ounce for silver ana SO
Cents IL PeBny,veIxht for Gold Were the
PrIces--It was SniCh 10 Whom Darcy
Sold some of Mrs. MOrERn's Diamonds.
William Saich. jeweer. OF 40lS Sixth ave-
nue.. n portly rompous middle-aged man, was
tried yesterday In the General Sessions for
receiving stolen goods from William Lawler. a
daring young burglar, who, for nearly a year
and half nlundcred uptown houses. Law
Ter, who had pleaded guilty OF burglary, testi-
hed that he was introduced to Saich about
thirteen months ago by young thief who
lounged about Saichs store The young thief
said to Saich:
Sach, this Is u friend OF mine-Billy Tracy.
Give him as good price rs you can. He'll he
q regular customer"
LAWYER had just started in the housebreak-
ing line then. Ito did not bother himself
about clothing or bric.A brac when lie got into
house. He gathered up money. jewelry, or
silverware only. He had Just robbed house
OF silvcrware, and he asked Saich what he
would give him for IT, Saich said that tho
sIlverware was worth only its weight. because
he broke 1t up and melted it. He weighed tho
silvcrware. and snid that he would give 20
cents per ounce, aud that no would give 30
cents a ponnyweight for gold. He gave Law
Soon atterwhrd LAWYER took some more
eilyerware to Saich, and Salch asked:
,s Did tbs stun come OF in the city or out of
He answered. Tho stuff come off out OF the
Saich iespondcd. Because II 1t had come OF
In the, city Id have to get away with it right
The sverware had tho initials OF tho owner
burglary. ind Soda sealskin saCque to Saich
for s2O aud some silrerware for $50; On Arril
house ' Ia East Fity-th street he took 5 lis
pmnder.,je welry mud ,eiiverware-to Saich. It
vas sunday. and Saich's store was closed. He
knocked. and saich came down from HIS
LIVING rooms above the store let him into tho
store weighed the golden Iewelry and the sill
On April %, after he and John J. Calvin had
Eobbed Mrs. SklaIets house. 100 East Seventy
had stolen from the house three gold watches
end diamond pip a1d I pendant iDt The ne latter
20 up m Stairs stairs 10 lis Bedroom because he was
efraid some one might get on to them Law
Ter then ssn%ed 70 Gyn Rnd GSvn fol-
man coming down, When they got 10, saichs
room! room. thers was a i3t OF SiIVerware lying ons
This Is stu" stSfr that just Dough; of that
hloke that's lust gone one Now let's see the stuff
They handed him one OF the gold watches.
Hs broke OF the ease s ana laid the yorSs aside
worth t?I TO him, at the rate OF 80 cents pen
Of NJ ' s%d 1iS on the city G Ht
cily IN after G9i 55oa h9Tse up t9Tn Min
and pendant sach applied a maGnifyinE
glass 70 his eye; and said Why, these
@oro hsn HH @ aR ST stuck a out Fy y 6
but Saich would not go above tl75. and Lswler
accented this amount.
Lawlsr told every detail aud incident OF his
burGartous career. Gut' when he was asked
a term In State prison he redeemed and rot
angry and refused to answer. Judge CowinG
Claimed that his answer would tend to de-
grade and criminate him. That's the ground
1put it on, Counsellor" said Lawer. trium-
We'll. you are an anomaly even in my great
experience Of criminals" retclted Or. Howe.
that ought 10 consign you to state prison Tor
the greater part OF your life. and yet you shrink
from an,wetipg whether you have ever been In
John J: Calvin c9 or LAYER. Detee
st e hey had aWer
Calvin for the burglary at Mrs. ,sklarek's
house, they went to saich's store. He at first
but finally admitted that he had bought some
things from them In his line Of business. Later.
he restored Mrs. sklarek's diamond pin and
Sach In his own behalf testified that he had
PIN from Lawler. but had no idoa that they
were stolen.
c ter0ey c he ead
been charged before with receiving stolen
goods. When the house OF Mrs. J. ). Morgan,
In Madison avenue. was robbed Of $4,000
worth Of diamonds two years ago. by cele-
brated negro second-story Thief, John Darcy
who is doing ten year term in Suite prison. n
diamo ring and other pieces Of diamond set
jewelry belonging to Mrs. Morgan were found
In his store. He restored the Jewels to Mrs.
Morgan. and later. after q civil suit had been
instituted aRninst him. he returned a large
solitaire diamond. unset.
:, The jury deiberated for ten minutes and
then convicted Saich. Judge Cowing Re-
manded him to await sentence. Under the
conviction he may be sentenced to State prison
for five years.