The sun., 1891-06-08
HE Is A THIEF BY CHOICE.


A Diamond from His Mothers Earring.
. King from His sweethsatrs House, .
Watch and Money fron senstor 6tan-
ford's secretary-His Crimes Confessed.
David W. Manwarina. Jr., is named for his
grandfather. His father. William M. Man
wsrinR. is in partnership with the elder David
at 248 Front and 271 Water streets. They deal
In bags. The young man is 10 years old and
works as clerk in his fathers oflce. He used
to live with his parents at 10 Riverviow ter
race. but latterly he has been living In fur
nlshed room ut SAT East Sixty eighth street.
For the past six months the young man has
been constant visitor at the house Of Patrick
II. Dwyer. $40 East Fifty-ninth street, to whose
daughter. Dolly, no was attentive. David's
people are wealthy, and he was In the habit OF
Dragging about tho fortune he would inherit
some day. The Dwyers did not know his
parsnta All that Dolly know about him was
that she had often seen him pass through the
street to and from his homo. and had admired
his tall nsure and bis handsome facA Mr..
Dwysr 70 stevsdore and is wsll to do.
On April Is Mrs. Dwyer misssd two diamond
rings One was cluster Of stones. the gift Of
her brother. which was valued ct $3.50. and the
other solitaire. worth tl00. She remembered
that ON April 10 she had put the rings In a cup
on the dresser which stood in the sitting
roon. The police were notified. and Detective
the persons Who had access to The room. She
waring: only mombers 81 the family had on
ssrsd sna a.;a i6: room. As for David-she laughed
".Of course no one suspects him."
% AZ eny ,n reader % Of detective stories might e5.
bis father and lett home. He hasn't been at at
the once since that day and has been at homo
BE- away s nS rms nat
tho young man was living at tremendous
TWenss.dith pr preeinet S Station de honso e Michasi
fGonoR The grivNe 1i Ssnst9r L.
reb5ed. He had col come O to New YoaS on0 on Heri rH
horse sale. Alter the sale % he met g some % Jolly
sl seSa lin me ei .hins ns%
sSs ssd M
;Sas ..sss. IL sSs Tiss:S sfss
The next morn!ne ss Se could not ind bis h sed
wssieS and , sSsiE; q s. the gold Iocket
nsssa s hs Ss. s 1885, hS maI
.n sR Int % gs 4 dh tsas David
drunk g, WtS
for .heis Month after that Martin con-
tinued to watch the young man and last
Friday he arrested him at the Polo grounds.
Said the detective yesterday:
1.-The young man was inclined to be naughty
and independent. When asked him any
thing he told me to mind my own business.
He held his head high and acted as II he
thought we were playing vulgar joke on
him. A. night In the cell. however. sobered
him. and could speak to him next morning.
He admitted that he had stolen both the ring
and M. Gonlon,s articles: He took me to his
me lot Of Dsw9a Tickets iSs az q them
from bis mothers earring and replaced with q
false stone. He said. however. that he had
taken only one OF Mrs. Dwyers rings and
knew nothing about the other
The prisoner WAC taken to the Yorkvtllo Po-
lice Court and remanded until yesterday His
father came to the station house on Saturday
and said to tho Captain;
That boy has almost broken my heart
have done for him everything that q father
c8n do for his son. In the summer sont him
away to enjoy himself In any way he pleased.
A. yacht. all my horses. everything that he
wished for. were at his disposal he satd he
would like to go out on a ranch this summer.
made arrangements to send him to one out
mind; Ino longer know what to do with him."
held in 1000 for examination this afternoon
at az O'Clock. The .prisonsr's father ,wns in
the court room. but did not offsr, to Rive hail
for his son. He Is not goinR. to attempt to in
terfere In any way. Some Of the young mans
friends. however. will try 10 have him sent to
the Elmira Reformatory. The prisoner Is .
member Of Company A. Seventh Regiment