The record-union., 1891-05-06
GEORGE All KEE.
A Chinaman Who Has an Eye for the
Beautiful.
He Robs His Employer, and His
Trunk Reveals a Lot of Mis-
cellaneouS Plunder.

| George All Kee, who spent last night in
jail, is, in vulgar parlance, "a dandy"
and in more than one sense; for he is not
a dude in his class, but dandy thief.
George is a Chinese cook by profession,
| a highbinder whenever his services as
such are IN demand, and thief so far as
his regular business is concerned. If
anybody imagines that he is believer in
what he imbibes at his Sunday school,
that person should 60 to the police station
and take a look at the contents of his
! trunk.
Smooth Mr.. All Kee was last employed
as cook in the family of County Assessor
Irvine. Mr.. and Mrs. Irvine went to the
| Changers picnic the other day and locke
the house, with All Kee on the outside
His being a Chinaman seemed to Mr.
Irvine to warrant that precaution. But
| he did not stay outside. When the family
had disappeared All Kee let himself into
the house, having had the forethought to
provide himself with a key thereto.
Nobody saw what transpired while he
was there, but the next day Mr.. and Mrs.
Irvine discovered that silver purse and
a diamond ring were missing. They did
not at first suspect their trusted domestic,
| but on Monday consulted Police Captain
Lee on the subject. He knew Mr. All
Kee, and made up his mind that there
was no use looking any further for the
| thief.
officer Wilson yesterday brought the
! Chinaman in, and the latter said that
while he did not take the purse nor the
ring-he would willingly pay Mr.. Irvine
their value rather than be subjected to
| Imprisonment and trial. So would al
most anybody else have been willing to
do so after finding himself in such a COR
ner as Ah kee was in.
The offer was declined with thanks,
and finally the Chinaman weakened
and said he would get the missing
property if officer Wilson would return
him his watch and chain, which was
taken away when he was locked up.
The officer accompanied him to his
room on / street and the prisoner went
inside and soon returned with a silver
purse, which he had taken from Mr..
1rvine's residence. The officer asked him
| for the ring, but he said he had lost it.
and at the same time he made a break to
! get away. Wilson caught him by the
| queue and marched him back to the
station-hOuse.
Then the officer was sent to search the
Chinaman's room, and what find! The
missing ring was found, and heavy
trunk was taken to the police station and
opened. 1t contained a revelatiOn-there
was almost everything in it to be found
IN Well-regulated families, such probably
as had enjoyed the services of this light
fingered and discriminating coolie. There
were cakes of soap, pCcket-knives, scs-
sOrs, spools of silk, tweezers. q dainty
manicure, tOOth-pulling forceps and
other queer-looking surgical instruments
autograph albums, illuminated writing
paper, silk handk erchiefs. a bedspread,
envelopes, a quantity of sheeting, lady's
gossamer and underwear, bottle of old
Jamaica rum, pair of large field glasses,
two long wooden-handled carving
knives, sharp as a razor, regular high
binders knife "a most murderous
weaponl, big pistol, and any quantity OF
such stuff which be had picked up at
places where he was employed
Among the articles are a number OF
ladies' photographs and ambrotypes.
There is a photograph of the Misses
Henry, one of A. Leonard's daughter, an
ambrotype of Mrs. Holiday 7lee Nettie
Hamilton), and several other portraits
that were not recognized. There is a
quantity of writing paper with w. A.
Henry's name printed on one corner as
Police Judge.
1t would require too much space tC
name all the things in Mr.. George All
KEGS plethoric trunk, but any family in
which he has been employed will prob
ably find some of its household treasures
therein.
No charge has yet been entered against
the prisoner, awaiting further develop
| mentS,