Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-06-09

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Charged With Stealing Money L~ft as Coi-
lateral ~ the station
There was q sensational arrest made yesser@
day in the ninth precinct police station which
was . surprise 20 all the precinct officers. The
man arrested was Oliver ID. Rowles. who has
been station keeper for about two years He
has been on day duty. beginning at 8 O'Clock
an. and closing az pm. The charge on
which he was arrested was the grand larceny
Of s75. which money had been left At the station
as collatersls in cases taken 20 the Police Court
Money taken collaterals Is kept in the table
drawer and the station keeper is responsible
for it's safekeeping while he is on duty, but this
money was stolen before the station keeper had
become responsible for IT,
During the two hours between and
O'Clock IN the morning is what Is called dog
watch and yesterday during that time Ser
geant Cross was in charge Of the station, acting
rs the officer in charge and also as station
keeper.
THE MONTY MISSED.
Between and O'Clock, when the prisoners
were being taken out TO the BLACK Maria"
Station Keeper Rowles entered the station Il
was nearly an hour before his time 10 20 on
DUTY, but he was not ready for work. He had
market basket on his arm and said he Was
gong to make some purchases, aud shortly
after he left the station Sergeant Cross discoy-
cred that the money had disappeared
Where IL had gone the sergeant had no idea,
as ne anu not want TO suspect any one con-
nected with the service.
The sergeant had counted the money when
he relieved the night station keeper at o clock
and placed II safely in the table drawer. There
could be no mistake about it, and a thief had
been there. The only question was the identity
of the thief and 10 ascertain who he was.
Lieut.. Heffner went TO police headquarters and
nouned Maj. Moore and Inspector Swindells.
The latter detailed Detectives Carter and Block
TO investigate the case and soon after reaching
the station they pinned the theft on Rowles-
THE STOLEN MONEY FOUND.
He protested his innocence, but the circum-
stances pointed to his guilt and he was taken
into the heutenant's room and searched. From
his pocket were taken four silver dollars two
| silver half dollars and ten lO-ceut pieces just
the denominations of the silver money that had
been left on the SOS in greenbacks that had
also disappeared. Rowles wanted TO go home
and said he would make the money good, al
though he still denied the charge.
The officers wanted to go there with him. but
ne wanted TO go alone, and they would not
let him he decided that he would rather be
locked up. Then a search warrant was obtained
anu the detectives and the lieutenant went TO
The prisoner house and there in a bureau
drawer they found the SOS in a police manual
that had been secroted in n shirt. There was
also an envelope there in which IS had been
placed AZ collateral Tor man named j. j. Jack
son, who had been arrested in another precinct.
The envelope had not been opened.
This evidence was conclusive and there was
no doubt that Rowles had yielded TO tempta-
ton. He was then held on charge Of grand
larceny.
RowLEs ADMITS HIS GUILT
This morning he was taken before Judge
Miller and arraigned. He plead guilty to the
charge and was held in $500 security to await
the action of the grand Jury. In default Of
bonds he was locked up.
The prisoner was appointed on the recon-
mendation of United States Senator from
Tennessee. He has a wife and three children,
who reside at No. 73i 9TH street northeast, and.
1t Is stated, they are in Strengthened circum-
stances
STATION KEEPER RowLEs DISMISSED.
o. H. Rowles, station keeper at the ninth pre-
cinct, has been removed and NJ. L. Doyle ap-
pointed to fill the vacancy.