The record-union., 1892-04-02
BECK SLEPT IN JAIL.
W. |. 0rth's Prospective Business
Partner in the Tolls.
The Reasons Why Mr.. Orth Decided to
Remain Sacramento Merchant
Stolen Goods Recovered.

In the advertising columns of yester-
days RECORD UNION appeared large
card signed by w. /. Orth, the we'll
known fancy-goods dealer, who has been
in business for several years at Seventh
and j streets.
The card attracted considerable notice,
one good reason being that in it Mr.. Ortiz
announced that he had changed his mind
about going out of business. He ex-
planned that, for various reasons, he had
decided to remain in Sacramento, rather
than seek other chimes. The announce
ment caused surprise, because it was a
well-known fact that Mr.. Orth had COM
pleted all arrangements for going into the
wholesale importing business in San
Francisco and was enthusiastic over his
prospects, and many were the conjectures
INDUCED III as to the cause of his sudden
change OF mind.
SOMETHING ABOUT FRIENDSHIP.
But, Judging from some developments
which came 10 light last night, Mr.. Orth
had the best of reasons Tor his action.
The story dates back some four years.
AT regular intervals there appeared a
young commercial traveller, suave in
manners, highly educated, good looking,
styiishly dressed altogether an elegant
gentleman His name was n. j. Beck.
lie sold fancy goods for Steinberger,
j<alisher IL Co. of San Francisco, and
among his customers was MIR. Orth. The
latter gentleman admired Beck'S quail
ties greatly, and become quite taken up
with him. Beck reciprocated and they
became fast friends.
They frequently exchanged business
ideas. aud finally Orth was convinced by
Beck that there was millions in it for
them, if they would 90 into business to-
gether. Orth was delighted with the
idea.
1t did not take long to complete the ar
engagements, and about two months ago a
public announcement was made that
Orth would retire from business. and
that his entire stock would be offered for
sale at great reductions, One of the de-
tails of the arrangements was that Beck
should come to Sacramento and assist his
proposed partner III disposing of the
goods.
DEAL IN GLOVES.
Everything went along smoothly
enough until about two weeks ago
Beck had taken a flying trip to San
francisco, and upon his return told Orth
about some gloves a friend of his had in
San Francisco. These gloves had been
purchased at auction, and would be had
at sacrifice. They were exactly like
bIlOSG III OIIII SIOUX, Sdlu BECK, ana
could be sold with them.
At once it dawned upon Ortiz, as the
latter says, that he had missed quantity
of gloves, and that they might be the
same ones. He told Beck that if the
gloves could be had cheap enough to pur-
chase them. Beck agreed to have them
up in u few days, and nothing more was
said about the matter.
VALUABLE LACE GOES.
Out, 81
fine lace from the store. He hunted high
and low for it, but without avail The
young lady employees assisted him, and
even Beck was diligent in searching for
the missing lace. Still it could not be
found, and Orth gave up the search. fully
satisfied that the lace had been stolen.
Then the auction gloves arrived. They
came in peculiar looking brown paper
parcel addressed to Beck-or rather Beck
Is said to have brought them IN.
Upon examining the gloves Orth
found that they were identical with those
he had missed. But the wrappers and
the store check marks had been torn Off
and they could not be identified. Orth
bought the gloves, and then hied himself
10 the express office, where he ascer-
tanned that no parcel had been handled
by them for Beck.
SOME DETECTIVE WORK.
Orth's suspicious were now thoroughly
aroused, and he communicated them to
Police Officer Shook. who advised him.
The fancy goods dealer began to realize
that matters were getting serious. when
quantities of handkerchiefs, stockings,
etc, kept disappearing, and he resolved
10 bring the matter to head.
He went to San Francisco Thursday
and did some detective work on his own
hook. lie says he learned there that Beck
had been in a similar scrape there, and he
was advised to look out. He further
learned, he says, that Beck had been seen
TO place quantity of lace in his bureau
drawer at the Golden Eagle Hotel, where