The record-union., 1893-04-07
LIVELY YOUNG CROOKS.
Arrest of the Lads Who PIundered
STEMS Store.
One of Them Captured in Oakland with
Several of the Watches In His
Possession

After doing considerable clever detect
i've work Officers Dan Higgins and Geo.
Maley yesterday succeeded in discover
ing the thieves who robbed NJ. STEMS
store, at 726 K street, on the preceding
evening. The perpetrators of the robbery
are now said to be four boys-"Bob"
Lexington, Lefty" Reeves, PATSY" Ca
hill and lad named Fisher, and all four
of them are in custody.
The boys have been seen together a
number of times by Officer Maley, and
since the robbery OF Hyman's jewelry
store in the Metropolitan building that
officer informed Chief Rodgers that he
suspected them Of being the ones who did
that job, and has kept watch upon their
movements.
As soon as Stein reported his loss to the
police officers, Higgins and Maley went
about the case energetically, and by some
means learned that the boys named had
been seen III the vicinity Of the robbery.
Investigating further they learned that
Patsy Cahill, the leader of the quartet,
had taken the train for Oakland or San
Francisco, and a dispatch was at once
sent to Chief Schatfer OF Oakland to APP
prehend him.
About O'clock yesterday afternoon
that officer teIegraphed, stating that he
had Cahil in custody, and that he found
hlm III possession of fifteen of the watches.
Chief Rodgers at once took the train for
Oakland, and was expected up last night
with the young prisoner and his booty.
Ia the meantime Officers higgins and
MaIey were not idle, and after searching
The haunLs OF the other three boys they
finally found Lexington, Reeves and
Fisher under the Yolo bridge and took
/ them TO the City Jail. One OF the three,
Fisher, Is not SO hardened as the others,
ana was more easily frightened into con-
fesslon, and he is said TO have owned up
to the THEFT OF STEMS jewelry and to have
| given lulI particulars Of the way the rob-
! berry was committed.
According to Fishers story, the boys
had been watching the store, and on
| W ednesday evening, when Stein went to
| ms supper, lexington went in and took
all the watches he could reach-some
thirty golu watches and two silver ones
! Wnllc MS companions remained outside.
| AS soon as IettingtoE got the booty
the boys went down Eighth street to i.
ana escaped without being detected.
! Neither reeves nor Lexington would
own up to being implicated in the rob-
! berry, and 1t Is not yet known what was
done with the other seventeen watches.
! INeeNeS Is StIu 10 De WGII-hnOWn pick
! pocket and to be wanted in Oakland,
while Patsy Cahill is also wanted for
thetts in San Francisco.
Lexington, too, is said to have made a
record rs pickpocket in this city, while
| Fisher seems to be Il novice who has got
into trouble by joining bad company.
The boys are very shrewd set, and are
| believed by the police to have committed
number of thetts, but they have hereto
fore escaped detection.
Officers Higgins and Maley are entitled
to credit for the quick work they have
done in the case. They ARE confident they
have all of the gang implicated in the rob-
| berry OF STEMS store, and probably other
/ robberies as well.