New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-07
HEAVY ROBBERY OF SILK
LIE BOUTILLIER BROTHERS DISHONEST
EMPLOYE
HE STEALS GOODS WORTH $500 AND CoNFEssES
HIS GUILT-HIs PECULIAR METHOD OF
OPERATION-TOO FOND OF

RUM AND CARDS.


David G. Jackson. thirty.wo years old, Of No.
598 East Ore thirty -ffth-st, pleaded
guilty. before Justice voorhs at the Jefferson
Market Police Court. yesterday, and was held
in $1,000 bail on a charge Of grand larceny, pre-
ferred by George lie Bouter Of lie Boutillier
Brothers, Of No. 70 East Fourteenth-st who ac-
cused him Of having stolen silk worth sl52 %
from the firms store. He has wife and four
young children According to ]. NJ Fuller, gen.
eral manager Of FuIler's Detective Agency. Jack
son was employed by the firm as silk salesman
about three years ago. and about one year ago
was made buyer and manager OF the silk depart
ment at a salary OF S25 week He had the
unbounded confidence of his employers and the
high esteem OF his associates.
On November "a some discrepancies were dis
covered between certain meme randum tickets
and the goods for which they had been issued
The detective, becoming satisfied that Jackson
had stolen large quantities Of silk, accused MIN
Of the theft. and he made full confession that
ne had robbed the firm Of silk worth about s3'oo
I'm the last four months, and had pawned the
goods
Jackson said he had been drinking heavily for
years and PLAYING poker and tnat he had stolen
to get means to crafty his passion for liquor ana
cards The firm had no suspicion of his bad hab-
its His associates in the store had seen him
drunk AT a picnic Of the employees OF the hrm,
but he was so popular with them that they con-
cealcd the fact He told the detectives that ne
he'd destroyed all the pawn tickets. when ne ndd
received under nearly fifty fictitious names which
he had given to many pawnbrokers In thls
city and Jersey City, and that since he began 10
steal hc had been In such ddzed coHuitiOh
from drink that he could not remember the
names of the pawnbrOkers. or those ne had
given or the sums Of money he had received .
The detective and Jackson consumed SIN IuIi
days in visiting. In one or the nrm ; uei,'cis
wagons every pawnshop IN this city, ana eN-
amnng every entry made In their DOCKS since
the thievlng began In this way siXty-one io's;
containing a total of 100 yards OF SILK; 'aIueu
al s2 600 were recovered. These had peeh
pawned for $500 which the detective said the
firm would make good TO the pawnbrokers.
Jackson's method was TO give ticket TOT anu
take out Of stock and away from the store d ron
Of eighty wards OF silk. under pretence tnat II nad
to be refnished Later he would return twenty
wards and telling the bOOkkeeper that all haa
been returned his statement would be accepted
without examination of the goods on takIns
out the eighty yards he would go 10 some par
room and cut It into four twenty-yard lengths
three of which he would pawn singly at ar.
fcrant places returning tn fourth as phnu'
Jackson and his wife both came from eNcel-
lent families He was b ,rn in New BrunsWlcn'
] where his father and brother ana sister
liv. the last two holding responsible POSITIONS III
this city He was superintendent OF the SUNDAY :
school Of the North New-York Methodist tpls-
conaI Church Wils-ave and East One-hundred-
and forty -hrst-st.. the Rev. A. [. Egelestoh,
nas,or III about one year ago. when his fondness
f,r tinuor becoming known to the officers OF the
cburch ne resigned the superlntendency at their