The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-10-11
THAT NOTORIOUS GOLD DUST Dive.
1t Has Been the Headquarters for a
Gang of Crooks.
Stolen Property Found in the Home o.
Its Proprietor. w. II. Verhein-
Clever Work.

officers Pennish and Logue have been
doing some very clever work OF late, the
result of which is that several persons
will have restored to them valuable
articles that had been stolen within the
last few months.
There have been a number OF burg
laries committed here during the sum-
mer, and the officers pamed have been
giving special attention to the task of
1erreting out the perpetrators and locat-
ing the stolen property. AS the result
of their Investigations they came to the
conclusion some weeks ago that the
notorious Gold Dust dive, at 3l5 K street,
kept by William II. Verhein, had been
the headquarters of the gang of burglars
who were committing the robberes, and
that Nerhein was in possession Of much
OF the stolen property. Some of it
especially the pistols taken recently from
Eckhardts store-ihe officers discovered
had been packed off 10 san Francisco.
Yesterday Pennish and Logue OBJ
tanned from the City Attorney, after some
| effort, warrant for the purpose Of search
! ing Nerhein's house on l. street, near
Fourth. and they were well rewarded for
! their visit. The place was Il perfect store
| house OF miscellaneous articles, but as
many OF them were not known TO the
officers TO have been stolen, and as Mrs.
! Nerhain declared they were her property,
! they did not seize them.
Among the articles known to have
been stolen, however. and which were
/ found secreted in the Nerhein household,
were $40 clock stolen from Ii. Vein
stocks residence, high-grade bicycle
subsequently stolen from the same place,
costly gold plated and pearl-inlaid
! opera-glass stolen from Mrs. Barrett S
! residence few weeks ago, an opera-glass
! taken from the residence of MIR. Schu-
! macher, two silver cups stolen from L IL
dertaker George IL. Clark. a banjo stolen
| from a residence at Sixteenth and j
streets and other articles.
During the State Fair quantity of
! tableware was stolen from John Ryan's
residence. at Twelfth and q streets, by
! the same gang, and the officers have To-
Gated the plumber in a hop-ranch camp
near the city.
several months ago a trunk was stolen
on Front street and taken, SO the officers
| say, to the Gold Dust dive and thence to
a room near by, where it was riiied OF
! 500 in cash, SlUU in checks, two watches,
diamond earrings, bracelets and silk
| handkerchiets. They have recovered the
watches and one ring. In Nerhein's
silk handkerchiefs, but Mrs. Nerhein
claimed them as her own.
| All OF these rODDeries, say Officers PEN
nish and Logue were committed by the
| same men, except that OF the Red House
couple of weeks ago. The men are not
now here. but The officers are confident
| they VIII soon be under arrest
Nerhein was arrested on a charge OF re-
ceiving stolen goods, knowing them to
be such. His dive is by all odds the
worst In the city, place where ex-con-
vlctS, thieves, thugs, Migrants and all
grades OF low characters resort. Why the
City Trustees, with full knowledge of
these facts. have seen lit to license it, is
one OF those municipal mysteries that
often puzzle the public.
! Officers Pennish and Logue are conf
dent that the crooks of whom they are
now IN quest are the men who robbed and
murdered "OId john" the steam boat
Waterman, lew months ago, and it was
! doubtless they who also murdered and
robbed the unknown young man whose
| body was found in the river three week 4
since near Grand Island. 1t is known
that he had several hundred dollars on
his person here during the State Fair. He
| was found with bullet-hOle in his brain.
| The officers named are entitled to much
credit Tor the good work they have thus
far accomplished in unearthing the
/ fence where pluQQer mas Deeu Secr6teQ.
Their work will be complete when they
succeed in finding the men who commit
TED the crimes, of whose Identity they
! have positive knowledge.
ANOTHER DISCOVERY.
About four or five months ago Duffy's
ealoon in Washington, y olo County, was
entered by burglars, the safe blown open
and $40 taken, also a sofa and mum Der
| of glasses and chairs.
Last night Officers Logue and Pennish
! ran across a sofa in Nerhein's house
which was identified as being the one
stolen from the y olo saloon.
The officers said that part of the thiev-
ing gang were seen riding in a wagon the
night before the articles stolen from
SChaw, ingram Il Batcher's hardware
store were found at Brighton. and that
no doubt they took the stuff out there in
! the wagon.
AT q late hour last night Verhein gave
| Officer Logue an order on the barkeeper
! of the Cold Dust Saloon for large silver
! pitcher which had been stolen from Cor
oner George ii. Clark.
LOgue took the order and presented it
to each Of the three men in charge of the
saloon, but they said they knew nothing
OF the pitcher. The officer was satisfied
that II had been taken away and that the
men knew OF that fact. He arrested two
OF them and locked them up in Jail.