The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-11
.P|L|NG UP THE CHARGES,
Houses Entered by Burglars
James Coggin and Frank
Comyns.
Robert Giles Also Arrested for
Burglary and Grant Carroll
as Fence"

James Goggin and Frank Comyns, who
were arrested on Saturday afternoon by
Detectives Egan and Silvey, were booked
at the City Prison yesterday, the former
on two charges of grand larceny and two
of burglary, and the latter on one OF grand
larceny, one of robbery and two of bur-
glary.
Immediately after the arrest of Goggin
and Comyns, Chief Crowley detailed De-
tectives Bee and Harper to assist Egan
and Silvey in procuring evidence against
them. The result is that they have re-
covered about $4,000 worth of plumber, and
the two prisoners have been fully identi-
fed by the people who purchased the
property from them.
The places they entered were:
On August 9, the residence of John Wood,
4S3 Haight street. where they stole 800 worth
of iewelry; on August %, the residence OF c.
F. Tay, 3005 Jackson street, where they stole
$500 worth of diamond jewelry and lot of
silyerware; on September >, the residence OF
Fred Marriott, 1915 Green street, where they
stole $500 worth of clothing and Iewelry on
September z, the residence OF +. d. Moneton,
2303 Scott street, where a few pieces OF jewelry
were stolen.
Other charges will likely be piled up
against them.
The charge of robbery against Comyns is
in connection with the hold-up of William
Rathje, clerk in Brinckman's grocery,
Pacific avenue and Laguna streets, on Sun
day morning, July %, which was referred
to in Mondays CALL. Rathie positively
identified Comyns as his mask fell off at
the time of the robbery, but he was not
positive as to the other, as he was masked.
Bee and Harper were also searching for
evidence against another burglar, and were
- 10 loo,
same place as they found the plumber of
Goggin and Comyns.
On July the residences Of J. III. McGin-
nev, 726 McAllister street, and Alexander
Heines, 728 McAllister, were entered and
about $500 worth OF silverware and jewelry
stolen From the description of a man
seen to enter the houses Bee and Harper
suspected Robert Giles, a young man who
was arrested several months ago for stab
bling c. Rulfs, grocer, Grove street and
Van Ness avenue. Giles had followed q
young lady, living above the grocery, into
the doorway, and seized hold of her while
she was going upstairs Her screams
brought Rulfs to her assistance, and Giles
stabbed him. He was convicted of COM
mon assault and was given three months
imprisonment.
Bee and Harper found Giles was run
ming barber-shop on Laeuna street, near
Golden Gate avenue. They got Policeman
2. Sullivan to shadow Giles shop, and he
discovered that man named Grant Car
roll was constant visitor there. What
aroused Sullivans suspicious was seeing
Carroll when he first visited the shop come
out with his heavy mustache shaved off.
He found that Carroll occupied two rooms
in lodging-house on Mission street, near
Seventh, with his wife and child.
Bee and Harper went to Carroll's rooms
and thoroughly searched them. They
found large quantity of the property
stolen from the two houses on McAllister
street and from the residence of John
Wood, 4S3 Haight street, which was en-
tered by Goggin and Comyns. This proved
been associated with Carroll. The detec-
tives also secured information that Carroll
had shipped lot of the plumber to Mar
tinez, and they went there and recov-
cred it.
Giles was arrested on Monday and two
charges of burglary will be booked against
him. Carroll was arrested yesterday and
will be booked for receiving stolen goods.
He was apparently the go-between for the
burglars.
On the night of August / the night
Waterman at the Jersey Farm Dairy, 1897
Howard street, was held up and $50 taken
out of his pockets. The robber had his
face covered with a towel. The watch
man had look at Carroll in the prison
yesterday and is satisfied he was the
robber, but DIS he had his face covered
with the towel the Waterman could
not positively swear to his identity. The
detectives also believe it was Carroll and
not Goggin who was with Comyns when
they robbed Rathje, the grocery clerk.