Omaha daily bee., 1895-11-13
CHAFFEE WAS WELL FIXED
Another Large Lot of Stolen Plumber
Found in His Cellar,
MUCH OF IT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED
Last Batch Found valued nj S1ti.ooo
and Consisted Largely of stocks
and Uonds-TotnI Recovered
Amounts to SI5o,OOO.

BOSTON, Nov. 12.-The arrest Of James
Steven Chanee Of this city by the police
yesterday. and the recovery of over 500, 900
worth of stolen plumber, was followed tonight
by even more startling discoveries. In addi-
ton to the property recovered yesterday,
stocks and bonds to the value of SAL 1000
(par valued we're brought to the inspectors
office. This afternoon Chief Inspector Watts
and Assistant Inspector Dugan accompanied
the prisoner, Chaffee, to his house on Mount
Vernon street, for the purpose Of unearthing
more plumber, which Chaffea said was Sc
GREETED in the cold air box of the furnace in
his cellar. The cellar was searched, but
nothing was found.
The party went back to headquarters and
were surprised to find Mrs. Chaffee awaiting
their return. After some hesitation she in
formed Chief Watts that if he would bring
her husband home again, she would hand
over the stocks and bonds. She said she had
removed the box containing them from the
cold air box in the cellar. The police drove
to the Chafree house again, and Mrs. Chaffee
went to the back stairway and brought out
the box from underneath the stairs. 1t was
taken to headquarters, where the contents
examined. 1t was found that GER
tiicate No. "A for 1000 shares OF
the o. X. Gold Mining company's stock,
valued at 800 per share; certificates Nos. =
and So, for twenty shares each of the c,
y. Nelson Lumber company of st Paul,
Mimi, dated October 20. 1881, valued at
81 900 per share, and debenture bonds No,
573 Of the Central Iowa railroad, valued at
81 600. Three Smith ~ WessGn revolvers
were also found in the box, and among other
things were over $50 sheets Of foreign
! t,n,nC C,,a Of v,bfph ,Xcrn valued as liuh
as $50 each.
An agreement was found, signed by Mrs.
William Barret, by which she turned over
all her husbands property to Chaffee. Bar
ret is a notorious criminal, now serving a
life sentence for murder in this state, and
Chaffee claimed. when arrested last night
that all thestuff found on his premises had
been given him by Barrett in return for his
having spent a great deal of money in Bar
ret's defense at the time OF the murder trial
Important letters were also brought to ligh
from the bottom of the box which show tina
Cbaffee did not operate with Barrett in hi
burglaries, by which, doubtless, the bulk o
the property was obtained. He sticks to hi
story in the main as told by him yesterday
and the police place considerable credenc,
in it, excepting that part in which he state
he did not know the goods were stolen whel
he received them. The charge against Chat
fec has according ly been changed from tina
Of breaking and entering to that of receiving
stolen goods ana nav Wing SIOltl BuuuS VIII
knowing them to have been stilen. The tota
amount of plumber secured by the polio
now reaches $4,000 in value.
Mrs. Ames, widow of the late millionaire
Frederick l.. Amcs of this city, called at tn
inspectors office this afternoon and identi
fed a number Of articles which were stole
from her residence several years ago. Sh
also recognized several articles which wer
stolen from the residence Of the late en-
Governor Oliver mes. Mr.. Kidder Of tn
banking firm of Kidder, Peabody & Co., tn
discovery Of whose collection of postag
stamps in Chaffee's possession led to the al
rest of the latter, also called. He, too, rec
ognized some of the goods which were stole
during a robbery of his residence at Milto
/, six years ago. Many others called durin
t the day and some of the small articles wei
identified.
The police DO not place much faith in II
story circulated today that Chaffee is
brother of William Barrett. Chaffea wi
probably be arraigned in the morning.