Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-12-05
POUNCE ON THIEVES.
THE POLICE 30 QUICK WORK
AND RECOVER MuCu PLUMBER.
r,ncn from the Jefferson, Hats from
stakes a simmons. and Ci"thi"G
-. vo,cb.stcr Found Mt kop-
Inn'--The Guilty Parties Nrres'e"'

Yesterday was not a bad day IN ponce
circles and Detective Hall and his men
ala several clever pieces OF work before
,,,anicht. as a result OF which stokes
& simmons have recovered forty hats
that had been stolen from their estaD-
llshment; the jefferson Hotel VIII have
returned 10 them almost enough linen 10
start dry-goods store \. Marks OF
Manchester. recovered some OK the goods
stolen In the wholesale raid made on MS
place Monday night. and Robert brown
Of Lester Manor, has recovered watch
and chain which a highwayman relieved
him OF some days ago. Moreover all the
guilty parties are safely quartered Win
the police. three Of them having iounu
lodging last night at the First Stalioii,
while one was the guest OF the S1VV"u
station
GOODS FOUND At KOPLANS
This big haul was the result Of Detec-
tive Halls work on the Manches1e'
burglary case. About 10 O'CLOCK VS..
day morning the officers saw >. l. 20.
horne (coloredj. who IS a notorious 'nal
acter and wen-known by the police
standing in front Of Lewis Kocchlccioh
ealoon on the corner of seventeenth anu
Grace streets. The darky had on very
fine overcoat, which at once arouseu 'n
suspicion Of the detective, ana ne WaiAeu
nm 10 Claiborne and nabbed MN D.lole
The latter was aware OF the oiilcei Pi0'
ence. f.. IL ,ocl,-
q vas found one Of the business
cards OF A. Koplan who keeps
small dry-goods store at No. 10 north
Seventeenth street. This was the cue
~ which all of the stolen goods above
mentioned were recoverec. DelecliNe
Han. accompanied by Oihcers DlOSo'
and Wren, having issued searGn-
warrant against koplan' Vislteu ms
Mace Just as they entered Detective
IAN saw KopIan's wife leaving the store
with a large bundle. and he stopped her
and asked her what It's contents were
She told the officer that they were heI
belongings. but he was not sausheu
with her statement. and, upon eNamlha-
tion. the first article that he saw was
a piece Of linen with the Jefferson-hotel
mark upon H. IN Koplans bedroom
revelation was awaiting the oihcers,
There they found numerous articles OF
linens among which were some taole-
cloths Of the very finest material All
of these had been cut in half so that the
hotol-mark would not be noticed. TWO
pairs Of shoes were found. which were
identified later by Mr.. Marks as his pro-
perty.
INVOLVED THE PORTER.
Forty hats were discovered. and these
Koplan claimed TO have purchased in
baltimore about five months ago. De-
tective Hall. however, called the mer-
chants attention TO the fact that The
trademark. which he recognized as
Stokes * SimmOnss, showed that they had
not been made over TWO months. kop-
Ian then confessed having bought them
from a c0lored man 4 handsome god
watch was also found. The officer ac-
cOmpanied Koplan 10 Stokes & Simmonss
establishment on Ross street taxing
some of the hats with him. which that
firm recognized as their property The
col0red porter-Grant Sims-was called
and recognized 10y Koplan as the man from
whom he had bought the hats The
porter admitted the theft of the hats.
and said he took them on the night of
the late fire at RandOlph's paper-boX
factory when confusion had reigned AT
Stokes & Simmonss which was IN the
immediate neighborhood Of the fire.
Sims was lodged at the Second Police
station. and j. r. Claiborne at the First
station. About a quarter after 7 last
night 81 message was received at the
First station from kOplan. requesting
that officers be sent TO his place al once .
Policemen johnson and Hulchcr hurried
there and found Alexander Holden color
ed. who drives a laundry wagon for the
jefferson Hotel. endeavOring 10 sell lot
Of table-clOths 10 Koplan. Holden was
arrested and taken to the First station.
HAD A WATCH AND CHAIN.
Lloyd Sales was arrested at the South
orn railway depot by Officer Goodman
as "A suspicious character and carried TO
the First station. 4 watch and chain
was found upon him. which Mr. Robert
Brown, of Lester Manor. Identified as
having been stolen from him some time
ago.
The First station last night resembled
a country store. Stacks of linens were
piled up I'm one corner. fOrty-seven hats,
seven Of which had been found at Wei
mans store on Sixth str Ct were slowed
away in convenient places, while the two
pairs Of shoes were upon the window-sill.
Passing Forged Orders.
Captain Thomas c. Cunningham. of the
city tugboat Thomas Cunningham, ST.,
received the unwelcome information yes
terday that some person had been taking
unwarranted liberties with his name. lie
learned that two orders for small amounts
purpOrting to have been signed by him
had been passed upon downtown mer-
chants. He placed the matter in the
hands OF Sergeant Han, who is trying TO
locate the forger, whose work was very
clever.