The morning times., 1895-07-17
Detective Lacey's Work in Ar
resting POindexter and Lewis.
ALL BUT ONE WATCH SAFE
That One Was Pawned In PhiIa-
delphia-Toth Thieves Taken Up as
Express o Office-The Stolen Property
Found In the Satchel.

Detective Henry Lacey returned from
New York, where he went to catch the
thieves wlo had the watches stolen last
Thursday from Dominick Reckenbacker's
jewelry store, No. 1913 G street north
west, last Thursday. He returned last
night at midnight with the proper papers to
bring back the men, Poindexter and Lewis.
There is very little evidence that Lewis
knew of the theft, and it is possible he viii
not be held.
Mr.. Lacey said he was only two hours
behind PoindeXter and Jones at the Jersey
City ferry and barely missed picking them
up.
When Jones left here he went direct to
Poindexter at Baltimore and turned his
booty over to him. Poindexter expressed
the watches to himself in New York and
with Jones started for that city AT
Philadelphia they stopped long enough to
pawn one OF the watches for $50 to pay
travelling expenses. This watch is the
only one now missing and it is thought, will
be found.
ONE ROGUE CHEATS THE OTHER.
When the two rogues reached the New
York shore on the Jersey ferry POindexttr
gave his comrade the slip i'll the crowd.
Jones never had been in New York before
and was at a loss what to do. He finally
returned TO Jersey City, pawned his coat for
So and came home. When he reached here
he went at once to a woman with whom
he is intimate. She told him Lacey had
been to see her and what she had told the
detective
Jones said that settled him; he would
surrender. Detective Lacey says he was
told before he left here that Poindexter
would beat Jones out of the watches.
pGin sfux- -rar Jyhn no Tl1 n
Jones, went to his friend, Lewis, and next
morning took him to the express office TO
identify him, as he had shipped the watches
TO himself. Lacey and Sergt Reefe had
been waiting for them. They didn't see
Jones and halted a little 70 let him come
in As PoindeXter was about To walk
away with his satchel Lacey stepped up 10
him and said:
How are you, PoindeXter2'
The crook answered with a wicked look
and nIuttered sautation.
where's Blood Jones?" said Lacey.
How do l know, y was the answer, with
an assortment of low expletiyes.
LEWIS ALMOST FELL DOWN
Lacey and Reefe put both the men under
arrest, took them to the station and
searched the satchels They found the
fourteen watches wrapped in a pocket of
a pair Of Poindexters pants with the rest
them Lacey says Lewis came very near
falling over when the watches were dis
covered.
A curious fact about the case is that
Detective Horne saw Blood Jones buy
his tickets here for Baltimore when he
had the watches on him He had been sent,
however to look for white man and with
minute description OF him in his head was
looking for that man. He had no jnfoTma-
ton that Jones was suspected.
SATISFIED THE POLICE.
The white man was actually seen com
ing out of Reckenbocker's at the time of the
theft He read of the case at Falls Church
next morning, and said, Il suppose I'm the
man they suspect" He came back and
satisfied the police that he was innocent.
James Ray, the saIoon-keeper at No. 1908
d street northwest, arrested for having In
possession two Of the stolen watches, was
in court to-day and his case was continued 10
Saturday He paid Jones SO for two
watches worth S42 and 500 respectively.
Jones, it is said, handed out the S42 watch
and said, Mr.. Roy, gimme 50 on that
Roy reached in his drawer hesitatinSly,
and Jones pushed over the 500 one, say
ing, ''Wen, if that amt enough take this
one too" and got his money.