The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-03-20

Robbery In Henry +. Roots Hard
ware Store on Westminster Street.


Officer James Cannon of the Plain
Street Station. who has been member
OF the police force less than six months,
made a clean catch i'm the person OF Harry
L. Bullock at IL o'clock last night, IN the
basement Of III. T. Roots store, 732 West
minister street. At $3.50 In the evening
the officer "tried" all OF the doors and
windows of the store and found them Sc
cure, and at 11:45, when he passed the
store again, he noticed that sheet OF tin
had been placed in one OF the windows in
the basement. Cannon knew that this
was not there on his previous inspection
OF the property and accordingly he con-
cluded that the store had been broken
into. He called officer Johnson TO bis -.
sistance and entering the store they found
evidences OF robbers, for the desk in Mr..
Roots Office showed that II had been
ransacked, and the pockets In the many
coats which hung in the Office were turn
ed inside out. The oe.cers then began to
Investigate and for half hour or more
they worked like beavers, looking into
and moving stoves, barrels, boxes and In
every nook and corner In the store and
basement. They were about TO gives up
the search when Cannon looked behind q
pile of sheet iron which was standing on
Its edge in the northwest corner OF the
basement, where they found their man
who proved to be Harry A. Bullock OF
"a Dartmouth avenue. Bullock was TAX
en- TO the Plain street staten and on his
person was found a number OF articles,
the property of the different members OF
the firm.
In the Sixth District Court this morn
ing hc pleaded guilty and was held for
the action of the grand jury. He also
pleaded guilty to stealing an oyercoat
from B. Russell OF "a Dartmouth avenue
and for this he was sent to the county
jail for 30 days.
thieves that has fallen into the hands OF
the police for many days Is William Gavin
OF Fox Point. In court this morning
he pleaded guilty to stealing q watch
valued at SIS from Della Burgess, who
lives in the rear of sos Benefit street.
Mrs. Burgess is a widow and has num-
ber of children whom she supports by
taking In washing. For some time one
OF her little children has been sick and for
the present week there has been but little
hopes OF the little ones recovery. There
was no clock in the house and Mrs. Bur-
CESS borrowed watch from her neigh
Dor, Manuel Seaman, and this she placed
enable her TO give the child med icine as
ordered. Early In the morning Mrs.
Burgess was given some wood, which
Gavin said he would break, and
did, and when completed carried II into
the house, after which he went into the
TOOlu Wuert the SICK Cunu was, DackFu
up to the table ana took the watch.
Later Mrs. Burgess went into the room
and found that the watch was gone. So
she notified Captain Magill, who sent an
officer after Gavin, and succeeded in fed
ing him. In his possession was pawn
ticket, showing that he had disposed of the
watch. Judge sweetland sentenced him
to the county jail for 60 days.
Charles Roberts was fined IS and costs
for stealing pair Of pants from Charles
Schnable.
Maggie Murphy, alias O'Neil, was sent
to the State workhouse for six months for
being a common night walker.
Agnes Campbell, common drunkard,
was sent nt-to-the-we wefkAease nine
months.
Kate Dolan, who hit G. w. Fife over
the head with tea pot few days ago,
on Coddiug street, was sentenced TO serve
80 days in the county Jail. She took an
appeal.
The case Of Antonio Dulcestor for as
saul ing his wife was continued for one
week, as Dulcestor was taken sick at the
central station and sent To The Rhode
Island Hospital by Medical Examiner
Palmer