The evening times., 1896-07-25
THIEVES RID|AG. BICYCLES
Three More Wheels Furnish
Speed for Crooked People.
SIX TAKEN EVERY WEEK
The Police Thtnhs the Average Is
Not Large In View of the Great
Number in UseASome Facts AZ to
Recent Reports OF Robberies-Ar-
ticles Found Later.

Recent Reports OF Robberies-Ar-
ticles Found Later.
Tile complaint book at police headquarters
today contained THE reports of six rob-
berries. The list Included the larceny OF
three bicycles. one Of which has already
been recovered.
Robert F. Piummer, Of No. 315 F street
southwest left word that his office was
visited on Sunda $ last by a sneak thief, who
got away with canvas bag containing
50 in money, penknife and pair OF
scissors.
l. A Graves, manager for the Gormuliy
s Jeffery Misunderstanding Company, No.
1925 Fourteenth street northwest, reported
stolen from the side entrance OF his resi-
dence, No. 2504 Fourteenth street, yester.
day morning, a iady's bicycle, No. S7I3.
The wheel Was recovered this morning by
the police of the Eighth precinct.
TOOK CLOTHES AWAY.
Two white shirts and sheet were stolen
from a clothes inc in the back yard Of Mrs.
Elizabeth Sew slrs residence, No. 43
street northwest, on Monday last.
The Enterprise Cycle Company of No
81 Fourteenth street northwest rented IA
bicycle. No. 6444S, TO 4 man who las thus
far failed 10 return 1t. Defective Boardman
was notified.
A pearl aud diamond stud, pair or pea RI
! mounted opera glasses, and a pair Of
trousers were stolen on the 22d instant
from the residence OF Z. T. woods:de, No
40 c street northwest.
William L. Thomas OF No. 629 L
street southwest. reports stolen, either last
night or tilis morning, frou the back yard
OF his residence. a bicycle, No. 1901.
The central office detectives are salts
fled ,tiat no undue number of crimes are be-
ing committed. and are satisfied that the
detective corps is strong enough TO cope with
the criminal class in Washington.
They claim that The record OF rotberies
is short. the aggregate of plunder small and
the percentage of stolen goods recovered
high.
TBe record shown by the police is not
accurate, for the reason that many people
report that they have been robbed when
they have no real loss. A great many have
snch a morbid fear of thieves that as soon
as they miss an. article, they rush to the
police department and shout, I've been
robbed.''
Several Instances GANG, TO the attention
of the authorities this week.
Richard F. souter, OF Bond Hill. Ohio.
reported Thursday to the detective office
that he had been relieved OF russell
leather sutchel, containing clothes, at tho
Baltimore and Potomac kaiirnad station.
This case WAS promptly added 90 the record
of robberies. and Il man detailed to look
up the missing satchei.
II was fapnd. Mr.. souter left his valise
III the waiting ro,in and absented himself
for one hour One bf tie railroad en-
pioyes, seeing what lie thought TO be a
| stray satchei, took it anti put ii away for
| safe keeping. When Mr.,souter returned
TO the sta tinn the satcheif was not where
| he had left it. He wenuat once To the
police.
FOUND THE MONEY.
James E. Rocket, No. 1901 Tenth street
southeast, reported during the week that
his house had been entered, and that 500
lad been stolen The case was duly as
signed and several persons suspected. Later
Mr.. Rocket Dotified the police that he
had found the money under the carpet
where lie had hidden it.
Herbert K. Shaffcr, No 1890 Eleventh
street northwest, reported that his pocket
had been picked, and later he told the
police department that the pocket book
and money had been found at his lodgings.
Farrell Carey, No go Florida avenue,
lost silver watch and reported that he
had been robbed. Within few hours, and
before the department had begun work
on the case, the watch was returned to
| Mr.. Carey by a friend, who mad taken it
as joke.
John L. White, No til Abner's court
northeast, reported during the week that
he had lost his gold watch by theft. Later
he found it where he had mislaidit.
Mrs. Mary Wells, who thought her pocket
had been picked OF a gold watch at Tent
Washington, during Endeavor week, later
found it at her lodgings, No. 942 X street
| northwest.
One OF the biggest robberics reported
during the week was that Of William j.
Cote, OF the Cairo. Mr. Cote thought that
his watch, chain, and $500 had been stolen.
He scon afterward found the property in his
room.
1t is probable, say the detectives, that
many people who report robberies and
then find the goods thought to have been
stolen fail to report the recovery, and the
case goes on the records OF the depart
| ment as an unsolved crime
| The average number Of wheels reported
stolen weekly Is about six. This is not
| very large number compared with the
total number OF wheels used in the city.
! Seventy-fiye per cent OF the wheels al.
| legged to have been stolen are recovered by
| the police department