The record-union., 1897-10-07
ARTHUR GRAHAM is POSITIVE
SAYS ONE OF THE SUSPECTS
ROBBED HIM.
Another Had a Button That Was
Stolen From Feraut on
Sunday Last.

The members of the local police force
are fully satisfied that the three men
rounded up by Constable Fitzpatrick Of
Suisun, and who are now in the city
prison, are the same who held up Bert
rand Feraut and robbed his saloon at
Second and o streets last Sunday
might, and who, on the same evening,
robbed Arthur Graham. the 12-year-old
colored boy of all the money he had
(25 cents), and Of his stock in trade,
which consisted of five tamales.
The story of Fitzpatricks capture Of
the three suspects and of their arrival
in this city was published in yester-
days Record Union" but at that time
there had been no attempt at identi-
fcation.
Yesterday morning, however, Bert
rand Feraut, proprietor of the place at
Second and o streets, took a careful
look at Davis, the short man, and
Lynch, the tall one, and while his iden-
tification was not of a positive nature,
he said the general appearance, hight
and build of the men correspond in
every particular with that Of the men
who robbed his saloon on Sunday night
The two men who were in Feraut's g
saloon also viewed the suspects, and
were Of the opinion that Davis is the
man who went through their pockets at
that time.
But Arthur Graham, the bright COL
ored boy, had his eyes with him when
the thugs relieved him of his five ta-
males and twenty-five cents, and he
had no sooner set eyes upon Lynch
than he declared emphatically that he
was one of the robbers.
''I'd know him anywhere, and at any
time" said young Graham. His walk
gives him away, and then couldn't be
mistaken in him. anyway"
When arrested Davis and Lynch each
had So 80 in small coins in their pock-
cts, and Howard had 81 so. The equal
division of spoils between Davis and
Lynch-who are supposed to have
worked inside the Feraut place while
Howard kept watch at the door-is,
the officers think, another link in the
chain, and they are inclined to believe
that the two jobbed Howard out of
his share in the plunder.
When the thieves went through Mr..
Feraut's pockets, they took, with the
small change, a small black button,
which Feraut had picked up from the
floor the day before.
When arrested at Suisun, among the
articles found in Frank Davis pocket
was a small black button, and when
this came to light Feraut declared it
was the same one he had picked up, and
which had been taken from his pocket
10y the short robber. While Mr.. Feraut
is ready TO admit that his is not the
only black button in the world, he is
very positive that the one found in
Davis pocket is the one stolen from
him.
Harry Lynch has been in Sacramento
before. About a year ago he was here
and was in some manner connected
with a gang of men suspected of being
counterfeiters. He was given a float
er out of the city.
Sheriff Conroy of Placer County was
IN the city yesterday and took look at
the three suspects. He believes they
are the same parties who burglarized a
store in Rocklin about two weeks ago,
and is anxious to have identifying wit
nesses brought down from that place.
City Attorney Brown closely ques-
toned each of the suspects last even
ing, but beyond stating that they were
not the right parties, they refused to
talk