The San Francisco call., 1897-02-11

not to starve, and I was actually forced
to become burglar. l told the San Fran
cisco police when l was caught last night
that my name was John Evans and that
l came from Missouri. l will keep the
name of Evans and tell you that 1 came
from Kentucky, if you like to believe it,
L don't intend to say anything that will
let you know who l am or where / came
from. 1 realize 1 am in hole. and have
made up my mind not to drag in any body
else"
Such was the story, in brief, told by a
burglar who vas arrested in San Francisco
last night and brought to Oakland this
afternoon. He is not known to the police
of either city, and they are inclined to be-
lieve his story of not having stolen 81 out
side of Oakland.
For several days Chief Lloyd has had
a special detail on the trail of Evans. The
detectives succeeded in finding a good
cIew and had also recovered good deal
of the stolen booty, and acting on the
knowledge they gained by finding out
where Evans stole his plunder, they were
enabled TO run him down. Last night he
was selling some stuff across the bay
where be had sold some on former occa-
sions, and his arrest followed.
During the past two months there have
been several burglaries in Oakland. They
were all of the same nature and were per-
formed at about the same hour in the
morning in the same class of houses.
Chief Llovd and Detective Holland went
to San Francisco to bring the prisoner
and on the way he confessed all his
crimes since he came TO Oakland. At the
residence of Varney Gaskill he obtained
some clothing, and at the police station
this afternoon the fashionably cut over
coat of the commander of the Republican
Alliance was put on as evidence, to ex-
plain to Chief Lloyd that the reason he
had not worn it was because it was big
enough 10 go round about three people OF
the size of the burglar.
Evans also entered the residence of Mrs.
Rebecca Knox, but was disturbed by
young lady who resides there while he
was ransacking her room. He fed with
gold watch and $40 in coin. At the house
of NJ. L. Levy he stole some clothing and
q the house of Charles Williams, 563 Ho-
bart street, there was personal encoun-
ter. Mr.. Williams got up TO see what
caused the noise in the dining-room, ran
against the burglar and received a blow in
the eye, after which the burglar escaped.
A valuable mandolin, which was recov-
cred to-day, was taken from the house of
Paul Lohse. Some valuable silverware
was taken from e. L. Halls place in East
Oakland. Mrs. Garcia, at Thirteenth and
Brush, was robbed OF SIC and a watch;
the latter has been found.
M. Schleuter suffered the loss of a watch
and money from his house, and, with the
addition of entering the house of P. E.
Bowles, on Boulevard terrace, this seems
TO be the sum of Evans crimes.
He admitted to the officers this after
noon that last Friday night he was ar
rested by Policeman Morrison at Sixth
street and Broadway and was sentenced
to three days in Jail for drunkenness. He
told the Chief that his room was at Sec
ond street and Broadway, and a search
this afternoon produced Varney Gaskill's
overcost. the case of Mrs. Lohses mando-
lin and P. E. Bowles' rubber shoes
James Taylor, porch-climbing burglar,