The herald., 1897-12-31
ROBBED THEIR BOSSES
DISCOVERY OF Systematic
THIEVIN0
A Driver and Porter Arrested at the
Instance Of Haas, Baruch i
& Company

Fred Galways, driver for the Pioneer
Truck company, and C. b. Turner, EN-.
ployed as porter by Haas, Baruch &
Co., were arrested last night. and com.
plants will be filed against them today
Their crime consists in course of sys-
tematic stealing from Haas. Baruch 4
Co. extending through period OF sew
eral years.
The company has been missing goods
of every description for a long time, and
after laying several traps to catch the
thief, began, about q week ago, to sus-
pect two employees. They turned the
matter over to the George e. Gard De-
tective agency, and 1t was through this
course that the case against Galways
and Turner was worked up.
The Pioneer Truck company has q
yearly contract for delivering goods fol
Haas, Baruch & Co., and 1t was while
working around the establishment Gal
ways exercised his penchant for pilfer-
ing. His operations were carried on In
conjunction with Turner, who, having
access to all parts Of the building, made
It easy for the two to remove goods with
little risk of discovery.
After thoroughly investigating the
case Detective Gard summoned the two
suspected men into his presence and con-
fronted them separately with the evi-
dence Of their guilt. Both confessed
Turner. who has been in the employ OF
the company upward of eight years, ad-
mittted that he had been stealing goods
systematically for five or six years OF
that time. For the last three years he
has worked with Galways, and the two
have divided the stolen goods. When
Galways started out with his wagon to
deliver an order Turner would throw on
an extra case Of goods. and this would be
left at a convenient spot, usually Gal
ways home, on Turner street.
Turner is a single man, and has been
living at the George house, on Alameda
street. He has kept two women in diff
ferent parts of the city, and has kept
these creatures supplied with provisions
which he purloined from the establish
ment where he worked. Last night his
room at the st. George was searched.
and large quantity of stolen goods was
found there, consisting of cases Of con-
densed milk, oysters, soap, hams, syrups,
women whom he kept an assortment OF
the stun was also found.
Most of the plunder taken from the
store was first hauled to Galway's home
and then divided there. In the barn
nearly q wagonload Of goods, comprising
all the staples in the line Of provisions,
was found. Galways admitted that he
had provided his household for the past
two years by his offerings from the
store. He attempted to justify his acts
by the statement that his employers had
refused to raise his wages, and that he
had then decided to pay himself what he
thought was right.
There ID another employe implicated
in the thefts, but because It Is believed
that he was drawn into 1t by the others
he has not been arrested, and will prob
ably not be proceeded against.
A grand larceny charge will probably
be filed against Turner and Galways
While the amounts taken. each time
would probably come within the limits
of petty larceny charge, yet thers
seems to have been, a continuous steal
ing, which would warrant a charge OF
grand larceny.
It is known that some Of the stolen
goods were sold besides those used by
the thieves, and there Is nothing by
which the amount Of their thefts can be
accurately fixed. From the length OF
time, however, during which these alb
stractions have been going on 1t is known
that 1t will reach far into the hundreds,
If not the thousands, of dollars.