The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-06

Joseph F. Perrin, a Ritch.s Street
Grocer, the Complaining
Witness.
Perini Charges Paul With Stealing a
Box Containing Coin and Arti.
Giles of Valu..

joseph +. PerlDl, q grocer, at 3lO Rltch
street, gave a musical party and reception
on New Years night, and large number
OF friends availed themselves of the op-
portunity to spend pleasant time.
Among the guests was Thomas Paul, q
young man VINO was paying his addresses
TO niece of the host, and had for few
months taken charge of the grocery
during PERMITS illness.
The party was great success, but next
morning Perrin was thrown into state
of wild excitement by discovering that
box containing mis- bank book. 1928
coin. several nuggets of gold and other
valuable articles had been stolen.
The box was kept in secret place in a
small room off the kitchen AMI its pres
ence there was only known to Perrin and
his family. II suddenly dawned upon
him that Paul also knew where the box
was kept, as he had deposited his money
in it while employed in the store during
his illness. His suspicious fell upon Paul
and he notified the Southern police sta
ton.
Policemen T. L. Ryan and O'Dea were
detailed on the case and Saturday Paul
was arrested and locked up in ''the
tanks" pending further developments.
Monday the box was returned, 10 Perrin
by messenger-boy, who said he brought
it from the Louvre saloon on O'Farrell
street. where a man gave it 10 him with
instructions to lake 1t to PERMITS resi-
dence. The boy departed and Perini
hastily examined the contents of the
box and found that the money was $40
short.
Ryan and O'Daa have been making
every effort to find the messenger-boy, but
so far without success, as he might give
them a clew to the man who gave him the
box.
Perlni yesterday morning swore to q
complaint ill Judge Joachimsen's court
charging Paul with grand larceny, and
last night the charge was booked against
him. Perini claims he can prove that
Paul was seen stealthily going through
the kitchen to the room where the box
was kept and that he stole it.
Paul has a different story to tell. He
says: II was invited 10 the party and
went. | was never out of The room where
the guests were all the time | was there
except Tor a minute or two, but did not
go into the room where the box was kept.
I knew it was kept there when | was
working in the grocery, but that was some
months ago.
When left the house that night Peri
MS niece saw me TO the door and ] kissed
her goo Knight. l could not have had The
box without her seeing it.
Paul has engaged Attorney Kelly to de-
fend him and says he will make it inter
esting for Perrin before he is done with
him.
Ryan and O'Dea found the messe niger.
boy last night. His name is Max Cohe n
of the San Francisco District Telegraph
Company. He says be answered a cali
| from the Louvre, IL O'Farreli street, and
when he reached there a young man who
was seated at a table drinking beer gave
him parcel to take to Perini's house,
paying him the usual fee. He gave a de-
scription of the young man, and Ryan
and O. Dea think they know him.
1t now turns out that it was not The
stolen box that was returned. but paper
one, and that besides the S45 five bank
books and deeds TO property owned by Pc.
RIM were also stolen. Perini is more wor
ried about the loss of the deeds than the
money!.