The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-06
Reynolds Turns Out to Be
a Sneak Thief.
HE STOLE TWO OvERCOATS
Represented Himself as Agen, For
Brazilian Count.
BOUGHT DYNAMO AND FLOWERS

George Reynolds. who came to this city
a few days ago from Montreal and made
quite stir in the community by his re-
port Of advance agent for Count Telso
Cousino of Brazil, was in the Sixth Dis
trict Court this morning. He had been ar
rested for stealing overcoats last Satur-
day and as be appeared 10 be suffering
from delrium tremens he was placed In
cell in the Central police station to re-
cover from the effect Of his weeks de-
bauch. lie WAS arraigned in court this
morning charged with stealing coat
valued at $50, and paw af gloves worth
So, the property of Dr.. Ell ward ID. Ches-
boro He pleaded not guilty and was ad-
judged probably guilty and bound over
for action by the granu jury. lie was also
charged with stealing an overooat worth
81 and pair of gloves worth 81 from
Truman Johnson. For this no was fined
$40 and costs. Being unable Co pay he
was taken TO the jail at CranstoD, where
he will remain, pending the finding of
the grand jury.
The coura's advance courier appeared
in tuwn with lots of money which he
spent layish,y. His disregard for the value
of money had perceptible effect and
assisted in creating tie illusion which
his fairy stories started. He appeared to
have an unlimited capacity for whisky and
/ after three or iour days in town the pace
au which he had been going began To tell.
| He was on the verge OF deirium tremens.
| de had spent all his money and TO restore
the strength Of his pocketbook he resorted
! 70 Stealing ovsrcoats. This brought him
| int1 troubls and he was arrested.
His peculiar actions, respectable appear
ance so far as dress and education went,
led the police officials TO beIisve the man
/ 81 fnh k.a
fired first in the cell room at the city
hall. lie was subsequently taken to tho
Central station and yestardady, when he
appeared to be somewhat recovered from
his protracted spree, he was unable TO
give a coherent account of himself. This
morning be was more natural and the
police decided that he was thief, pure
and simple.
When he first came to town he said that
his name was Welton. that he was an
Englishman 10y birth and that he was the
agent of Count Cousino OF Lotto, Chile.
He came here TO make arrangements for
the refltting of the counts yacht Estero,
which would touch ut this FORT in a few
days. 1t is needless to say the yacht has
not arrived and tho only existence of the
count was in the drunken agents mind.
He was quite romancer and had
love interest in his plausible story. The
count was on his wedding tour ana the
the blue waters of the Mediterranean to
escape the rlgors of hard New England
winter. The bride and other mem bsrs OF
the wedding party had been left at q con-
yenent place. but the count would be on
board when the yacht arrived here.
Pending the arrival OF his distinguished
patron, who was the owner OF a large
mining interest in Chile, Reynolds went
over TO the dry dock at East providencs
ana made arrangements for pulling the
yacht out Of the water
lie called on a prominent florist Of this
city and paid for flowers To be delivered
on board Of the yacht as soon as she ar
rived In his drink excited state he went
TO the Office of Whitten, Goodwin q
| Thomas on Dorrsnce street and told a
! clear aud believable story about the neces-
| sity of having a new dynamo and cleo
/ trical apparatus on the yacht ana made
| arrangements with the firm TO install a
/ n5w plant In the vessel as soon as pos
sihle.
| Reynoldi said the count was attached
| to him because he hal been with him for
| the past i've years and that he had been
rewarded with n share in the mining that
hau made him ricn. In support OF the
wealth theory he sguandered his cash
| right and left and the clerks i'm the places
| that the count 9 am bassEdor favored with
his presupce Jared sumptuously with din
ners, good whiskey and cigars.
Reynolds next called at the store of
Thomas * Lowe. machinery dealers in
the Hanley building on Washington
street and made suoh good impression
| that he was welcomed uumber of times
thereafter lie wanted a large amount OF
miscellaneous machinery and il was next
| 10 impossible To get the kind he wanted
| in Chile. He bought about 5000 worth
Some OF it was To go on toard the Yacht
| and the balances was TO he shipped direct
4 III l..
| DIR. Frank l.. Wyman at % Wendell street
| That was on Friday evening. lie wanted
| the doctor TO be the counts special nIedi-
| cal adviser, and he was To 90 with him
| Of his yacht at $4,000 a year for three
| years.
| As Reynolds was leaving the doctors
Office he lifted nn ovorcoat belonging TO
the Office boy and when tho loss was
noticed the counts right hand man was
chased He appeared to suddenly remom-
| ber that the coat was not his and turning
| round delivered the garment with the
excuse that nc had made an absent
minded mistake. This explanation was
/ plausible for a man with 80 much on his
mind, and there was no action taken.
lie finally called on DIR. Cheshoro 1T q
| IA whore street on attempted to get
oh rotor n. In fact he had tri, Il to get
ca orotorm In several places. but no failed
ie,nUse he rad spent all hi, money and
I the stealing OF tie Colts tho police be-
| eyed at nrst WIS for the rurnCss OF rails
| inE money 10 purchase the GruT.
| fie took the doctors overcoat and when
| hs was arrested nv Detective Merrill
| Doctor Chesb Iro's overcoat was found i'm
| his possession. lie had attempted To sell
| itiin several places. His plightswas pitt.
| able and after being confined In the call
at city hail efforts was made by Detective
Parker % keep the prisoner from the hor-
rDrS OF uglirltliu trpmruH
When the prisoner awokr from sleep he
/ was unable tO remember anything beyond
/ the fact that be hah come tO this city
/ from Montreal aud when Questioned
I about tire count ard his Yacht hnd the
| variurE other things he lad teen doing
| 10 this city his miud appeared TO be u
| blank.
ile was taken To Cranston iail this
/ noon aad ~ The time De- appears before
/ the grand jury. his friends may como TO
/ his rclif. From his conversation ia
would seem that the man was eI0r loved
I a. an ct giBeor on the Steamer which plys
l...fs. 49, -. a..T i.