The San Francisco call., 1897-08-21
CAPTURED at Fresno by
Detectives From San
Francisco.
Came From the East to Rob
the Christian Endeavor
Delegates.
Makes a Full Confession and Is
Sentenced to Two Years at
San Quentin. 81

FRESNO, CAL. Aug. 90. - Special
Agents E. e. Decker of the Pacific Trans
fer Company of San Francisco and Croth-
ers of the Southern Pacific baggage de-
partment have been in this city the past
few days working on the trail OF bag
gage thief, who has been carrying on ex-
tensive operations. Last night the Off
GERS succeeded in obtaining confession
from a man they had arrested. He even
admitted a number of thefts the detec-
tives were not aware Of The prisoners
name is G. w. Hendricks. Although only
q years of age he is already considerable
of criminal.
Hendricks came from the East during
the Christian Endeavor convention and
i'm mediately began stealing. On July 10
last he, by Misrepresentation, procured
the transfer companys receipt Cor BIZ
cycle trunk containing two wheels
shipped by gentleman and lady from
New York. He went to the company's
office in the Bay City and took the trunk
away on an express wagon which he had
hired. He told the company's agent that
he would deliver the trunk at the Brook
lyn Hotel as the receipt called for. but
instead took it to a shoemakers shop on
Bush street. There Hendricks took out
one OF the bicycles and then shipped the
trunk containing the other wheel 10
Delano in Kern County. He followed it
a far as Fresno, bringing the one bicy Gle
to this city.
After the thief had been in this city for
few days he sent word to Delano to have
the bicvcle trunk shipped back here.
Agent Decker was on Hendricks trail,
and when the thief called at the local ex-
press office for the trunk that officer and
nav ntry tab r-nr al i,f,
for him and took him into custody. They
recovered the trunk and the bicycle
shipped in it.
Later the officers located the second
wheel, which he had taken ont of the
trunk, he having left It at d. NJ. Thomp-
sons cyclery for repairs. Henry and
Decker then procured a special warrant
the Ogie House, where he had been stop
ping since his arrival in the city. They
opened his trunk and in it found a valise
which had been stolen from O train in
this city one night.
When confronted with the evidence
whicn the offers had against him the pri.-
Oner saw it was OF no avail TO try TO de-
ceive them any longer. and he made the
confession. He admitted that he stole the
valise from the baggage-room at the South
ern Pacific depot in this city. He al,o
purloined two vallses from the pier III San
Francisco, where they were in charge OF
the transfer company represented by
Decker. Besides this Hendricks admitted
the stealing of DR.. Longs medical case in
this city. The doctor mad left it on his
wheel in the stairway while he went up TO
his office for moment, and during his
absence the thief came along and took it.
! The officers have been working diligenti
and had recovered or located all the stolen
property before Hendricks made his con-
fession.
This afternoon Hendricks was arraigned
before Jude ee Webb on a charge of grand
larceny, and he entered plea of guilty.
The court then sentenced him to serve
two years at San Quentin. The prisoner
will probably be taken to San Francisco to
answer for the thefts he committed there.