The record-union., 1898-11-05
SIXTEEN MONTHS.
Parker Will Seek the Seclusion
Which the Sheriff Grants.

George Parker, the systematic BIZ
cycle thief, who within a week stole
and disposed of four wheels in this
city, will take a sixteen months rest
from his labors of thieving, the guest
of the Sheriff.
-Four separate charges of petty lar
ceny were preferred against the young
man in City Justice Davis court yes
terday, and to each he entered a plea
of guilty The first complaint charged
him with stealing from the Harkness
Grammar School. at Tenth and P
streets, a wheel belonging to Carl
Luhrs; the second, with stealing a
wheel from the High School, at Ninth
and M streets, belonging to Vivian
Hart; the third, with taking A. G.
Frazee's wheel from Snowflake Park,
and the fourth. with taking P. G..
Wermuth's wheel from in front of the
Turclu Hotel.
Parker waived time for sentence, and
had nothing to say in mitigation OF
his offenses except that he was sorry.
/ In passing sentence, Justice Davis
said that had Parker stole only one
wheel he might feel inclined TO be
lenient with him. but he had aggra-
waited his offense by repeating it again
and again. Stealing bicycles, the
Justice said. seemed to be a profitable
business, and was becoming too gem
eral.
One Of the worst features in Parker's
case, Justice Davis said, was that he
had stolen wheels belonging to boys,
who in the majority of cases had
bought their wheels on the installment
plan, and who had saved their money
to make the payments He could think
Of nothing more contemplate. Parker,
he said, was old enough to know bet
ter, and there was only one thing
which could be said in his favor-that
he had assisted the officers to recover
the wheels stolen. That, however, was
not really necessary, as they had the
business we'll in hand and would have
recovered all Of them without his aid.
In conclusion Justice Davis SEN
fenced Parker to serve four months on
each count, the second to begin upon
the completion of the first, and so on
to the end. Provided Parker gets all
credits. he must stop with the Sheriff
400 days
But Parker's bicycle operations We're
not confined to Sacramento. 1t has
been ascertained that before coming
here he worked Stockton to the Queens S
taste On October 26th three wheels
were stolen in that city, and it is now
believed that he captured all three OF
them That he stole one, is certain.
Fritz Webber is a baker employed at
the Ann Arbor Bakery, and several
days ago he bought a high-grade
Crescent for $50, receiving bill of sale
for the same signed by George Parker.
Webber read yesterday mornings pa
per. found that Parker had given other
bills of sale for wheels sold by him.
and concluded that the wheel he had
bought had been stolen.
And Webber was clean strain. He
mounted the wheel and rode to the
police station, where he explained mat
ters. Chief Dwyer looked up the busl-
ness. and found that the wheel had
been reported stolen at Stockton on the
date before mentioned Mr. weber
went to the County Jail and had no
difficulty in picking out Parker as the
man who had sold him the wheel and
given him a bill Of sale therefor. The
wheel will be forwarded to Stockton
this morning.
A high grade Columbia bicycle mas
been waiting for six weeks at police
headquarters for an owner. Whoever
guesses the number of the wheel may
carry It Off