The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-31


he had been doing with himself for the previous
three days. He said he had simply been knock
,% ad shss The friend had sven him money
but that he was ready then and there TO start
well ssid The inspector we have a prisoner
downstairs whom we are going TO stand up In a
line for Identification, You know VIC have TO
have few men oude o, Seers Y s ian IN ,ne
Harris said he was perfectly willing to obligc
the inspector at any time, 30 batch OF prisoners
with prisoners and detectives The first person
TO be brought in was Kate Morrisey, the boarding
house wai5ess she ,SpS ot W, a ,ne the men man
she had seen leave the boarding house one
was taken away and the woman who lost the
diatcly picked out Harris and then Mrs Bemcnt,
the boarding house woman, was brought In
She too. positively identified Harris as the man
the Morriscy girl pointed out the thief; Harris
WAS Immediately placed under ares, and chatged
no mistake about him. He was held for tho action
Of the Grand Jury, and the Grand Jury not only
indicted him for the robbery s IN the boarding
ns a second offence This meant, II convicted.
that he would be sentenced To twice the ordinary
term Of inpr,soGmen, as an cI oss 'Mc,uvb,lu
took hold Of his case. The lawyer had long
talk with Harris In the consultation room In the
Tombs and Harris wcpt and said that n mistake
had been made and he was not the man: lie
comic ssed TO Mclaughlin that he was guilty Of
all the other crimes ne nnn Dtcn WIN
and that he had been a thief from the time he was
q years old but he protested that he was limo,
cent on this particular occasion nc 80 impIcsstd
Lawyer Mclaughlin that Mclaughlin thought
Of nothing else but getting him out 81 prison.
Mclaughlin worked hard on the case and he made
a Iot q enemies at Police Hcaquartcts because
1t was believed that he was getting big fee Tor
throwing a big blun. The fact was that he had
taken the ease ~, Of PITY Harris, ns h9SSys
for trial. Lawyer Mclaughlin made long
address TO Recorder Smyth, begging Tor delay
1t was a piuful plea, but the police thought II
was only lawyers ruse 10 get client his liberty.
The prosecuting attorney insisted upon the case
going to Trial and Recorder Smy,h said counsel
the time came for taxing testimony. Harris tugged
at his ,counscis sleeve and Whispered that he
was willing to Plead gully 70 SSnd l1 Arc a,, as
ments made by the three women who idcnuhed
him he would be- convicted Of grand larceny rs
a second offence Lawyer Mclaughlin. con
WINGED that the man WAS innocent, would not
permit him 10 plead guilty TO grand larceny in
any form lie made another appeal to Recorder
Smyth begging the Recorder 10 postpone the
trial for u few days. stating that an innocent man
was about iu bc placed On trial for crimc ~
time t,hen he could not possibly prove an alib
After talkiug an hour the lawyer succeeded in
getting Recorder Smyth TO adjourn the case =,
Two days later a bombshe dropped at po,
detectives came In and informed Inspector Byrncs
that his uhc drtrctiyrs) nephew was IN poss =
sion Of part q the pSpST sn IRON i h ssrn
watches Byrncs sent for the young man who
had the watrl and learned that II had been given
To him by friend lie refused To tell tho friend =
name SO Byrncs placed him under arrest. AZ
soon ~ he WAS arrested the man said he had
received the wh;ch AZ present from Kate Moi
rscy tho waitress in the boarding house. lie
told the inspector that another young man had
also received watch from the Morrisey girl
The inspector sent two men up 10 the boarding
hous, and placed her under arrcsk She was
brought down To Police Headquarters and tho
Two watches were recovered End idcntiflcd by
tho owner The MorrSry gin then confessed
that shr was the thief She said she had stolen
picked ont the first man she saw passing the
house as the person on whom TO fastcu the theft
This man prove III b. Sam Harris, the London
pickp,rkct At tho time she picked him out
she did not know anything about him further
than that he happened To pass AT that moment.
Tying him later on
Right here want To say that Inspector Byrnes
deserved a great deal of credit for he made clean
breast IL the matter TO Recorder Smyih in the
made formal motion for discharge 81 his client
and Recorder Smyih SigEcd an order for ar
MSS dlschaIgc from custody and delivered q
lecture n him. telling him that this should
b. a lesson To- him 10 lead an honest life IN tho
future Many people about town who heard
II ,h, case Offered to give Harris work II he re-
manned in New York, but Harris said that he
had promised Inspector Byrncs that he would
70 back 10 England ard nc intended 10 keep thn'
promisc. The following week he did keep III,
lint Byrncs bought for him l.ntr on tho Nor
siScy girl pleaded guilty 10 a charge of larceny
and was sentenced 10 the rcformatUTy.
1t Is interesting news Ia me- IN learn AZ this
time that Harris returned 10 View York though
don, believe he will ever lam 10 lead an hon
est lite lie WAS natural tor crook and thinL
such , man will continue To- p Il pockets az Ions
| a. he able 10 elbow his way through a crowd"