The record-union., 1899-09-13
FELONY PRIOR AGAINST HIM.
JOSE SANCHEZ TO BE vIGoR-
oUsLY PROSECUTED.
Besides the Charge of Petit Lar
ceny, Prior Conviction for
Felony is Urged.

Jose Sanchez, alias Juan Castillo, q
low sized, hard looking Mexican, ap-
peared in the Police Court yesterday on
charge of petty larceny, with a prior
conviction of a felony added to it.
which makes the offense punishable
with a State prison sentence of from
one to five years.
Sanchez was arrested last May on
numerous charges of petty larceny
committed during the session of the
Legislature and afterward. Among
the goods stolen by Sanchez was car
pet laying outfit belonging to J. j. De-
laney; a high-priced pistol belonging
to Veterinary Surgeon MCGOWAN; a
pistol belonging to DR.. D. F. Fox;
high grade overcoat belonging to a
man named Solomon: a copper soda
water tank belonging to Callahan's s
drug store; medal belonging to an
old Grand Army veteran and various
other articles.
Sanchez would station himself meas
Weinstock, Lubin & Co.'S store, at
Fourth and K streets. and watch pur-
chasers place packages and parcels in
buggies tied in front of the store, and
as soon as the owners would re-entet
the store he would march boldly up to
the vehicle and walk off with the pack
ages. In that way he reaped a harvest
for some time.
AS he would seldom sell any of his
plunder in a secondhand joint, where
it could easily be found, the officers
were left in doubt as to the identity
of the thief The uniforms of the off,
GERS made them a distinguishing mark
and Sanchez was too willy to be caught
in the act. While Officers Hayes and
Ash kept sharp lookout on lower K
street, Officers Douglas and Max P.
Fisher watched the upper part of that
thoroughfare. On one occasion Doug
las saw his man emerging from the
rear of the State House Hotel under
suspicious circumstances, but Sanchez
gave leg bail and got away
Finally he was landed behind the
bars by Douglas and Fisher and in
his room were found some new shoes,
too small for his feet. some fine brushes
and combs and other things, also
some papers which disclosed to the
officers the names of some of the per-
sons to whom he had sold his plundel
and in that way other thefts were
traced home to him.
When questioned at the Police Sta
ton he denied all knowledge of any
such goods and vehemently protested
his innocence. He even denied being
addicted to the morphine habit, not
withstanding several hypo layouts of
fine workmanship had been taken from
his person by the officers When ask
ed by Officers Douglas and Max Fisher
If he had not served terms in the Coun,
ty Jail of San Francisco for stealing
he grew indignant and defied the Off
GERS to prove that he had ever been in
Folsom or San Quentin prisons.
AT the time set for his examination
in the Police Court on four charges OF
petty larceny, two Of the complaining
witnesses failed to be on hand, and
only two charges were then urged, to
which he pleaded guilty and was sem
fenced to the County Jail for one year
Since then, however. the officers have
found that his operations had been
more extensive than at first supposed
and Fisher set to work and traced out
the mans criminal record, which is a
long and bad one.