The times., 1899-06-29
4 POLICEMAN THE THIEF
Dismissed From the Force for Rob
bing Saioonkeeper.
Z. LinISins. Who Conducts n
Place at 101 G. Street Southeast.
Suffers From Rcpcntcd Thefts, and,
Setting Watch. Sees Policeman
G. w. Marshall Enter His Bar.

q. w. Marshall Enter His Bar.
Policeman C. W. Marshall, of the Fifth
precinct was yesterday stripped of his
badge by Major Sylvester and summarily
| dismissed from the Metropolitan police
force. The dismissal occurred in the Office
OF the Superintendent of Police and in the
presence of Commissioner Wight, Captain
| Austin, Sergeant Burgess of the Fifth pre-
| cinct, and George E. Linkins, saloon
| keeper. whose place of business is at 10I
G Street southeast. The charge against
Marshall was that he had ON several oc-
| casions entered the saloon of Linkins after
| 1t had been closed for the night and had
| taken from 1t sums of money which, it is
said, aggregate between $35 and $50, and
| which, according to the statement of
Linkins, might reach higher figure. Mar
| shall admitted his guilt. and at first stated
that others were implicated with him
Later he denied this and said that he alone
had committed the thefts.
Marshall was caught by the man whom
he was robbing For some time Linkins
has been annoyed at finding in the morn
Z I
night and robbed of small sums of money.
| The money was in a cash register which
was always left open at night. The saloon
was invariably secured at closing time, and
was also found locked when morning came.
From all appearances. the place had not
been entered, but yet the cash register
had been tampered with. Linkins was at a
1oss to account for the mysterious disap-
pearance of his money, and finally, after
seeing no alternative. decided to trust TO
one and employ drastic measures to solve
the mystery He has in his employ as a
bartender John Bradshaw. He has been
employed there oyer four years. and is i'm
plicitly trusted. Linkins and Bradshaw
were the only persons who had access to
the cash register SO far as the proprietor
knew He talked with his bartender and
stated emphatically that the thefts must
cease. Bradshaw felt humiliated- He had
not been accused, but circumstances We're
against him. He explained this to his
employer, and after thinking the matter
over he decided to inaugurate a new sys-
tem
On the nights that Linkins closed the
saloon he was TO leave the money taken
in during the day in the register with a
slip of paper accompanying it. which stated
the amount. When Bradshaw opened in
the morning he was to compare the amount
in the register with the amount indicated
on the slip and observe if they tailed
Even then the shortages occurred and
the mystery grew greater. Finally Lin
kins hid the money when he closed at
night instead Of leaving it in the regis
ter. Bradshaw alone knew of the hiding
place, and when he took from it the money
in the morning it was intact This fact
aroused the suspicious OF Linkins and he
decided to return to the old system and
aurat II alDrNr
been going on for two or three months
After watching for some time Linkins was
about to give up the attempt at detecting
the thief, when, on the night of June 90
something occurred which caused him to
change his mind On that night the store
was again entered and the cash register
looted Accordingly he again watched and
on Tuesday morning his vigil was re-
warded
Linkins' saloon is ON the southeast cor
ner of First and G Streets. The main en-
trance is on. G Street, and there is a side
entrance on First Street. The building is
two stories high, the upper portion be-
ing occupied as living quarters by Lin
kins and his family. After closing his
saloon Monday night at u o'clock he went
upstairs and seated himself at a window
on the First Street side of the building
There he waited patiently for about fif-
teen minutes, when he saw a man dressed
in the Uniform OF a policeman approach,
and after looking carefully about draw a
key from his pocket which he inserted
in the side door. The door opened and
the man entered. Linkins softly descend
ed the stairs to the rear, where he found
and recognized Policeman Marshall
Linkins questioned Marshall, and the
man admitted that he had visited the sa-
loon at night on many previous occasions.
He also admitted that he had stolen va
rious sums of money. The man asked for
mercy and then stated that he was not
alone in the thefts. Linkins informed him
that he did not care TO hear any more
and put Marshall out of the place. AS Mar
shall left the saloon Linkins saw Police
man H. C. cambridge standing not a great
distance away cambridge did not seS
Marshall, who, on getting to the street,
took off his helmet and holding it under
his arm, ran across the street into the
dark of Garfield Park. where he was soon
bridge and informed him of what had oc-
Cured.
News of the affair soon reached Ser
geant Burgess and finally was called to
the attention of Major Sylvester. The
major at once ordered an investigation
with the result that Marshall was brought
before him and confronted by Linkins. The
policeman admitted his guilt and was then
dismissed in disgrace. Major Sylvester
and Commissioner Wight recommended
that Linkins prosecute Marshall, but the
saoonkeeper was inclined to be lenient
and stated that he preferred to let the
matter drop. as he thought the policeman
had been sufficiently punished. Marshall
promised that he would leave the city at
once.