The record-union., 1899-11-29
TWO OF THE CAR LOOTERS.
WILLIAM BARRY IS HELD TO
ANSWER.
His Younger Brother Arrested Last
Nighttime Others Still
at Large.

The examination Of William Barry,
charged with burglary in tearing out
the brass from a railroad car on the
north levee was held before Justice
Anderson yesterday.
From the evidence of Victor Lemay
and officer Max P. Fisher it appeared
that while the damage done the car
amounted to about 81, 800, the value of
the particular lot of brass taken by
Barry and his companions amounted
to S15O 1t was contained in the sacks
and weighed about fifty pounds and the
junk dealer paid the boys $3.50 for one
sack and $1.35 for the other. officer
Fisher says that Barry stated when he
was arrested, that they broke up and
burned the brass because the junk deal
ers would not accept it unless they did
so, giving it the appearance of old brass
that had been picked UP.
Barry's signed confession was read in
court as follows:
Mr. Fisher arrested me this morn
ing in a coach on the north levee. He
told me that what 1 would say would
be used against me at trial and that
if l pleaded guilty 1 would be sent to
the State Prison. / want to tell you
on my own free will and without any
promises of any kind from Mr. Fisher
or anyone else that about two and
one-half weeks ago, 1 and three other
young men went to get some brass
from the railroad on the north levee.
We went into a coach to get brass but
there was Peg-legged Leavy in the. e
and we four went into the Plaza about
noon.
Il told the others that we had bet
ter go back and try it again, and we
went back to the coach-a compartment
cOach-and 1 took eight brass hat racks
from the car, pulled them off, and two
brass lamps. Myself and the other
man pulled them off and threw them
out Of the window. Then all four of
us carried them over into the brush
and built fire, heated the brass and
broke it up and afterwards sold it to
Mr.. Halves. The brass hat racks and
lamps made about fifty pounds of brass
after it was broken and burned.
Mr.. Fisher has told me what bur-
glary is, and what grand larceny is,
and that these are State Prison of
lenses, and that if 1 plead guilty to
either Of the two l must go to the State
Prison, and that I would get from one
to ten years for grand larceny, or from
one to five years for burglary in the
day time. l know 1 have done wrong
myself and more SO for leading the
others on. and l am willing to plead
guilty and take whatever the court will
give me. 1 hope that the Judge will
be easy on me. (SigneO, William
Barry
The court held him to answer for bur-
glary, with bail fixed at $1,000.
Last night Officers Douglas and Max
P. Fisher, assisted by Constable Jerry
Shocks of Oak Park, arrested Robert
Barry, the sixteen-year-o brother of
William Barry, who admits being one
OF the four young men who looted the
passenger coach
The parents of these youths are very
worthy people residing at Oak Park,
but have been unable to properly re-
strain their boys. Several months ago
Robert Barry was convicted in Justice
Aliens court at Oak Park for
stealing a quantity of copper
transmission wire from the Sac
ramento Electric Light and Pow
er Company, but judgment was sus-
pended, pending good behavior Since
then young Barry has run away from
home several times, beating his way
on trains and falling in with bad char
acters.
The officers do not desire to send the
younger Barry to Jail for theft but
will endeavor to have him committed
to the Industrial School at lone, and
the lsoy's parents are anxious that this
should be done, as he has grown be-
1rnnd their. control