The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-11
STOLE THE WHOLE STOCK.
CHRISTOPHER sCIDI CLEANED OUT
HIS EMPLOYERS STORE.

Was Employed by l.. EIeopOuIo, and
Ran . Grocery and F-eit store for
Him on Randolph Street-StOcx
Was Small and the Loss About
SI50-Theft Was Committed Last
Sunday, but Was Suppressed to the
End That Scidi's Escape Might Not
Be FaciIitated-OpiniOns Differ as
to where He Now Is.
A crime. which has puzzled the wits of
une city detectives, was committed last
Sunday The criminal is Christopher
Scidi, an Italian, and his victim, the BuH
street confectioner. L. Eleopoulo. Scidi
has left town with about $3.50 worth of
stolen property, or the proceeds thereof
in his possession, and has flown to
cline where bailiffs cease from troubling
and criminals are at rest.
In addition to his store on Bull street,
MIR. Eleopoulo recently began business also
a. No. 2O4 Randolph street, where he dis
pensed fruits confectionery and small
groceries, in exchange for cash. TO the
soldiers who frequent that locality and
the public generally. scidi was installed
as agent for the proprietor, and had been
in the habit of making weekly returns
and turning in the weekly profits of the
business. The store was not very large
one, nor the stock customarily carried
very complex or extensive. From $3.50 to
500 would probably cover the full value
Of all that the store contained.
When the owner went down Sunday
morning 10 have the weekly accounting,
he found that his agent was not on the
premises, nor, by the same token, was
anything else. The stock had vanished
like dream in the night, and with the
exception of an occasional soda cracker
or a dry and withered banana, the store
was as empty as it was possible for 1t to
be. The stock, under Scidis Midas touch,
had been converted into the currency of
The republic, and he had departed with his
N-gOtten gains for some place where he
would be allowed leisure to enjoy them
The victimized proprietor of the store
thinks that Scidi carried with him about
$50. or probably something more. He
was last seen at midnight Saturday, elab-
orately costumed and carrying in his
arms a large box. This is supposed to
have contained the balance of his ward
robe or the remainder of the stock of
cheese and crackers, designed for use as
travel rations during the forced march
he was about to make. His subsequent
movements are not definitely known,
though there is good ground for suspicion
that he left on an early train Sunday
morning and is now in hiding in one of
the inland towns of the state.
The commission of the crime was report
ed at the station house on the afternoon
OF Sunday long after probably, the Grim
inal had left the city. For this reason
the detectives have been at a decided
disadvantage in working up the case. They
have been diligent in the search, however,
and hope it. will not be long before Scidi
is arrested and brought to justice.
There are some facts connected with
the case that point to the conclusion
that the belief that Scidi is still in the
state is a mistaken one and which have
caused some to think that he has gone
to New York. Among these facts is the
address of a countryman of his living in
that city, which was found in a private
notebook that the man kept and which,
it is thought, was designed for use in
just such an emergency as that by which
Scidi was confronted when he left Sa-
vannah. Other known facts point in the
same direction. Another story is to the
effect that he has gone to Italy.
1t has been thought, up to this time
that Scidi was still in Savannah or its
vicinity, and that he would be captured
within day or two. For this reason, and
to the end that he might not be unduly
frightened, the story has been suppressed.