The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-12-24

to the station-house Then the detec-
tive showed his badge, and informed
| the man that he was under arrest. The
young fellow was completely knocked
out, but submitted quietly. He was
sent to the penitentiary for several
years and upon his release resumed his
evil ways. The same detective arrest
ed the fellow many times later, but
| none of the arrests required the
thought and ingenuity that the first
one did.
Thousands have laughed at the
stunts of the late "Old Hoss" Hoey
of "A Parlor Match" fame, who, in his
character of the tramp, would steal in
Vulnerable things among them a stove
in which was burning merrily a red
hot fire. Not one of the amused spec
tators probably dreamed that such a
! theft occurred in real life. Such is the
| case, however and the police depart
ment of Washington has the records of
such thefts. Not more than two weeks
| ago the residence of Washington man
was entered by tramps and stove was
/ ripped from it's fastenings and taken
away. The stove contained fire, and
| III u III ulEil On tle SlONe were DolltAS
some eggs The thief took the eggs
along with the stove, and the stolen
property was never located.
| Three men, carrying a large kitchen
stove, were discovered stumbling down
a side street with their burden not long
ago by Washington police officer
"What are you fellows doing with
that stove at this time of night?" the
officer said, as he stopped the trio. 1t
was then past midnight,
I'VE are taking it to my mothers,
whose stove broke answered one of
the fellows. "She is going to have
company for dinner tomorrow and
wants to bake some bread. We Dor
rowed this from my aunt"
That's a pretty story, isn't it," ex-
claimed the guardian of the peace, and
marched the outfit, stove and all, to the
nearest patrol box, where thhe wagon
was called and carted the three men
and the stove to the nearest police sta
ton. The next morning developed the
fact in the police court that the stove
had been stolen from a lawyers house
on Connecticut avenue. The three
thieves were sentnced to ninety days
each, while the owner Of the stove had
it returned to his house by an express
man.
Men, women and children of every
size, color and description have spent
nights in cells, but rarely is it that on
animal Is held as a prisoner. An Incl
dent related by one Of the veterans of
the force recalls that at one time a dog
was held as a prisoner, and were 1t not
for the presence of the animal a case of
grand larceny would have been |
quashed in court 1t happened that |
one of those huge St. Bernard dogs, |
which are trained to carry baskets, act
ed as accessory to crime, and was seen |
carrying a basket with cases of jewel /
ry along the street, The dog was fol- |
lowed and the valuables recovered by |
one of the sleuths, and later the master |
of the dog was arrested. No one had |
seen the robbery, and it was not until |
after the goods were recovered that the
robbery was reported. 1t was learned |
that the defence had plans to dispose
of the dog and thereby sever the link
Of evidence, but thhe police took the
animal captive and he was brought to
court as evidence.-Wa Washington Post.