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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-06-24

While his hand was against every man.
and every mans against him. there was
something 10 admire about tho successful
burglar OF the old school. Tie was very
much OF a gentleman when not "on duty"
ana had 6 vnolesome resuect for IN" law.
iIe did not kil except when in the narrow
est kind Of a corner. and would frequently
surrender before he would stain his hands
with blood.
When he set about . piece - work he
used rare Judgment. Ereat cunning. waited
patiently for his opportunity. and worked
with the touch OF an expert. II he had been
IN hard luck" for a long time, and felt
obliged 70 take 70 the road, he held Up
men much after the fashion ~ Dick TUr-
pin, or Rob Rov NacGreCor- When he had
money he lived on the fat ~ the land, wore
the best clothes that money could buy. and
was good COMPANY" IN any crowd.
When he was run down he rsre'y
"squealed," hut took his medicine Ike \
man. He had M small amount Of rras-s-
sional pride, and would no more have
thought OF associating wit, petty thieves
and thugs than the fashionable watrou
would think Of attending n rag
To catch him meant something The man
who accomplished 1t was usually promoted,
and not infreqGe1tly got -ichN-r-ar3s. His
passing IL actually regretted b. nl"n ~no
law EE~@A N-a -~-H - - NN- ~
the fight against him
They are getting very scarce these
DAYS" said Chief Desmond. as he ran mis-
eve over the rogues' gallery of the last FIVE
years. There's hardly one I'm this lot that
/ would call a frst-clsss burglar; but
thsre are more rnurierers and s.ick-up
men- lot more than there should De.
Va / was 2 member OF the force we
had some very smooth ones 20 deal with,
and II was some credit TO a man 20 make
an arrest
About the snoothest one ! can recall
tust now was Old Colonel Parker OF
Texas he blew IN here one spring
morning IN the early SOS. and inside OF 4
week had worked almost every wholesale
house downtown. He said he WAS a cattle
man. and looked tho part. He also said he
had a train-load OF cattle over in East ST.
Louis, and insisted on taking the ner-
chants over the river to show them. lie
wanted 10 buy goods for half a dozen
stores that he owned in the Lone Star
state, and said he would pay cash when he
sold his cattle. He knew the prices Of
everything, but seemed willing TO ray full
market rates. and the merchants thought
they had the softest snap they had run
across in years.
statesmen for the different houses almost
fought over the old fellow. One Of then
would take him 10 e hotel, and register
him as a guest OF his house. Another would
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-06-24
EDDIE GUEP1N

Every day or so he would havs a check
cashed. sometimes two or tnres in ons
day.
THE Colonel skipped the town about sun
set on a Saturday. and when he couldn't
be found the merchants began to grow sus-
picious. By Monday they realized that
they had been worked. and got very in
dignant. Some of them found that the
Colonel had found the way TO their cash
drawers. and there were complaints from
several hotels concerning silver and brio
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-06-24

Sending him to Jail does no good, be-
cause he rather prefers the rest. shelter
and regular, IL not dainty, meals. Even
long terms in the penitentiary have no
appreciable effect on him. lie almost in
variably goes back to his old trade,
when released.
Whipping posts. stocks. duckinG stools
and other primitive machines of cruelty
have been suggested. hut the laws for
bid. except in the little State of Dele
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-06-24

Next to Joyce comes Thomas Stockton,
who is now finishing his fourth term in
the penitentiary at Chester. Ill. He Is a
born burglar and thug and one of the most
desperate men l ever knew. The last time
We had him here he had only been out OF
the pe~nitentiary two days, and had My
been in ST. Louis one day.
Il knew he had been released. but didn't
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-06-24

look FOR him 10 drop IN so soon: and you
can imagine how surprised l was when
two o. the boys brought him In about II
O'Clock. They had caught him In n saloon
at sixth and Pine. and he had put up a
game fight. | asked him why he didn't quit
his ~rneanness and he laughed at me. We
sent him back to. the pen in the same suit
they had given him to start life over in.
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como along and taks him to another hotel
Is his guest They wouldn't let him pay
Tor anything. and tried to keep him full
of liquor.
AFTER a day or SO. the Colonel began TO
feel shabby in his ranch clothes. ard an
energetic salesman rigged him out in store
clothes from head TO foot. Another sent
him n SILK hat, a third a fine pair of boots.
and 50 il went.
Every day he would buy big bills OF
stuff. and order them packed for shipment.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-06-24

Whence his criminal tendency?
Out Of the untold miseries Of the life
of the homeless.
The railroads have unwillingly carried
him into every community. and will con-
time to do so. The war with Spain
helped to establish his hold on the coun-
try. He is bred In every strike in every
riot and he delves deeper into crime
every day he lives.
What To do with him Is the problem.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-06-24

ware.
Something must be done If half that
is said Of him is 10 be relied N.
Annihilation is the only thing that the
police believe in, but they admit that is
impossible.
Chief OF Detectives Desmond was
asked by The Sunday Republic for his
views and confessed frankly that the
question was too many-sided for him to
answer. just yet.
II think We will find some way Of
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-06-24

a-brao. Just how much Il all amounted TO.
TO one ever took the trouble - learn.
nverhauled the Colonel In a small
Illinois town and brought him back. He
wen to trial. but was taken suddenly i'll.
and was hurried OFF to the City Hospital.
That night he babe the hospital and ST.
Louis good-by forever.
Equally as smooth 81 the Colonel. but
an entirely different sort Of a nan. was
Nip Watson. the diamond thief. Watson
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-06-24

an expert tha. he was not even srspecoed
'o- n long time. Ills plan WIS to maze we
to some girl in the company, and 10 give
that as his excuse for always being on
hand The cir! was never let into the Sc
cret. but more than one of them was made
an innocent partner in his crimes.
" nipped Nip in. the Grand Opera
house one night while Mary An ierson was
playing there. and hs went over the road.
He didn't look y: but Pig John Wilson.
the Irish boiicrmaker. was another very
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-06-24

soul, II he has q Is possessed by the
demon Of unrest.
He is both guilty and unfortunate"
they say-"a menace to the community
that must be conquered and cured. 1t
is impossible to ~reGenerate him-hc is n
social phthisis and must be stamped
out"
Where did he come from?
Out of the great army of the mem
ployed.
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the block. and overhaul the drunken man
further along on the road.
AT the mouth Of the darkest alley he
could find Scut would give the victim a
stunning blow with a billy, rife his pockets
and get away. He operated this way for
months before We caught OF to his game,
and then II seemed next to impossible TO
catch him red-handed. When we did, he
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-06-24

dealing with him when we know him
hotter" he said. II have watched his
evolution with a great deal OF interest
and no little anxiety. He is certainly
the most dangerous criminal of the pres
ent time"
In order to show the marked difference
between burglars Of the old and new
school. Chief Desmond had recourse TO
his scrapbook.
Here are some OF the types he picked
nut:
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-06-24

When he Is released next time he WIN e
right back to his old trade. and IL Is onl,
n question OF time when he viii be caught
He hasn't brains enough to do a job right
but he can't help trying TO save his life
He Is n typical thug of the hobo class. tn,
first ons We ran across after Scut Joyce.
After that. hobo thugs began to becoml
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-06-24

put up an awful fight.
II was almost a giant in size and
strength, and had the hardest face I ever
looked into. II was impossible to sweat
him, and his surliness went against him be-
fore the jury.
Il think you may safely say that he was
the first distinctively hobo criminal in ST.
Louis"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-06-24

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC
The evolution Of the hobo burglar
and the passing OF the expert craftsman
are problems In c~riminology to which
much thought is being given nowadays
both by the student of such things and
secure the punishment Of lawhreakers.
The student and the thieftakeT unite
In declaring that the "ScnteeI' house
New-York tribune., 1900-07-12
WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
MOUNT VERNON.

The annual meeting of William r. GARNER Camp.
Spanish-American War Veterans, was held yester-
day. The officers elected Dr.. A. St John Shep-
ard captain: A Scott Anderson, first lieutenant;
George Caulield second lieutenant; Walter Itch
borne sergeant-at-arms, and Mr.. O'Bren, chaplain.
John Z. Whittle, who served in the Spanish war
major of the LIST Battalion In the list Regi-
ment has been selected by the camp TO repre-
sent Il the National convention
There a lively discussion at the Soard Of
Education meeting Tuesday night over the en-
ployment Of teachers. Joseph s. Wood. president
OF the Board, made fight against employing any
who had not had previous experience IN teach
ing Three young women Of this city, who 'eceht-
" graduated from the high school and have taken
q course at the Jamaica Normal School had made
application for places. Mr.. Wood said that he
esteemed them highly. but that he could not vote
appoint them because they had not had suff-
cient experience. The applications were rejected
A G. Morse, leading member OF the Young
Mems Christian Association and the Board or
Trade. is 81 with typhoid fever In the Lakeside
Hospital. Cleveland. Ohio.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-12

Price best tells this sort of
story.
Young mems suits-sizes %
to IS, $50.
Men S suits, sizes IS to 40, $40.
Some cutaWayS, a handful of
serges and black WorSted sack
suits; mostly sack suits of fancy
mixtures.
But its a short story-on1y 100
suits all told; and it isn't very
exciting, for the story is divided
into many chapters-a little of
everything, not much of any one
thing.
All at our Prince Street store.
ROGERS, PEET 6 COMPANY.
25S Broadway, Warren,
and and Warren St. ~,
b69 Broadway, Prince we hii OFuerS
1850 Broadway. 32d by mail
- West SD
New-York tribune., 1900-07-12
DISCHARGES IN BANKRUPTCY

Judge Addison Brown. of the United States Dis
trict Court, yesterday granted thirty-nine dis
charges in bankruptcy, among them being the fol-
lowing: Franklin Miller of Goshen n Y for
merly Of the firm OF Miller & Coates plumbing
supplies, No. 279 Pearl-st., liabilities S06 9Os:
Marcus Rosenthal, No. 155 East Fifty-sixth-st
formerly a wholesale liquor dealer Of No 131
Reade-st.. liabilities. $74.59S William r. Smith
doing business Worthington Smith & Co, whole
sale millinery No 33 East Seventeenth-st. llabui
ties. $299,0S2 Edward Smith. No. 5O1 West one
hundred-and-fort formerly of Smith & Men
ken, builders liabilities S254.519; Aired W Stone
clerk, No. s41 West End-ave. formerly engaged tn
building operations. liabilities. So. .976: George W
FaIk. No. 81 West Fifty -eighth-st., formerly or
T. Falk Il Co, clothing manufacturers No col
broadway liabilities $l57 40 dismissed; Morris
Row and ex-presdent OF the Liquor Dealers' 4ssdN
ciation, liabilities 81, ,445. and Louis SaIomon or
No. 80 East EeVenth-st., formerly OF Fene,iict
Goodman & Co, Chicago. liabilities. $l2l. .S33 49,
New-York tribune., 1900-07-12
AN ACTOR CHARGED WITH THEFT.
ADMITS TAKING MONEY. FROM FATHER OF
GIRL HE ADMIREs-HIS REASON.

ADMITS TAKING MONEY FROM Father W
GIRL HE ADM1REs-HIs REASON.
Charles walron. twenty-five years old. an actor
of this city. was yesterday morning arrested in
Yonkers on complaint of MI TOjetti, an artist and
decorator, charge Of grand larceny. 1t was
alleged that Waldron had stolen $3.50 from the pock-
ct of Mr. Tojett at Mr.. Tojetts home, No, A Pine
St. Yonkers.
The artist said that Tuesday he was packing his
trunk preparatory to leaving for Saratoga Waldron
entered ,he room and suggested that Nh ToJetti
should remove his coat, il was warm. The latter
threw his coat careessly the floor. Waldron
hung it a chair. Later when Mr. ToJetu re-
placed his coat he missed his wallet
WaIdron was arrested his way to this city
with Mrs Tojetti Inside Of Waldron's coat pocket
was found a wallet which Mr.. Tojetti promptly
identified as his. In WaIdron's clothing was also
found $50 Just the amount Mr., Tojetti had missed
Mrs Tojetti and her daughter, Miss Maud Tojetti.
Insisted that the young man was innocent of any
wrong doing.
The prisoner who is tall and good looking. pleaded
guilty.
who is this young MANI asked the Judge at
the hearing.
'Oh. I don't know replied the decorator: he
has been employed in a sort of filtration with my
daughter foc about six weeks"
Did he have any right in your house,
Well he was there under an invitation Of my
wife and daughter. They tell me that he is great
young man. Very bright, etc, and an actor l
daughter rule. I objected to this young mans
presence but without avail"
WaIdron said that ne had been engaged until re-
Gently in the Murray Hill Theatre. lie insisted
that he had earned the money
An adjournment taken till yesterday after
noon when the actor said;
took the money. and did it because knew that
Mrs Tojetti was not desirous of having her nus
band go away. He had been Ill and was very ner, %
vous. The wallet dropped from his coat on the
floor, and when he went out OF the room plcKHe9 pH
it up. knew this would deter him from gong
away. 1 intended TO turn the money over 70 MIS-;
Tojetti some time to-day. She did not know tnat
I had the money.
Mrs Tojetti went the stand and expressed her
belief in young Waldron's intention to turn the
money over 20 her. "Our family and the young
rran's have visited each other she added. and
Charles has very attentive to my little dauSn-
ter evidently with the best OF motives and good
Intentions He has shown himself TO be a young
man of character and has always been welcome
at our home There is strong attraction between
nv daughter and this young man, and cannot
believe him guilty of intentional theft.
Mr.. Tojetti said that since the young man had
admitted his guilt he willing to withdraw the
charge. The Judge discharged the actor at once
ard the money returned to Mr.. ToJettI Mrs.
Toietti congratulated the actor and then collapsed
Miss Tojetti is a pretty girl of eighteen. Mr.. To-
jetu has city home in addition TO his home In
TOnkerS.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-12
THE GAYNORS' CONTRACTS.
SENTED AT HEARING IN REMOVAL
PROCEEDINGS.

The proceedings for the removal of B. D. Greene
John F. Gaynor. E H. Gaynor and W. T. Gaynor
to the Jurisdiction of the Georgia Federal courts
resumed yesterday before Commissioner
Shields. The defendants accused of completely
IN the frauds against the Government in connec-
ton with the Southern harbor improvements. Tor
which Captain Obern NJ Carter was recently con-
victed.
Kellogg. Rose & Smith, who opposing the
moval, objected the Introduction of any testi-
mony relating occurrences prior to 1885, the date
Of the conspiracy charged in the indictment. Com
missioner Shields admitted the evidence, subject to
the ability of the District Attorney TO connect it
with the conspiracy charged.
J. W. o. Sterley, who chief clerk under Cap
tain Carter recalled the stand. He identified
one by the various contracts made by General
Gilmore ana Captain Carter for the Government
work at Savannah and Mr.. Erwin. United States
District Attorney for Georgia, offered them in evil
dence. There were twenty-eight such contracts.
Mr.. Rose. of counsel for the defence, argued that
General Gilmore was not suspected OF any COM
planned that he desired the contracts made by Cen
eral Gilmore in evidence TO show how the prices
had increased after Captain Carter had sole con-
troll of the bids put in by the contractors.
Sterley testified that two or three of the con-
tracts approved by the Secretary Of War.
Only five of the twenty-eight introduced were made
all approved by the chief of engineers, and
all were public documents, and after execution at
Captain C. f. Gillette. who succeeded Captain
Carter in July. 1897 called. He identified
drawings Of log and brush mantes built by the
GaynOrS under contract with General Gilmore,
and similar drawings of work done by them under
contracts made with Captain Carter. Mr.. Erwin.
replying to the objections the defence said there
difference of nearly 400 per cent in the prices
charged A-
The hearing was adjourned until to-day.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-12
TELEPHONE COMPANY'S PLANS.
ASSESSMENT FEATURE REMOVED BY THE
pE1>-C0p pOu ATTo\ IN NEwTERSEY

ASSESSMENT FEATURE REMOVED BY THE
REINCORPORATION IN NEw-JERsEY.
1t is said good authority that the National
Telephone and Telegraph Company. Incorporated at
Trenton on Tuesday with al authorized capital OF
$5O.OOOOO0, has been formed to take the place or
the Telephone, Telegraph and Gable Company OF
America which incorporated last fall with a
capital of $50 100000 1t is understood that one OF
the chief reasons for the move is the desire OF
removing the assessment feature of the stock of the
Telephone Telegraph and Gable Company OF Amer
lea. 1t is also said that the discovery was recent
" made that the latter cOmpany's charter gave II
the right only manufacture and use telephone
apparatus, and did not empower the company to
erect poles and string wires in the pubic hlSh-
ways. The corporation will have the right OF
eminent domain In New-Jersey and through sub
sidiary companies in other States also. The char
ter of the National Telephone and telegraph Com,
pany authorizes that corporation to construct and
operate telephone and telegraph wires in the
United States and foreign countries, and also TO
conduct a system of telegraphing without wires
and to deal in telephone and telegraph materials
New-York tribune., 1900-07-12
BIDS FOR REP4TIyG MANY STREETS.
HIGH PRICES ASKED BY THE ONLY COMPETITOR
OUTSIDE THE TRUST

Commissioner Keating of the Department Of
Streets and Highways yesterday opened for the
repaving Of portions OF forty-sx streets and ave-
nues. most Of them in the boroughs of Manhattan
and The Bronx.
There was the usual number Of bidders opfhe
asphalt paving contracts the Atlantic Asghalt
Company. the Barber Asphalt Company, the Ma
uonal Asphalt Company. the Sican Asphalt Com
pany and the Warren Scharf and the Asphalt Con-
struction companies being competitors
The most important contract be let is that
for the repavng Of Sixth-ave between Twenty
third and Thrty-thrd SITS. Because the traffic IS
heavier on this avenue than usual and as the com
panies have to keep the pavement in repair for
ten years, the bids for the work were high. They
varied from 50 Is square yard which was the bid
Of the Atlantic Asphalt Company. to 81 l3, that of
the National Asphalt Company. The latter com
pany, which is not in the asphalt trust. and not
allied with the otEer companies, PUT in bids on
nearly all the contracts 1T lis prices were In all
cases than the othe.s
For the other streets which traffic is not usual
Iy heavy, the BIOS varied from 81 80 square ward
to 80, but there was little difference between them
and those put in for similar work some weeks ygO.
AS there are nearly three hundred bids IN all
with half dozen Items, IL will be time before
the contracts can be awarded
New-York tribune., 1900-07-12
ACCUSED OF STEALING $4,000.
AGENT OF THE BARRIos DIAMOND COMPANY
PLACED ON TRIAL

PLACED ON TRIAL.
Samuel A. Phillips, advertising agent Of the
Barrios Diamond Company. who has four indict-
ments against him charging him with grand lar
ceny involving nearly $25O0O while acting as agent
for the company. placed trial before Re
corder Goff in General Sessions yesterday.
The indictment which Phillips was placed on
trial sets forth that while acting as advertising
agent OF the Barrios Diamond Company Phillips
converted $1,000 to his use. 1t is alleged that
Phillips asserted he paid the money to George
Hastings & Co.. advertising agents OF No. 40
Broad-st. The prosecution contends that Phillips
did not pay this money Hastings & Co.
The Barrios Diamond Company was composed OF
Phillips. a named Caroline w Gay and
Sol Klein. There 100 shares. Phillips had 40
shares the Gay 40 shares and Klein 20
shares On January a store was opened at Canal
and Broadway. The Gay woman was cashier
Louis H. Goldsoll. of London, England was the
manager of the store and Klein the president of
the company.
GoldsoI was the first witness yesterday He said
there was an agreement whereby he, Phillips and
Hastings were each to have third of the profits
Between So and $4,000 divided between him
Miss Gay testified that she actress and
formerly connected with the Lillian Russell
Opera Company. She was Vice-president OF the
BarriOs Diamond Company, and such drew a
cern until the business sold out and then
asked Phillips If he wasn't going declare dfyi-
dend. Phillips declared that there was no divi-
dend to declare. The witness said she asked
clined to give them to her. The case will be cen
tinucd to-day
New-York tribune., 1900-07-12
GOULDs HAD TWO ROBBERIEs.
JEWELS RECOVERED IN THIS CITY NOT
TAKEN FROM THE CARLTON HOTEL.


Developments which reported concerning the
theft of jewelTy worth more than $5,0O0 for which
Charles w. Blair is prisoner in the Tombs
would seem to show that the jewels
stolen from Mrs. Gould while she and her husband
staying at the Carlton Hotel London but
were taken from the Gould home, in this city, at
No. 720 Fifth-ave. To the Paris correspondent of
a New-York newspaper Mr.. Gould was quoted as
saying Tuesday:
In looking the list of articles found on the
prisoner Blair. arrested in New-York by Captain
McClusky. my wife finds that most Of the jewelry
left in her jewel case, which was locked in
drawer in our house in Fifth-ave.. is described.
The report that the jewels were stolen from the
Carlton Hotel. Mr.. Gould said, was a mistake.
1T was Mrs. Shrady who lost the watch and
chain at the Carlton he explained. and one of
the nursemads lost watch and chain, which were
taken from our rooms. Neither my wife I lost
Moreover, Mrs. Miller, the hOUsekeeper for the
CIoulds, and who is in Cf irge of the Fifth-ave.
house, says that Mr.. Gou 4 cabed to his secre-
tary, George Erbelding, ia Thursday asking him
10 go TO the house and fld out if a case of Jewels
locked in Mrs Goud's dressing table was still
there. Mr.. Erbelding ana Mrs Miller hunted all
over the house. but could find no trace of the
been stolen from the house during the absence of
her employers.
David D. Duncan one Of the lawyers for the
Gould family said yesterday that he know nothing
about any OF the circumstances just related Mr.
Erbelding could not be seen.