Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-24
FIGHTS lND ERA[E.5
Joe Walcott the Colofed Fighter
 in Clutches of the Law.

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 Grand Larceny Police Say His Place Is No Credit to the Precinct Corbett Will Be at the Ringside in
 Cincinnati With Challenge for the
 Winner.
 New York, Jan 24.-Joseph WaIcott, the coIored pugllist, was arrested late yesterday at his salOon, Ill West Thir- ty-hrst street, charged with grand iar- ceny by Donna Gordon, a white wom- an. The Gordon woman, through her attorney, applied to Magistrate Deuel, in the Jefferson Market court, for war rants, charging that on the night of January 9, ill a room over WaicottS s saloon, she was robbed of diamonds to the value of $2, 100 by Walcott and one of his walters, whose name is un- known, with the connivance or assist ance of lawyer.
 Magistrate Deuel granted the war rants for Walcott and for John Doe" the waiter, and a summons for the lawyer. Detectives Lockwood and Sheehan. of the West Thirtieth street station, took the warrants and served the one on Walcott. He spent three hours in a cell at the station, and was admitted to $2.OOO bail by Magistrate Deuel at $50 o'clock. Barnet Marcus, of 21O West Thirtieth street, went on the bond. The waiter was said to Fave fled to Providence. R. l., so the war rant for him could not be served The lawyer was served with the summons at his office, and will be in Jefferson Market court to-day.
 The Gordon woman tells a long story. She asSerts she was robbed as the result. of a plot between Walcott and the lawyer, who, she says, decoyed her to the saloon and drugged her, despoiling her while she was helpless. She says that for several hours she was unconscious in the saloon. Since that time, she relates, she has been eDdeavoring to recover her property, but without success.
 When seen at her apartment in West Fortieth street, the woman said that the night of the alleged robbery was the first time she had met the lawyer. On the night in question, she says, NalcOtt and the lawyer called at her house shortly after midnight, Wa,cutt saying he wished to introduce the lawyer to her, as she could call on nm for an attorney when she needed one. The men, she says, remained at her home for more than an hour, and, at their solicitation. she left the house With them at 80 in the morning and went to WalcOtt'S place for some re, 1feShment. She says she wore all her. JeWeify, which consisted of ring of two diamonds, worth $500; solitaire ring, worth $55O; q marquise ring, worth $1OO, and pair of earrings, worth $4OO. Walcott long had known that she was the possessor of these diamonds, she says, as she had shown them to him at her house.
 After drinking a couple of bottles Of wine with the men at their invita- tion, she alleges she became quite ill., having pains in her head, and Wal colt solicitously ordered for her a sell tzer and lemon, which made her more ill.
 When she recovered consciousness, she says, all of her diamonds and other. valuables were gone. Walcott, she says, would not enter the room when she sent for, him, although he was in the building, and the lawyer. too, she asserts, refused to respond. Acc 7rdingly she sent for her maid, Abbie Lawrence, and immediately mo- tified the police
 Detectives Sheehan and Lockwood were detailed to the case, but found that the waiter who had served the party had left town, and that they could do nothing without a warrant So the Gordon woman consulted Law yer David NJ. Neuberger and yester- day he took the matter into court.
 The Gordon woman last night said emphatically that she believed the get. ting of her to Walcott's place was q part of q plot on his part. Further more, she said that since the robbery she had been informed that her prop erty would be returned to her if she would agree not to make any prosecu- Captain Thomas of the West Thir- tieth street station, in whose precinct i Walcott's place k;. said yesterday that the hotel was not credit to the. pre- cinct, and had caused him much trouble. II would be heartily glad to see Wsalcott and his place driven from the I precinct" said Captain Thomas, and will do all can to bring about such result" ..