The Washington times., 1901-09-27
DEAD HORSE IN his CELLAR.
Live stock Also Found in Home OF
Alleged Thief.

What the police of the Ninth precinct
consider an arrest of great Importance
was made shortly after ! o'clock yester-
day afternoon by Sergeant Montgomery
| and Policemen O'Dea, johnson and Bcbo.
| Tho arrested man is John Curran, twenty
five years of age, who lives at 162S Twelfth
Street northeast. Against Currans name
on the stationhouse blotter are six dis
| tinct charges of petty larceny, preferred
by northeast citizens, and the police ex-
pect to secure at least half dozen addi-
tional complaints before they finish their
present investigation.
In the Curran home the policemen dis
covered picks, shovels, wheelbarrows,
cans of gasolene. a score of live chickens,
and half dozen live ducks, all of which.
they allege, are stolen goods. But the
most startling discovery of all was the
carcass of a dead horse in the cellar OF
the house. The police claim that the
horse, when alive. was stolen by Curran.
who put the animal in the cellar for safe
keeping and allowed it to die of hunger.
For some time past reports of petty
thieving have caused the officials Of the
Ninth precinct considerable trouble, but
up to the arrest, yesterday afternoon,
they lad not suspected Curran as be-
ing the responsible person.
1t lacked a few minutes Of 1 O'Clock
yesterday afternoon when a colored
woman who lives near the Curran house
came into the station. She reported to
Sergeant Montgomery that Curran was
endeayoring to drag from his cellar a
dead horse. which She had identified as
having been the property OF George
Banks. of 1l19 @ Street northeast. The
sergeant, accompanied by Policemen
O'Dea, Johnson, and Bobo. went at once
to the house and enquired for curran. A
relative of Curran came to the door and
told the policemen that he was not at
home.
Sergeant Montgomery detailed Police
man O'Dea to search the house to find
latter finally located the suspect hiding
| In "A closet. After sending the prisoner
to the station, the policemen thoroughly
searched the premises.
In closet they found the live ducks,
while locked up in a room were a num-
ber of chickens. 3. One room was filed
solely with picks. shovels. and wheel
barrows, and standing in the rear of the
of the articles found was made out and
a search begun for the owners.
80 far the police have secured the names
OF the following persons, all of whom have
identified goods in Curran's house as their
property: George Banks, 1l19 Q Street
northeast. horse. valued at $34: George
johnson, 1893 Twelfth Street northeast,
wagon and wheelbarrow. valued at $3.50:
Morris Tally. corner Third and NJ Streets
northeast five picks and two shovels;
Henry NJ. Gray. 16i0 Twelfth Street north
east, chickens; Annie Sullivan, 1914
Twelfth Street northeast, five gallons of
gasolene and cans; Myrtle Cleveland, 1916
Twelfth Street northeast, chickens
When asked hiw the horse came to
land in his cellar, he said the animal must
have walked in, as the doors to the cellar
were always open. He also denied steal
ing the ducks. He claims to be a steam
filters apprentice and gave the police the
name of his employer. He will probably
he held until his case is more fully in
yestigated.