The San Francisco call., 1904-03-06
LITTLE BROWN BURGLAR
DOES IMPERFECT WORK
ShrewdIy Plans and Neatly Executes His
Enterprise, but Fails to Hide Trail and
IS Caught With Punder on His Person

Burglary is one of the thriving local
industries to which the enterprising
Japanese has turned his attention and
applied his deft hand. Policeman
Small, to whom the tricks Of the
cracksman's trade are as an open
book, AYERS that the job performed
by NJ. Makimishi in the boarding
house Of his countrywoman Mrs. Y.
Simoto, at 465 Jessie street last Thurs
day night was almost artistic enough
to be of high caste Caucasian eXecu-
ton. The only defect in Mal1imishi's
work was neglect to completely cover
his tracks and destroy the material
evidence of his guilt. but that is an
oversight Of which the most careful
and experienced American practition-
ers are sometimes guilty the police
man says.
Makimishi was one Of Mrs. Simoto's
boarders and the prosecution alleges
that he took advantage of the facih-
ties thus afforded him to plan and
: execute the robbery of which he stood
accused yesterday before Judge Con-
Ian. The door of the landlady's
boudoir and the lid of her trunk were
! securely locked when the thief entered
and with the aid of a similar device
he opened the trunk and abstracted
therefrom the sum of $3.50 in gold and
silver coins and paper currency. Then
he relocked both box and door and
quietly departed with his plunder and
not for quite a while did Mrs. Simoto
I learn of her loss.
Policeman Small investigated the
robbery and his suspicion turned to
Makimishi, bat that person could not
be found. So the policeman engaged
a couple of small Japanese boys to
identify Makimishi and on Friday he
found his man in Chinatown and ar
rested him. On the prisoners person
were found duplicate keys to Mrs.
Simoto's room and trunk, also s91 in
hard money and Sc in bills, which the
lady positively identified as her prop
erty.
After hearing all the foregoing facts
Judge Conlan continued the case till
/ Tuesday.
Lulu Simpson married one Miller on
June 16, 1901, at Paso Robles and
without undergoing the legal prelimi-
nary of being divorced she was welded
to William F. Eichler last Monday in
this city. She thus committed bigamy
but as Mr.. Miller cannot be found to
! clinch a conviction she is likely to go
unpunished for that offense.
All this was developed yesterday be-
fore Judge Fritz. Lulu, who is under
Is years of age, was arrested about a
week ago and charged with vagrancy
by a policeman that found her in a
Barbary Coast dance hall, and while
the charge was pending Eichler went
to the front and married her. Then
her mother, who lives in Salinas Coun-
ty, was heard from to the effect that
the young woman was ineligible to en-
ter matrimony with Eichler for two
/ reasons-hrst, that she was under
legal age; second, that she had never
4 been divorced from Miller. Police in
quiry at Lulu's home fully corrobo-
/ rated the mothers assertions. Clerk
Henderson of San Luis Obispo County
said his records show the marriage to
Miller and contain no entry of a di-
vorce.
Lulu is still in custody, but her dis
missal seems inevitable. Eichler
bigamy proceedings quashed and Lulu
awarded to his protectorship and she
is perfectly willing to regard her latest
wedding as binding.
For stealing John ODonnelrs watch