The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-24
GREEK ARRESTED
! THEFT ALLEGED.
Bacas's Pants We're Robbed of
Considerable Sum--Papa-
nickola Held.
CONSIDERABLE SUM is FOUND
But the Greek Claimed That This
W, is His Money-Bacas
Mad.

| Clever detective work OF Sergeant
1 Wiltshire, of the detective department.,
landed behind the bars at the Second
Police Station last night one Pete Pa
| panickola, a bootblack, in the employ OF
Louis Bacas, proprietor Of tho shoe
shining parlor in tho Clifford pool rooms,
at No. SIS East Broad Street, upon the
| charge of stealing from his employer $55,
and further that he entered, felonlously,
the Clifford and attempted to steal from
| tho sage Of this place what valuables
were contained therein.
Papanickola worked for Bacas and
| roomed with him at No. 1430 East Main
! Early yesterday morning Bacas awoke
and found that his pants were missing
| and with them between Atty and sixty
| dollars. tfe reported the matter at once
| to tho police who made an investigation.
! The detective department was notified,
| and Captain Tomlinson yesterday after
| noon said that the matter was OF such
| a nature that he would not enter it on
| his books.
| Detective Wiltshire heard of the report
and began work on the case. He learned
| that there had been a pair OF pants
stolen from the room OF Bacas and that
In these pants was a key to the Clifford
Pool Room. In the natural course of seas.
oning he figured 1t out ,that the thief
WAS ono who knew something about the
situation Mr.. Wiltshire went to work
ut once. on the case and interviewed Ser
geant Frank Kraft, who was OH tile beat
Thursday morning early when the Cliff
ford was alleged to have been entered
Sergeant Kraft remembered having
passed the place about o'clock and of
having seen GONE one there. The lights
We're turned on and there was nothing
suspicious about the mans appearance
al the place. He even asked the officer
II he wanted q shine.
Notwithstanding the fact that the idea
of robbery had been hooted at. Detcc-
tive Wiltshire started his inquiry which
resulted. an half an hour after he re-
ceved the tip, in the landing OF.
Papanickola behind the bars. With Ser
geant Kraft he went to the Clifford last
night just before eight o'clock and found
there the man they were looking for. The
prisoner denied any knowledge of the
affair.
Found Some Money On Him.
Papanckola was searched, and in the
| lining of his coat in the back was found
| si2 in greenbacks He had some small
! change in his pockets.
Come here. Bacas; here's your man.
| said the detective to the bootblack pro-
! pretor. when the roll of money was taken
| from the man.
Upon learning that his employee had so
much money, Bacas was so mad that he
| wanted TO finish the case, so far a.
| Papanickola was concerned, at once But
| for the interference of Sergeant Kraft he
would have perhaps killed the Greek,
| who this morning is to stand the charge
| of robbery and housebreaking.
| The prisoner came to Richmond about
| two weeks ago. He has been in this coun-
\ try about three weeks and does not
| speak English at all.
I An interpreter was necessary for him
last night when he was giving his name.
| age and residence and occupation to the
! police at the Second Station.
| Some time between Il o'clock and 5
| O'Clock Thursday morning. Louis Bacas
| was robbed of a pair of pants containing
! about $50. In me room with him during the
| night was the prisoner. The man stole
| the pants, secured the key to the Cliff
| ford pool rooms and tried to work the
| combination of the safe there. The spots
from the dripping of candle tell the
story plain enough. Failing to work the
4 combination of this safe the robber is
supposed to have gone on his way.
| Late last night Detective Wiltshire found
| the pair of pants that were stolen from
| Bacas in the rear room of the Clifford
| pool room Papanickola, claimed, when
| arrested that he had on another mans
| coat. He denies that he robbed his en-
| pioyer.
| The case will come up in Police Court
| this morning, whether 1t is docketed on
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