Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-18
IN CITY COURT
vIHcsDzo DeIucia Arrested For
 Stealing Other Cases.

The king of copper thieves, Vincen- 20 DeLucia, was in court to-day on three counts, one for burglary, one for theft of ten pounds of lead, and
 one for third offense of thieying. On Linden street, ear where Henry F. Joslin lives, house is being torn down and considerable sheet lead IS \ lying around. There was about 100 pounds of it the other day but where 1t has gone nobody knows. DeLucia was seen hanging around there and
 1t was supposed he could explain It's
 disappearance. Yesterday he broke into an outhouse of MT Joslin's and walked of with ten pounds of lead. He attempted to get into the base ment of the house and had wrenched off the screen door when Mrs Joslin saw him and telephoned her husband who arrived just in time to anticipate him. The man was held on each count for the superior court in bail of s3.000.
 ! It Is said around police headquar- ters that DeLucia stole so much cop
 per one time that he came near put ting the brass industry of the city out of business. The West Brass mill yard was his hunting grounds. As fast as the workmen would pile up
 brass near the fence DeLucia would
 reduce the pile. He was shot at time
 and again but he was never feazed
 and he came around the next night V and paid his compliments to the pile of copper just the same until the
 workmen were out of their wits try ing to explain where the large amounts of copper went to. Finally, he was captured with the goods on him.
 Only a few months ago he stole barrel of scrap metal from a junk
 dealer in the north end. Next day he
 sold the barrel of stuff to the owner,
 after stirring up its contents of course. The junk dealer placed the
 barrel exactly where it was before
 and that night DeLucia walked off with it. Next day he sold it again
 and in fact third time he stole and
 sold the same barrel of stun to the
 owner before he was caught. This
 gave him the cognomen among the police of being the king of copper thieves.
 Richard Walker, brick layer, was before Judge Peasley in the city court to-day, charged with non-support of his sick wife. It was testified by Burton Walker, IT, a son of the ac- cused, that his mother Is very sick with consumption and is in care of
 society. There are four children in
 the family, and four months rent is
 due. Walker seemed a respectable
 man. He said that last fall he had
 saved s190 and not cent is left
 now. Cause, no work. The matter
 was continued for investigation.
 There is law which provides
 that the children shall take care of
 their parents and 1t was more than hinted that this law will be applied
 to the seven children of William Bur
 rins, who was found near the Bank street bridge early this morning by Officer Kiersted. He told the off,
 cer that his children had put him out
 and he had nowhere to lay his old
 gray head now. On the recommen- dation of Prosecutor McGrath the old
 man was committed to Brookside for
 ten days and meanwhile his children
 four sons and three daughters, may be asked to explain why they do not
 take care of their father.
 A case against a small boy named
 Mortimer Moriarty for theft of a bi-
 cycle worth s10 was put over to
 Monday.
 A case against James Scanlon for violating the law relating to auto mobiles was put over to Wednesday
 He claims to have a certificate from
 the secretary of state entitling him
 to drive his machine with only one l marker on 1t. He was taken in
 Thursday. He now pretends he will
 fight the case on the strength of the
 certificate.