The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-04
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WHO TROSTEDH|M.
Boy Charged With Stealing
Sl4o.95 Had$214.o5 in Clothes
When Searched.
BEF0 RE HE SPENT ii
Detectives Amazed as Money
Was Produced From I'm
expected Places.

charged with robbing Sunday nigh
me safe OF his employer Z. c. Moore.
s S... 1915 West Main Street, of s149.95
sydney w. Beck. nineteen years old
formerly OF Danville. was arrested yes
terday afternoon by Detective Ser
geants Wiltshire md Wren. who. after
searching their prisoner and his prem
ises. found s2l4.o5. more than half OF
1t being secreted In his underclothes
No one was more surprised than Beck
at his arrest. Ho was at work In Mr..
lMoorefeld's store when the detectives.
after having been out on the trail since
and asked him for tho remainder of
the money. They had already found
s25. which Beck Is alleged to have
given to a woman. Sergeant Wiltshire
the first clue. and he discovered the
woman and the money. She said that
S. had been given her with which to
purchase pair OF shoes, and $50 he
had asked her to keep for him.
Defiant mt First.
With this clue the detectives went
to seek Beck They had not far. to
go. He was at work. When they
asked him for the rest OF the money
he protested surprised ignorance.
They exhibited n bag containing SEQ
pressed him further, and took him
back into the rear of the store.
Beck was still defiant. though not
quito SO aggressive, and as he grad
hh a,l began to Wv weaken the, they pressed
they said at last. and proceeded to
search him.
The detectives went through his
pockets, but nothing was to be found.
went further in their search, and pres
emily wad was discovered beneath
each trouser leg. Becks left leg was
exposed. and wad of greenbacss was
disclosed. Mr.. Moorefeid was then
called in to be present at the exami-
nation. The detectives found another
wad of greenbacks. All told, the money
found on him amounted to s125.
Broke Down and Confessed.
Seeing that his game was up, the
nineteen-year-old boy broke down and
confessed to the officers that he had
taken the money They asked him for
what was left. and he informed them
that there was SEQ in wardrobe In
his West Main Street boarding house.
They took him with them to search
his room, and he pointed out the place
where he had hidden the money. Ser
seant Wiltshire raked It out.
youth In callous tone.
Yes replied Sergeant Wiltshire:
1T was worth fishing for"
They had recovered all the money
Mr.. Mooretield In his anxiety had evil
IDENTITY forgotten how much he had in
his safe. and that accounted for the
difference between the sum reported
and the sum recovered.
Beck was locked up in the Second
Police Station. where he spent the
night. He would say nothing last
night and would give no reason for
having stolen the money. He asked
that the story OF his wrongdoing be
not published for his mothers sake.
His father Is dead.
why didn't you think of her when
YOU took the money!" he was asked.
He laughed. II didn't think of her
then" he replied and threw himself
back on his iron bed. He did rot ap-
pear to be worried, and took the ar
rest and evidence of his guilt rather
as a matter OF course
Took All In Sight.
Beck was employed bysAtr. Mooreflcld
as a clerk IN the latter's grocery store
FIc obtained key from one of the
other clerks Saturday morning. and
entered. it is supposed, through the
front door Of the store. The back
door was found unlocked and open
yesterday morning. The safe was
open, and small strong box which
had been inside, and which once con-
tanned the money. was found behind
the counter, smashed. 1t had been
ritled of all its contents except some
small change. Beck returned to work
in the morning, and was engaged
when the detectives called. They had
him under suspicion from the first, and
in short time had obtained the first
clue which led to his arrest and later
to his confession.