The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-03
THIEVES GIVE UP
PILES Of LOOT
Quantity of Jewelry Awaits.
RightfuI Owners at Police
Headquarters.
FIND 80 PAWN TICKET
William Perry Tells Capt. Nc
Mahon He Escaped from Sa-
vannah Pcnitcntiary.
FIND 80 PAWN TICKET

The private Office OF Captain Of Dec
Inc private ONCE OF Captain of De-
tectives Mcbiahon looks more like a
jewelry shop than a thief catching
headquarters these Gays. The top OF
the Captains desk is iinea. and one
OF the drawers OF the desk is almost
hiled, With varied assortment of
watches, rings, scarf pins, and other
bits OF jeweiry, ali waiting to be
claimed by their rigntful owners.
All the Jewelry VAS taken from
William Perry and william Stewart
two daring negro ousebreakers cap
! tdred Thursday night. And from
paWnshops, where they had been
pledged By the negroes. Captain
Mcmahon has thus tar secured thirty
nine pawn tickets from his two prls-
oners, and he expects to persuade
/ them TO tell him where several others
can be found. In addition to this. ne
is practically certain that a consider
able amount OF ieweTy has been sold
privately about the city, and that stlll
more has ben shipped to other points.
one watch for instance was sold by
Perry TO white woman In Washing
ton Ward, for ST.
The number OF gold watches, scarf
pins, and other tfinkets already re-
covered by the locar detective force
! oespeakes untiring EFFORT on the part
of Captain Mcmahon and the men I'M
j der him. Richmond has no law COM
pelling paw brokers TO report on the
articles pledged with them and the
amount OF work represented by the
articles now lying in, police headquar.
ters Is enormous. Captain Mcmahon
asks that all persons whose homes
have been robbed within the past few
weeks to come to his Office and see II
any of their belongings are among rrt
articles thus far recovered. Mean
while, every effort e being made to
.Trace still more jewelry. the value OF
which taken in the aggregate viii
probably sum up TO several Thousand
dollars
Many Watches.
Among the articles awaiting claim.
ants are seven gold fllled watches
and one silver watch.
The watches are of all sizes and
descriptions, two of them evidently be,
longing to women, and one of these
latter Is attached TO a fob on which
there is gold TX. .. Il. G" emblem
There are also several gold pins, SONS
plain. but two of them seemingly elias!
or society pins on which the letter.
e. b. c. are engraved There Is also
a gold locket in which there Is thu
picture of a white woman. and Their,
are three suits of clothes. all almos
: new and in excellent condition. which
i are admitted by the prisoners 10 hav,
} been stolen. Any one interested ma.
: call at Police Headquarters in tn
!, City Hall any time during the day an,
I Inspect the articles.
2 Captain McMahon, who has had sew
eral conversations with the negroe
| responsible for the theft of all thes
h kyNr IL ~ rNHtt tfYa
2 has been the ruling spirit in the nu
= merous robberies that have been com
e rlitted. Indeed, Perry has said a
y much, declaring that Stewart some
times went with him on his expedl
tons into other peoples houses. bu
that for the most part he (PerryD di
the stealing and left 1t to Stewart 4
pawn the stuff
Wanted I'm Savannah.
Perry also admitted that he wa
. wanted In Savannah. Ca, where h
said he faced twenty years In the peni
Tertiary for highway robbery. He Wa
convicted. he said, under anothe
name, which he told Captain MeMa
hon. but he escaped from jail.
You've got enough on me in thi
4 town to give me about forty years
said Perry. IF it's all the same I
you, / wish you would cent me bac
to Savannah and let me finish m
twenty years there"
Captain Mcmahon will investigat
} Perry's story. He will also hold bot
a Perry and Stewart until he can recove
more of the stolen articles. PER-
i, admits having sent several things I
= other cities, but refuses TO tell I
I whom they were addressed. mo us
= getting other people into trouble,
9 said he.
;. A search OF his trunk has reveale
n several letters to Perry from person
g in Savannah and in Charlotte, n.
V These will be communicated wit
In the belief that they may be alb
Y to supply valuable information to III
= police.
q The report that Perry tried TO con
r. nit suicide While in his cell Thurs
J. day night, rather than face trial,
n denied at police headquarters. Fl
IL had no inASrument with which T
Is could have attempted self-destructio
l. 1t IL declared
!. The wound in his throat and II
d blood on his shirt are said to have bee
inflicted by a Jagged pane OF gla
which Perry had broken shortly b.
fore his arrest with the intention