Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-26
WAGON LOADS or STOLEN
GOODS ARE RECOVERED
John Harris C0nfeSscs to Three Bur-
glnricS. and Is Suspected
OF Others.
TOOK GROCERIES FROM STORES
Miscellaneous Assortment. Believed
to Have Been Stolen, Carried TO
Police fIcndQunrtcrS-Silv Card
Receiver and Camera I'm Lot.

! More than $500 worth Of stolen prop
crtT was recovered by Detective Ser
Ecants KrcnEel and Atkinson and Po-
| liceman Tomlinson last night when the
| officers arrested John Harris and Irene
! Holmes. both colorcd. in tn" formers
{ home. IlJ Norton street Harris con-
/ fcsscd to three or more cases OF house
break ing, while the Holmes woman is
/ charged with receiving stolen property.
The man and woman were arrested by
/ the police during "A card party which
J Harris was giving las; night in his
/ home. and were sent To the Second Po-
/ lice Station. \ second trip of the pa
! troll wagon had 10 he made in order to
convey the large amount OF the stolen
property found in the house To Police
! Headquarters.
! Harris is said to be tho man who has
been committing u number Of robbcrics
on sheep lIil" and the polio" nave
! been cndcaVoriNg TO apprchcnd him for
some time. Several suspicious charac-
ters. suspected OF the robhcrics. have
been arrested. hut for lack of evidence
have been dismissed Yesterday the
detectives secured 4 clue which led
them to believe that Harris was re-
spomsiblc for several OF the rohhcrics.
and they went to his hous" last night,
after making sure that he was there.
The place was surrounded and the man
easily taken. only one of the card
]
when the officers entered. He changed
his mind about running I'm a few sec
onds when he bumped up against the
muZzle Of .3S-calibrc pistol
NEGRO is SAID TO HAVE
CONFESSED TO THREE ROBBERIES
One charge OF burglary was entered
against Harris by the police last night.
The man is said to have confessed to
Detectives krCngcl and Atkinson and
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across the roofs of several houses
which separated his house from that of
! Harry Cantor, 1912 BOYD street. and
swinging himself down from the roof
To the sill or second story hack
window, managed 10 prize open the
window and gain an entrance into the
place. The family was away at the
: time and when they returned ii was
to discover that their store had been
stripped Of groceries and canned goods
About $50 worth of hams, shoulders.
sugar and canned goods were stolen
from this place on February 2l The
police recovered n large portion OF this
property last night.
While this case is tho latest In which
the negro is said To have been involved.
the largest was that committed on
February !. when he Is alleged 10 have
stolen more than $3.50 worth Of skirts.
shirts, silk hose and socks. waists,
blankets and bolt goods from tho store
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The negro confessed to this charg" OF
house breaking last night, the police
stated. He gained entrance into IN"
place through rear window. The of
ficers recovered the greater portion Of
the property stolen from Ernstein at
Harrlss home last night.
The third robbery TO which he CON
/ fcsscd was that OF VI. fuhlopsky. iii
More Street. This store was robbed Of
canned goods. cigars and groceries on
the night OF February l. Entrance
was affected through q front window
after the glass had been broken. Much
OF the proprrt" stolen from this store
was also recovered
SEVERAL OTHER CHARGES
MADE ny POLICE
Other places which the man IL
charged with breaking into ANA from
which lac is said 20 have stolen include
". J. Rose. 100 West Broad street. or
February l.. lie denied this robbery
last night, and the theft Of silk gowns
sheets and apparel from Rose. The
robbery of Kaniuskv * Tnvlin, 500
Moore Street, OF hams, groceries and
cigars is also attributed TO Harris. al
though the negro denies the charge
So tooT~is the robbery OF y. Rockoff.
/ 210I Moore street, where Harris is al
| legged to have stolen groceries and 400
| pennies. Some OF the goods was dropped
( in the alley by the robber. and was
/
Several rooms in Police Hea dQuarters
last night appeared rs though they
! were the storage rooms of depart
ment store The wagonload OF pro-
| visions and notions cartcd to the house
by the police included seven hams
! shoulders. suit cases playing Cs,rds,
| gowns. silk hose and socks. silk shirts
/ hair nets. hair combs eighteen lemons
sugar, hose supporters. fourteen bags
Of -four. soap, salt pork. skirts. cigar
cites, and other articles OF n -niscel-
lancous description
Among the articles recovered is a
small silver cross engraved with the
initials I'll G. =. 800 The cross
appears as though il might have been
a pendant Mt ono time and was later
made into stickpin. and is about
an inch and Il quarter in length. An
other article is a sterling silver card
! receiver which stands. on It's pedestal
about seven inches high. = bee is
engraved in the centre OF the tray
| while several other ornamental designs
decorate the border a camera was
also found in the house by the police
and was taken 10 headquarters with
] the other property