The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-16
SPIRITS C0hf|SCATEU;
TWO ARE U.OER ARREST
Find Almost Forty Gallons OF
Intoxicating Liquors
MUST ROUND UP THIEVES
Besides Finding Liquors. Police Dis
cover Several Hundred Dollars
Worth of Goods Stolen From Rail
way Companies.

Almost forty gallons of ardent spir
it's. including whiskey. wine. cider and
beer were confscated and several
hundred dollars worth of goods be
lieved to have been stolen from the
Chesa peake and Ohio and other locat
railway companies was recovered yes
terday afternoon when the place oc-
cupied by Max Seldes, Russian. at
J1I9 East Main Street. was raided by
Nichmond detectives ard other mem
hers Of the police force.
AS "A result seldes is under arreS,
on a charge OF storing and sel!inc
liquor. while both ne and his wife.
Fannie Seldes, are charged with hav-
ing stolen goods Al their possession
on the two charges Seldes furnishe
bail in the sum of $500 for his ap-
pearance in Police Court, while his
wife furnished $500 security The ar
rests were made by Detective Ser
geants f. c. Bailey. J. L. Wiltshire
John Wiley and e. w. Atkinson. Pa
trolmcn :. l. Wyatt and S. l. Maj
thews aud detective Nj. S. Angle c
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway.
Aq1o- Unexpectedly Found.
Has M reason to believe tn,
stolen goods were being stored ava
In Scldrs place Sergeant Bailey swer
out a search warrant. and togeths
with Detective Angle, went to tn
mans home ON East Maia Street
While the place was being searche
for the stolen goods. the hquor w
discovered. The spirits were foune
IN trunks, closets behind doors ar
in every place imaginable. The scare
asted for six hours, and when j
was completed at o'clock yesterday
afternoon by Sergeant Bailey. Detec'
tive Angle and the other detectives
and Objects who had been GATED II
during the afternoon, twenty-four jug!
of wines, whiskey and cider and thlr.
ty-two bottles of beer had beer
found. The jugs were all sizes. rang
ing from haf gallon ones TO foul
gallons. 1t was estimated last nigh
by the officers that the jugs contained
between thirty five and forty gallons
OF liquors. The intoxicants were con
fiscated by the officers and were haul
ed to | ice headquarters In the pa
troll wagon.
Valuable Goods Found.
Besides finding the liquors. goods
10 the amount Of several hundred dol.
lars. which had been reported stolei
by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Company, were found. Fine linen:
and various other goods were founc
in the ! lace. and Sergeant Bale,
believes that these warrants will leae
10 the rounding up of thieves wh'
have been robbing box cars between
Richmond and Lynchburg for the pas
eight months, Practically every rail
road operating in Richmond aud IL
the Hil City have fallen victims K
the thieves, and many times recent!
reports have been made to the Rich
mond Police Department of box car
sitting in the yards here being opened
and robbed,
a few days ago the Chesapeake AM
Ohio hallway Company reported In
robbery of q quantity OF troustr
from a car sitting In the Fulton yards
Sergeant Bailey ~as assigned 10 tn
case and he has traced some of III
stolen property as far as Roanoke ant
Amcua County. Many pairs of tn
trousers have alAs been sold 10 ia
dNiduals In Richmond, 1t Is "a
while many of thnm haYo been faun,
H. pawn shops and auction houses
In almost every instance they wer
traced back to seides, When Ser
eeant Bailey first discovered tina
AGlHCG 1iEnnsinT nF tn
stolen property he Immediately got IL
touch with Detecuge Angle. Believing
that the man wouid attempt to max
away with the goods IL he got wine
Of the fact that they were on hi
track, tho detectives secured a taxi
cab and hurried tn the mans grocer,
store on East Main Street.
The search warrant was flashed an,
the officers immediately began {
search after other officers had beer
+ allied In to keep watch over Selde
'anG his wife to prevent them from
making their escape.
Trousers Are Identified.
A clerk of an esta blishment II
Richmond for whit h the trousers wer'
intended was called in and he identi
fed the goods as those ordered by hi
company. The maine Of this esta blish
The goods taken away from Seldes
place is said to he valued arount
sou0, while ~nany valuable pieces o.
linen and other goods, which have
not been .dentiaed. were left in thu
place.
The other railroads throughout tn.
state which have been reporting rob
berries OF box cars will be asked t
look over the goods for identifca-
ton. The linen and other things lief
behind Is said to be of considerable
more value than that taken away from
the place.
While Seldes and his wife are not
suspected OF having stolen the goods
the officers are quite sure that they
know the thieves who have been op.
Grating in the railroad yards. These
robberies have been going on for q
number OF months. and the Officers
declare that they are about the slick
est bunch OF robbers they have evel
had 10 deal with. 1t ts believed thai
they have boon committing the rob
berries after which they brought the
goods to Seldes to be disposed OF II
various ways
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