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Embezzlement in the Evening Star, 1880 & 1900

Jailed for Thief

Item

Title
Jailed for Thief
Source
Evening Star (DC)
Date
1900-02-03
page
16
Identifier
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1900-02-03/ed-1/?sp=16&q=theft&r=-0.12,0.909,0.461,0.167,0
Crime
Theft
Subject
theft; zither instrument; gold cane
Gender of alleged offender
male alleged offender
Gender of alleged victim
male and female alleged victim
Law enforcement involved
Detective
Stage of the Legal System
arrest
Location
In-state; DC
Length of story
105
Description
Jailed for Theft. William Burlew, a well-dressed man, apparently about forty years old, was a prisoner today in the Police Court charged with larceny. The defendant admitted having stolen a zither valued at $15 from his brother, John Burlew, and a gold-headed cane from his mother. The cane was a present from the Metropolitan M. E. Church, corner of 4½ and C streets northwest, to Burlew’s father, now deceased, several years ago. The defendant was fined $50 by Judge Kimball, and in default of payment was committed to jail for six months. The arrest was made and the property recovered by Detectives Parham and Hartigan.