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ASSAULTS WOMAN HE THOUGHT WIFE
LONDON, Dec. 5. - Charged with assaulting a young woman walking with her fiance, a young woman walking with her fiance, a young Maidenhead man pleaded that he was drunk and "must have thought it was his missus."
Burglar Takes Sugar and Jewels on Rounds
BURGLAR TAKES SUGAR AND JEWLS ON ROUNDS. Watch Lost in Barber Shop - $125 Diamond, Clothing and Cash Are Stolen. A burgar was in the apartment of Charles Piper, at 1499 Irving street, Thursday night. Three articles of jewelry, valued at $150, and ten pounds of sugar, valued at $2.30. were stolen. Theft of a diamond ring worth $125 was reported to the police by Robert C. Sudduth, 2819 11th street. It was taken from his watch chain at a store at 3rd and C streets northeast, where he is employed as manager. Charles R. Hoffman, 1343 East Capitol street, told police of the taking of a watch from his coat pocket in a barber shop. Search is being made for an intruder who was in the home of Mrs. Mary Hufty, 1726 I street, yesterday. Clothing valued at $20 and $60 in cash were stolen.
FATHER BEATEN; SON IS ACCUSED
Aged Victim in Hospital With Broken Rib - Charged with beating his 65-year-old father, a second degree assault complaint was issued against Casper Koester, of Maple Valley, in Justice Otis W. Brinker's court Monday. The father is in the Renton hospital with a broken rib, and may be confined there for 10 days, according to Dr. C. I. Diem, of Renton. The alleged assault took place in the home of the Koesters, near Maple Valley, December 13. Koester, his father, brother, and three sisters, live in the house. They all are said to have told Dalton that the assault was without provocation.
German Thieves Pilfer Grave of Gen. Von Moltke
GERMAN THIEVES PILFER GRAVE OF GEN. VON MOLTKE. BERLIN, June 24 - The wave of criminality in Germany shows no sign of abating. Jails are filled to capacity with the thieving fraternity, from those guilty of grand larceny down to the sneak thieves of the big city streets. Very often new arrivals have to be temporarily released from custody owing to lack of room in the penitentiaries. Here are some of the principal thefts and robberies reported in the last few days: At Kreisau the mausoleum of Field Marshal von Moltke was broken open and the silver wreaths and crosses stolen from the sarcophagus. The field marshal's sword was found broken. At Spandau a mortuary chapel was stripped of its leaded window panes. Another mortuary chapel at Staaken was stripped of its zinc roof. A band of armed robbers forced their way into the burgomaster’s house at Paaren, near Nauen, appropriated 50,000 marks belonging to the village treasury and left the burgomaster tied to a chair. At Fallersleben, near Brunswick, the author of a theft from a sealed freight car was traced and several carloads of stolen goods were discovered hidden. The thief was a candidate for a town councilorship. In a popular Berlin suburb a woman who was shopping left her baby in a perambulator Outside the store for a few minutes. The perambulator disappeared and the baby was found half naked in a doorway.
YOUTHS ARE HELD ON CHARGES OF ASSAULT
Charged with assaulting Morris Fine, View hotel, Youngstown, Joe Sigman, 20, and Tony Sigman, 19, same address, are in the city jail Tuesday in lieu of $500 cash bail each. The brothers are said to have met Fine on Avalon way and Yancy st. Monday Afternoon and beat him up because Fine had reported the youths for disorderly conduct in their rooms several days ago. Patrolman W. L. Pendergast made the arrest.
Two Minor Thefts
TWO MINOR THEFTS. A touring car was taken from the garage of James B. Nagel, 604 5th street northeast, early this morning. It was found abandoned at 5th and G streets northeast. Vincenti Golkoski, 3012 11th street, yesterday afternoon visited Center Market and left his purse, containing more than $100, on a meat stand. He returned a few minutes later and discovered the purse had been taken.
MEXICANS HOLD TWO U.S. TARS
Sailors Have Been in Jail at Mazatlan Since Nov. 12 - WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.-(United Press.)- Two American sailors have been held in jail at Mazatian, Mexico, since November 12, on the charge of assaulting a Mexican citizen, the state department announced today. The American consul at Mazatian has attended to the case and has asked for a speedy trial for the men. The sailors are H. V. Leonard and H. O. Martin, the department said. They are from the submarine tender Pocomoke. President Wilson today was in full charge of the Mexican situation. Carranza's reply to the last United States note demanding W. O. Jenkins' release has been submitted to the executive, it was learned authoritatively. Wilson is considering whether the Jenkins case should be closed by simply forgetting to answer the last note, or by sending another communication, to clear away all evidences of hostility. Altho this government feels it was tricked in the Jenkins case, the consular agent is free on bail and that makes it impossible to continue demanding his release without getting into a technical debate, which might merge upon the ridiculous, it is felt. The Mexican oil situation, brought to a crucial stage by Carranza's recent action in preventing American companies from drilling new wells, is also before the president, it is understood, and action will be determined by him.
Jewel Thief Sentenced
JEWEL THIEF SENTENCED. NEW YORK. June 22 - James E. Foye, former hotel clerk, who was convicted last week of the theft of $350,000 worth of jewels from Mrs. Regina V. G. Millhiser, a wealthy widow residing at the Hotel Biltmore, in May, 1919, was sentenced today to fifteen years in Sing Sing. Foye has had considerable time in which to recover $25,000 worth of the jewels still missing, but has not done so, the judge said in sentencing him.
JUDGE HEARS STABBING CASE
Takes Decision Under Advisement - After hearing all sides of a stabbing in the White building barber shop, July 13, that started in a discussion over a colored porter's marriage and ended with one man in the hospital and another in jail, Judge John B. Gordon took the second-degree assault charge against Richard Smith, colored porter, under advisement Wednesday. Smith stuck a knife between Barber Loy Slinkard's ribs in the quarrel. Smith was shining the shoes of Myrtle Patterson, manicurist, of 3610 Renton ave., when Slinkard inquired if another porter had married. Smith resented Slinkard's expression of the question. He swore at Slinkard, he admitted on the stand, but later apologized. Slinkard admitted slapping the porter. Smith claimed Slinkard was beating him when he grabbed a knife in self-defense and slashed. The cut required 14 stitches and narrowly missed Slinkard's heart.
Whisky, Gasoline, Watches, and a Bicycle Figure in Other Thefts Reported
RING VALUED AT $5,000 TAKEN FROM BEDROOM. Whisky, Gasoline, Watches and a Bicycle Figure in Other Thefts Reported. Disappearance of a diamond ring valued at $5,000 was reported to the police yesterday afternoon by Mrs. A. B. Dulin, 1625 K street. The ring was taken from her bedroom between 11 o'clock in the morning and 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Mrs. Dulin told the police. It bears the inscription. "A. B. D. to M. M. H." Twenty four pints of whisky, valued at $28, were stolen from the drug store of Hill Poole, 3269 M street, Sunday night. Entrance to the store was gained by forcing open a rear door. Burglars Sunday night visited the garage of Bernard E. Trenis, rear of 1073 31st street, and stole five gallons of gasoline and one gallon of oil. Theft of a wrist watch was reported by Alice Bonner, 749 Park road. She said the timepiece was taken from her home several days ago. William Hopkins. 1017 1st street, reported the taking of a watch from his pocket in a house on 14th street. William Roberts, 510 Cumberland avenue, Somerset Heights, Md., reported the taking of a bicycle from the Elizabeth Brown School yesterday.
HE FEARED RAP WITH HAMMER
Swears Out Warrant for Contractor - A. Bauthier, contractor, weilds a wicked hammer. A warrant charging him with second degree assault was issued by Prosecutor Fred C. Brown in Justice Otis W. Brinker's court Saturday. Horace Tarbox, 140 23d ave. N., is the prosecuting witness. Tarbox, according to his tale of woe to Deputy Prosecutor T. H. Patterson, had an argument with Bauthier over a house he was having built. The complainant didn't like the way Bauthier grabbed a hammer, threatening to use it on Tarbox's head. Bauthier was disarmed.
Whisky Thefts Grow
WHISKY THEFTS GROW. Robbers Attack Drug Store and Home Supplies, Too. It is probable that druggists will have to build safety vaults in their stores to protect their supplies of whisky from thirsty ones who think the end justifies the means in the matter of lubricating parched throats. Many thefts of whisky from homes have been reported to the police the past few weeks, and in several instances drug store supplies suffered at the hands of robbers. Dr. F. G. Linton, druggist at 101 Rhode Island avenue, reported the latest whisky theft. He told the police that twenty-six pint bottles of liquor were taken from his place of business Saturday night. Theft of a gold lavallier, valued at $150, was reported by Nicholas New man, 3208 O street. It was taken from his home last week, he stated. Loss of a purse containing $70 in bills, some small change and an automobile permit was reported by John M. King, 710 14th street.
WAS BITTEN BY NURSS, HE SAYS
Kids Started Fight and Elders Finished It - Children belonging to Swan Nandberg, 5717 13th ave. S., and Mrs. A. Bickford, Nandberg's next door neighbor, staged a free-for-all fight July 1, little thinking of the consequences and after effects. When the storm had quieted one Ray Nurss, a visitor at the Bickford estate, growing indignant called in person upon Nandberg to utter a protest in behalf of his hostess, Mrs. Bickford. His complaint was in the form of a lusty wallop on the jaw of Nandberg, senior. Erick Engstrom, a bystander, rushed to the rescue of the be-swatted Nandberg and was bitten on the hand by the enraged Nurss. So it was alleged, anyhow. The entire cast appeared before Prosecutor Fred C. Brown Friday and a third degree assault warrant was issued against Nurss in Justice Otis W. Brinker's court.
Thieves' Loot is Varied
THIEVES' LOOT IS VARIED. Copper Coils, Money, Jewelry and Clothing Stolen. Two copper coils, valued at $70, the property of John J. Jackson, Riggs building, have been stolen from South Capitol and R streets. Mrs. D. F. Thompson, 2611 Mozart place, reported the theft of a pocketbook containing $50. It was taken from her automobile at 14th and I streets. An attempt was made to rob the residence of Archibald L. Falk, 3810 Livingston street, last night about 9:30 o'clock. The would-be Intruder was frightened away. Report of thefts of wearing apparel and Jewelry worth $20 from the rooms of W. M. Cooper and Martha F. Miller, 1119 K street, has been made.
Aged Father Says Children Beat Him
"Garrett W. O'Neil, custodian of the federal building, is in the limelight again, and his 18-year-old daughter, Gweneth, and her second husband, Louis Judkins, are at liberty on $250 bail each, following assault charges placed against them Tuesday in Justice Otis W. Brinker's court." The aged father declared his daughter and her spouse choked and beat him at home, at 6517 57th ave. S., for no particular reason that he could see, unless it was an outgrowth of his long legal proceedings in the courts, following his divorce, in 1914.
Cash and Bonds Stolen
CASH AND BONDS STOLEN. Apartment 5, 1315 Belmont street, occupied by Elaine Ward and Betty Boswell, was visited by an intruder and robbed. Miss Boswell told police of the taking of a $100 victory bond and two $50 liberty bonds, while a $10 bill belonging to Miss Ward was stolen. Mrs. Richard M. Winans, registered at a local hotel, has asked the police to investigate the disappearance from her room of a platinum and diamond brooch, valued at $200. Report was made to police of the first precinct that two young white men last night broke into the hardware store of J. W. Beasley, 200 10th street. A casual examination of the premises failed to disclose the taking of anything. Theft of a diamond ring and chain, valued at $50, and $20 in cash, was reported by Samuel A. Earley, 711 S street.
Loses Wallet and $55.50
LOSES WALLET AND $55.50. Woman Guest at Hotel Reports Theft - Other Robberies. Mrs. John W. Sommers, Connellsville. Pa., who registered at a local hotel, told police of the sixth precinct of the theft of a wallet containing $55.50 from her room. It was taken during her temporary absence, she stated. Mrs. Huldah Jackson, 1009 Rhode Island avenue, reported the loss of $68 in bills. The money was taken from her pocketbook yesterday afternoon while she was shopping. Mrs. F. I. Engler, 1829 Jefferson place, told the police of the tenth precinct that her young son was robbed of his watch and chain, valued at $50, while in Rock Creek Park yesterday. The robbery, she reported, was committed by colored boys. Nannie Towles, T Street Hill, Anacostia, reported the taking from her home of a bank containing a small sum of money, articles of jewelry and a revolver. She valued the property at $33. Miss Cora M. Wetzell, room 513, Department of Commerce, Pennsylvania avenue and 19th street, reported the disappearance from her desk yesterday afternoon of a pocketbook containing valuable papers.
Woman, Who Shot Husband, Charged
Third degree assault was charged today against Mrs. Effie Reynolds for shooting her husband, Alger J. Reynolds, in a fit of jealousy. The shooting took place in the basement of a Swedish hospital, where both were employed, last Monday. He is recovering.
Rent Car Driver Accused! Assault
Accused of beating E. S. Wood, of Tacoma, at an Auburn roadhouse Saturday night, Roy Anderson, for rent car driver, and J. Chavis, both of Tacoma, were in the county jail Tuesday. Deputy Sherrif Merrill returned them after Tacoma police arrested them on a third degree assault warrant.
Two Girls Plead Guilty to Theft of Clothing
TWO GIRLS PLEAD GUILTY TO THEFT OF CLOTHING Alice Minsker and Grace Lillard, war workers, pleaded guilty today before Justice Gould In Criminal Division 1 to two indictments charging grand larceny. The young women are said to have visited local stores and to have kept a diary of things appropriated by them. Justice Gould, at the request of former Representative Lloyd of Missouri, who represented the girls, referred the matter to Probation Officer Steele for investigation. One of the indictments charges that May 13 last two fur neckpieces were stolen from the store of Stinemetz. One was valued at $150 and the other at $85. The next day, it is charged in the other indictment, a visit was paid to the store of Lansburgh & Bro. and a dress taken of the value of $10, three shirtwaists at $10.90 each, one pair of shoes worth $18.50 and a kimono worth $22.
Girl Admits Thefts
GIRL ADMITS THEFTS. Cornelia Lee, Training School Fugitive, Takes Cash and Clothing. Cornelia Lee, colored, eighteen years old, several days ago escaped from the National Training School for Girls, and last night she was arrested by Detectives Bradley, Barbee and Keck on charges of theft. She is said to have admitted the thefts and assisted in the recovery of the loot. Instead of going among relatives when she escaped from the reformatory, Cornelia. appeared at the home of Julia Carter. 1009 2nd street northeast said she was an orphan and was taken in. It is charged that she stole wearing apparel and $55. Most of the wearing apparel was recovered, but Cornelia is said to have told the detectives she spent the money for clothing, going to the movies and treating her gentlemen friends to dinner.
ATTACKS GIRL; FEAR LYNCHING
10-Year-Old Child Assaulted at Ronald Station - Posses of armed deputy sheriffs and infuriated citizens of Ronald station were combing the woods north of the city Wednesday for an unidentified dark-skinned stranger, who seized a 10-year-old girl, living at the station, about 9:30 o'clock this morning and viciously attacked her. Bloodhounds from the county stockade were taken to the spot where the stranger was last seen and put on the track Wednesday afternoon. The girl is at her home in a serious condition. The man attacked the girl as she was walking along a road near the station. Clapping his hand over her mouth, he dragged her into the brush. Her screams for aid aroused men working near the station. They arrived just as the man dodged into the woods. He is of medium stature, dark skinned, and wore blue overalls. black hat and checkered socks, according to their description of him. Sheriff John Stringer was notified and two carloads of deputies were dispatched. Residents of the station, which is located on the North Trunk road five miles north of the city limits, were aroused to high pitch by the stranger's vicious assault. Deputies are under orders to bring the man direct to the county jail should he be caught, for fear some of the excited Ronaldites might attempt violence on him. Deputies Matt Starwich and William Sears carefully searched the woods all the way to Lake Forest park, while Deputies Campbell, Lee, Merrill, Ramage and Scoones made an effort to locate the man on the opposite side of the station.
Pleads Guilty to Theft of $350,000 in Jewels
PLEADS GUILTY TO THEFT OF $350,000 IN JEWELS. Former Hotel Clerk Changes Mind After Standing Trial for Two Days. NEW YORK, June 11 - After entering a plea of not guilty and sitting through a trial which lasted two days, James E. Foye, formerly a clerk at the Biltmore Hotel, finally changed his mind late yesterday and pleaded guilty to theft of $350,000 worth of jewelry from Mrs. Regina V. G. Millhiser while she was a guest at the hotel. Foye at first admitted disposing of the jewels, but claimed they had been given him by a young woman whose good name he wished to shield. The case was just on the point of going to the jury when the prisoner decided to admit hie guilt. He will be sentenced June 12. All but $30,000 worth of the jewelry has been recovered.
Lots of Trouble for Bridegroom
NEW YORK. May 13.- The charges against Joseph E. Dooley, 22 years old, would send him to prison for 50 years or more if he should be convicted on them all. It is alleged that he married Louise Baumann; gave her a worthless check for $25,000; and assaulted the girl's brother. Now another woman appears claiming to be Dooley's rightful wife. Hotels and taxicab companies file claims against him for numerous bills.
EMPLOYE ON FARM ACCUSES WOMAN
Attack on Husband Fails, But She Is Held in Connection With Case - SALEM, Ore., May 8. - On the strength of a confession made by Jesse Mullinix, Mrs. Theo Steiger, wife of a prominent rancher who lives north of Salem, is under arrest today, charged with complicity in an assault on Steiger with intent to kill. Indictments charging Mullinix with assault with intent to kill and charging Mrs. Steiger with being an accomplice in the assault were returned [?] by the Marion county grand jury Friday afternoon. RECOGNIZES ASSAILANT DURING STRUGGLE. Steiger was shot in his own barnyard the night of March 25. During the shooting he grappled with his assailant, whom he recognized as Mullinix, a former employe, who had been discharged some time previously. Intimate relations between Mullinix and Mrs. Steiger were hinted at the time of the shooting as the cause of the discharge of Mullinix and the shooting which followed. In his confession, made to the police two days after the shooting, but which was not made public until today, Mullinix is said to have not only admitted the shooting, but to have confessed to illicit relations with Mrs. Steiger. Mullinix is a man of about 40 years of age and Mrs. Steiger is 62. In his confession to the grand jury Mullinix is said to have accused Mrs. Steiger of paying him $100 to kill her husband, with the understanding she would then marry him. Steiger is worth about $70,000. Steiger, who was shot three times and who was confined to a hospital for some time following the shooting, is now well on the road to recovery.
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BEATS INMATE; WOMAN FINED
Treatment of Asylum Patients Scored by Justice - TACOMA, April 21.- Justice of the Peace Frank A. Magill and Deputy Prosecutor James W. Seldon, scored the conduct of attendants at the western state hospital for the insane at Fort Steilacoom, when Mrs. Minnie Moore, a former attendant at the institution, was convicted of assault in the third degree on the person of Margaret Lundberg, an inmate, and fined $50 and costs. Mrs. Moore was charged with beating the patient with a piece of rubber hose, and offered a plea of self-defense. In summing up the testimony Justice Magill said that in his opinion the charge was more grievous than an ordinary assault, because the victim was a helpless patient and like a little child mentally. "The inmates of the institution are wards of the state," said Justice Magill. "They are there thru no fault of their own, and are invalids. As such they are entitled to the protection of the public." In imposing sentence Judge Magill commended the prompt action taken by the hospital authorities and held that there was no evidence to show that the patient had been struck in self defense.
Prison For "Jekyll-Hyde"
PRISON FOR 'JEKYLL-HYDE'. N. Y. Lawyer Sentenced to Hard Labor in Securities Theft Case. NEW YORK. June 10 - Frank de R. Storey, a lawyer, convicted Monday of criminally receiving several thousand dollars’ worth of stolen securities, today was sentenced to Sing Sing prison for two and one-half to five years at hard labor. Storey, described by the prosecution as a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, who associated with honest men by day and crooks by night, automatically is barred from practicing his profession.
Caruso is Robbed of $500,000 in Gems
CARUSO IS ROBBED OF $500,000 IN GEMS. Theft at East Hampton, N. Y., Is Believed to Have Been "Inside Job." EAST HAMPTON, N. Y., June 9 - Although all roads leading from the home of Enrico Caruso, opera singer, have been closely guarded since the $500,000 jewel robbery there last night, detectives today expressed belief that the theft was an "inside job." The way in which they worked, the police say, indicates that the burglars were familiar with the inside of the house. The robbery was discovered by Mrs. Caruso about 10:30 o'clock last night. In addition to the diamond necklace, a pearl necklace, valued at between $75,000 and $100,000, the bridal gift of Mr. Caruso, also was taken. A partial list of stolen jewels, made public by the police, includes eight diamond rings, a pair of diamond earrings, two diamond hairpins, a flexible diamond bracelet and two gold watches. Mrs. Caruso said later that she was in the parlor sewing when the burglar alarm began to ring. She rushed upstairs and found the window in her bedroom broken and the steel safe gone. There were no signs of a ladder, but entrance could have been gained by climbing to a roof, she said. The safe was found later on the lawn about 200 yards from the house, which is situated in a lonely spot about two miles from the center of the village. The police, who were unable to obtain an accurate description of the robbers, said the manner in which they worked indicated a familiarity with the premises. Caruso has been the victim of several other robberies. His villa near Florence, Italy, has been ransacked three times, and on the last occasion, in 1912. several valuable art relics were stolen. A collection of stamps rated high by experts, waft taken from trunks which the opera singer had sent from New York to Naples in 1916. Thirty barrels of wine and an automobile owned by Caruso were "commandeered" from his Italian villa by a "work committee' during dis orders around Florence last July.
SHOT COBBLER, GOES TO PRISON
"Tried Hard Enough to Be a Murderer," Says Carmody - Ten to 20 years' imprisonment in Walla Walla prison was punishment meted out by Judge Boyd J. Tallman to W.J. Cole Saturday, for the shooting of Luke Sucevich, cobbler, at 704 Madison st, January 26. "This man tried hard enough to be a murderer." Deputy Prosecutor, John D. Carmody told the court. Sucevich was shot twice by Cole, and it was thought at first that he would die. He rallied, but still has a hole in his skull, where the bullet from Cole's gun entered. Cole was convicted of assault with intent to kill. An accomplice of Cole escaped.
Attacks Women Tailor and Steals Clothing
ATTACKS WOMAN TAILOR AND STEALS CLOTHING. Intruder Escapes After Intimidating Proprietress - Many Thefts Reported. A young colored man visited the tailoring establishment of Mrs. Lena Savage, 503 I street, yesterday afternoon, pretended he wanted to make a purchase and attacked the proprietress. She stated the intruder grabbed a gray suit of clothes and ran from the store. One hundred copies of The Sunday Star were stolen from Clifton Terrace early morning. Theft of automobile tires and inner tubes, valued at $190, was reported by James M. Miller. 2113 14th street. Three visits paid to the apartment of Mrs. H. Cohen, 2518 17th street, the past three weeks netted the intruder $73. Entrance was gained by using a duplicate key, Mrs. Cohen told the police. The taking of $20 from the home of Mrs. E. D. Stearns, 1336 Columbia road, last Saturday, was reported to police of the tenth precinct. Bicycle thefts were reported by Charles Holmes, 1931 9th street, and James H. Pate, 614 Tennessee avenue.
Gunman Is Facing Assault Charges
First degree assault was charged Wednesday against George Thomas, following his alleged attempt Tuesday afternoon to "shoot up" W.H. Fleming and Frank Dildine in their apartments in the St. George, 14th ave. and Yesler way. Failure of three cartridges to explode is thought to have saved their lives. Police say the trouble started over a woman.
Assault Charge for Shooting Shoemaker
Information charging assault in the first degree, will be filed direct by the prosecuting attorney next Tuesday against William Cole, who, on January 26, shot Luke Sucevich, a shoemaker, in his shop at 616 Madison st., it was announced Saturday. Sucevich was shot thru the head. He lingered between life and death for several days. An operation saved his life.
Thefts Reported to Police
THEFTS REPORTED TO POLICE. Jewelry, Money and Auto Supplies Stolen. An unidentified individual succeeded in finding two bottles of liquor in the home of Mrs. Pauline L. Hellman. 2804 Cathedral avenue. In addition to the liquor, the intruder took articles of jewelry valued at $148. Ellis Hughes, 210 E street, reported the theft of $300. He told the police the money was stolen from the government printing office, where he is employed. Theft of a five-stone diamond ring, valued at $250. was reported by Mrs. Norma L. Kingston, Mendota apartments. Capt. James Marmaduke, steamer Southland, told the police of the loss of $200. The money disappeared while on the return trip from Norfolk Thursday night. Burglars visited the place of business of Howard Milhorne, 1410 Park road, Thursday night and stole seven bicycle tires, six lamps and three seats.
SHOOTS MAN AT BOXING MATCH
Oakland Fans Are Trampled in Wild Excitement. OAKLAND, Cal., Feb. 5.- Thousands of fight fans watching the matches at the Oakland auditorium last night were given a thrill not on the card when Thomas Munse, a shipyard worker, drew a revolver and opened fire on a man believed to be H. C. Lido. Lido was hit in the right arm. He dashed out of the building and disappeared. The Oakland police said they have wanted him for alleged assaults on strike breakers. Munse was arrested. The shooting took place during one of the preliminary bouts. In the excitement chairs were knocked down and trampled on. The fighters in the right ceased battling and scurried for cover.
Robbed Dead to Play Races
ROBBED DEAD TO PLAY RACES. Clerk Charged With Stealing $20,000 at New York Morgue. NEW YORK, June 3 - Charged with the theft of $20,000, representing money taken from the pockets of unidentified dead at the city's morgue. William Becker, a clerk in the public administrator's office, was arrested last night and locked up in police headquarters. He was taken into custody while on his way to return some of the papers which the police say he confessed he had taken from the administrator's files. Becker admitted, the police say, that his first theft was in 1918, when he took $60 to play a "sure tip" on a horse race and lost. Other sums were taken and lost the same way, according to the police.
LEAVE HIM BLEEDING IN STORE
Two Young Holdups Stage Daring Robbery in Pine Street District - Two daylight thugs brutally assaulted A. ("Dad") Fillman, 85-year-old grocery store proprietor, at 1531 Seventh ave., beat him over the head with the butt of a heavy revolver, dragged him into a back room, rifled the cash register of $15, and escaped at 10:30 a.m. Saturday. The robbery was committed within 100 feet of Pine st. downtown traffic, an artery where dozens of autos and pedestrians pass. The thugs were youths about 20 years old, weighed about 130 pounds and wore dark suits. according to the broken story told by the old man, who stumbled out on Seventh ave., crying for help, after regaining consciousness. ASKED FOR MILK, THEN SLUGGED HIM. "Two young men came into the store and asked for some canned milk and syrup," Fillman told members of the crowd that assembled when he cried for help. "I turned around to get the articles for them, and I woke up in the back room. When I came out into the store again, they were gone." "If I had known that they had come to rob me, I would have licked them," the aged storekeeper told police who hurried to the scene of the robbery when summoned by nearby storekeepers. No trace was found of the bandits by motorcycle officers who searched the neighborhood. Fillman was painfully cut up on top of the head by the blow of the revolver butt, and was removed to the city hospital. He lives alone in a back room of the store. He has relatives living in Pittsburg.
Two Robberies Reported
TWO ROBBERIES REPORTED. Bertha Williams, employed in an apartment house at 1785 Massachusetts avenue, has asked the police to recover a purple pocketbook containing a rosary and $45. She said the pocketbook was taken from a locker at her place of employment. Theft of a polar bear rug, valued at $150. was reported by Isabelle Stevens, 1628 16th street. A box containing several articles of jewelry was stolen from the home of Frances O'Rear, 3113 13th street, May 30.
PEEL COATS IN VERDICT ARGUMENT
Split Six to Six in Boy-Beating Case; Are Excused by Judge - After a stormy debate lasting nearly 12 hours that at times threatened to break into a fist fight, jurors in Superior Judge Everett Smith's court Friday noon announced they were hopelessly disagreed in the case of Policeman Urich Carson, accused of beating his 10-year-old son, Philip, with a stive cleaning rod, November 8. At one time late Thursday night two Jurymen shed their coats and were on the point of settling the argument with bare knuckles when others with cooler hands interfered and prevented an actual clash. Carson is charged with second degree assault, for which the penitentiary, or both. The jurors explained to Judge Smith, after he had excused them from further duty, that they had been agreed that Carson had beaten the boy, but thought the penalty too heavy to fit the case. FINAL VOTE SPLIT SIX TO SIX. The final vote, taken just before noon, is said to have been split six to six, after which the jury gave up its task, unable to reach a verdict. Philip, the boy, called as a witness for the state Thursday, startled the prosecution when he declared: "I didn't get half enough beating. I had stolen money, stayed out all night, smoked cigarets and neglected my studies." SAY CLOTHING STAINED BY BLOOD. When humane society officials found the boy after the alleged beating, his clothing was stained with blood, his scalp cut open and his body covered in black and blue blotches. The jury retired at 3:30 p.m. Thursday and adjourned at midnight, resuming again Friday morning, continuing the argument for more than three hours before announcing that they were "hung."
Reports Theft of a Horse
Thomas O’Flaherty, a citizen of Oxon Hill, Prince George’s county, Md., has reported to the county authorities and the police of the District that a valuanle horse was stolen from his stable Friday night or early Saturday morning last. Mr. O’Flaherty did not discover his loss until late Saturday. The owner is at a loss to account for the quiet manner in which the theft was effected, as no noise aroused the occupants of the house during the time it is supposed to have been committed.
TRAPPED BY REPORT BOY IS INJURED
Determined to get revenge upon his ex-wife, because she had divorced him, George Tagas lured her to his home, 8105 Fifth ave. N.E., Monday night, and beat her mercilessly, then attacked his mother-in-law and another woman who attempted to interfere, and threw them out of the house, according to the story told Tuesday by Mrs. Amzel Tagas, the former wife. Tagas is lodged in the county jail, and a charge of third degree assault awaits his plea in Justice O. W. Brinker court as a result of his alleged ruthlessness. At the time of the divorce, January 14, Mrs. Tagas was awarded the custody of their 6-month-old daughter, Frances, and Tagas was intrusted with the keeping of Luis, their 18-month-old son. The divorce was obtained on the ground of cruelty. Warm rivalry sprang up between the two parents over the custody of the children, and Mrs. Tagas said she was summoned to her former husband's home Monday night by a phone call from Tagas, who told her the little boy had cut himself and was in grave danger. She started at once, she said, taking Mrs. Rose Shear, her mother, and a young woman friend, Blanche De Belle, of 2327 N. 63d st. Arriving at the husband's residence, Mrs. Tagas says, she knocked on the door, which was suddenly flung open by Tagas. "I hurried in," she said, "and he struck me a blow with his heavy fist that knocked me down. Then he started to beat me up. Mother and my girl friend tried to help me and he knocked them down and then threw us all out."
Claims His Watch Was Stolen
Claims His Watch Was Stolen. Complaint has been made to the police of the theft of a gold watch belonging to George Van Aken of 508 8th street southeast, who claims that the theft was committed at Cobb's Hotel Tuesday night.
GUILTY OF ASSAULT
GUILTY OF ASSAULT in the third degree was the verdict returned against Robert A. Brown by a jury in Superior Judge Boyd J. Tallman's court Wednesday. He is alleged to have beaten J.R. Dougherty in a quarrel over a meat purchase.
Mrs. Talmage's Ring
MRS. TALMAGE'S RING. A Colored Domestic Admits Having Stolen It. A solitaire diamond ring, valued at $800, was stolen from the house of the Rev. T. De Witt Talmage, No. 1400 Massachusetts avenue northwest, yesterday. Detectives Weedon and Lacy arrested Robert Wilson and Blanche Wrenn, colored domestics who were employed in the house. The stolen ring was found this morning in the snow near the rear entrance to police headquarters, where it had been thrown. Wilson, the detectives allege, is the only one of the two prisoners who passed through the yard in rear of the building. Mrs. Talmage wore the ring yesterday, and when she returned home she put it in the jewel case with other jewelry. When it was certain that the ring had been stolen Dr. Talmage called on the police, and Detectives Weedon and Lacy were assigned to the case. Soon after the officers had made an investigation they went to the house of Blanche Wrenn, where Wilson also lived. Both were arrested and taken to headquarters. They denied having any knowledge of the theft. Wilson was locked up at the sixth precinct station, while Mrs. Wrenn was placed in a witness room at the first precinct. This morning the detectives renewed their work on the case, and while they were out searching for the ring Detective Bauer found it in the snow bank, as stated. Later the detectives conversed with Wilson, who admitted his guilt. He told of the taking of the ring and of subsequently throwing it in the snow bank. A charge of grand larceny was preferred against him. After taking the ring Wilson became frightened and returned to the house to restore it, but did not get an opportunity to do so. He will be given a preliminary examination in the Police Court tomorrow. Blanche Wrenn was released.
VICIOUS WOMAN STABS OFFICER WITH HATPIN
Not Satisfied With Beating One Man With a Beer Bottle, She Makes a Second Assault. With probably an idea of revenge in her mind, Anne Curtis, a fallen woman, made a vicious attack upon Jailor Corbett at police headquarters early yesterday morning. The woman had been arrested several hours before on a charge of assaulting Edward Parsons in a box in the Star concert hall on Occidental avenue. Parsons, it appears, refused to buy her a bottle of wine, and she severely beat him over the head with a beer bottle. During the excitement that followed, the Curtis woman made her escape. She was arrested a few minutes later by Patrolmen Burkman and Adams, in a room in the Richelleu hotel. About 2 o'clock yesterday morning Jailor Corbett went to the cell in which the Curtis woman was confined, to quiet a disturbance which she was raising. As Corbett opened the door, she sprang forward, and, without warning, plunged a hat-pin into he Jailor's chin. Clerk Easson and Capt. Sullivan hurried to the cell and took the woman in charge. Clerk Easson then held Corbett while Sullivan extracted the pin from his injured chin. Corbett was laid up all day yesterday as a result of the wound. A charge of assault will be preferred against the woman. The police say her former record is very unsavory.
Arrest of William Brower
ARREST OF WILLIAM BROWER. His Former Theft of Horse Which Chewed Tobacco. Major Sylvester has received Information from the authorities at Chambersburg, Pa., of the arrest on a charge of horse stealing of William Brower, an elderly man who was arrested in this city several years ago. Brower was taken into custody near Hancock, Md., last week. In 1894 he was arrested here by Detectives Horne and Boyd for the Pennsylvania authorities. At that time he was convicted of horse stealing and given a penitentiary sentence. The case attracted considerable attention at the time of the old man's arrest here, because the horse that he was charged with having stolen chewed tobacco. When the officers overhauled Brower he seemed very much surprised at the idea of being suspected of such an offense. "I don't like to suspect you," said one of the officers, "but your conduct is suspicious and I'll have to hold you." The prisoner told them he could prove that he owned the animal, and that it was the only pet he owned. He made the attempt to prove his claim by producing a plug of tobacco and giving it to the animal. Unfortunately for him, the officers have been advised that the animal had the tobacco habit. It is believed Brower was on his way to this city last week when he was overtaken at Hancock.
Alleged Theft of Violin
Alleged Theft of Violin. Henry Pratley, whose alleged offense was the larceny of a violin, valued at $100, August W. Schroeder, has waived an examination in the Police Court, and was held by Judge Kimball in $500 for the action of the grand jury.
ALL WITHIN THREE DAYS
A Vicious Criminal is Caught and Sentenced. John Johnson, colored, pleaded guilty this morning to the charge of robbery and was sentenced to five years of hard labor at Walla Walla penitentiary. Quick work was made in the apprehension and conviction of the culprit, but three days having gone since his brutal assault upon T. Hayakana, a Japanese boy, on Jackson street. Johnson felled the little Jap with a large rock, frightfully bruising his head, and almost killing him. In fact the sentence was deferred for a day awaiting the result of the injury. After the villain had knocked the boy senseless he secured a gold watch and diamond pin from his person. Jailer Corbett apprehended the negro and safely brought him to his reckoning.
Convicted of Theft
Confessed the Theft. Viola Martin, who was arrested by Detective Brown in Baltimore yesterday, today pleaded guilty in the Police Court of the larceny of $20 from Bessie Jordan. The penalty imposed by Judge Kimbell was sixty days in jail, with thirty days additional unless she make restitution.
Mrs. Blainus Fined.
Mrs. Caroline Blainus was yesterday afternoon fined $10 and costs by Justice Cann for assaulting David Love.