DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - NEWSPAPERS - The Washington Post, Monday, February 3, 1896, pg. 8 ----¤¤¤---- This file is part of the DCGenWeb Archives Project: http://www.usgwarchives.net/dc/dcfiles.htm ********************************************* http://www.usgwarchives.net/dc/dcfiles.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ********************************************* Contributed to The USGenWeb Archives Project by: Jamie M. Perez (jamiemac@flash.net) --------------------------------------------------- For Purloining a Diamond Pin. In March, 1895, a diamond pin, valued at [$1,485??], was stolen from the residence of Miss Mary E. Patton, 2122 Massachusetts avenue northwest. A month or two later the pin was recovered, but it was not until Saturday night that Detectives Carter and Gallagher, of the central office, located and arrested the alleged thief. His name is Edward McLaughlin, and he was formerly in the employ of Miss Patton. Since the robbery he has been out of the city, and did not return until Saturday. McLaughlin is at No. 6 station- house. The Washington Post, Monday, February 3, 1896, pg. 8 Horseshoer Charged with Theft. Peter Williams, a horseshoer, was held at the Fifth Precinct station yesterday, charged with the larceny of two blankets from William J. Pope. The complainant left his wagon standing near the Eastern Market Saturday night, and claims that when he came out of a store he saw Williams take a blanket and start down street. Patrolman Stahl made the arrest on complaint of Pope. The Washington Post, Monday, February 3, 1896, pg. 10 LOOKS BLACK FOR BOTH Tommie Daniels and Jimmie Winfield in a Tight Place. A DOZEN DISTINGUISHED ACCUSERS Among the Many Victims of This Accomplished Pair Are a Congressman, a Physician and a Minister of the Gospel – Baltimore Authorities Also Awaiting Them with Warrants for Various Crimes Committed in the Monumental City. Tommie Daniels and Jimmie Winfield, the young colored men who were arrested last Thursday night, will be treated to a series of unpleasant surprises when their time comes to plead in Police Court this morning. To begin with, this pair of alleged thieves will be brought face to face with at least a dozen accusers. Among the men who will go on the witness stand and testify against the prisoners will be a dignified member of the Fifty-fourth Congress, an irate physician, and, if the central office detectives succeed in running down their latest clew, the member of Congress and the doctor will have a minister of the Gospel as a companion on the witness stand. Last of all, but more impressive than all, Messrs. Daniels and Winfield will have an opportunity to gaze on heaps of stolen property, which has already been identified. The detectives say that there is no possible chance for the prisoners to escape long term sentences. But if by any combination of circumstances they do manage to get off, they will find the Baltimore police waiting for them with a series of serious charges. In brief, the immediate future looks very dark for the prisoners, and the police are in hopes that they will make virtue of necessity and confess. How the Arrests Were Made. Detectives Helan, Boyd, and Lacy made the arrests last Thursday, but the case against the men was not developed until yesterday. Thursday night Tommie Daniels went to a house at the corner of Eleventh and M streets northwest to call on the girl who has promised to marry him. Instead of meeting the girl he found detectives waiting for him. They took him to headquarters and “sweated” him, but Tommie had been through the ordeal before and politely declined to talk. He was sent to No. 6 station-house, and the detectives, acting on a tip a woman gave them, started for William Winfield, who lives at 6 Shepherd’s alley. A good-looking colored girl met the party at the door, and when they brushed past her she began to sing the refrain of a popular song. That song must have been a signal for the other people in the house, for when the officers searched the place it was apparently empty. As luck would have it, Helan, who, by the way, is a heavy-weight, happened to sit down on the edge of an apparently unoccupied bed that stood in the back room on the second floor. Just as Helan struck the bed he and his colleagues heard a muffled moan that seemed to come from the bed. The detectives pulled the mattress off, and, to their undisguised astonishment, found three young colored men lying face downward on the slats of the bedstead. The man in the middle was Winfield. List of the Booty Recovered. Secreted in the house was a number of overcoats and a wicker basket filled with fine bed linen. Winfield was arrested, but he also refused to talk. Then it was that the detectives made the rounds of the pawnshops and succeeded in finding heaps of stuff that Winfield had pawned. Next they started out to find the real owners, and late last night they gave out this list: Gold-lined silver “loving” cup stolen from the Hon. J. W. Talbott, 809 Ninth street northwest. Satchel of clothing stolen from E. M. Warall, Hallman House. Overcoat and hat stolen from Dr. W. S. Washburne, 1223 M street northwest. Overcoat stolen from George T. Pollock, 813 Ninth street northwest. Overcoat and hat stolen from L. P. Ferrall, 931 1-2 New York avenue northwest. Overcoat stolen from E. P. Hickey, 1325 Eighth street northwest. Overcoat and clothing stolen from Lawyer Truitt, 1900 Ninth street northwest. Gold ring, chain, and suit of clothes stolen from Gus Brugges, 430 Eighth street northwest. There is a quantity of stuff at headquarters as yet unidentified. Also Wanted in Baltimore. Daniels’ picture is in the rogues’ gallery, and the police say that he is one of the cleverest sneak thieves in this section of the country. He hails from Baltimore, and yesterday afternoon officers of that city called at headquarters with a request that the man be turned over to the Baltimore authorities, where he is wanted on a number of charges. Both men have served time before for crimes committed in this city. As a matter of course Daniels was not turned over to the Baltimore authorities, for the police here expect to fasten a number of other crimes on him. The Washington Post, Monday, February 3, 1896, pg. 10 “Spots” Was a Walking Speak-easy. “Spots” Schagel made his way to Pleasant alley early Sunday morning wrapped in a big ulster. He was apparently in the very best of spirits, and knocked at the front door of about every house in the odorous alley. They all made him welcome, and, strange to relate, by high noon the majority were tipsy. A little later Sergt. Daley and a squad of policemen got on “Spots’” trail and quickly rounded him up at No. 4 station-house. There they found several bottles of liquor in the pockets of his ulster, and to-day he will be called on to answer the charge of being a walking “speak-easy.” “Spots” is a prominent colored citizen of “Bloodfield.”