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Show Wholesale Stealing. For some time past Mr. A. M. Smith, wine dealer, has been laboring under the impression that his liquors were disappearing faster than by the ordinary way, over the counter, but until yesterday he has been uuable to i find the leak. It appears that a sys-! sys-! tematic course of stealing from Smith's cellar his been going on for weeks, and about $200 worth ot cased liquors have been taken therefrom. The circumstances which led to the discovery of the thieves, and their ar- i rest, were as follows: i William Studer, of highway rob bery notriety, and Phil. Harmon, a , thief by instinct, have been doing the stealing, and Fred. Taylor, saloon keener, has been rece ving and hiding the goods, promising to "whack up," that is, to give the thieves a portion of the proceeds of the swag. That portion por-tion was not paid to Harmon, and he complained, telling a friend of his misfortune in being connected with so uishonorable a thief as Taylor. The friend informal the police, a search warrant was procured, and last evening even-ing Taylor's residence was searched. Under the floor was found upwards of forty bottles of Smith's liquors. The j three men were arrested, and last evening had trials, tho decision of the justice being held over till "thw morning morn-ing at 10 o'clock, the prisoners going to jail in the meantime. Harmon made a "clean breast of it," telling tho whole story; Studer confesses to the theft, but Taylor denies all complicity in the stealing, claiming that he was merely storing the liquor for Studer. Taking into consideration that the liquor was found in his cellar, the trap door to which was covered with carpet, it looks as if Taylor was very good to his bar tender and that he intended to keep his goods safe. That's the way it appears to a disinterested party. |