Drunken Thieves Caught Arguing Over Their Booty
An alert officer captures a group of men who could not stop fighting over the split of a ten-dollar robbery.
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Three men, James McDermott, Joseph Griffin, and M. Brennan, were arrested on the charge of robbing Patrick Curran at his room in the American House on Washington Street. Officer Williams, observing from the shadows, overheard the men arguing over the division of ten dollars they had stolen from a drunken man. Griffin was so angry about his share that he threatened to expose his partners to the police. The argument led the men into a saloon where the officer witnessed the money being passed over the bar, leading to their immediate capture. Curran was later found in his room, dead drunk, and unaware of his own robbery.
“Griffin was angry because he had not got his share and threatened to give his partners away to the police.”
Petty crime and the struggles of vulnerable, intoxicated residents in the downtown core remain a constant, albeit complicated, element of the Seattle police beat today.
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