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Man accused o f stealing antique windows

] Eight to 12 windows fro m the historic Sim on Benson House still are missing

Portland police arrested a m an with a leaded-glass window at a Tri-Met light-raS station Thursday and accused him of crimes involv­ ing the theft of several antique win­ dows from the historic Simon Ben-

i.* son House in Southwest Portland.V Kelly Holden Hugh Davey, 42, li: address unknown, was being held ^ at the Mulmomah County Justice

Center on accusations of first- degree aggravated theft, second- degree bursary, two counts of theft by receiving, oS^ensive litter­ ing a n d ^ v in g false information to police.

According to police, a transit employee reported a man urinat­ ing on the Qeveland Avenue light-

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rail platform in Gresham at 6:30 p.m. He was described as hostile, appeared to be intoxicated and had an antique beveled-glass win­ dow with him.

Police from Gresham and Port­ land responded, and a Portland police officer realized the window might be valuable. Later, officers realized that the same m an had been b r o u ^ t in for detoxification on Tuesday n i ^ t and had two similar windows with him, said D et Sgt. Cheryl Kanzler, spokes­ woman for the Portland Police Bu­ reau.

At tire time, police did not know the significance of the windows, and they were placed in the police property room, Kanzler said.

Friends of Simon Benson House, the group working to re­ store the 99-year-old house in hon­ or of the famous early Oregon tim-

berman who gave Portland the Benson Bubblers, first believed the boarded-up house had been bur­ glarized late Wednesday or early Thursday.

Restoration project co-manrger John Tess did not have an exact count of the windows with frames that were taken but estimated eight to 12 are missing.

The ne^ected house at South­ west 11th Avenue and Clay Street is about to become public property and be moved this summer to the Portland State University campus at Southwest Ninth and Montgom­ ery.

Kanzler said an investigation into the remaining stolen windows is continuing. Anyone with infor­ mation may contact Detective SgL Sharon Stroheker at 823-0344. The Friends group is offering a $1,000 reward for iiiformation leading to the recovery of the windows.