New-York tribune., 1872-04-10
A PHILADELPHIA BURGLARY.
THE THIEVES ARRESTED IN THIS CITY-A MODERN
JACK SHEPPARD.

TIE THIEVES ARRESTED IN THIS ClTf-A hoDb"N
JACK SHEPPARD.
Early last week q young man called on inc
proprietor Of store In Chestnut ST., fhiilucilio' "
said that he wished to lease the adjoining store I'D
Fonrths The landlord replied that he coud NOT ese
the stores separately, as they formed Single s'c'
The applicant said he and his partner hau 'he con
tract for making gas fixtures with convctlabor IN the
Charlestown Mass State Prison. and that theV couu
nut these goods the market at lower rates thah o'he
dealers He Objected however, to the price out manly
decided to lease the entire building On Frday pe asAeo
permission to store six of goods in the Foprth
building, snying that his partner bad supposed nt Se
negotiations were completed, and had eegraphsd tha
the goods were on the way he addya Maniaw i,,'
Saturday six cases were taken 70 the ne ar VS. s
store ana tSc Te sr T the hey Later in the day
n man dressed n mechanic removed the pauloch nii
substituted anonGr @ o er HfoTe Wonday morning
the store No. S25 Chestnutst was entered by Dgafa
Son & Co. dealers In Italian cloths mohair goods, etc.
carried away about t0 worth o. propeiMyiM y M rton ,e e
second oor they took about $4,000 worth
tanned that the thieves had crossed te roofs rom te m
the same place that the six had been removed
on truck about ia. on Monday and that they had
The Chief of Police telepaphed TO- superintendent
Kelso ana Capt Irving detailed DETECTIVES Wa!ng and
Monday afternoon but called for until yeser-
day. when Two young men presented reeeip1s Ior IRE
The goods were given to them, aud they were were
about to drive of with them WLeI tle
detectives arrested tlem The prisoners aud pTSGp, G
erty were taken to Police HeaOquarteIs. Inc
cases contained the stolen RropeIty and the 1GGs
Of household nep blankets, etc. belonging to MI pay.
The prisoners gave tie names Of Wm Jones and John
Hathaway Jones IA better known under the alias OF
Jack Sheppard and is most accomplished burglar lie
has served two terms In State Prison. The prisoners
will be taken to Philadelphis to-day TO await trial.
Jack Sheppard after his arrest yesterday, was taken
to Police Ieadauarers and locked up III cell, the iron
door of which opened into the main hail. directly opIQ-
site the detectives Office. he called the Keeper to MS
door about p H., and giving him money ashed him TO
purchase several cigars The keeper went Out i1r the
cigars, and Sheppard meanwhile wrenched on
one Of the iron legs, Of lis ,ide, sedstoSd, Se,
the door and descended into the corridor 1le keeper
returned in few moments, and opening the door went
forward TO deliver the cigars but as the door opened
Sheppard gded into the angle between Il and the wall,
and when The keeper passed creptin the hall seeing
an officer at the front door, he ran toward the MottSt
entrance, followed by the keeper. He hed toward
Bleeckerst and thence TO the Bowery, un he reached
dentists office In Bleeckerst, when, running ito tne
basement he pursued through the house ana INTO tue
back yard. Here he scaled fence, and 10 the amaze
ment of the setvants in tue adjoining house ran hrou9h
the kitchen aud at the front door, cab was stad
at the curbston, and he tried to engage II, but the
driver refused. Sheppard ran toward broadway. and
finally esclped to the Modification OF the dctcCtlVcsI