New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-03-18
" DUTCH HEINRICH"
ANOTHER CANDIDATE POR SING sING-ExPIOTs
OF NOTED THIEF-SUALL THIS RASCAL Is
CAPE HIS DESERTS?

thNDiDhIE fOR SING SINf-ExPIDTTS
OF A NOTED TIIIEF-suALL THIS RASCAL Es-
CAPE HIS DESERTsY
There are certain notorious criminals i'm this
city whose exploits well known to the police and the
public but who have nevertheless continued their reck
ess year after year. virtually without punish
ment Occasionally caught in the act OF theft other
crne with the proof direct and conclusive against them
they have always managed In some way TO evade the
penalties which much weaker evidence brings down
Iess willy offenders Heretofore this In Guiding
Justice has been ascrbed the political influence pos
sessed by these rascals. When this was sufficient TO
elect state Senator, it was not TOO muoh 10 sup
pose that his influence, in turn, was suincieht 10
secure the release of any one OF MS support
ers who might fall into the clutches OF the law
Under the new order of things however people natur
expect a change and they look with some curiosity 70
see whether or not tho influence that has long shielded
professional thieves from punishment is still powerful
enough TO them. The conviction OF tho emigran'
robber Charley Moore backed as he was by pohtcal III
uenco that had always been ample to secure his release
bail whenever arrested, and the constant failure 10
convict although proof abundant, seems to In
dcae that the boosted influence Of this class Is potent
no longer and that aroused public sentiment has had
its effect on the public prosecutors and the courts To
give expression and effect this public sentiment The
TRIBUNE has labored early and late, and VIII continue
the work until the swndlers and thieves who have so
long preycd the community shall either be driven out
of the city or lodged in State Prison.
Tomorrow one OF the most notorious and successful
sneak thieves in the country will be placed on tral III
the Court Of General Sessions There few persons IN
this and other large cities of the United States who have
not heard OF Henry Neumann. alias Dutch Heinrich
many aliases, but the latter Is the by which
he is almost universally called For ten years or more
he has been known to the police one of the most cool
and daring sneak thieves in the country. He has occa
sionaly caught picking pockets but 1t is seldom
thar ne ndulVps such tliCycry, He generally
works with such as Chauncey johnson, Dan Noble
(who was convicted in Elmira of the Royal
Insurance bond robbery, after several vain at
tempts here). and others OF that class. The pres
ent charge against Heinrich IA that Feb II, in com
pany with confederate, he entered the Office of j. s.
Kennedy & Co.. bankers and brokers, at Cedar and VIII
am-sts and while his confederate engaged the atten
ton OF OF the partners, by talking with him In an
inner room, Heinrich stole from TIN box package
containing thirty three 81 900 first mortgage bonds of the
New-LOndon and Appleton Railway. and prOmissory
note for $4,000 for which tho bonds held cOate
raj security. The package missed within fifteen
minutes after Heinrich and his confederate left the office
No one had in the room in the interval between
their departure and tho discovery OF the loss
OF the bonds but those employed there. Heinrich when
arrested was fully identified by the several persons
nected with the Office of the two who were
the place just previous to the discovery OF the loss The
defense hope the accused by that weakest of all
the time Heinrich is alleged to have been in the Office OF
Kennedy Co.. he in the City OF Philadelphia
by several persons, among them detective who is well
acquainted with him. BY just such shallow devices has
this notorious thief heretofore escaped punishment
when arrested In this instance 1t is doubtful if the trick
will succeed.
On several occasions Heinrich has been released
condition Of refunding portion all of the property
stolen There are those who estimate his thefts as
amounting the aggregate. Co., not count
ing the famous Lord bond robbery. when 81 10000 in u
S. bonds OF various denominations was stolen by
Heinrich and two cOnfederates. Nearly ten years ago
Heinrich and Chauncey Johnson stole two bags OF gold.
containing s. 900 each from the vault Of the Bank OF the
state OF New-YOTk They were discovered when
leaving the building johnson escaped with his
plumber. while Heinrich was captured with the
brought to trial It alleged that the stolen bag of
gold was returned by Johnson on condition ,hat Hem
snached $4,000 in bonds from the hands OF gentleman
a clerk who attempted to seIze him The thief was
arrested, fully identified by the loser OF the bonds and
the clerk and held for trial But he never tried.
were ''G returned to the owner on condition
tainng 900 in T. s. $40 bonds of various denomina
tons stolen from the Office of the President of the
Central National Bank. Heinrich seen in the bank
about that me and 1t certain that he was the thief
He taken into custody but 1t was soon afterward
announced by tho police that the bonds had been re-
turned to the bank officers, and Heinrich released
one Sunday afternoon, Just after one Of his most sue
gamng-house in Prlnce-st near Broadway, and gam
bled little than sllOCo lie lett, curslng
i'll luck Soon afterward, while the winner seated
alone in his den, in the gathering gloom of December
evening, he was seized from behind threaten ned with
instant death II he made an cutlery, bound and gagged
and inner pocket OF his vest AL that he had won
short time before stolen and considerable III
addition. Capt. Jourdan, afterward superintendent
arrested Heinrich who had been recognized by the plum
dered gambler his assaant, and he was locked up
The affair compromised in the usual manner, how
ever by the refndng OF portion OF the stolen property
Heinrich was without doubt the man who, few months
ago distracted Mr. Batch0rds 50 900 IN bonds which
he had careessy left street stand while he selected
and paid for fruit. He was Oh one occasion found
behind desk in the Adams Express Companys Office, In
Broadway in close proximity to several money packages
awaiting favorable opportunity To escape with some of
them He wearing linen coat, and had pen be
hind his ear and would readily have been mistaken for
one OF the clerks in the place.
Heinrich OF those concerned few months ago
In the theft OF $4,000 in first mortgage railroad bonds
from the private Office of the President Of the Union
Trust Company. In fact, there Ia scarcely theft %
bonds money OF any magnitude from the money CEN
tiers of this city that may not be set down the hand
work of this daring thief In many instances no com
plant is made by the losers because they are fearful
il would hurt their credit the street Were this prince
Of thieves and sent To Sing Sing for term OF
years the bankers brokers OF NewYOrk would feel
that q dangerous pest had been removed.