The New York herald., 1874-01-07
THE ROBBERS DEN.
Capture OF Thieves and Booty I'm Jer-
sey- Cooley Keyes" and English
Harry Entrapped by the Hoboken
Police.

Capture OF Thieves and Booty in Jer-
sey -"CoOley Kcyes" and English
Harry Entrapped by the Hoboken
Police.
Yesterdays HERALD contained an account Of
numerous depredations OF thieves In the vicinity
OF Hoboken. Alarmed at the audacity of the rob-
bers the police vigorously set to work, but up to
yesterday morning failed to obtain traces OF the
gang. Chief Donavan again repaired to New
York, and after long search found clew to the
hiding place of two notorious and dangerous char
acters. Detective O'Neil, Of the Ninth precinct,
who deserves q large share OF the credit OF the
capture, accompanied the Cnlef to Hob0ken, where
an expedition Vas was speedily ntted out. Rounds
heavily armed, proceeded up the hill until they
came to Clinton avenue, within the limits OF Jer-
of North street. stands an old two story frame
dwelling, In which Harry Pugh, alias "English
prizs lighter and reputed thief. ne killed LED man
In Brooklyn some years ago. The oflicers found
him IN tue yard and told him they wanted to search
the place. Pugh peremptorily asked to see the
warrant, wbereupOn his curiosity was gratined.
He would have escaped, but retreat was Impossible
discovered James McCann. alias "Cooey Keyes.b
In the sitting room. He, too, submitted tamely to
the handouts. Every room in the house was full
OF shawls, furs, rich ovefcoats, workboxes and
valuaDles, worth between 81, 900 and $4,000. Sill
yer plate being what the officers were In search of,
they ransacked the house, and discovered between
two mattresses large assortment Of silver spoons,
knives forks, goblets, trinkets and several gold
pencils. some Of the articles bore the initials
''s. NJ. !" others III" On one gold pencil tue
words "Leo G., from g. p, Dec rs, $780,"
pocket handkerchief found Herewith was stamped
with name which, as nearly as can be dscerned,
Is "Rosanna Goenig." The gold and silver articles
were taken to the HoDoken police station. The
prisoners were put In cells In the seventh precinct
until the search was ended They were then re-
moved to Hoboken. They keep their faces buried
in their hands to prevent visitors from taking
mental photographs Of their physiognomies.
McCann Is about 30 years OF age, and
his pugilistic features are enhanced by q
decided squint Pugh Is 40 years old, and never
carries fewer than nine skeleton keys in his breast
pocket. In fact, he said he was key manufac-
turer as the ofncers drew forth two immense rings
with 400 keys which they found IN his house. Two
large loaded revolvers lay on one OF his tables.
Mrs. Pugh took one OF these and threatened to
shoot the man that burst carry on such and such
articles. Among the luxuries OF the abode were
two respectable barrels OF porter and beer. Under
one OF these lay few Jtmmies, cIowbars and other
Professional apparatus. This dangerous haunt,
after having Iafn for years under the eyes OF the
Jersey City police has, happily, been unearthed'
and another source OF terror xemoved. The pris-
ohers WIN De he'd until some OF the articles are
ldentlhed. IL is to be regretted that the ponce
were not permitted to take away all the SalnaDles
AZ wen as the jeweIry, az there Is little doubt but
lQ2t they have peen stolen.