New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-11-27
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
MIsDEEDs OF THIEVES


s,vp STOLEN AND POUND IN TTIE EAST RIVER
NOTORIOUS HOIEL-THIEF cAP1URED-DOR-
GLARIEs IN THIS CITY AND BROOKLYN.
On Thursday night the saloon OF Peter Mayer,
=. No OIL secondaye., was entered by burglars ard
when the place was openea on Friday morning cigars
we're found srewn upon tho floor, the money hAo
been rffed Of contents and the safe In which tno
money and other valuable property WA kept was Miss
ing In the safe were bODdt and mortgages SooO III
money. iewelry valued at 81 900, several insurance
oeies ana three deeds 0f property ut Nos lS| Flne
At No o7I sooOnd-aye and No 122o Ihird-aVe'' anu
So 600 bond OF the Merchants and Bahheis ASoOi"
ten The safe was found by Capt MOUNT VI
the Nineteenth Precinct on SATURDAY mo'Hlis'
in the East River OF the foot Of Fifty sevenhs Inc
han been opaned and all the former contents OF Inc
safe were missing The burglars apparently conveyed
the safe 70 this place. whre there arc lew u"eueS
and then blew open the doars Tbemoncy bos' "eoOS'
poc,es aud jewclry distracted and then the empty
safe was thrown iut0 the water Capt mount ana hls
officers have clcw 10 the robbers
On Friday morning Detective Garrett s. Mailing OF
the Qept, seventh Precinct Police arrested William
Connolly, wen known to tho police as Bill the
watcher" notorious hotel thef. Guests OF the Fnth
Avenue ST Nicholas, Metropolitan, and other prominent
hotels have missed money and jewels, and Connolly mas
been seen hanging about the place about the time OF the
oss hui from lack Of evidence 30 kae hitherto escaped
Detective Walng saw him leave one Of the roon's III Inc
Aston House and arrested him. Upon the prisoner were
found gold watch and cham belonging TO one OF the
,1ests OF that hotel He taken TO the IonDs romeo
Court and hold IN 81 500. Twenty years ago. with the
,voman known to the police Maggie Duval' he
csusea the impeachment City Judge Sidney H. Stuart
on charge Of having accepted money for Connolly re
iease froEi custody At the Pohue Central Obce tle
ppaees he hgd robbed. Detective Wang was coneratu
lated by the Police Commissioners upon tins important
James Tate, alias "PCp Tigbe," a noted tliel and
burglar who has just served oHt short sentence IN
cd an
Cunning ana Adams Or charge q beng the ptiHcipa
Tourthst brooklyn E. D., which took place on Aug Il
1879 While accOmpce attracted MI hnnes !Sa
ton he seized tray Of diamond RINGS, f ., 49, ~
and escaped. The accOMplcc George marsh, "hs al. Al
rested soon afterward and sent TO state Prison Tor yen
vears TATE was taken Brooklyn and fully Identified
rs fbe principal in the Kline robbery. -,
ON FRIDAY disco veTadt Thai burglars had enteredthe
,iSor and c store Of John " Fleck atNo rs Canas
dnng tire previous night, rihod inc money draw iu
which had been lsit burning in The place was tnfhed on
by tho bur ars but his was rot noticed by Queer NC
PTeenet Police is investigating the case, and charges
viii be preferred against the officer 1t Is loHhd t nc
ne SgTsy %s committed at No los West Houston
st on Nov 90 and clothing and iewely we've stoen,
coined s $500 The pOico soon ascerteined bha the thief
was Leo schwindel, FFeRehman, living AT NO % " es
T ans Ma: S e S, gone to Albany Nothing was seen
him IN this city until Saturday morning, when ne was
bsvs from an Alfaay boat. He ana his con-
panig were arrested, end the contents OF VIZ
iags were found 60 lie three sealsidn caps TWO oO1e
kid gloves, aud quantities OF undereio hng sla ySiTS
feathers The two men were locked up dnc ocn .
cgmpapioii was found TO be Henry Cooper, shOlhtef
who had recently released from prison after ser
nag sentence OF 10 years for larceny. SchYmdeIs VIE
was then arrested, aud part OF the properly sioch
from No los West HOuston-st was found IN ine mouse
To police tLea arrested George Gauiger another noel
rhief who suspected Of having some intimately WIN
Srl,vDdel and in hs possession Was fOund tine fSpAdeF
OF the stolen goods The four guilty persons Were
locked up in the Fifteenth ProcDct Statoh-hOhse 10
await examination ., . ,,.....,.
I,ste oD FRIDAY evening The residence OF Francs
Smith at No Ssh Heny-St BROOKLYN WAS entered am,
ro,hed of ieweTy worth $500. The thlef Climbed UP
The sfOop and entered the sec0Btstory window no one
las been arrested. large number OF small fo'i5cfes
have RECENTLY committed ia various parts Oh iOOh
Iva tue ARTICLES stolen being generally clothing