The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-11-18
A Remarkable Burglary.

extraordinary robberies ever committed
in this city was probed to the bottom
on Saturday last, after battling the ef-
forts of the authorities for q month,
and creating unjust suspicious against
others. D. Lazerus kept pawnshop
in Notre Dame Street. Early on the
morning of Oct. Is, burglars entered
his shop and opened his safe, which
contained diamonds, watches, jewelry,
silverware, and over $500 in bank notes,
amounting in all to $50, 600. The burg
lars, before carrying off their plumber,
removed the pawn tickets from the ar
ticles. Not one of the locks on the safe
had been tempered with.
Shortly afterwards the detectives ar
rested q woman named Ward. She
was q charwoman, and her husband
was a notorious thief. Formerly she
was slovenly in dress, but latterly she
dressed in silks and wore jewelry. An
other woman gave evidence to the po-
lice magistrate against Mrs. Ward,
saying that she was going to New York
to rejOin her husband. It appears that
Mrs. Ward was about to depart with
more than her share of the spoil, and the
wronged person informed on her. On
Mrs Ward being arrested and damag-
ing evidence being given against her,
she said that Frenchman named Isl
dore Marechal "kuew all about it." A
young man was detailed to "shadoW''
him, and on Friday night last followed
him until police officer was met, and
Marechal was arrested. While taking
him to the Central Station he tried des-
perately to regain his liberty. He threw
parcel on the ground, saying:
"There are 80, 600 in that parcel; take
it, and be a happy man the rest of your
life." "Not much" replied the Off
Ger, and Marechal and his treasure were
locked up.
Marechal is native of Lille, France,
stout, full-faced, and about 40 years
old. He has served several times in
Sing Sing prison. He is known as
"Dutch Gus" "Gus Marechal" and
by other aliases, and has several times
been implicated in New York burgla-
ries. He is remarkably talented man,
and has invented machine with which
he can open an ordinary door or safe
lock with little trouble.
He was examined by the Chief of
Police, and when he found network
of circumstantial evidence against him
he divulged all, and said he had made
repeated visits to Lazarus's pawnshop
to learn the position of the safe, pur-
chasing various articles to disarm sus-
piciOn. On one occasion he bought
trunk, and, seeing safe-keys lying on the
counter and having wax in his pocket,
he took squeeze of the shape of the
keys, and q few days afterward had
duplicate keys finished. He secured
the aid of an accomplice named Ward
(who is in New York with q part of the
jewelry), and accomplished the rob-
berry. He melted up the cases Of 500
silver and gold watches, removing all
the works, and in one nights work de-
stroyed workmanship valued at $40, 900.
In his room Was found crucible which
he had used to melt the precious metals.
Being unable to dispose of the bullion,
he crept out stealthily by night, and
buried it in an old burying ground in
the east end of the city. The move
ments of the watches, etc., he put into
and threw them into the
St. Lawrence River. He subsequently
showed the officers where he had bu-
ried his stolen treasure, and they dug
out nine blocks of silver and six of gold
and loose jewelry and revolvers. The
officers then fished the treasure out of
the river. There were crystal dial
plates, twisted wheels, brass cases,
ockets, chains, all broken, and com.
pletely destroyed. It is believed that
Ward is safe in New York, with valu-
able diamonds set in brooches and
rings. Mrs. Ward is in Jail. Marechal
expresses great grief at being separated
rom his daughter, who is also impli-