The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-16
BURGLAR SCERENE'S STORY.
now THE ASSAULT ON CASHIER STONE
WAS PLANNED ny BIG JIM
>e,,her watson Nor Hart. However, Could
ne Identified Their Effort. to Enter aud
Rob W m. Fsimer's House Described More
p..,f af ,he rx.Con,ict's Truthfulness.

H.
Rob WIN. Psimer's House Described More
Proof Of the Ex-Con,ict's Tr"thf"ine"
Az y II Stone. tho cashier of Halc's
-, ,o,,,r,. AMI Cbnrli. Fllv the messenger
p'""o .,,'o,,' NJ e,nre roI,hcd of tho moncv
w wa IN w.t. Tbirtv.fourth s,rcot. were
is7-,,,,J oorIv vns,crdnv morning to soc II
s,,',,,tI ilcn,ifr NJ tho nssailon,s Rio lin
~, and mn liar, who Ind becn arrested
80, ,iiairo an n charge ~ having entered
~. wiliio,n palmors house Neither was
.i,i,n, a. sov positively TINT Watson and uar,
''ro ,hc mon In the Jefferson Market Police
Court Mr.. Palmer made an affidavit In which
The prisoners were charged with having stolen
u. -, 80, t,,,, ,,s ho,s, on ,,o a1 - I,,o
me leWel 'nsc lIo', MS nouSo On ''ie Oh vi 'une'
There was hush OF expectation among the
audience as the reformed thief. Charles Serene,
- fla, s,nnd Ue ,vna nm urnrcr,sscsstne,.
looking man, OF about ~ or % years Of age.
with a beardess face and watcry blue eyes lie
spoke IN allow tone oil voice. ana told plain
straightforward story. l Know the prisoners
,'So W. pal,nnr r,. ro,InI mo, Itar, ~ vin,h
IVl' W.T. "'''ui ""7 i''"'i in'' nun q" N',i'u
avenue and Foriy.second street. and had
e1 re- m,.' r'" v Sy'u p ' poi,",r.
"a" O'neis n"u " J'n Vn nun" !" ''U nm
house Mt 2ji West Twcnty-fourth street and
get a iewelrv box on the bureau in
n bodroom Tho no, bo sni1 contained % nuO
In money and $4,000 in diamonds and jewell
~ Hart wanted mo To 20 and try il. lie snid
b. Nj - A., ,h, h,,,,so tue -, ,br.o ti,,.s
ne hau oeeh III '',' no"so WV VI '".Vv ",''s'
but didn't succeed in getting hold OF the box.
He offered mo KEYS 10 the room | told him |
-, -. -. NJ. pat,.,.... -. -.
n"" N,'7' "'.' !" -ii' i"'"'ei mus t""S
the bell. and asked some questions. but didn't
get to the room. There was n lady watching me
nu,hott,,o Uor, u,os victim, o,,st,n All 7
an the ume' mart was waning outslde' ana
Joined him and We went away. On the night
after tho robbery Of the house | met Hart in
earor,b aror,o 10 ,ol1 ,,, ~, bo1 ,,o, ,ha
Nc'Nh'" avenue ~ "iu niV nv n"u XVI ehe
box but they were disappointed to dnd nothing
IN l."
When asked TO look Mt the prisoners to see II
he knew them. Serene gave furtive Rancr at
The men, and replied that he knew them. Two
or three times BIG Jim and Hart exchanged
words and looked ut the witness in a way that
showed recognition.
kcereneP the prisoners lawyer inquired.
Norwood
.Anyo ther name
ask your Honor. the lawyer said. that
This man BE- committed as witness. ] propose
10 show that h. is n convict
81 acknowledge that" Serene said. Il have
served term.
Under what name ?"
Naiaro.
Justice Murray committed Watson and Hart
for animation ON Saturday. s.,orene was
time the police will try 10 get the identification
OF Watson and Hart rs the assalanis OF Mr.
ftlne.
In the private examination room. Mr. Palmer
and a gentleman who accompanied him a. a
witness closely questioned Siercne rs to his
knowledge Of the Stone robbery. He repeated
the story in Yesterdays sun with sill greater
detail He said that the attack was planned in
The spring when he, Scerenel was IN the conil-
work 10 hire and train the horse that was 10
draw the butcher cart. II WAS almost lmpossi-
Ole 10 hnd an animal OF the speed and intelli-
g"ncc required. A horse was needed that would
stop at the word and stand unhitched As long
As was necessary. and that would dash off Ut
full speed as soon us the driver stepped into the
cart Big Jm's men hired three horses that
failed on TRIM. There was long delay. The
robbers got out ~ money, and Scercne SAYS
that he left them. but he knows that Big Jim
hnd mart got others 10 Join them and finally
carried out their purpose on the Sd inst.
owing to Scerenes truihfuness in all his
story Of the Stone robbery as true. lie says
mat creme never deceived him, and the police
Fay me same OF his dealing with themselves.
he gave the police Information NJ one time that
ng inns gang were going 10 rob DE Graaf \
Iaylors furniture store in West Twenty third
street and at another time forewarncd them Of
ne Intended robbery Of q downtown office.
Inc thieves went 20 both places, but the officers
IN ~ wel'inE folld not eaton them
descriptions ot Mr.. stones assailants the de-
t''tVesoi three precincts. without cooperating.
/, gan tl2oklng Tor Big Jim and his associates;
moustaehe, and sallow complexion-every fea;
.nl" rN',pt ln" goaIe,,'-ol me man VINO pointed
u" pis'15 1VTf w siiposfp OF the cart az NJ
1tohe, big Jun Is Alm3st the count,fparts Win
ne exception OF the whiskers. OF Big Frank
Mrt9y who was arrested by Capt W lliams on
monday evening, lie mas the same huge un-
wleldy form bald sloping forehead. mild blue
eyr-' ana phiilq compWAlon, hs MrCoy Mccoy.
Nun ail tne hl'E snaN1u rom ms nae rAeett
utother,. mere Is likely 70 pe complication m
inc ldenuheatlon 81 the two men. for II Is pretty
tna' ,re Is s,akS about the cohhe,
YIN % NJ "l 'ieul WIN TUE Slpur r. ibpefy
MI cn"Iie- storm OF bIooklyn VINO was an