The New York herald., 1878-10-14
AN EASY THEFT.

HOW YoUNGfFARMER or FLATLANDS, Il. l. /,
WAS ROBBED OF NINE HUNDRED DOLLARS
HIS sIEPBRorHEn NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. EY
1F THE MONEY. t.fa. et ssl s.,..+s.
Detectives Riggs and Corr, OF the Brooklyn Police
Central once, wore assigned 10 work up peculiar
case OF robbery thai occurred In tho town 81 Fiat
lands, Long Island, on Sat urday last Tne com.
piainant in the case was young farmer
named John II. Watts, who stated that he had been
robbed OF United States bank notes and silver
com amouuting In toe aggregate 10 $500. The
money had vcen taken from trunk at his slep-
brothsrs ssidence, W. II. Hydss farm house, where
he had been living. The money was aii ne possessed
tn tho world, anu had boon kept IN an iron-iincd
trunk, manufactured expressly ior the sale keeping
ana he had supposed ir TO be NOT onIy nreprooi,
but also burglar proof. He farmed jointly
QUO wears OF age. Mnea the trunk was
taken from the anuiacturors store TO the seeping
apartment OF Watts which Is on the second floor Of
the homestead, Hyde was present and saw hiin try
Ing the locks rhe door OF the room always Kept
locked when Watts was out aud no one nad access 10
u excepting cripple, brother Oh Watts, youth of
sixtaea years. Hydo, however, Few weeks ago.
managed to gss Of & ,ns s9y . 70 sns trunk
unlock Il and to discover It's coutensa
COOL PREPARATIONS
Last week Hyae called ON an acquaintance Of his
named Samuei Drsssner, AT No. 2l3 York street. aud
told him ot tho money that was TO DO iound IN his
house Tho two WORTHLESS named went to liquor
cusssd the matter at icsure and Dressncr told Hyde
that IL would be better Tor them to get thrd party
10 cooperate with them In sne Undertaking fhey
decided 10 take into their confidence John ". Bass,
oi No. 81 De Kalb avenue and to perform the jvO win
his assistance Alter HIS return from VISIT to lady
Friday night Watts returned 70 ms nome ABOUT nd
night During ms absence tue conspirators had bee
active Dressnor ana Bass had drivon TO Fiailands
tho iormsr had climbed up the balcony to Hydcs
and. with Hyde, he went Into Watts room. In
the meantime Bass was lett TO mind the horse aud
wagon In ,he shed attached 10 the Dutch Reformed
took from II $5l7 In silver and $3.50 IN bills Ia the
meantime Watts, crippled brother slept
oil the ROBBERY that was beng committed.
A RusE THAT YAiLgD.
In order to avert suspiclon from Hyde Dressnsr
saiu to him that u ight woli 10 cut hlm to
appear tnat he had bcen assaulted by tho
bcrs. But ydc, not liking the idea OF losing blood
eye instead. Dressner dealt his sccoinpficc an
commodating blow with his list In the right eye.
Hyde then retired 10 his coucn anu Dressner and
Bass returned TO Brooklyn. the latter taking with
fathor's house. The father OF young Bass Is Rev.
Jop Bass, Protestant chaplain OF The Kings
County Penitentiary. IL had arranged
that Hyde should meet ms IN tho robbery
on Saturday afternoon. On the morning OF Saturday
II ydo dsclars the inmates OF hts house that
had been assaulted Dy burglars, while the latter
trying to escape from The upper part OF the house,
and that he had been chioroiormed. Detective
Riggs ut once charged HYDE with rho robvery,
ana he confessed the crime restored $3.50 OF tho
money tnat hc had sscreted In n barn. Detective
Corr found Sass and Dresser asleep yesterday noru-
ing al 0ccidontai Hotel in the Bowery, ana they
too confessed. The silver was restored, with the OK
oeption OF 500, which The two lattor had expended
The three prisoners were locked up At me Fust
cnst station house John h. Bass, who is thirty
years OF age, was until recently the Hari
ford Baseball CLUB, and Dressner was Or umnur ioI
u cigar house In Brooklyn.