The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-02-20
THE DIAMOND EARRING ROBBERY
TIVE ef Mr. De Barry. As.aiisnts Caught and
Identined-Their Confession.


The stealing Of diamond earring from
Mrs Augusta r. De Bary ut Fifth avenue and
Forty-third street on last Friday afternoon. was
at first supposed to be the unprecedented act
OF a daring thief. Subsequent discoveries show
It to BE- the deliberate work oithroe professional
robbers. OF whom two are now in custody.
David Pender. alias Davy the Kid" was mr.
rested by Capt. Dyrnes and Detective Slevn on
Tuesday evening. Mr.. Adoph Do Barry. the
husband OF the assaulted lady. at once idenu-
fled him BY the description given by his wife.
Accompanying Mrs. De Barry Mt the time OF tho
assault was Miss Annie @. Swan Of Hoboken.
She identified Pender positively. Mr.. Thomas
Freeborn Of IS East Porty-1rst street. who
chased Pender down Forty-sccond street and
into the tunnel Of the Fourth Avenue Railroad.
also identified him,
Fender was taken TO the Jefferson Market Po-
lice Court yesterday. Capt. Byrnos said that
owing to Mys, pc Bary's Illness: h: .,:Gd hecE
/ Unable TO bring pender before her ior identll-
cation. Her physicians had positively forbid
den II as dangerous. Justice Wandell romanded
the prisoner. In court. Pender was seen to bo
a stout man under the usual size. with light
hair. and round. red German face. He was
neatly dressed in dark clothes. and held Derby
| hat in his hnnd. He gave bis residence as 23
| Forsyth street. and age rs IL. though he Ap-
| pears to be considerably older
| The positive identifiAtions completely dis
| concerted pender. At FIRST he made many fec
| bio denials but yesterday afternoon he broke
s2%n sycr @nd all TO CAPT BgsnSs n the
| fat that two other men were partners with him
IN the crime. One Of these men was captured
! Pat" and he appears to be tho leader Of the
three thieves. Fender said in his confcssion
| Flynn asked us last Friday afternoon to 40
| up Fifth avenue and see what we could find
We knew there were plenty OF women there
nss oS and we Thought Il we snS wers sSen sa nf
sdIes %f and ?fynS poeied ''5S% The tho 'SS SS
them. He said no would walk on .ahca ad and
the risk he would lin his hat. THAT was 10 bo
the, signal rS for me. ! was to grab the earring
Well. Flynn went ahead of the lady turned and
IN coming back lifted his hat. / was close be-
hind. and the lady and buckled To-"
| from behind. and garroted her by throwing his
right arm about her throat. Placing his, Knee
while she was helpless from fright he tore Mt
| the earrings. One ring yielded but the other
doppsS ds the eT%M nd1 asd rIH1e
| born chased Pcnder. and WAS himself closely
followed by Flynn and the third man. At tho
sight, Mr. Freeborn turned and saw Flynn.
What did the fellow do2" he asked.
"Ohl he struck "A woman" Flynn replied.
he read Of the robbery. Mr. Freeborn has
identified Flynn as tho man he addressed at the
When Flynn learned Of Pender's confession
| he acknowledged his own guilt
Pender Is not unknown to the police. Officer
| Flynn Of the Church street police arrested him
one year ago for dsorderly conduct He made
desperate resistance. and regretted afterward
| that he had no pistol to shoot the officer. He
| created disturbance In Owen Geoghegan's
S1SMn at oI BST5y Sp - 5"9 S;ow a. and
GER GER Lscscn heard the report sd and shouts outs
| Fender lying on the sidewalk aud crying that
he had been shot No assailants could be found.
and Pender was conveyed TO the station house.
where II was found that he had merely u slight
flesh wound IN the right leg. He said that he had
9een stopped on the Bowery byiihree men, who
demanded that he should treat He refused. and
| they assaulted and shot him. The sergeant
disbelieved this story and examined Pendcr's
where il had burned the lining In a sleeve OF
the coat was skeleton key. Ponder was locked
Ing. as II was believed there might be someth ng
more in the case Nothing was found and he
| was discharged. Pender has also served one
term at Auburn and one at Sing Sing Tor other
| offences.
| pleNion. and dresses nicely. Ho Is OF stout
| build. fair height. aud would be called hand
some man. II is said that he has been in state
summer at So Bleecker street. and called 1t 10
Paris. Paris. II became anne a resort ior thieves ot an
days by Stopping its license.
Pender and Flynn dressed well and could walk
| Fifth avenue without attracting particular at
tention. Their acts were always OF the bOldost
character. On Jan. "a last. the same day Pen
der was shot. they followed coach on Filth
avenue which contained two fashionable ladies
aud was driven by a coachman In livery.
At Thirty fifth street the two thieves ran
into the street Pender opened the carriage
door, and. leaning in, attempted to tear the
jeweiry from the ladies inside. The ladics
screamed and resisted. The ono nearest Pen.
der was stout. elderly woman. She retained
her self possession. and kicked Pender In the
chest The coachman had all he could do to at
tend TO the frightened horses The screams
q family row was In progress
Finally. Mr.. William y. Skidmore OF 40 West
Fifty-socond street went TO the ladies' Assis-
tance and Pender jumped from the step and
ran holding his handkerchief 30 us to conceal
his face. Mr.. Skidmore pursued him for sew
eral blocks. but the man escaped. Tho ladies
lost nothing and drove hurriedly away. Mr.,
Skidmore has since been confronted with Pen
der and identified him. Ponders portrait was
YesterdaY nddod 70 the Rogues' GallerY.