New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-11
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
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FOUR BURGLARS RANsACK TIE HOUSE OF VhA""''
JOHNSON IN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Val"
uFD AT NEARLY $4,000 STOLEN.
Charles Johnson, the proprietor of the fwen,iy-
third-st. stage hue and ms wire nv
Las Tuesday morning Mr. Johnson Oh coming
down stairs found that one OF the roht pariOr smut
tiers had been forced OF aud the window hagr
been pred open by the aid OF lmmV.
EVERYTHING in the room was in confusion. BargsaS
had evidently effected an entrance 10 the house
during the nS on GG So GS Tor
nearly $4,000 had been carried away. HE buy
glars. after entering the house through one o, 1e
front parlor windows ransacked the lower hoo!s'
In the rear room the third floor. which Is dIrec,N
the sleeping apartment or MT johnson, 'I, ,
broke open and ritled OF the artcleSo on value lcS
packed their spols in two large valiSeS when tneN
found i'm fac room. Among the articles StOlth NcFc
a camels hair shawl valued at S2,ooo' TWO eA-
pensive velvet dresses, n velvet sacque, TWO
line lace sacqucS valuable p0int iatt, scNtIdl
silk dresses trimmed with lace, dress suit peon2-
ing to Mr. Johnson, and many Other articles. WAlcl
are estimated TO lie worth from 81 900 to SloOoo.
The news If the burglary was sent to tha lweA'1
ninth Precinct, and general alarm was sent out
giving a description of the stolen property. russ
day evening PDilip and George W. tltenriGh, ag :
16 aud p respectively, OF NO 80 East ooS Tos
second-st.. George Evans, age l6 OF No. SOS Ea G
Seventy-thirC.st,, and James Moken OF no ~
First-ave., the meD who had committed the
burglary were arrested The circumstances
of their arrest were peculiar. Saturday night
sneak thieves by the aid of false keys entered the
house of r. H. Lane No. 97 Park-ave,, and stole
from the parlors valuable French clock and other
articles that were the mante-pece, among
whrch was a valuable scarf-pn OF peculiar MAKE; IL
was in the shape of horse shoe and was formed Oh
California quartz and torguolscs. TINS rohPery
was reported at the Iwenty-l5Tst IRE ire
of the stolen articles given; Detective
Mararkey went to number of pawn shops IN scarch
of the property and in loan Office kept by man
named Stitch on Third ave. he found the scari-pin.
He asked Stitch if he would recognize the man who
pawned the pin If he should come again, and Stich
said that he could. and promised the detective that
If he did come he would send word to him and would
detain the man until he came.
Tuesday evening George W. Seltenrich, the
man who had pledged the pin, called to
pledge fine black dress suit. The
pawubrokor at once sent messenger
80 the Thrty-fifth Street Police station to inform
Detective Marlarkev Meantime. Officer Bernard
Herman of the Eighteenth Precinct, entered the
office and arrested Scltenrich The name of the
tailor was in the dress cOa! aud when ii was shown
to him the tailor said 1t WAS the property of Mr..
titled it as part of the property stolen from his house
on Monday night. Seltcnrch gave the name Of the
men who had been with him in fobbing MI john
sons house. and they were also arrested
Mr.. johnson and Mr. Lane appeared 10 the lork-
vile Police Court yesterday but as the four prison
ers did not arrive until the morning session adj
iourned. they having been taken to Police Head
quarters. no complaint was entered.
A search OF the room of George Srltenrlch. az No.
and nearly all of the stolen property was recovered.
The four burglars are now In the forkville Prison
Their examination will take place to-day before
Justice BiXby.