Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-15
The QUIET FLAT INVADED
Police Break in Upon Mart Al
lens Retirement, and the
Head Of tho Family
Carried Off.
With All the Jimmies and
Stolen Goods-A Thiets
Map Of Newark.

New York Sun.
Mart Allen, brother of The and
| Yves, has been living recently With his
wife and children In the first floor fiat
at 400 West Twenty ninth street. 1t
is more than three years since he was
in Sing Sing serving out q tern Of ten
years for burglary. He has lived in
retirement since. At 0 o'clock
Wednesday evening, while he was
sitting at the supper table, he was or.
rested by Capt. McElwain and Detec.
tives Cairn and Campbell, Of the
Twentieth street police. The police
had been informed that he had been
the principal In several recent west
side burglaries.
In convenient places Of ooncealment
J in the four rooms of his fat were found
many articles Of stolen merchandise,
rs skeleton keyr, and a burglars COM
plete outfit of AZ pieces, including Jim.
miles, safe breakers, bar spreaders,
vises and hammers. With the tools
were two diagrams, which Chief Of
Police Donovan Of Hoboken has iden-
tilted as mapping certain parts Of
Newark. The p~ostefice, express Office
and q bank are depicted. Accompa-
nying the diagrams vas the following
letter, in pencil, in a business hand,
without address or signature:
Tragner's store and LEIGH, Rice &
CO.. store opposite Sun hotel. Go on
Broad street bridge, where you can
see the back of the stores and the
wagon road below. Wagon road comes
right out back of the Eagle hotel.
Look at Calat store at the oorner Of
Main and Broad street. Mrs. Krause
keeps q millinery store opposite Eagle
hotel. She used to keep q large lot of
silk. Look at the express Office.
At Jefferson market yesterday Mrs.
William Lyali of 1857 West Twentieth
street identified nine figures Of bead
trimming, a plated table service, nine.
teen nut picks, four napkin rings and
many small articles OF silver table.
ware. altogether worth $500,
as having been stolen from hel
residence by burglars on the
night Of August IL. Samuel Marsh
of 345 West Nineteenth street identi'
fed two sets Of Curtains 40 having
been stolen from his residence By
burglars on the night of December z
A marble clock. overcoat and sill
dresses, valued at $50, were stolen q
the same time. A box CT Ostrich
plumes, valued at 800, IL supposed t
have been stolen from q store In Sixth
avenue, near Twentieth street. Sew
eral boxes Of fancy soap are supposed
to have been stolen from . store IL
Hudson street. Eighteen pawn tick
cts issued by IN Eighth avenue pawn
broker between February and Novem
Der were found. They represent rev
eral hundred dollars worth Of prop
erty, all Of which has been recovere'
and il at the Twentieth street station
Mrs. Lyall and Mr.. Marsh fled com
plants against Allen yesterday, an
\ he was committed for examination O.
Tuesday next.
The gangcf burglars Of WHICH ALE
In the leader consists, It IL said, q
Tom West, Jack Clark, alias Royal
and Charles Dunn. Dunn's urres
): led to Aliens. A young man entere
the jewelry rtore Of s. L. Newberry
10 Newark street, Hoboken, on Tues
: day evening, and said he wanted t
!. buy q valuable watch. Mrs. New
berry. an elderly woman, waited o.
y him. After looking at several watche
: he asked to have the tray of wstche
set out on the counter, 80 that h
might better compare them. 81
glanced at them for q moment, sal
nons suited him, and turned to 20
Al he opened the door q nan dresse
like an express agent entered, bearin
. red. sealed package.
"Here ID Q package for Mr.. New
berry" he said, setting il ON the shov
case. At the same moment he whia
tied and attempted to lift the tray G
watches, 1t was heavier than he ha'
supposed and his hand slipped. II,
made another attempt, but Mrs. New
berry pulled the tray from him and h
ran out. He was arrested In tn
street, and under the name of Fran
Smith was committed for examination
He made some statements to Chic
Donovan, who In New York repeate'
them 70 Capt. McElwain.
Smith and DUN are Identical. "W
feared" said Capt. MoEiwain, "tha
. Dunn's arrest would be likely t
brighten Allen away. l have BEEF
watching him for months, and decide
to arrest him at once. Policemen @
this precinct called my attention sewers
months ago to the fact that The Allen
Yves Allen and some suspioious-look
Ing fellows who were known a. old a
sooiates of Mart Allen were ~travelin
about the precinct. We undertook I
watch them. We followed Mart frol
Thirty.second street to Housto
street, and finally located him whsl
We arrested him. We finally lo
track of the others In Christoph,
street."