Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-03-10

Mantz through Parker, Berry Getting n for HE ne
share Afterwards he robbed a house corner OF
''put away the stun" with Mantz.
Inc next robbery was at the Arlington hotel, for
thara Wnsn .s seary Is now doing time" lie secured
wanted the overcoat, but Berry had friend named
Chariey Lancaster pawn It Berry was told AFTER
wards that Lieut.. Arnold wanted him. After COM
nitung ROBBERY, and securing goods OF trffifng
Value, at house on H. near 18th street Berry went
10 baltimore to escape Dick Arnold, but ventured
Perry. "
THE RELATIONS OF MANrz AND A. B. wILIrANs
Berry continues: "Mantz wanted A. B. Williams
10 defend me In this Finckle business Williams
toio Henry Lacey he would defend me for nothing
II dldht give up the things, and told him 1
dldnt want IL A. B. Williams came to me about
the Wilson robbery, and wanted to know II did
It. ! told him no didn't do 1t. He knew that
Mantz would have got the things II had done it;
that IS the reason he asked me II did 1t; then he
would nave Insisted upon my holding them and he
defend me, and Mantz keep the goods and / get
convicted, just to let MantZ have the plumber so
would not holler about it After that Williams
got sore and would not defend me. because he
thought did 1t and would not tell him. He sent
me WORD by Henry Lacey that he would defend me
Keep the stolen goods, and that 1t would make a
case against me II gave them up McElfresh did
Laoey e 70 Sys them learned
Manoz MAI were playing In together. and that whenever
any one was arrested for a robbery II Mantz had
them, provided they would hold on to the goods
ana anu not hoiier On Mantz. Pelham defended George
Parker In the Hamilton House robbery, when he
was convicted Henry Lacey came to me and he
says, Ed, you are an intimate friend OF George
; Parker" ne says, "try and persuade George TO
give them up; IL he does he will get out; ali the
people In the Hamilton House want is the stuff -
l TOLD Lacey would try to do what could In re-
gard TO getting George to give up the stuff Find
Ing could not make George give it up, told La
When got out went to Mantz, and Mantz says
10 me. THAT sucker OF Lacey; II it had not
'downed' on the Wilson trick. By persuadng You
10 give up Flnckles goods they concluded to arrest
you; n,a ana dho9gnt probably you had them you
more.it was enough to do business with the detec-
uves, and not to do business with fats and by
hats" he meant police Officers as Lacey wanted
the stun to go back there through Dick Arnold
put Mantz would not trust him. He said, 81 would
nave sent you money to get out, only thought
from me-" told him It was ali rirht now. Twas Was
out and perfectly satisfied. Mantz asked me, did
l want @ any money. said YES. He gave me ss.and
had asked him did he get the stuff and he told
them no. He said to them IL Berry had turned the
trlck, they knew he would have got the stun, and
the detectives could have had 1t to put back
MantZ sent me over to see George Parker, and he
told me to tell George that he would have a trial
Iacey tried s Ts So pre sure Of getting him out
Jeweiry which he got from the Hamilton house,
which Mantz had In his possession, and he would
wanted to keep the Jewelry, and he would rather
nave farKer convicted than to have the Jewelry
given up. A. B. Williams told Lacey not to get
george Parker out on bail, because. he said sooner
or later, he Will get MantZ In trouble Lacey told
me that they wanted Parker settled to get him out
c5 to ria Of
toid me that right here In Jail before Parker was
A. B. Williams threw up Parker's case, as he said
his eye affected him and he could not 60 into the
case. case II did not keep him out OF the star route
faI aaRe ana tney were very near togetherony
satisfied their confederates who were awaiting
trial that they would be acquitted and after they
nem fa they would satisfy them by telling
Gold George they would get him out after the next
Presldents election. Pelham said: II there is a
out; you know MantZ is democrat and I am a
lepuoncan, and we Will work together to get you
out" George was satisfied and he went on.
Parker thought too much OF MantZ to .speachn
on MantZ-him and MantZ was too thick together.
l never thought Parker would do anything like
mat L was told, almost week ahead OF it. that
Parker was weakening, but never thought it.
TOM DoNoBUE
1knew Mantz before Parker knew him. 1 never
done any business with him only through Parker
and after George went away through his brother
Jlm never did any business with Tom Dohohue,
but know party who did-Lewis Weyman-who
Is now In the penitentiary at Albany for assault
ing an offlcer. He sold him sewing machine He
sWindled woman out OF 1t. He didn't steal 1t;
sell as being In great trouble and wanted money
and She wanted money also. He taken the ma.
chlne TO the auction and couldn't sell 1t and car
Tlea II back to her, and then found out that Tom
D0nohue would buy it. and he sold 1t, believe,
or & After he returned 1t he sold it without her
to Tom Donohue. He never sold any-
hing else there that know of.
NANTz AND THE DETEcrrvEs.
McElfreSh Miller Mcnavitt 90 ,,oa voo,~,x,
Mantz. I met them there q dozen OF times
comes and Acton were good people in one way. |
They were very straight They would down you |
t they could, although they wanted to persuade |
ne to DO anything they told me. II they wanted |
o know anything they would come to me and ask |
ne dio do SO ana So and could get so and so. |
vas always AFRAID to trust them; knew they
would put me in hole IL I did.
was with Parker when Coomes and Acton met |
ng. heard Coomes ask Parker and he told |
arker lark III tnas those things had gene back, and he
n nysIn yns ssaim hu, faSer told him he didn't
Parker introduce me to your friend, (meanng me.1
'arker says, he Is no friend OF mine; just hap
Parker, was only trying to give you the scare. |
now who he Is well. He came to me and said. /
Wen. Ned. you didn't think knew you; you saw |
he says, oh. yes, know who you are He said /
o Parker, II you would only trust me I will make
10Th % % OF you all right BY that time give Parker
ne "omce" ana came on away, because I was
fraid to fool with them any longer. They didn't
vant to get Parker to rob this house. they only
wanted to know whether Parker did rob It. He |
ays the things are gone back and you can get |
hem again. Parker says he didn't know anything
bout them being taken from there; that he didn't
now what he was talking about
THE DETKCrvEs' SCARE
Berry adds a supplementary statement about |
he Columbia street Job as follows: SIN making
ny statement the other day in regards to this rob-
ery forgot to say that either McDevitt or Acton
ried to get reward from the parties who lost the
ilverware, but on account OF the recent detective
candal they were afraid to put 1t back. The day
tole from the Columbia street house. 1t was q |
rown 0vercOat, without any lining, the back OF
he goods answered as lining. The conversation
re had Is on the next page. The last time Mantz
7as down to see me he told me that McDevitt Film
ers and McElfresh had already secured the names
some nifty merchants to a petition to open
rva0e detective ONCE, and that they would do
uslness just the same as before"
OTHER GOODS FOR MANTI IcR-Box
Berry then gives accounts OF the robberies at
ouse on Q street, between 18th and 18th, In De-
ember, 1881; house on Pennsylvania avenue
nd 23d street, In April 1892; house on 18th, be-
ween and K, In the same month; house on
ith, between and lin the same month; house
n Massachusetts, avenue, between 18th and 18th:
mother on K. between 14th and 18th streets ali in
h6 same month; house on l4th, between n ana
q OnM 1,otrr