The sun., 1883-12-16
SKILFUL SAFE BURGLARS.
ONE OF THE ELLENVTLLE BURGLARS
| PEA CHING ON HIS PALS.

up to an unusual degree by the announcement
that during the previous night the jewelry
store OF Myron Dubois. on tho main street
Of the village. had been entered by
burglars and goods to the value OF some
$4,000 or moro carried away. It Was apparent
that the burglary had been done by expert
cracksmen. They had entered the store. in
which bright light was kept burning during
the night. through o rear window. They
then went to work at tho safe.
combination one. and opened 1t by an
entirely new method. no explosives being used.
Two small holes had been drilled near the COM
bination lock- and by forcing the drops tho door
was opened. A citizens meeting was called
and posse organized 10 hunt up the criminals.
and Mr.. Du Bols offered u reward OF $3.50 for
their apprehension. 1t was learned that three
strange men had been seen in and about the
woods ON the outskirts OF tho village. and
thlther the posse started. In the afternoon
they sighted their game. and hot chase en-
sued. Ono Of the strangers was covered
with pistols and commanded to halt He did
SO and wns captured. The other two fired on
their pursuers and escaped. The prisoner was
taken to the village He gave his name as
George Burgess. A senrch for tho stolen prop
erty resulted in the finding Of large quantity
OF iewelry and watches done up in the legs OF
pair OF 1yeralis which t had Sesn sn tied Dat ut me
ends ana buried In the ground some were also
identified by Mr.. Du Bo!s as goods taken from
his store. burgess wns brought to this city and
IL 1S sSnnty I where no mas since
Mr.. DM Bois notified tho jewellers Alliance
two ,'S burglars who who Csc escaped was placed in tho
hands OF .Pinkertons Do.cctive Agency. An
S the Tosn y sae
operators. who had been successfully .orer
.tne IN ssyora! parts q the country during during
By by permissIon pt District Ave- Attorney, Clear; {,
but rsa BSreess s stssassy % re.useG
About three weeks ago Burgess for some
Detectiye Rober. A. Pinkerton and told him
where his associates in crime whom a, he sia saia
b found. On Nov. 4 they wero arrested on
Eighth avenue. near Fortisth street They were
animation before Police Justice Dewitt, they
were committed to the county jail TO await the
reicH Of the Grand Jury and were subsequent
Soon nfter their Incarceration they were Wis;
tied in Jail BY handsome woman. who claimed
bearded or 1 man s IS @ Years Old Called upon
the Sheriff and asked permission to see Moore.
HS HSom sf r lis to ns pssst ss
bs Ss''d tho Ieadins Counsel IL ier & ths prisoner:
permitted rsiTd to have a brief interview with
Moore. The jaier. who is very cautious thought
prisoners. and. to his surprise. found some fine
and ingenious tools and saws M for them to saw
sna How
they they wess @ danseroa: characters, with conied:
fSs sssuts cases s we're bgough. up before Judge
last week. but. owing to the great stress OF
civil business were sent over for trial to the
snG Tnfs
dicted, but separate trials we're desired. and
Dstrc. Attornry Clearwater chose to n have
opsned. The counsel which appeared for the
H city. and Col. William H. Belts and Judge Pei
| ham Of Washington. number OF witnesses
on M M the
Eenvlle and vicinity. The substance Of their
testimony related o the seeing Of three strange
siary .- and and tho ihndins Of tho stolen goods
Several OF the witnesses also identified May
nj The most % interesting @ m part of the trial came
on Thursday when tn" pr2ssentIon nn, rlaSed on
Who WAS Uoe neaT
This was a great surprise to the crowded court
room, as we'll rs to the prisoner on trial and his
cGy clean OF OF il H
syonne. New York, between himself. Charles
doserpton aSnH na how the safes are re opened The
door OF the Ellenviilo safe having been
brought, Into tho court room. he speedily
had ad H@s dea dna ot
Burgess, also testified TINT one night during
wns arrested. the latter paid him visit using
ladder to reach the window Of his cell. Al 4!
to ne s ionnea nm and Els
postponed. and they would manage to get him
out. Burgess was on the witness stand during
| tho various burgaries with which he had been
connected since he was l6 yenrs old.
abrupt manner on Friday, onlya few hours
being occupied; three witnesses sworn. and no
summed up to-day. The Judge delivered his
charge this evening and the case was given to
Quite a sensation has been created in con-
ing. while District Attorney CearwateT was Was
Eagle Hotel. the leading hotel in the city, Col.
Belts. one Of the counsel for the prisoner; step
up to him M 9nd askd Il ne IN
OF the defendant's counsel relative to tamper-
ing with Witnesses. This question was brought
the witnesses on "Wednesday il ne had not been
out riding the previous evening with Col, Belts.
detective and seen to visit a wel-known
house OF creEute MT. tlrnrWater rSe @ ss'd thns tS
10 and Turned
Belts struck him on tho right temple, II was
to haze Bets arrested bo,ar Tor
| Thursday he ordered the clerk to arouse him
enrIy md no was driven hastily to the depot
| with % mysterious stranger registered as
Daniel Flynn from Baltimore. They went to
| New York.
Mayhon and Moore are regarded by Pinker-
| ton as two of the worst men in tho country.
They nre the two persons referred to In re-
cent despatch to THE SUN from Boston as the
| inventors OF the present method OF opening
safes without tho use of OK pIosives.
Mayhon alias Mason. is of medium height.
about As years old. and raj her intelligent. with
n very wicked eye. He has Served terms in
the Kings county ponitcnliary. in the
Eastern .penitentiarv. Cherry iIill Pa. and in
Joliet. H.. all for burglary He Is unmnrred
and lived with woman named Miss Reynolds
in New York.
Moore. alias Down Easter. is stoutly hnilt
nne looking with short reddish beard. He is
about AZ years old. He has beon in prison at
Toronto. and also, in Westchester county
Burglary and grand larceny were the offences
committed He has been living with the wife
OF u brother. q fne-looking woman, who 10 at
present in this city, awaiting his tria
Cody is slim and wiry. with q pointed nose
He was horn in ireland and is 3S years old
He is unmarried.
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