New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-13
ACTING IN 1EAGTrE WITH BURGLARS.

Jacob Vix a cashier in Holtz & lloenneckes res
taurant al $40 Broadway, was prisoner AT foIce
Headquarters yesterdav, charged with conpllcity
In a BURGLARY which was committed on SUNDAY
Drcember g. 1882. The robbers entered the restau-
7 mt before daylight, by means OF false key, ana
they left the place at 10 a. m, shortly before the
arrival of persons who had been emoloyed TO clean
The floors and tables. They had broken open safe
and had taken money aud checks to the amount OF
nearly $500 DpteciIve Sergeants DOlan and Hell
delber9 suspected Vix at the time. believing that
the burglars had received assistance frcm some per
SON employed in the building. They found that
VIx spent his evenings at low resorts IN company
with Red Farrell, an ex-cOnyct. and other per-
known to he thieves. farrelI WAS arrested
about three months ago for a robbery ana ltnpfs,,
oned for three years. Vlx atterward went TO board
with FArells mother and 81 ,ter IN Mulberry-st
Detective Sergeant Heidelberg went TO Sing sing
oil Tuesday and saw Farrell He made the convict
believe that VIx bad been ares ed and had made
statements about the robbery at No. $40 Broadway:
Farrell then confessed that he and man named
Robinson, also prisoner. had committed The rob-
berry. he SAID that Vlx had furnished key. from
winch duplicate was made, and had been ac-
uuainted with all the operations of his conederateS
although he was absent from the restaurant when
the safe rfed. The burglars paid him $lZ2 as
hi share of the plumber. Nix maze confession OF
his guilt
ASSAULTED AT AN ELEVATED STATION.
JOIN Duffy a bricklayer. living at No 366 West
Twentv-slxth-st., was found sitting on the steps OF
the elevated rar0ad station at One-hundred-and-
twenty-ninth-st. and ThiTd-ave. yesterday. weak
from the loss OF blood that was flowing from wounds
In his neck Duffy SAID that lie had boarded an up
train short time before intending to visit friends
in YOTkvle. He fell asleep, and instead of getting
out at the Eightyfourt hist. station, as he had IN
tended, he rode to One-hundred Dd-twenty ninth
st. He asked if he ght cross the platform and
take the next train back, but beng told that he
would nave to purchase ano her ticket he was about
TO leave the platform when be was set upon by two
Of the railroad men, who kicked HIT iii the RIBS,
knocked hun down and otherwise brutally assaulted
him. James Duffy, gateman. was pointed out
one of his assailants The gatemaH was taken into
custody and arraigned before Justice Morgan IN the
Harlem Police Court He denied the assault Duffy,
he stated had been elected from the platform 6y
the employees on board the tram in which he arrived
lie was paroled for examination to-day.
THE TROUBLES OF ZlPP AND HIS WIFE
John L. +. Zpp. charged with assault aud battery
on Emil Meyer, who interered when Zlpp tried to
keep Mrs. Zlpp from running away IRON hIn at
Paterson, y. j., was up to last evening still Id JAIL
having been unable TO secure 0ondslnan. HIs
wife also has made complaint against him for
pnching her arms Olack and blue in his efforts TO
drtain Der. IL has tTanspred that sometime ago
Zipp wrote TO the woman whom he had deserted III
Germany the sister OF his present wife, offering to
marry her if she wO1ld come over. This was be-
fore the arrival of her sister here aud the
OF the latter TO Zipp His victim wrote back, how
ever that he had deceived her once and she would
not trust him again. but she had no objection TO
sending their chId over with her sister tor ZIpp TO
take care of. ZpD mas written to friends at his
home IN Massachusetts TO see II he can lind some
one TO help him out OF his troubles.