New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-08
CLEVER ROGUES COME TO GRIEF All LAST
SOME OF THE ROBBERlES COMMITTED BY 1hlEh
NnING TuuEYEa-THEIR sUBTERFCGEs

YOUNG THIENES-IBEiR OOES
Tlrea vonrr thieves whO have enjoyed an unrs-
nal amonpt OF success and conducted their robbeTles
III an easy-goiug, hilarious fashion LOT more IhEu
wear in this city and in Philadelphia were locked
I'M OF Police Headquarters on Wednesday nlght'
Ring remanded III the custody OF Inspector ByIneS
Yesterday they on exhibition most OF the gay,
and were identified by number oil the persons persons
whom they have robbed. The prisoners are ROBERT
Hawthorne, age twenty-three, OF No AZ kenWlck-
st.; James Mcclure, age twenty-thTee, VINO says
that he lives in Vandam-st.; and Charles Aria,
alias Baline. age twenty -four, of No. 1873 West
Fourth-st. They are the rOgues who, on February
9, 1913, went into the grocery OF ). H. van DOlahl
at Washington and West Eleventh-sts., saying that
thew had made a bet about the amount OF molaSses
which hat would hold: When Mi Van
R ttSfR 9 auiS Re S slapped it on his head
completely binding him. While McGuire and
Arita laughed loudly and made the grocer beIeve
that they were perpetratipg Joke, hawthorne
stole all the cash from the money drawer; A Ia
We're examiners of the Buildings Bureau, and lead
grocer out into the street 10 lock at the tront OF
bls store. While two of them pointed out alleged
violations of the Building Law and Threatened the
grocer with prosecution, Hawthorne or McGulre
would manage to rob the till in the store. BY this
trick they stole $50 from Peter Regolla, at NO.
1,131 Third ave, on May p; $0o from Charies a.
Haubert of No. 800 East Sixth-st., on June II;
800 IRON Daniel Casey of No. 1,113 Second-aye.,
on June 81, and $50 from William Heiteran or NO.
500 Second-ave., on July o.. Then they went TO
Philadelphia and kept up tIeH pIactlCe IneIo AOi
Returning to New-York in November they made
visit TO the grocery Kept ny MIS- HdhnaIi uIIIsdIi
~ No, rs Roosevelt-st. Hawthorne asked to get
change for a bill and while Mrs. Iiarrigan was at
the money drawer, McGuire ran into TIE store,
seized a chair and ran out with it While Alrs. liar
rigan went out on the sidewalk to raise useless
CRY of stop thief" Hawthorne stole 500 from the
drawer. The rascas at different tunes and by Prac-
Using many subterfuges robbed Mrs Brady, dress
maker of No. $50 Tentb-ave, of $685. tTedenck
Goehler of No. 154 LudlOw-st OF Sl04, TWO BANK
books and deed to some property on Long Island,
and X. Becker, of No. 26I West Eighteenth-St., OF
1921 and a watch. $780,, !.
Several Italian laborers We're drinking in
John Currillas beer shop at No; % crosby
st. on January IL. Anita entered and began
to drink beer also, offering 81 bank note in pay;
ment. A few minutes later Mcclure entered and
hired all the laborers for an imaginary job down
town" He took them out of the place at once ana
conducted them to a safe distance. Hawthone then
entered in the guise Of examiner Of the Buildings
Bureau and led Currlla out of the shop to look at
the house gutter. Arita improved the opportunity
ana stole $500 which the Italian kept in the money
drawer. Later they stole 500 from Mrs Margaret
Spiegel, of No. SIS Ninth-ave, and SO from Mrs
Annie Hurd, No. 1852 BrOome-st. 49,,
Detechye-Sergcants Haley, Mangin and Rutland
arrested the thieves after long search, and they
will be arraigned in court to-day on number OF
complaints.