Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-03-02
CAREE. OF = YOUNG THIEF.
The Astounding Exploits of ''sO nneilO.
the Boy Thief

from the New York sun, February 26.h.
The house OF John j. BurcheII at I1I3 Park
avenue, was entered on December I'd, by a
sneak thief, and robbed OF 81 200 worth of
ge~e!ry. Inspector By .nes ascertained that
Herbert HepwOrth. alias Bonneilo, English
lad of lo, was the thief and that he had taken
train south Detectives We're sent TO Phila-
Gelphia and Washington. At the latter place
the lad was found under arrest for robbery.
The authorities refused 20 surrender him. and
all that the New York detectives could do was
10 lodge bench warrant Tor Hepworth's APP
prehension tor the Burcnen robbery on his dis
charge from the reform school to which he was
sent.
About week ago Inspector Byrnes learned
that he mad escaped from the re:ormatOry,
and u few days afterward Mrs. Mcbride = house.
at 10 " est 9th street. robbed. Inquiry
showed that a lad answering Hepworth's de-
ScTlptiOn had taken Il train north, and he was
arrested on Tuesday at Buffalo. while trying
10 pledge some oi the properly he had stolen.
Detectives Dolan and Heidelberg brought mi IN
To this city on Wednesday night. and yester-
day ne made "a confession to Inspector Byrnes
and toIo
THE HISTORY OF HIS LIFE.
He was born, he said in Leeds. Four years
ago his parents emigrated with him to Toronto,
where he was sent 10 school Unfortunately ne
toOA 10 reading dime novels. and became am
bilious To emulate the exploits OF their heroes.
At Tins time a companion, who was the son of
one New ain, professional thief, put him i'm
the way OF maxi ing isis reading bear fruit. The
PAR began With pilieriDg- but III course OF time
became more enterprIsing, and committed
sneak rObheTles on quite an extensive scale in
hotels and dwellings HepWOrth was Iiuai!y
arrested, after havin. entered five houses in
-tcce~-iCu- " hen trrai.u for trial he plead
cd guilty, and III consideration OF his Youth
:.la also because OF the influence brought To
bear ON the court, judgment was suspended on
condition of his leaving the country. Ills pa
rents accordingly brought him 10 BrOoklvu
%teTe they are now living. He got a situation
~ 500 :. week in printing office. Ills rela-
i've loon learned that he mad returned 10 MS
oId trade OF thIeving- "Reminiscences resulted
IA la running away from home last autumn.
1teH he became
A PROFESSIONAL THIEF.
The sneak ro6beries which agitated Staten
Island last November We're his work On No.
Nenoer . he entered MIR. Martley's house in
SentFa! avenue, New Brighton, and stole
upwards OF $1,000 worth OF JeweIry
with WHICH he decamped in safety ON
november !. he got into ErasJus Williams
house. IN To:npkins avenue, New Brighton.in
TIE same way. There were many persons al
nome, cut he successfully carried OF s. 100
worth of JeweIry. de entered Mr. BurctIalTs
house Oh December = through the basement
door on the side street. which was open. Ser
wants were Cleaning cutlery in another part of
Tue basement hail, but they didn't see min aud
Inc sudden siamininS of the door by the wind
directed ihelr attention in that direction, he
was ShdnIed 10 also mount the stairs uDper-
ctiNed- He assembled to the second story .,yflere
he secured, a. has Seeady been said, 81 zoo
worm Oi property As he was about ~ descend
the stairs with his booty young Mr. BurcneU
entered tue mouse from the street and, after
hanging MS top coat on Jiie hat-stald, began to
ascend HepgOrt:i stole behind :, con veuieut
curtain, ami Mr.. Burchen PASSED sItnout
noticing hlm. The thief then triuIophantiv de-
Scshue1 20 the lower hoor, put or the coat Mr..
Bnrot'ei iLai just taken OH. and Quilted the
house without mourning furfuer riSs Of dctae-
ton.
IN WASHINGTON
The next Gay ne lett the city Tor Washington
Two days alter he reached there viz. December
., he sneaked into Mrs H. q. Ogden's house, at
1.tzJ 18Th street, and stole $500 worth OF
trHikeLs ana sIINerware. That very oay h,
went over 10 Georgetown and entered a Mr.
trftenleSes house. one of the servants s.,w
hum, aud, when he ran away gave cu:,s. sho,r>
Ing stop thIei- lie Was caught, and when
brought beiOre = magistrate pie AIDED his youIh
IN extenuation OF his fauit with such success
That ne Was sent TO the reform school, ior an in
definite period IN place oi being delivered up To
detective hIiltlea, who had Traced him from
new YORK Near midnight, a week later he
IOIc up MS oeodlng and made rope with il
from winch be let himself down from si.e third
Story, where his room was. The rope was not
1PAS euooSh, ana ne mad To drop good dis
''i'ce 10 the ground. The iai did not "a urt him
ana ne walked 10 Baltimore that night
mere ne got ON "A train bound NORTH but WAS
lol Oh at W Wilmington, as he mad no ti.k cts
ana no money He broke into house i'm Vii.
lnIngton ami stole a gold watch a di., r,,,,,i
PIN, several rings a brooch, and $40 in cash
win the last me paid mis- way To this civ
where ne pledged the property stolen in Nil
H1Ihstoh, Last saturday afternoon he got into
Ars McSrldes house, in West 5itn street and
VITA the 81 600 worth of property he slol,. me
set out Tor canada Hepworth also SAYS ne
robbed two houses in jersey civ bIt bs. .sn't
1e1nSieOer their location. he also SAYS that ne
IFied To get into one OF the Vanderbilt houses
1ie uon ! seem 10 hHo" which, out failed as the
locks were too good and there were too rnanv
servants around Hepworth is rather z gnnT
ioo-Atu5 young Fellow " iaIr complication Hem
WORMS Father l. employed in "A ary oonfS
IoU-S, @il.i mas always Oecn respectable All
thCdSu iIepwOrtn stole thousands OF eioyI,rs
NCft4 ot Things IN iew months nt. efdn,t
kno" how To dispose OF them and ne consa
toentiy sol little foI them. Zen per cent ~ :
lro12oIy all ne received lie spent what he
soI on women. 40
ne Soe!nS tiiiain seemed proud OF his record
and eDr4cAed his confessions by coufernnt-
uoGsl[ asking How u fellow gong 10 live
on $500 q week amy now? We must 40 some-
thing hep~OrtG called himself .EonneIIo
she 10y Ihlei IN imitation "a the dime novel