The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-01-24
A SHREWD CRACKSMAN.
A NOTORIOUS THIEF FOUND ON a
YORK STREET H0USETOp.

4NVA OA4VV0 AMAAE EVVND ON y
YORK STREET HOUSETOP.
A Jersey City Policeman Makes a Luck,
Capture Charging His Pals with Hav.
ing Robbed Him, to Escape Arrest Him.
self-A Chnm of Notorious Safe Breakers
Frank Miller, who was arrested On The
sroof of Kane's saloon, corner of York and
Hudson streets, on Friday night, war
arraigned in Judge Stilsing's Court yes
sterday morning, and held for the Grand
Jury. Before being taken to Court Mile,
was brought to Police Headquarters, and
AS is the case with all suspicious char.
acters unknown to the police here, stood
up for Identification. He was at once
identified by Detectives Clos, Doyle and
Pierson as one of party of three men
who came over on the four O'Clock
boat on. the Cortland street ferry on Friday
afternoon. Not liking the appearance of
the men the detectives determined to sha-
dow them they accordingly followed them
up Exchange Place to Hudson street around
into York, on which street, having walked
"a half block, they retraced their steps to
the ferry and took boat back to New
York. Once out of the city the officers
paid no further attention to the men. At
first Miller denied that he had come to
j ersey City in the afternoon of Friday, but
finally admitted that he had saying that he
had some business to attend to, and having
attended to it he returned. The story of
the capture is as follows: About TO- 80 Fri
day night while Officer John Dalton was
spatroling York street he saw three men on
the roof of Kanes saloon at the corner OF
York and Hudson sire IS. Thinking all
was not right Dalton started after the men,
Seeing they were suspected the men took
ito their heels. Two of the men escaped.
Miller being the only one captured. When
'sthe officer Aabbed him he exclaimed :
Sim all right, officer those two men
stole two dollars from me-
Ill take you first" was the officers
reply, and find out about it..
Yesterday Chief Murphy and Detec-
tive Doyle worked up Miller's record
In New York and Brooklyn He turns
out to be Nicholas Fieth, aged
-28. He is we'll known to the New York
police as clutter" or one who fits KEYS.
and works with gang of safe burglars.
FEST is considered by Inspector Byrness
men as one of the most expert men In his
particular line in New York. Feith was
arrested about month ago by Detectives
-OConnor and Sl6wson, of New York, for
being concerned in q safe robbery corner
of Church and Vesey streets. The saloon
was closed, and while his pals were riiing
the safe, Feith, in order to avert SUSPECT N
from passers by on the street, was indus
ztriously engaged in cleaning up behind the
bar. While they were engaged in their work,
the proprietor, who lives up stairs hap
pened to pass the saloon. In his con-
sternation he exclaimed ssMein Gotl vat
vas yer doing here ?" Fti knock 9 the
German down and then excIaiming s.Stop,
thief There they gol They haye stolen
my watch !" and escaped. He was
held, but through the failure of the Ger
man to recognize him at the trial, he was
acquitted and set free. Filth is known to
have worked with such men as Thomas
Featherston, now serving two and half
years term in Albany for an attempt to rob
the brewery on Greenwich street, near
Desbrosses; Rorer Simms, serving three
years for safe burglary in New York, and
Kellehar, for the bold robbery in Tices
jewellery store, corner of Hillary and Fulton
streets, Brooklyn, several years ago The
theory of the police is that Feith and his
pals intended to crack the safe in the feed
store of Vile & Miller, adjoining Kane's
saloon, and also the safe in the store Of
IF. A. Smith, next door; and they are salts
fed that they are the men who robbed the
safe ia the Journal Office. They think they
can fasten on the prisoner the crime Of
.hn;la;ne which tba1 entered WAC On,
.aIthonob II was Locked sbortlv nr;or ~ n !
arrest The Off GERS fron, New Tork vestar-
s5av ;dant;f;ed t,a ,r;srner In fset he
.doss not danv h;s ddr,;tv
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Last Nights Attractions MT the Kinks.
the Park rink last evening between the
= ersey oitys and the Lee Avenues. The
= elsey MY were victonous, Deating tne
Defeating tbs las tbs Jevssv , G; .,Ss
played another team called the Unknoyns,
which also YVES defeated. Cuponti, the
wonderful Indian juggler, gave a very
clever exhibition at the Payonia rink last
night, and was loudly applauded When
sGuponti had finished his act, the Pavenia's
played the Lees. whom they beat without
any apparent trouble.
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