Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-13
Big THIEVES CAPTURED
THE WORK OF LooAJ DErEOTIpEs
AND POLICE.
Caught While blowing Hart DC
fsrother,s Safe-A Third Crook Es-
capes--tHeid i'm $4,000 Bail for
Court.

OF this ct4y Was record IhursdAy IL tho
convietioh Of George Deylin, alias
"Broken nose George, and Henry Miller,
two most nGtssious crooks whose fields
of operation are mainly Now York and
Philadelphia.
Throreh telegram received by De-
tective William n. Jones of this city, the
actual fact of the burglars having left
Philadeiphia yesterday week for this city
enabled AIr. Jones and Ohitf Swigeett 10
make Buch arrangements that their well
planned Efforts resulted in the capture of
the two burglars little after mianight
in the midst Of their businesslike efforts
to blow open the, safe in the ofics OF
Hart Y Brother, pork packers, No. sl2
East Fifth street. s+it5f
So complies and thorough was tbe sur
prise end 50 Ettle did the burglars sas
poet the presence OF tho offioara that the
thieves we're poonoed upon by Dstectiye
Jones and Sergeant Tucker while they
weRe actually upon their knees drilling ut
the safe. They had forced their entrance
by the from. siorehcuss door, which bears
plentiful eyidencs Of the work of the
jimmiss. Calming easy access they re-
closed the door, plseilg a few tubs
against 1t as preeaution and then leis.
urely proceeded to the office and went to
work at the safe. Within 25 minutes of
their entrance the detectives, w. II. Jones
and Harvey B. Vandegrift, accompanied
by Cnisf Swiggett, Sergeant Tucker, q
citizen named john Wintze, with Officers
Evans, Heald, Burroughs, Broomall and
Brown had the burglars hhndcuffed and
marching towards the station. s al 4
When Mr.. Jones and Sergeans Tucker
first got Inside Miller throw the daazline
light of his dark lantern in the eyes sof
the officsrs. Both the crooks attempted
TO get away but Detective Jones fred low
in the direction OF the lantern which
halted Miller. Broken-nose AGsoree
made his escape to another room but WAS
followed with the demand to throw up
his hands which he Immediately did upon
seeing he was cornered, when both men
were hsnd-cuffsd. A complete kit of ex-
pensive burglars' tools were captured by
the police. including o very peculiar
crowbar with Borrow joints and its
different parts mufiled and swathed
around with bagging to prevent any
blinking noise from the steel as the tool
was used. A blow pipe which is q tin
tube about 10 inches long with common
corn-oob pipe BOWL fxsd in 1t about two.
thirds Of the way down Its length. Where
the tube pisrces the base of the bowl
there is I'm aperture in the tube. When
used the bowl isfilled with powder. One
end Of the tube is placed in the aperture
drilled in the safe lock, and the operator
blows of the other end thus filling the
lcck with the powder which is then
ignited with o fuse. Other implements
captured were curious skeleton hoy, a
hraae. with several bits, and a 4-ounes
bottle of 6ne grade blasting powder. The
hole drilled In the safe something leas
than one-quarter of an inch in diameter
had cut quite through the outer steel
sheeting.
At Thussday's session ..of the city
court the binding was filled to excess.
Mayor Harrington aud Deputy Attorney
general Thomas Davis occupied seat on
the bench with Judge Ball. large rap
resentation OF merchants and business
men were also present.
Following tina trial Of three or four
cases of drunkenness there wns short
pause and a perfect stiffness, when q
Thousand pair of eyes were directed at the
police entrance OF the court room as
Chief Swiggett appeared, quickly fol-
lowed in short tripping ateps the smaller
of the two crooks, Henry Miller. But
"Broken-nose" George was in no such
hurry. Ris gigantic figure loomed up
hsad and shoulders over his oompaer.
! 10 is o magnificent specimen OF man
b ood, all but his sinister, watohful, calm
eyes and nasal disfgurement. His
1 lendid physique, short bull neck, and
' ie Il set broad shoulders, reminded eyagy
0 ne who is familiar with the Appearance
of John L. Sullivan, Of the great ashlese,s
p ersonnel. Certainly any two ordinary
N en- who would dare to tackle such a
81 ant would do SO at their bodily risk.
The crooks gave the nameg of George
De Win and Henry Miller. They stood
wa tshful and nonehalant in the dock,
DsY.in gazing calmly around over the
vast audience and drumming lightly with
his fingers on the railing, impatient at
the necessarily I tedious formalities of the
clerk q arraignment of him and his friend.
Chef of Police Swiggett was the first
witn,su. He told the court that he with
Detect i've Jones had been Watching for
the pri soners since October 20th. BE had
invited Mr.. Jones to work with him.
They h sd co-operatsd during the pastsix
weeks in this case with the utmost has-
mony. He exhibited the Philadelphia
dispatch informing the polioe of tha
fact that the two burglars had left
that city for Wilmington Tsaey had
been sha dowed all the time from tho
they had arrived here at @ O'Clock
and were watched until the time they
entered tho Hart & Brother building.
Detective W. Il. Jones testified to hay
ing received the telegram from Philadel-
phia. He then proceeded to give the
story IS already described. He TOOK the
bottle of powder from Miilsr's pocket.
Upon the latter being asked by Judge
Ball whether he had any questions to ask
the prisoner, Miller, spurted out rather
angrily TO the detective in q clear, un-
daunted voice:
ia that all you didP You deliberately
fired q pistol at my head without provo
cation. Why did you note state that in
your evidence, Mr.. Jones ?"
Mr.. Jones (smilingly)-"Yes, I GER
tainly did that"
Charles o. Mammele testified to seeing
Deylin loafng about in front OF Hart's
place several times and leaning against
lamp post at Fifth and Poplar streets.
The witnsss saw him as early as O'Clock
in the afternoon. At this last statement
q slight movement in the prisoners box
drew the attention Of the audience in that
direction sardonic grin was ON the face
of Broken Nose George and Miller was
glancine with reproRohful looks at his
oomrade when both blurted out, "There
that's perjury. We can prove it by the
captain o. the boat.n
Sergeant fuckers testimony was sfmi.
lar to tha of Ohieflswiggett's.
Officer Evans testifed-"I saw three
men. Two of them broke open the door
with ceaking noise, while the third