Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-06-22
AN IMPORTANT ARREST.
A Notorious Negro Burglar Captured.
GREAT DEAL OF JKwELRY AND OTHER STOLEN
PROPERTY RECOVERED.

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| Detectives Carter and Mahon made an important
| arrest yesterday by the capture OF the notorious
negro burglar James Moore, with several aliases,
who, II is thought. has been robbng houses In va
| rious parts OF the city, and especially in East
| Washington. In connection with the arrest the
| officers recovered considerable jewelry besides s45
| in cash, and a number OF miscellaneous articles.
| He Is an expert burglar and has done time in AL
bany for robberies committed in this city. He Is
the famous umbrella thief. He had rope ladder,
| on the ends OF which were iron hooks. An extern
| sion handle was connected with an umbrella, by
| means OF which the ladder could be raised and
| hooked onto the second-stOry window OF a house.
Three years ago Sergeant RObey arrested him for
burglary at the house Of Dr. Williams and in Feb
ruary last he returned from Albany after serving
three years He Is thirty-seven years old.
| TUE CLUE
About five weeks ago the house OF Messrs Fred
| A. Grant and Walter Grant, No. POS East Capitol
street, was entered and robbed OF gold and silver
watch and some money. Two weeks ago the gold
watch stolen from Mr.. Fred. A. Grant. and on
which were his initials, turned up in VIM. Nc
Auley's pawnshop In West Washington, where the
prisoner had pawned IL. He saw the initials on
the watch and he pawned 1t in the name OF Frank
A. Gross, which he gave to correspond with the
description Of the man, but they were unable to
locate him FOR the time being. After the Grant
robbery several Others followed. and the detec-
yves were puzzled as TO who was doing the work,
as IL was evidently being done by an expert.
REPRESENTATIVE GRIMES ROBBED.
Yesterday morning Representative Grimes who
lives at the house OF Mrs. Jones' No. Is LIST street
northeast, visited police headquarters and re-
ported that about O'Clock yesterday morning the
house was entered and robbed Of gold watch and
chain and $50 belonging to the Congressman; a
cum button and s. belonging TO Katie Barr, the
Jones. The burglar secured the watch and chain
and the $50 without being discovered, and he then
went
IN MISS BARRs ROOM.
The young woman was awakened by the noise
he made. and thought he was the colored servant
In the house. She got good look at the man, and
seeing he was stranger she was afraid to make
an outcry. The negro was on his knees looking
near ev t9e IOSt Oh me ne
look over the bed at the young lady to see IL she
was awake or not Finally. after securing what
piunder ne could, the negro left the house.
ON THE TRAIL
The detectives Investigated the case and
located the negro at the house OF Charles and Mary
Sullivan, colored, No. s1s Freemans alley SOUTH
west Mary sullivan is Onicer Blocks washer
woman, and the detectives invited Oficer Block to
go with them 10 her house.
THE ARREST.
Upon their arrival at the house the officers found
Moore, and placed him under arrest. He resisted,
and after some trouble he was taken to the fourth
preclncC station, where The pawn ticket for Mr.
Grants watch was found on him. The young
woman above mentioned fully identified him as
the man who was In her room yesterday morning,
and the pawnbrOker had no doubt about his
being the man who pawned the watch.
Mary sullivan, the washer woman, denied
having any knowledge OF the presence on
her premises OF any stolen property. Moore WAS
then informed by the officers That he had been
fully ldentined, and they questioned him closely
regarding the whereabouts or the balance OF the
property. lie told them that il Maly sullivan
had anything belonging to him she would give IT
to them; but she claimed that she knew nothing
OF his property. she told the officers that Moore
had toll them what was not so, and on account Of
the confidence placed in her, her house was not
then searched, and she Steered them of by re-
Ierring them To another colored woman in South
Washington.
FINDING THE STOLEN PROPERTY.
After spending some time there the officers re-
turned to Sullivan's house and made a thorough
search. In several places about the house they
| found pieces OF stolen jewelry and S45 In money,
and tied up in an old sock In the yard they found q
quantity OF ]ewelry Among the goods recovered
were gold watch and chain belonging TO Mr.
Fred. A. Grant; silver watch and chain belong
ing to Mr.. Walter Grant; a gold and silver watch
and chain and other property, stolen from the par
sonage Of ST. stephens church, belonging to Father
Wilson, OF Harpers Ferry; a silver watch, which
the prisoner says he obtained in trade in Alexan-
| dria Waterbury watch, which the prisoner does
not claim; gold thinble with the initials III. A.
t." lot OF Jewelry stolen from Chas. w. Geddes,
| OF No. 22O LIST street northeast: two
pen-knives, a number OF cum buttons and other
small pieces OF Jewelry which nave not been tden-
| tihed. few days ago Moore called at police
headquarters and asked for a pistol which was
| taken from him three years ago. He said that he
did not want the umbrella; that he had no use for
ii now, as he had enough and was going to lead an
honest life. He Is held at the station and Will be
taken to the Police Court tomorrow.