Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-12-06

- A0AAgN GANNaAA w "I8AA OHALh=
era" IN the Act Of Blowing Open Hart
q BFOthsF'a safe-A Brilliant rieoo Of
WoFk,
For some time past, since some rob
beries have bsen committed In the
city, the inquiry has besn heard
"Whers are the pOlloe2P The police
this morning answered the question b
saying, "Here we are, aud here are two
Of the wort burglars in the country 20
ansWer for our work" The capture was
. hrilliant one, red ctiug tbs greatest
credit upon all cohoarned, and here IL
the soc6unt Of Il:
Eger slnce the 2O.h Of October, The
time that 8 burglary was committed,
nhisf OF Police NiGgstt and Datecttvt
Jns, OF ths p, w s. d. depot, have
us d every tfiori IA their 20 ser 10 oAn
turs the burglars. Both OF lhsss OH
GERS agreed TO work tosather Tor tha
purpose. They spent considerable nms
10 inveslisAiionn, going 10 PhilRdslpbie,
getting deacr ptions Of noted burglars
ard In asceTtGlnlng who visited vii
mins,on. By these efforts they gained
some Idea Of certain visitOrs, and they
were On the lookout for them. Ysster-
day aiteruoOo Chief swisgsn received
telegram from PhilAdelphiA stAttus
that some noted "OrAoka" had leis OIL
the noon boat for this city. By The
time the boat arrived at the wharf the
chief had . man there TO shadow the
strangers, three In numb Der. Chiei
BWiRgst aud Detective Jones called 10
their aid Detective II B. Vanderbilt, at
the P W. & B. deuOt SsrResnt Taoker,
and pAtrolmen Brown, BrOomAll and
EVAOs
wherever the ''erooka" went there
were two or three disguised blue coAts
not far on watching then kssnly, bat
pretending to be star gazing whenever
the ''orooks" looked towards them.
About II 80 o'c Ook this morning the
IhAnoWed and the shadowers were al
ting about IN the neigh borhoOd Of Fif,h
and Poplar streets Apparently bo
men were seen proppsd against corners,
but II their rough outside ooatinah haG
been removed, 9 blue Euit and silver
buttons Would have been revealed. o d
SLOUGH hats covered brains busy laying
plans for the capture Of the crooks
Whenever they settled down TO bust
moss. Tbs centre Of operations sssm5d
tn ne Hart & Brothers pork packing es.
tAblishmsnt.
Toe watchers had not long to walt.
The three burglars sputoGohsd ths
Fifth street entrance to II .rt b Broth
er's estAblishmest The uAss was cat
ting Interesting, 0tlo-r L gGn1 perrin.
around tho corner NJ Fsftn and Poplar
Win the most intense Interest watched
the burglars unslinR their "klt" A
my was applied e. the upper part o.
the double doors, and then farther do 4. q
an F'tll fart er oO~n, opening In L.
d lent, Ut 4 WITH o: WhAnR" the 10
SIDE eaton broAe and the doors Il "
open.
Two burElArs entered and ons remain
ed outside to watch. Oh az Even,
withdrew irom sight Auu almost q y
down TO the depot TO ilform Detective,
Jones and VAndeRTitt The on osn
lot u COS around the building, outtinl
on every avenue of escape The on;
Hde pal bad evident sniRed dau Rsi
= Alsrm, '''
The inside operators had bArr,oadsl
me doors they fore d open with = trkiu
OF lard, and having proceeded 10 III,
ONCE, which was unlocked, by the ~
OF dark lantern they com mepoed
Operations on the safe In : business iE ,
manner. Tie n0lhe OF their operation,
could be family heard on the outsidf
Detective JODOs and Officer BroNn
STOOD 81 the door with thsiF right hap0
resting upon their pistols in tasir hlu
pockets ready for any emergency
Every ofhoer was ready for the VOID.
Break 10 the door" said Detective
Jonss to Ohicer Blown.
AN right" responded the fl ar
And two eorporats bOdlea like batteTins
rams fell against the aoors, which fiev
inwards and the lard tisros rolled ooTns,
tbs or Following their haelg cam
Shisf SE'gRett, Detective YEniagrlf
Sergeant Tucker and on, srs Evan,
and BroOmall.
The sklrmish was . short one. Tbs
snA.leE Of the thieves threw the light oi
ms dark lantern full In the face Of De
tectlVe Jones, and spranR towards hin
As II 10 shoot. The detective antici
paten him and sent bu let at his ~
WIN the admonitton that the next one
you'd strike higher. Jones caught hin
~ ons arm and BroWn by the other
sui he resisted and the ofi sers had q
sae him across the wrists befoEe they
put the "nippers" on him,
The larger Of the two men. gho W..
evidently busily engaged in the ms
ehanioal operation OF drilling = hole II
the safe while the tmElle or one held m,
lantern, seeing the sudden turn affair,
mad taken, started TO run out In IN,
PAoklng room, but As he had 10 psss tn,
Oncers the cold NJ uzzls6 OF three or iouI
pistols pressed unoOmfoTtAbly near IN,
hsao, aud In response to the command
o. THROW up your hAnds," the hAndl
went up In hurry.
lne crooks were ''nippsrsd" securely
Abd the procession TO the pollen statinI
com cenced, While Detectives Jones RnC
fanuegflt gathered up toe "kit" npt
brought i along, after leaving a guar
over the bulldogs.
Neither the owners Of the pIaoa m,
any OF the employ 90 knew OF tpe Uyely
times 10 their building untll notified.
The klt captured was = complete ops
eeFersl Jlmmies we're fCu d,0fAl siz =.
from q small ons six inches lon. q
iarge one In two sections about four fee
long. The tools we're all CAREFUL,
Wapped with fsnnel wound witt
s,fing, 90 As to make no noise when lAi
oomn; a skeleton key, 3 powder blow
Ups D1tlie OF powder, brace and sew
tEA ofilis were also found. The tool
i SLe OF the best q1alisy steel, shu1 NJ
owners. v ~
The powder blow-ppe is q uuiuu
SuAlr. II consists OF An ordinary IN
Dlow-plpe with q small hole in ops ala,
ABOUT two inches from the end, Tn,
YIN hts through holes made in the 10 We
pATt OF boWl Of = oorn-cob pipe. Tn
bowl is flled with powder, pA,s.
enough this bo.e In the tin and Is thel
blown into the hole In the safe.
ice men when arrested were sullep
ara while their pockets were beir
searched at the hall they were 10 don't
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