New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-06
RAILROAD THIEVES AT WORK
MANY STATIONS BROKEN INTO.
popprRy AT scARsDALE LEADS TO THE ARREST

.,ouprpv At scARspALE LEADS TO THE ARREST
OF TWO OF GANG OF BURGLARS.
For the last four months gang of thieves have
neon operatinQ in number Of railroad stations
near this city, on the Hudson River, the New
Haven and Hartford and Harlem railroads. The
robberies were petty, but caused, OF COURSE
considerable annoyance. Two arrests were maue
yesterday morning at fremont, which, it is thougn'
may throw some light on these robberes' Oh
Saturday night the railroad station at Scarsoaie
Was broken into and the contents Of a trunk ne
longing to Mrs. G. B. Tone, the wife OF wan
Street broker, stolen. Some articles owned py the
station master George JJllmann, were. also TAKEN
Mrs Tones trunk contained among other ohihe'
q handsome reception dress. The trunk WIS Ill
Che care of the American Express Co"p"hy' W
which IL had been sent from this city 10 oca's-
dale George Lyons, the express agent az oo"is- ~
dale. estimates she value OF the dress ao gov
Eighteen or twenty yards of plque were also 'ake''
from the trunk. with some fine silk handker-
chiefs The station house was entered by the
window which was opened by knlfe.
TRACING TIE SUSPECTED BURGLARS
On the same night Conductor George Marley,
Of the Harlem railroad. noticed two men who
went out of this city in his train at II 40 1hey
cot off at White Plains Yesterday morning the
same men took his train at 9:45 at Woodawn'
having pnrchased tickets for Harlem. They left
the train at Fordham however The men had
some packages with them and their trousers were
covered with mud. The train stopped at fremont
only short time bue II was long enough lor
Conductor Marley to tell the ticket agent at Ire
mont about his two passengers, ana ms suspicious
night before at Scarsdale. The ticket agent sent
word to Captain Stevenson, OF the !hlrt{ -loursh
Precinct. He detailed Detective Michael BRADY
70 watch for the men.
Detective Brady stationed himself at One-hun-
dredand- -thirtieth-st. and Third-ave where ,re ne
boarded every horse car ht dnat came the mem was
that one was tall and slim, Oh
sandy, complexion and sandy sandy tPaS mnS'acbf bis
companion But in spite of these meagre means
of Identification, after he had been at work only
o short time, he knew he had found ms men Ill
two individuals who were sltting togeIher III ~ d
horse car looking over note book together. lhey
had some packages with them, and their trousers
were covered with mud
from One Of them, the larger rephed sharRly
that was his questioners business 10 ma ouo, Nv
detective then arrested them AT the station one
gave his name Ed' Irving, age twenty nine
years painter by occupation, home, MI. vernon;
The other man said that his name was Ed
Winters lie said that he was eighieeh Wars oiu
his home as New London, Conn winters auI,lS
ted tnat he had known Irving for nine months MS
and that tb,y had been living W9ether aV HAo
Vernon of late
THE STOLEN PROPERTY RrcovFRrD.
In the packages were found Miss Tones dress
her pioue and silk handkerchiefs, and some arti-
clcs belonging to George Ullmann, the station
agent at Scarsdale. On the men were found ten
pawn tickets the face value of which represented
about 81 20 in cash. They were on pawnbrokers
in this city. 1t is supposed that the tickets rep
resent q great deal more than their face value
possibly $500 or 5000. One of the thieves had
table knife the blade Of which broken III
one place in such way to indicate that IT had
been used To open something with. A note book
WAS found in the pocket of one OF them, IN when
were entered the names of many railroad stations
near this city, including Cats<lll, Hudson, Van
Nest and many Others that have been robbed in the
last four months; also bridgeport, Pittsburg and
names Of places in Ncw-Jersey and other States
The names appeared TO be Systematically arranged
An account was kept in the book under the head,
ing of d" f. f. in account with Il. T." Some OF
the items read: Cigarettes cts; dinner, 10
cts: drinks l5 cts
The prisoners said little III answer to the ques
tions Of the officers. One Of Them however, re-
marked that an accommodating man had gwen
them the packages" \ slip Of paper found
among their effects bore several clever limitations
of the name of Chauncey NJ. Depcw The prison
ers had nothing to say about the piece Of paper
A reporter, who has done newspaper work Tor
years at Police Headquarters, SAYS that he has
seen Irving before. Irving and Winters will be
taken before Inspector Byrnes this morning and
later will be arraigned in the MOrEsanla Police
Court.