Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-03-28
TYLER DIAMOND ROBBERY.
The Burglars Arrested and the Property
Recovered.

| Inc Burglars Arrested and the Property
Recovered.
HOW THE POLICE ApRoITLY WORKED THE CASE Up
| AND MANAGED TO CAPTURE THE ROBBERS AND
| SECURE THE STOLEN JEwELRY-THE THIEVES
| coNFEss-THr DIAMONDS HID IN sHANTY.
The burglars who robbed the residence Of
| Lieut. Tyler on / street about ten days ago,
carrying off s11,0 900 worth of jewelry, have
been arrested and all the property has been re-
| covered. The burglars have made a confession.
| When the robbery was committed the police
were notified without delay SO that the burg
lars could not get much Of a start on them.
| The detectives went to work with a will, and
were confident from the beginning that they
| would soon capture the criminals. On the
| night of the robbery Lieut.. Hollinberger
and Detective Raft visited the Tyler residence,
| but, getting no clue except the footprints
made in the soft EARTH they were unable to ac-
complish anything that night. The next morn
| ing Detectives Raft and Horne visited the resi-
dence and took measurements of the impress
| sions made by the burglars feet. From the
circumstances attending the robbery the Off
csrS were satisfied that it was
DONE BY ''sECoND-sToRY BURGLARS"
As heretofore published, the house was en-
X,
was getting ready to attend a reception The
room where the jewelry was kept was unoccu-
pied for only about ten minutes, during which
| time the burglar did his work. The door lead
ing to the hall was locked, thus showing conclu-
sively that the job was done by .'second-story
worAer." The houses of Senator Dawes and
Col A. T. Britton had been entered and robbed
In the same mysterious manner. While pur-
suing their Investigations the detectives, with
| the assistance of Policeman Weldon, located
the gold watch taken from Col. Britton's house.
THE BURGLARS ARRESTED.
This gave them a clue on which to work, for
they were satisfied that the three burglaries had
been committed by the same persons The
watch was recovered from a man who pur-
chased it from negro named Louis Wayman.
knowing the Negroes reputation the officers
were SATISFIED that he was one of the burglars,
and they determined to arrest him. Wayman's
companion, the officers learned was a negro
named George Parker, who lives at No. I'LL
New Hampshire avenue, and they also deter
mined to arrest him. Sergeant Trunnell, with
Policemen Hurd and Keefe, went to Parker's
house about o'clock yesterday morning.
Parker was in the house, but he refused to
open the door. Seeing that the officers were
after him. he crawled from the window to the
roof and defed the officers to arrest him. He
attracted the officers to the rear of the house.
hoping to jump to the pavement in front and
escape, but Officer Keefe ON the alert and
caught him before he could away. Parker was
then placed behind the bars to await the arrest
OF his companion. Later in the day Detective
Mahon and Policeman Bailey arrested Wayman
in the Division" and he was also locked up.
HIS BIG SHOES FIT THE TRACKS.
Detectives Raft and Horne visited Parker at
the station yesterday and took his shoes. They
went to the residence of Lieut. Tyler with them
and the prisoners shoes fitted the impressions
made in the earth under the window where the
burglar had undoubtedly jumped. When they
returned to the station and told the prisoner
what they had done with his shoes he ex-
pressed sorrow for allowing them to take them
without first consulting his lawyer. In con-
tinuing the investigation the officers traced the
prisoners to the room of James Waters. the
colored janitor of the st. Cloud building
During the day they procured a search war
room of the alleged fence" There they
found two handsome overcoats. one fur-lined
coat and the other a large chinchilla ulster
They also found suit of clothes and watch
which Waters told them he purchased from
the prisoners.
How THE JEwELRY WAS FOUND.
Waters statement satisfied the officers that
he also knew something of the Sill 900 worth of
diamonds, and they decided to take the chances
on questioning him.
Where is that package they left here?"
asked one of the officers.
Then the prisoner weakened and said he
would tell all he knew. He did SO with the I'M
derstanding that he was to be used as a witness.
He told them that the package or box contain
ing the diamonds was in house about two
miles beyond Uniontown. The officers hired
carriage and started with Waters to recover
the jewelry. They drove over the rough roads
to shanty in the woods where Waters said the
stolen property was concealed. The carriage
was stopped and the officers made their way
through the woods to the shanty. Entering
the dllapidated structure the officers TO und on
the floor In the back room a small wooden box
on which was a lock. The lock was broken off
and in the box were the stolen jewels. The re-
volver taken from Col. Britton's was also in
the box. Besides Lieut.. Tyler's jewelry there
were several gold chains and lockets, supposed
to be stolen property.
THE BURGLARS CONFESS
When they returned to the city Waters was
taken to the station where Parker was locked
up. Parker, when confronted bv Waters and
the property, made full confession. Later in
the day another visit was made to Wayman's
cell and he also made a confession Parker
they admitted. climbed the porch and entered
the window. while Wayman watched from the
outside. The prisoners are held until they can
be further investigated. The supposed stolen
property recovered is held at headquarters for
Identification.
Both Wayman and Parker are well known in
police circles. Wayman is the negro who
kicked the late Policeman Phil Thompson and
caused the loss OF his eyesight. for which he
was sentenced to the penitentiary, and Parker
has served time In the penitentiary for burg
larry.