Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-02-21
AaATEUH BURGLARS CAUGHT.
They Were, 10 IN said, Only Testing
the Value OF Burglar.AIaEm.

4 special dispatch from Boston, Mass.
saws: - rhe continued series OF burg aries
IN the little town 81 ssugus, In which one
burglar was killed and Private. Watchman
Pitts received q dea'h-wOund at the hands
Of the burglars, eliminated in the arrest
shortly after midnight this morning OF eX-
Police officer Oakcs and an acclmplice in
the very act OF breaking iuto the residence Of
Amos +. Stocker. The circumstances at.
tendiog the arrest and the subsequent con-
fl,cting revelations OF the arrested parties
reveal strange story, aud tue authorities
and citizens Of the 10 Pn are IN state OF ex-
element rarely found in a New England
village.
"FrOm information furnished by Jordsn,
the accompice, youth OF seventeen years,
several officers were in waiting about the
StOcker house. one OF the pair pried open
a window with Jimmy, setting of burglar
alarm recently nut IN by UikeS himself. The
officers then rushed in. and, after short
chase and shot from a revolver, captured
both men.
"When Cakes was captured and securely
handcuncd be Immediately began TO
whimper, Il didn't kill Officer Pitts a re-
mark that was neryously repeated several
times while being driven 10 tue Lynn police
station. This and his state OF agit ,tlon was
considered suspicious. but the stories told by
Cakes and Jordan after being locked NJ, II
true in any particular, reveal a scheme OF
new description.
"Oakes, 1t seemed, was the agent for a
burelar.slarm. As stated be had Just placed
one OF these Alarms on SockeT's house. Ac-
cOrdirg 10 the story told by young Jordan,
he was approached bv Cakes with criminal
proportions several weeks ago. On Sunday
Oakes came TO him and urged him 10 join In
a scheme for making money. He told OF the
completion Of the lob OF putting alarms on
toe Stocker house, aud want Jordan to go
with MIN at night. make an attempt 10 enter
| the house, sound the alarm, and thus spread
far and wide the virtues III the burglar sale
guard for which he was the agent. 10 brief,
il was osteOsib y an advertising scheme.
jordan finally. after accepting bride, con-
scented, and the arrests followed. Jordan
also detailed other crimes in which he was
asked to pariicip pate for advertising purposes,
and q number OF others III which apparently
tue alarm had no part
"At tue same lime Cakes was telling a
story OF ii similar nature in the cell In which
he was placed, but in ms story he figured a:
the seduced and injured party. According
TO the puryeyor Of burglar-alarms Jordan
came to him with the proposal 10 60 and ring
tue alarms 10 advertise his business. At
first, be said, he declined the offer, but for
reasons that be declined to diyuge he finally
consented. lie says that 1t was Jordan who
opened the window; that be was without
criminal intent, and can clear himself when
the time comes. lie also hints at co spra-
cy TO ruin him.
"When arrested Oakes wore police uni
form concealed beneath an Ordinary over
coat. Tbe jimmy with which the window
was opened bore the name OF o kes, and the
officers have found that 1t exactly CORE
spends with the marks left by the jimmy
used IN entering the Saugus station at the
time Watcbman Pitts was shot, For period
Of several weeks hardly q night passed WITH
out an attempt TO burglarlze some house in
this town."