The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-08-21
HE HELPED ROB FENTON
That's What the Police Say
of Edward Horton, a Thief
with a Broken Leg.
MRS. JONES IS In NEW YORK.
So Says the Chief, but He Doesn't
Say Why She Isn't Under Ar
rest.

The police have succeeded in locating a
man who, they say, helped to rob George
Fenton, the New York sport, in the house
of Mrs. Annie Jones, No. 31214 Fifth
street, about month ago. The prisoner
is Edward Horton, said by the police to be
notorious thief and an intimate of Hat
tie Duggan, the tall, statutesque beauty
who lured Sport Fenton to the doom Of
his watch and money. When Fenton re-
ported the loss of his property, the police
did not believe that the girls were alone
concerned in the robbery.
They started to investigate the matter,
and ascertained that Horton and young
man named Morris, who had been travel
ling with him of late, were in the house
on the night Fenton was robbed.
THIEF WITH A BROKEN LEG.
Horton left the city Immediately after
and in Brooklyn. Although the Jersey
City detectives knew where he was, he
managed to elude them so that they could
not lay their hands on him in this city.
Detective NcNally arrested Morris yes
terday, as related in THE JERSEY CRY
NEWS of last evening.
Last Saturday A. B. Brown, of No. 559
Hancock avenue, Brooklyn, went to his
house, which had been closed for the sum-
mer, to see if everything was all right.
Two burglars We're in the house at the
time. They leaped from window into
the back yard to escape, and one of them
in jumping broke his leg. His companion
was trying to brace him for leap over
the back yard fence, when Brown saw
them from the back window.
PITY FOR A BURGLAR.
He took pity on the fellow and assisted
him over the fence and to drug store.
He was removed to St. Mary's Hospital,
Brooklyn, and Is there now under police
surveillance. He gave his name as Frank
Hart, but his real name is Horton.
Detective Mcbride yesterday went to
ST. Mary's Hospital and identified him as
Horton.
HE HAS A RECORD.
Horton is wanted for an ingenious rob-
berry which was committed in Brooklyn
two weeks ego He and two other young
men sent telegram to young lady on
Hicks street in that city, stating that her
husband wished to see her at his place of
business. She Immediately went to New
York only to find that her husband had
sent no despatch. She hurried back home
and found that during her absence the
house was cleaned out of about 81, 800
worth of property.
Horton is also wanted in Hoboken for a
house robbery, in which $1,000 worth of
diamonds and jewelry was stolen.
Young Horton is graduate from a
gang of petty thieves oftthis city, all of
whom are of respectable parents. Two of
the gang are in prison awaiting trial. One
is away and the remaining member has
reformed.
MRS. JONES PARTICLES CRIMINIS.
] asked Chief Murphy while talking
about the case this morning what had be-
come of Mrs. Jones. He said that she is
in New York, and denied that she was
an active participant in the robbery. He
said, however, that she had been in col
lusion with Horton and was an accessory
after the fact to all his recent robberies.
Her fine clothes.' the Chief said. "are
the results of Horizons robberies. AS to
this robbery" the Chief went on, Mrs
Jones was in the house at the time.
Fenton was half FULL and he told the
girls to take the best the house afforded;
that he had 81 500 in his pocket. The an
nouncement excited Horizons cupidity,
and during the night he crept into Fen
toms room and took his vest. He didn't
find the 81, 500, because there was no II, 800
to find. All he got was the watch and the
trihe of money in one of the pockets"