Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-03-27
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Eugene Tscnercr Arrested ON sus-
piciOn OF Implication an the Poc0-
moHc CitY burglary.
Quiet OF Polios William Y. 6wizeett,
aided by detectives Jones and Vsildegritt,
arrested Eugene Macheret at his lodgings,
on Orange street above Eighth on the
charge of larceny of betwsen 800 aud
$500 worth of jewelry from the store Of
Edgar Z. Fontaine, at Pooomoke City,
Md, on the night Of Tuesday, March
l1th.
Since that date the police have been on
the lookout for any person selling jewelry
here. Maoheret WAS known to no retail
dsaler in cheap jewelry. The suspicious
OF the officers were turned towards him
from the fact that he had offered goods
at various stores in the city. He has
been watched for the last three DAYS A
search warrant was sworn out and Thurs-
day the chief armed with the warrant
entered the dwelling and proceeded up
TO MacheretB room on the tbifi floor.
The man was found quietly reading. He
showed 10 alarm at CIR. Swiggett's pres
enoe. When told of his arrest and of the
charge he Immediately dressed himself
and walked off with the chief to the
| police station where he was locked mp.
An inventory was made or the iewelry
and articles found 70 the surprise OF
the officers they discovered telescope
caba and two or three grip aackg. They
were filed with quantity OF cheap jew
elry and other articles. No estimate can
be placed upon their value.
Mr. Fontaine was teleRraphed for and
arrived here at 2 O'clock He recognized
articles which had been sold in the stores
here as his property and % part of the
| goods stolen at Pocomoke City on the
night of March 18th. He could not
swear to the identity of Macheret, but
was strongly inclined to believe he was
the man who committed the theft.
| A special session OF the city court was
held on Thursday evening last in order
that the prisoner might be given o hear
ing. Macheret is an nnassuming, attrsc-
tive looking y0ung man of modest de-
meanor, ana does not ct all Impress tue
looker-on As likely 80 have committed tina
audacous burglary with which he ia
charged. He is % years Of age, and was
horn in this city, where ha has lived
almost MI his life. The offioBrs gave
their testimony, telling their story Of tho
srreat on the suspicion OF burglary. De-
/ toGtiye Jones directly charged Maoheret
with hang in P0comoke City the day of
| the robbery MIR. Fontaipe alao testified.
He described how his store was robbed,
and identified part Of the goods found in
Maoheret's possession. Judge Ball or
dered The prisoner held to await the
action of tho Maryland authorities.
| Macieret'a business is that of sign
painter. Lis father was teacher Of Ian
| puages ct the Wesleyan FemRle College
of this city.
The prisoner was seen by GAZETTE
representative on Friday morning. lie
positively denies any connection with the
Pooomolse City burglary. He says ne
has not been in Maryland for the past
10 months, not since May last. lie did
know Of the robbery until he heard OF it
in connection with his srsGst Thursday.
II was il Dover the second week Of
March," he continued. ''On Tuesday
night took the 8 80 train up for Phila-
delphia TO 90 10 the theatre. l can't re-
| member the lame of the play. But /
know it was all the ak and | was want
ing to see it,"
TUESDAY night, March 11th, which the
| prisoner referred to was the opening
nigh. ct the south Broad Street Theatre
OF SulliVan's new play ".ihe Condo iers. F."
| Numbers OF people went up from this
city to witness it, took the $40 train
up and intended to stop over for short
time in Wilmington but went right to
| Philadelphia. went around to different
stores where have dealt. 1 went to the
play and returned here next day. l was
| positively not 10 Pocomoks at ALL"
"Well," the reporter replied, "that
would do for an alibi il you eau prove it.
I Tl,,S a %. \,
zion Of these goods. You ses Mr.. Fon-
tame identifies part OF them at least as
hisg"
II bought these goods on the boat be-
tween Chester and Philadelphia on Friday
week ago to day. got into converse.
ton with a man who had three or four
cabas. lie said he would dispose Of some
OF the goods. The man was about rs
| years Of age, dark and tall ami smart
tallter. paid MIN $40 cash for what l
took and tina. is exactly how got hold
of the articles. The goods found by the
officers in my room value OF R125 at the
highest estimate. they would rot whole.
sale al more than 300. The police took
ey,ry thug believe that own.
II knnw for tho past two days that the
chief was looking for jswelry robbers
aud that the police were watching me. l
had plenty OF time and opportunity for
the past two days to get away. But ain
not guilty and was net afraid.
see now my difficulty is to prove
where | got the goods. But / asked the
man no questions. l thought had big
bargain IL the purchase as know some
thug OF the value OF these articles. /
didn't buy all the goods the man had.
He had one more grip full and also a
small bag"