The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-06-23
HOUYG DEsPgRADOEs.
Newark Police Break Up a Queer Band
of Tough Boys.

VI A0A.A DoI.s
Special to tie Jeyses cifg Kesus
NEWARK. June @. 1s9l.-For some time
past there have been frequent robberies
committed In the First and Eighth wards
by gang Of youthful thieves who COM
mitted their depredations in broad day
light. in the presence OF storekeepers and
clerks These depredations were repol &
ed from time TO time TO the Second pre-
cinct police, but until recently IL was not
known who the thieves were.
The culprits were arrested Sunday
morning by Policemen Hill and Farrell,
and are now in jail awaiting the act ion of
the Grand Jury in their case. They are
eight In number, as followss-Henry
Schuler, aged nineteen years, OF No. 11s
Nassau street: William Virgins. aged
thirteen, and Edward Virgins. aged six
teen, of No.47 Sheffield street; John Duffy,
aged thirteen, Of No. 5 Sheffield street;
Frank Satchwell, aged fifteen, of No. "A
Nassau street; Fred Bessott. aged eleven,
Of No. Is Canal street; Bernard Hopkins,
aged fourteen, OF No. 147 Eighth avenue,
and John McDermftt, aged thirteen, Of
No. go Eighth avenue.
The arrests were made between four
and six o'clock Sunday morning, the
Officer Hill has been working mp the case
against them for several weeks, and
waited TO get the names Of the entire
gang before making any arrests.
the boys were banded together for the
purpose Of stealing, and Buck" Schuler,
rs he was called. was captain of the gang.
Being older than has companions by
several years he was naturally their
leader. and. besides, be showed a talent
for the work in which he and the other
boys engaged. The gang held meetings
in a woodshed, where plans were made
TO rob stores They adopted the name of
"Wnyos." copying from the celeDrated
gang in New York.
Every boy in the gang had a revolver.
and Captain" Schuler had two reyolvers
In his pockets when arrested. These re-
volvers were identified by William Fields,
OF 9 Central avenue, ds his property.
Seven Of the weapons were twenty-five
calibre and the other two were thirty
two calibre. Most of them were loaded.
Some Of the handles had been reno we'd
and wooden handles substituted.
The gangs method of obtaining their
booty was to enter a store together, three
or four to eight Of them at one time. and
while one OF the number bought some
trifiing article the others scattered them
selves about the store so that the pro-
prietor or clerks could not keep their eyes
on them all Then they pocketed what
ever they could get their hands on, and
in nearly every case they got out OF the
store without being detected. Tne re.
volvers were stolen from Fields store in
this way.
Last Saturday night several OF the boys
went into Ames' hardware store on Belle
vile avenue and tried to get away with
three revolvers, but were detected In the
attempt. They got out Of the store, how
ever, without being arrested. They
worked their little game in candy stores
and grocery stores, as well as in stores
where more valuable articles could be OBJ
tanned.
Mr. Fields has already made a COM
plant against the boys, and Il is ex-
pected that several other victims OF their
depredations viii enter complaints soon.
After the boys were locked up in their
cells at the Second Precinct Station
House they acted IN an outrageous man
ner, breaking the movable furniture In
the cells, guying the other prisoners and
creating all the disturbance they could.
Mrs. Theresa Virgins. mother Of TWO
of the boys, visited the station-house sew
eral times yesterday FOR the purpose OF
gett ing her sons released, and created
such a d isturbance that Captain Nc
Maaus order ed her locked up. She was
released this morning.