The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-15
DOES HE TAKE TO CRIME?
WIZ sHoULD PRED RosEyBAt,N ne
BURGLAR AT 90.

A BURGLAR At go:
There Seems 60 be no Doubt that He Il. q IND
Tes His Yssser 10 Wealthy, asd oil Of thu
Family Except ue IL Respectable.
Fred Roscnbaum's case Ia one OF those that
puzzle folks Why should he with q good
bringing up and a rich father be a burglar
At 2O7
There are all sorts Of speculations but in
spite OF what some folks say IL was not
through want Of pocket money. for those who
know Jacob 8 Rosenbaum know he IL one Of
the most indulgent parents in iiobOken.
Neither IL II on account OF PARENTAL neglect.
for through all the boys waywgrdness and
thievery the fathers home was always open
to him. and even now when he is publicly dis
Qraced his father has bailed him out Of Jail
Some folks say II Is kleptomania. and the
!family's friends like to encourage this notion
But the police say he was never known to steal
. thing in his life unless there was an atmos-
phere OF lawlessness and bravdo about the
taking Of It.
It seems much more likely that evil compan-
IONS have been the ruin Of the boy. though
some folks say that he was born bad and would
have been bad whether or no. Perhaps dime
novels helped. Any way Pred Rosenbaum Is
under arrest on . charge OF burglary.
Five or six years ago. while his voice was still
ahigh treble. he began TO go to the bad He
Vas at school then. and he helped start a small
gang" OF small boys. modelled after the plan OF
the Wild Western gangs In the dime novels Only
Hred's gang contemplated the taking OF small
lsswsg." and that more for the fun Of the thing
| than anything else. Money surely could have
been no object TO Fred. whose father owned q
great deal Of real estate IN Hoboken. and was
.Feputed to be worth $4,000 at the least.
Whom the boy left school the gang was still
1ourishing. and for that matter It is hanging
% yet after . fashion. although Detectives
Dawn and Gallagher have done much to cripple
Il The boys called 1t the Phoenix gang. for
some reason never discovered. The principle
act mysteriously. Incidentally. the members
committed no end OF small and infinitely ex-
ssperating depredations.
For instance, they used to steal coal Sew
sral big railroads run through Hoboken and
dive into the side Of Bergen Hills through tun-
Dela Coal trains coming this way are in the
habit OF stopping this side Of the tunnels for
orders. Here is where the Phoenix come in
The boys used to raid the cars and pitch as
much coal as possible OF on the tracks. After
ward they gathered tho coal up and and sold
II 10 dealer in Hoboken. who afterward did
time for his part In it The gang spent its coal
money for beer and cigarettes. Some Of the
gang were sent to Snake Hill for this. but Fred
Rosenbaum got or
About the time that the gangs coal business
Was broken mp. Col Hart. who kept stand in
Warrington Market began to miss butter.
Tub after tub disappeared in tho most mys-
FERROUS manner. He never discovered how it
disappeared. but the Hoboken detectives be.
gan to ind butter over In their territory. and
Col Hart said It was his. 1t was the Phoenix
gang again. The detectives worked very hard
on the case. and not only found out who stole
Ought he% Thsn there anot here essn
Ing up. and some folks say 1t was only the in
fed out Of a WRe1 several Of Els
s..ll ths PhGnin gang Gourished. The mem:
q and smoiin ana and do GONG e.
6slia aoboken Is great place for these
hs en- sS the
money. Ono night Detective Gallagher was
proving around the upper end q Eighth
found robbeTs cave With some swag 10 It. and
q s sss4s qS
TIE gape had had It's headquarters. here for
re oshsF stSllsp staT Ihs cave was dug out
This vas year or more ago. N ~ -0'
=, The finding Of the cave solved problem
ST. n hsa Sss1 Sss ling the Police FOR sS@s
Ia e1 Gang se snd
bers went Up. then. but again young Rosen-
bsu% escsRs st 1T. Ihst broke UP the gang
on ever since. and one or another OF Rosen- |
bsum's cronies has been in hot water pretty |
saR yend Hs e
neither well nor Ill and hasn't hair on his |
ss l. %zshs sssys st aRs
once stole chickens or potatoes Tor a LARK. but
never yer that ast h Hr was Ere 3 real burglar:
upon charge Of breaking into a
SSsSSf TeS Sss ss e ~
o Charles Pruser. Pruser had locked
faa 10 about mId
night and cut out a large pane 4 glass from
ans Il maids &c ss0 nase
sii%Ssd through The hole ard went inside Just
. The smashing Of the glass awakened Mrs.
ANA sna his
md Into the grocery. where he discovered
sSsr With sieel tho BapRssy
houted:
What are you doing here?'
Rosenbaum vaulted oyer the counter. dived
through the hole In the door. and ran down tho
street Two policemen followed him. and one
u them captured him after a sharp run. Tho
Ioupg man refused to say anything to Re-
e.. AID he RECORDER held him in 81 co. bail
o appear before the Grand Jury. His father
Police Captain Hayes says that the young
sw breakers Of the Phoenix gang have got to
- checked. and that family Influence will not
70 allowed to have weight In the case OF Fred
toscnbSum. He has had many chances. but
% viii have no more.
he Captain. arrested Sneak" Conway on the
'haxge Of assaulting John Hos9s who keeps
eloon 4t Twelfth street and Willow avenue.
$onWay had been out all night, and his pock-
- were full Of money. But 1t was not so
mug at the bartender that the police really
wanted him as becauee he was Fred Rosen-
at: Hayes says, he discovered yesterday and
nember Of the Phoenix gang. and Is an init.
pate friend Of Rosenbaum's He comes OF
ery respectable parents. too. hut has done
Inc tn several instances. nevertheless.
Tho Rosenbsum family take the young mans
VII conduct worry much to heart, The father
1as merchant before he retired from bust
esE ne lives In handsome house at 1875