The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-08-16
GOOD POLICE WORK.
Hoboken Officers Recover the Stolen
Tobacco and Capture the
Thief.

The Hoboken police have covered them
selves with laurels. They have within a
few days tracked the perpetrators of the
last Tuesday from the Rotterdam steam
ship pier.
The morning after the robbery
Detective Nelson was detailed on
the case He went to
New York and located the truck at a
bIacksmith's shop, being repaired for the
real owner. who is a public truckman
with headquarters at Market Slip on the
east side. Nelson next found the owner,
who is respectable truckman. He said
the truck had heen stolen from his stand
Tuesday morning aud returned Wednes-
day. Nelson then visited every express
and freight office in New York for some
trace of the stolen tobacco but without
avail.
Captain HAYS heard that thieves were
IN the habit Of secreting such goods in
South Brooklyn. Detective Nelson was
semitic the Annex ferry in Jersey City He
learned that single loaded truck had
crossed to Brooklyn Tuesday evening.
Nelson crossed over aud traced it to an
old shed in South Brooklyn where
the tobacco had been unloaded. He
learned that the following day two men
him to take load of tobacco to Flatbush
avenue. He thought there was something
crooked aud refused, He went to Inspec-
tor Reilly, and reported the case to him.
Reilly detailed Detectives Connors and
Ryan to work up the case. In the mean
time Nelson was following up the truck
mans clue. He found another
truckman who said he had been
offered $25 to take load of 25 bales of
tobacco TO Flatbush avenue. He said he
consented, and took the load to Henry
Montanus' cigar store, No. 239 Flatbush
avenue. The detective learned that Mon
tanus was reputable dealer, and he was
very wary about proceeding against him.
Finally Nelson and Detectives Connor
and Ryan went into the store, and made a
search. They could find no trace OF the
stolen tobacco, but Nelson found trap
door leudiug to the cellar. He opened it
and went down long flight of stairs. In
the rear of the cellar he found Moutanus
and a man named Dahl taking the to-
bacco out OF the bags and packing it in
dry goods boxes. The two men were
greatly surprised at the appearance of
the detectives. They Immediately
stopped work and accompanied the de-
tective to the Sixth avenue police sta
tion
Inspector Kelly then telephoned TO Cap
tain Hays, who, Ia company with Special
I
the steamship company. went to Brook
lyR and indentifed the numbers and
marks on the bales. The tobacco was
marked 6s4 U. S. w. G. w. De W., the
numbers running from $50 to 692.
Last night a number of longshoremen
with trucks went over to BROOKLYN and
carted the tobacco to the Tenth Precinct
Station House, where it will remain
until carried away by Cohen & Co.
U. S. Special Officer Britton and hussey,
with Superintendent Byrnes' men. were
also at work on the case, but in an en-
tirely different direction.
The police say that the man Dahl is the
SOU of a tobacco dealer in New York, and
that he paid Bous $500 on Tuesday. and
that he was to give him $500 more last
night if he had not been arrested. The
police are now looking for Bous, and they
think they will have him within few
days.
Montanus said he did not know the to-
bacco was stolen, and that he only had it
on storage for Dahl, who was packing it
DreDaratOry to sending it awaV