New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-24
A DARING THIEF CAPTURED.
HE ROBBED WARDEN PILSBURY'S HOUSE
THE sILvERwARE WHICH HAD BEEN STOLEN
VALUED AT 81 800 RECOVERED.

THE SILNEKWARE WHICH HAD BEEN SIOLrN
VALUED AT $500. RECOVERED.
Inspector Mclaughlin and his detectives have sue
ceeded in capturing the thief who invaded BlacKw'iis
Island broke into the house OF the warden and unae
the eyes of the patrol guards carried of $1,000 worth
OF slverware. Ills name IS George W. Garter ahds
Blaine, alias Jesse james.
Carter who formerly known rs George W.
Blaine, had robbed roommate OF his colo wa'ch ana
S1lO. and had of TO Boston. where nc was iD!hd
by Detective Sergeant Evanh)e. For ths' on juno
Of, he was adictel for grand larceny but pleading
guilty to a minor offence, was sentenced by 'u"se
Fitzgerald TO twelve months imprisonment on Hack
wells Island
His duties as a messenger for the convicts empioEed
in the gardens Obliged him 10 carry spades shoVci
seeds and anything else used by the men, ana He
frequently made trips to and from the wardehs mousse
Once or twice, In going through the house. ne lAu
noticed plaln-looling wooden chest. covered by
red cloth and standing on the second Goor just al
the top OF the stairway. John, the gehfral heilo'
and man OF all work in the warden's house one Gay
incautously revealed the fact that the chest CON
tanned valuable silverware.
Carter, II appears there and then vowed that ~
surely as he regained his liberty he would have thal
silverware He was n model prisoner, and the chap
lain delighted to point him ont as shining example
OF true pcnitence. In due course OF time He ie' e
Island two months having been taken OF his term
This was on December l.. and he at once went 10 d
room prepared by Maggie saltezeder' at NO. @o "e.'
Thirty -firstst. Mrs Saltezeder had been sent 10
tho Island for habltua drunkenness aud had thrre h'
Carter she had left the prison three days before
Carter and thus had everything prepard Tor MN
Carter waited for nearly fortnight before ne cur
ried out his plan. Early on Tuesday hSh" He "''''
down to the East River pier at fHuelh-st anu '"V
hired boat for which he paid 80 cents Ills rsm
sard had been smashed In n collision on the Baiti-
more and Ohio Railroad, and he was compelled 10
ecul the heat ND the river The night was coid' Du'
Carter held out until he had reached the lSiahu' 1
knew lust what part OF the grounds would oe Saw
for him. and moored his boat to pol"'
n few wards distant from the greenhouse.
Into tho greenhouse he crept ana, War'he"
by the that burned there patiently bided his 'line
u,tu midnight when nearly every One-includhs the
Cuards-would be asleep. Then, Crawling OH hanu' ""u
knees over the ground, he crossed the open sP'ce
between the greenhouse and the wardenS NOME ~
parlor window on the ground floor had been lett opo
Through this he went, and, running up inc sr9' ID"
the chest resting on u low she'll.
Two minutes moro and Carter ard the chest were
ontside the house. In the greenhouse was an ou
basket and into this Carter packed the SPOONS uiAs
fsh-knives gobets tanRards and sai'ceh"s.
finding his boat he sailed down the river 10 tore.H
St where he landed. An hour AFTER h"lsi" no
none OF the thirty policemen whom he passed on las
way downtown, thought of stopping him. Auniii n,i
,,ol,s store at No. 241 Eldrdge-st was MS oo-
3ecve point and here he left part OF the stolen eoos
Then he went 10 his home - IT,,
When Warden Flsbury had recovered from MS
pmazoment and Indignation at the sight which met MS
ewes when he came down stairs on Wednesday morn
inc he hurried over to New-lork and had talk WIN
rnspector Mclaughlin. O'Brien and McAnley se'
.norss for three men whom they suspected ana hnally
hit upon the right Late yesterday afternoon
thew made their way into Carriers Hat, ana there
found him sitting with Mrs. Saltezeider 1hey also
found some Of the warden's property winch he h"u
reserved for housekeeping uses. Mrs satfzeider was
nut under arrest and accompanied Carter to Ponce
Headquarters. . oo
When Inspector Mclaughlin had taken Carriers con-
fession Detective sergcants O'Connor and Hanson were
sent TO Hulmel's store, and as they expected lound
80 srverware They also found Hulme! and
he too. was promptly locked up In Police Headquarters
detective Sergeant Evanhoe had been securing the
Fast side pavnbrokers' Offices ard AT last found the
resi- of Mr. Plsbury's lost silver in store OF a.
Frankenstein No. 81 Delanceyst. IAls part oI TIE
property had been pledged in three separate ParGsc
Garter was born in Richmond Va. ard once i0 S
the trade Of railroad engineer, Delhe ehPoe u Ioi
eight yenrs by tn Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. ne
loss OF his right hand fsarled him from TT Aef WOi.
ami n, ten tried temperance ccturng ms an not
nay. and lie finally dIiftcd to New York, where ne
fe in with Josef Eubank the robbery OF whose "auh
and money led him " BaCkweN's Island.