Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-01-14
THE BURGLARS CAUGHT.
Arrest of the Craoksmen Who Have
Been Operating Here.

1ciiSN CLiSciS SUlp auu buchanan OF
the Eighth district of Philadelphia,
found two men quarreling at Canton
and Hamilton streets, that city. The
man were rough Hooking characters and
seemed to be quarreling over the di-
vision of some spoils. When the officers
approached them the two strangers took
to their heels with the policemen in
| pursuit. The officers overhauled them
at the corner of Eighth and Vine streets,
where Officer Lewis Joined in the pur-
suit and the men were placed under ar
rest.
When Policeman Culp arrested one
Of the men, who gave his name as John
Furey, the latter drew revolver. He
was Immediately disarmed. Both men
we've taken TO the Eighth district station
house. When the officers arrived at the
station house with the prisoners one of
the men was identified as Dominick Nc
Glinchy, notorious character, who the
police say has served five terms in The
Eastern Penitentiary. He had but a
few days ago been released after serving
term for highway robbery.
When the men were searched two
silyer-platcd candle sticks were found
on their persons. They had been broken
in two SO that the thieves could put
them IN their pockets. Furey wore
line chinchilla overcoat, much too large
for him. He said he had had it made
TO order. AS soon as these articles were
examined at police headquarters it was
found that they correspondent with the
description furnished by Chief of Police
blackburn of similar articles stolen from
the residence of Mrs. Sarah l.. Hilles,
No. 1000 King street, in this city, early
on Saturday morning last. The over
coat correspondent to the one stolen from
Lawyer William S. TIilles. Upon the
strength of this information the Phila-
delphia authorities held the prisoners to
await the action of the authorities in
this city.
AS soon as he learned that the robbers
had been apprehended Chief Blackburn
notified Superintendent Linden of
Philadelphia to hold the men until De-
tectives Hatton and Hawkins arrived in
that city to identify the stolen articles.
Both OF the men arrested are desperate
criminals, the police say, and would
stop at nothing short of murder should
they be molested while in the act Of
committing robbery. Chief Of Police
blackburn says he has very little doubt
that the prisoners are the men who have
been operating in this city for the past
few weeks. He thinks they were
plotted in their work by local members
OF the burglarious profession. During
the past two weeks four bold and dar-
ing robberies have been perpetrated
in this city. The work of these
daring criminals has been a source Of
terror to the communities in which
their depredations had been carried
on. The residents in the neighborhood
OF Delaware aYe.and Van Burcn st.were
soalarmed over the work of these thieves
as to cause them to keep lights burning
in their homes all night. Others loaded
whatever firearms there were about their
houses and declare that if these mid
night marauders had attempted to in
wade their households they would have
promptly received pistol ball or load
of buckshot.
About two weeks ago Thos. McCorkle
discovered thief in the first floor of
his handsome residence at the corner of
Delaware avenue and Van Buren, street.
With loaded pistol in his hand MIR.
McCorkle stood waiting to shoot at the
robber, when he made noise which
trlghted the burglar off without secur-
ing much plumber. The next robbery
Captain Henry b. Nones, U. S. N.
The entrance to the residence of Cap
tam Nones was made by prying open
window, and the rooms were ransacked
by the intruders in the same manner as
was Mr.. McCorkle's residence. The
next robbery was committed at the resi-
dence of Edmund A. Harvey, No. 1901
Jefferson street. The robbery was SINH
lar to the other two, but this time one of
the thieves even had the audacity to
hold conversation with Mr.. Harvey,
who thought the robber was his son-in-
law. The stranger afterwards disap-
peared out through a window which he
had opened with a Jimmy
The last robbery was committed at
the residence of Mrs. Sarah 4. Hilles,
No. 1909 King street, and the house of
Sarah l.. Elilles adjoining, on Saturday
morning last. The two dwellings are
connected by communicating door be-
tween them. The robbers ransacked
the first. floors of these two dwellings
and stole the articles which were found
upon them yesterday morning in Phila-
delphia. The men We're quarreling over
the disposition of their booty when ac-
costed by the officers and this quarrel
was the cause of their arrest
The arrest of the two notorious char
acters in Philadelphia early on Sunday
morning, charged with perpetrating d
series of robberies in this city, has not
succeeded in putting stop to the burg
larious work. Two more robberies were
reported at police headquarters here on
Tuesday, and this has led the local au-
thorities TO believe that there is another
gang of burglars at work.
Shortly after | last Tuesday morning
John McVey, shoe dealer at the SOUTH |
cast corner Of Front and Market streets,
was awakened at his residence by the |
sound of some one breaking glass. His |
house is at the corner of Seventh and |
Franklin streets. As soon as he heard |
+. he smashing of glass Mr.. McVey
jumped out of bed and went to the win |
dow. Looking down onto the veranda |
he saw a man endeayoring to get into |
the house. Mr.. McVey called out.
"What do you want there boss?"
sim looking for Fred" was the reply, |
whereupon the man walked coolly down |
oil the step, Joined a companion who was |
standing on the street and disappeared. !
Mr.. McNey made hasty examination |
Of the premises and found that one of |
burglars had made hole in the window |
large enough to thrust his hand through |
and was just about to remove the Win |
dow fastening and enter the house
when detected. Nothing was stolen
from the house.
A SECOND ATTEMPT WAS SUCCESSFUL.
The thieves next turned up at the
residence of James Parker, Seventh and
Broome streets, about 2 O'Clock Tuesday |