New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-20
BURGLARS LIVE LIKE PRINCES.
THEY FEAST IN MRS. sLAvIN's HOUSE.
prvrrrrvc THERE FOR 4 WEEK THY STEAL
SILVER, SILKS AND FURs. AND De
eTROY FURNITURE.

Captain ScAmtberger. OF the >xty-seven'h'a' sl"u
holds two young and daring burglars WIN io' W
have been living In clover In the haidNoho lo"i syn
browustone house No 139 Fast SlAV 'Aru-s'' WIZ"
WAS left vacant by it, MIS- Mary J. SIa'in' d"
wealthy widow who went 10 the Hot springs for her
health last December. The bnrSAis si'ld thcS VIZ
Joseph Henderson, eighteen years DID, ana "eoFec WIN
Jams txenty-one years old. They drank Tie Wines
cooked their meals baked their bread ana sePt VI MI
slavin's bed on the second hoor. They Diphe mo
costly mahogany and walnut furniture, ana packed up
articles such as silk dresses, luis, siIVeF""c anu
brio a-bruc and carried them away. Inc mousse ""'
been visited twice By Mrs. Slavin'S brothefll'l""'
Edward p slaviu. Of No. 27s Mndson-st' since 9"o
,on tl,, CITY ON February he examined the hOh"e
and found everything In good order. VT SaNlh Pln
nj, second visit to the house on Thursday Inv "''''
way was strewn with broken furniture ana arcI'2 "
clothing and he lost no time In gong - inc ''AN
sevcnthst. police station. -
Cautain scn1nlttberser with his detectives, ".h""'
and Long and several policemen surrounded TIE Hos0
Tl c,rtoin and Cannon entered and mhdo room 10
r,, c,rch Empty wine bottles with thc nee h
L,o;ep OF were Wing Oh the kitchen hoOf' y" u'0
,dctable were odlbles. The captain found tl~U u'c
burglars had made their entrance into the mouse W
breaking ont one Of the panels Of the Kitchen uooi
on fine table I'm the back p1ror the captain iOuAu
th tool, used by the burglars. Ihcy coh'-vtu VI d"
small clfsel. scfewdrver AID hammer WIN thc7e
t,ds the burglars have damagcd furniture, euch A.
mAhorany -deboaids. bureaus, wardrobe ETC., ~ ''c
amount Of 81 900. II j. estimated that thsl s"'
cceaed in carrying away property worth over f-'''
The captain laid trap for the burtiAe' lie Pa'e"
Officer stevenson OH duty In the ho,se with ilstueIoA'
Ia fire a shot 10 a signal. while ic'and us TWO de'e
tive, waited outside. They wGe Oh duly loh y
O'Clock In the evening until O'Clock yesterday morning
before the signal came. stevenson Hitie pciOrc
o'clock heard q noise 10 him himself tenlud the Iano
in the back parior. few minutes later Tie uShi Oh
candle glimnicrtd and lie saw the two eulgIae ohef III
their stocking feet Stevenson waited un'i 'o'
reached The middle Of the room and tben hiile ms
revolver he ,prlng owurd them. Tho burglars darten
ito tho hallway with tho officer 40 their heels shouting
stopl or III fret The signal W. heard by tis cap
tsin and MS detectives, who ~ this time lad enterN
the house aud the burglars were captarA. Al'e'
being rcmandet al the Yoravie Police Court yoseruay
morning rhey were taken TO PolGe Headquarters ana
had their pictures raken ior the Eogues' Gallery
CAPTAIN SchmtttbcrgcT, after securing couieS-'"'fS
from henderson and Williams. wont 70 work 70 yccOVei
the stolen property. He assrled Detectives uanhoo
ard Long 10 a. % 40, 1O2 En~ Ienthtt, me uOHc "
linn Russell twenty seven years old. ana Ms rputeo
wife Kate old The detectives there
fpuud the iulk II the stolen pN1rty, wlnh was mh'i
TO the sXty-sevent-s police statI0n Russell A. NeIl
a. hs wife were locked up. y music box, valued az
so which had beel stolen nom the hon'e, was i0una
n1vned AZ simpsons on tie BOwcry for -.