Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-05-03

ment. But even while nursing the sick Joe
was able to practice his other profession,
that of an ''instigator," and as one of the
young gentlemen connected with him in a
business way suggested, "the smoothest in.
stigator out Of jail.n
But Joe was not out of Jail, for the police
had already nabbed him and thus put it in
the power Of the press to inform an expect
ant public what an "instigator'' is. In the
sense in which it Is used to describe pro
fessional an '1nstigator' is a man who
plans robberies for other men to commit
seldom taking any active part in them him
self. In this profession Joe was an adept
as a list of IS postoffice robberies within Sc
miles of New York city, all planned by
him, amply proves. These were all "insti-
gated" and committed between Jan. and
the time of Joe's incarceration a few days
ago in Long Island City. But Joes genius
was not devoted solely to postofices, for
within the same brief period he has given
considerable attention to various stations
on the Long Island railroad, and numerous
small burglaries, side issues as it were, are
placed to his credit also. Two of these
small burglaries ultimately led to the de
lection of Joe and his confederates, for
whom the detectives had been searching
unavailingly for many weeks.
A tailor shop robbery in Brooklyn led to
a raid ON a dilapidated house on High street
in that city, on which the police had looked
with suspicion for some time. The place
was found to be the headquarters Of a gang
of burglars, and the police waited around
until they captured five of them. Dobbs
they caught on Staten Island, where he had
just secured a situation at the Sailors Snug
Harbor hospital. Another of the gang was
caught incorporating as consumptive at
the Flatbush On. Y } hospital, hoping thus
to escape arrest. This was Barney Dough
erty. Ella Dee gave him away" and he
In turn "peached" on the rest Of the gang,
who had all refused to talk.
1t is habit the detectives have when
they get hold of a criminal who keeps his
mouth shut, to hunt up ''the woman in the
case" One Of the detectives discovered
that Dobbs had a mistress named Ella Dee,
who was employed as a cook by family in
Brooklyn. Ella had been a patient in a
hospital where Joe was q nurse, and after
her recovery he devoted himself to her,
though be had wife living in the City of
Churches Ella had handsome knife
which Dobbs had given her and which the
officer found was one of a lot that had been
stolen from store in Oyster Bay, N. Y, on
the same night when the stations at Glen
Head, Sea Cliff and Locust Valley on the
Long Island railroad had been robbed
The detective thought Ella knew some
thing Of these robberies, and after Dobbs
had been arrested devoted himself to her
for an evening. A few drinks of whisky
and little hattery induced her to talk
about her lover, and she incidentally men
TONED Dougherty and told where he was.
Then the detective gracefully conducted
her to the Long Island City Jail, where her
lover already was, though she did not know
1t, and where she has since refused to say
anything that can be of service to the DO
lice.
Then the detective turned his attention
TO Mr.. Dougherty. On being told that Ella
Dee and Joe Dobbs were under arrest, and
knowing that the woman would sacrifice
him to save her lover, he concluded to turn
states evidence. The police think his testi-
mony will convict the worst gang of safe
crackers and general burglars that has oper-
ated around New York In many years. If it
does, Mr. Joseph Dobbs, professional nurse
and expert 'instigator,p will not be able to
practice either of his professions for some
years to come