The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-09
MORIARTY A FAMOUS THIEF.
NEW FORK, PARIS, AND LONDON
THE SCENES OF HIS EXPLOITS
A Prisoner Now In This city for DruEEing
md Robbirp n Jewelry peddler-His Adj

A Prisoner Now In This city for DrurrinE
| md Robbinp n Jeweiry Peddier-Hi. Ad-
| ventures in Europe with Noted Thieves.
Michael Moriarty. alias. John Murray. and
best known as Mike the Dude" q notorious
thief. who Is wanted In several European
cities, Ia locked in a cell at Police Headauar-
tors. He was arrested by Detectives Frink
and Murphy OF Inspector McLoughln's staff
at the Bowery and Hester street on Monday
night.
Moriarty 10 charged with having stolen
$4,000 worth OF stock on Aug. %, 1890 from
an old German jcwclry pedder named A.
Woloner. Woloncr peddled In the upper part
OF the State. He purchased his supplies ut
pawnbrokers' auctions. and was we'll known
In the salesrooms In this city. On the day be-
fore the robbery he bought about 81 800
worth Of watches. diamonds and other jew
| elry Mt sale In Nicholas Il Co.'S rooms at tho
Bowery and Canal street. 1lo left the jewelry
for the night in Rosenthal Il Co.'S Iewelry store
at 12S Bowery. Tho next morning he called
| for the satchel containing the jewelry. and
went away. saying he was bound for Albany
| Some time In the day or evening no met
| Moriarty ut the Bowery and Rivincton street.
| They had several drinks. and then at the
| Dudes" suggestion they went to John ii.
| Smiths saloon in Bond street Smith Is a
| thief known as Fatty Flynn" In 1873 he
| stole Mrs. De Barys diamonds, and was
| caught by Superintendent Byrnes. then Cap
| tain ut the Mercer street station. Morarty
| and Flynn got the old man drinking and gave
| him drug. Very late that night q policeman
| found Woloner lying In doorway at Broad
| way and Houston streets and locked him up
for intoxication. Tho next morning Woloner
| had recovered sufficiently to rotate his experi-
ence. besides his stock he had lost SlS7 in
| money ".
Quietly The Dude was suspected, but he
| could not be found Fatty Flynn = connection
with the crime was not known unit recently.
Moriarty went to Canada Immediately after
| the robbery. and sailed from Montreal iorEnG-
land. In London he fell In with julius Hey
shopl who was living with Ella Rohests,
anothsr ,shoplifter, from this city. The
named Frank Frank Lane ae Vent to Paris. where they
broke into Je,yelry store and stole Diamonds
Ella ioberts then took up with The Dude"
The pair returned to London. where the stolen
an effort TO get the property. They were
scared on their first visit to the EXPRESS Office
a1 GiSeF are s" 18th st the 4
press company. The Dude" and Ella Rob
erts with George Williams ana Dolly ksy-
then entered into scheme to rob London
ewslTy store The women in h the guise OF
home. While the p5opristToHr ,, was waiting
and engaged the clerks at the other end OF the
counter. dispute arose as to the price Of an
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The women were sent to prison for two years.
and Williams got sentence Of Ave years
and he took a steamer at Liverpool for Amer:
lea; On the voyage he became acquainted
took the % t. saloon Thers b sey
Charged With H iatc;xcation Alter learning his
capture S The H DUDE bsors he lett Jersey CITY
When to sa Morary pleaded g rss
years in the State prison at Trenton. His time
was shortened by good conduct. and last Sun
Wo DO M. the peddier. broke down after the
some months he disanp PED, inspector Ne,
nothing could be done until Moriarty came, to
he could not stay away very long. A sharp
look out was kept for him. and he was snapped
Yesterday morning Tho Dude" was taken
spess q In;rSs'ss@ir r N;L9bshin: q. justice e
old and says he lives at Rockaway Inspector
Mclaughlin will nav endeavor to find
Woloner.
ON the morning OF Jan. l. 1892. when Joe
Selling murdered EnIpccr WoGan, T n Tom
third street. Julius Heyman, who was assoc
ciated with The Dude" in tho Paris robbery.
Brown He had been released from prison not
long before 1t Is alleged that the trouble
which resulted In Wogans death was caused
by Heymans companion. Heyman was ar
rested as a witness. but was never called upon
to testify.