The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-11-06
B0ATMEN ARRESTED
Two of the Gang Who Beat
Old Man Dey of Bayonne,
in LIN BIO,

Masked burglars on the night of S cps
TENDER nth brutally assaulted and
robbed old Robert Dey and His aged wife.
who live in an OLD canal boat in
Bayonne. The old boat is moored in q
lonely part of the town known as "The
Stakes" The boat Is reached by means
Of a plank walk leading from the Lehigh
ana Wilkesbarre coal docks through the
salt to the Kill Won Kull. where
the ancient hunks are anchored. It is q
quarter of a mile from the coal sheds to
Dev's shanty. It Is difficult to pick ones
way to the boat In the bright est OF suD-
light, but on the night of the bu glary a
violent storm RACED The wi ID blew
with the force of q cyclone, the SKY was
black and the rain fell in backetsf IL.
Old Robert has no near n%eiRhbors. He
had opened his door to look out on the
storm, aud as he stepped back a blow
from d s1unR shot felled him to the floor.
The six pirates Jumped into the cabin:
Their masks fell from the faces OF two of
them, aud Day, although confusei. rec
oguiz4d tue men.
Mrs. Dey WAS seiz d, bound. oag2ei
and thrown iut9 u corner. Then tie
r~uffiaus Kicked and jumped upan the
aged junk man. stamping their heels with
ali their might into his frail aud weak
old body. He was compelled to give 10
the combination Of the rusty, antique
safe in the place.. After a great deal OF
fumbliug, aud just as hs old mar was
crawling over to the strong box TO assist
the pirates 10 unlorking the safe. the
door fiew open, revealing its reasure to
tue greedy viliai us' ey-s.
WHAT THE STOLE.
There were bank bills. some gold
money aud piles of silver coins in the
sare. There was also a gold watch. The
thieves sat down and delibe ately divided
their plumber ia the presencs of the
iuukman aud his wife. Nearly $500 was
counted out and pissed around. Then
Dey was securely bound hand and foot
and thrown on the floor. Mrs. Dey re-
NAMED in her corser, W here a number
of articles had been piled on top of her.
Dey was praying for release when he
suddenly discovered he could crawl with
difficulty in his fettered state. By ex-
| eriing all his strength aud with the
keenest p lin he managed % d rag himself
ashore aud SONS distance to the vicinity
of a store, inside of wnic b a group Of
river men sat smoking aud chatting.
They heard Old Rooerps groans aud calls
for help and rushed to his side.
A surgeon was sent for, WHO bound up
the many Wounds on the jnukman's body
and he4dA AT d st bis life WAS despaired
OF. His wife was not so severelv injured.
Chief of Police Johu b. Mcneil of
Bayonne obtained q descriptioI of the
two river sharks whose facss tbs JUNK
men mad seen. The Chief knew them to
belong to the gang of worthless boa5msn,
coal handlers aud desDerata thugs who
hang round the marsny shores of the
Kill Won Kali. He sent a descrip-
ton of the suspected men to In,
spector Mclaughlin. who ASST gned De-
tective Sergeants Valley, Ev anhoe and
Sheridan to the task of finding them.
THE ARRESTS
One of the pir ties Was arrested Satur-
day at West aud Cortlandt streets. He
/, Martin Dieter, known among the
canallers as Rudolph" also as Dutch"
and again as "Giorlana." He is a boat
man, and lives in Bayonne. He Is only
twenty We IRIS old.
Dieter's pal was likewise arreIted
Saturday afternoon on II canalboat lying
at the foot of East Thirty-ifth street.
He is josef P. Clark, twenty one years
old, and lives on canalboats. Both ac-
knowledge that they are acquainted with
the aged Jun :kmaD, but they say they
know nothing about the robbery. JUS
tiee Meade remanded the prisoners in the
Tom BIS yesterday.
1t is known that Dey has several times
assisted the police of Bayonne in recover
the thieves. IL Is supposed thai the as
sauit upon him aud lis wife was prompts
ed by IL desire for revenge as we'll as for
plumber. The loss IF their money is q
hare blow to the couple, as the booty
represented the savings ot years. Inspec
tor McLaughlin's detectives are hot on
he trail of the other four pirates who
assisted Dieter and CLARK In their das-
tardly job.