New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-19
JEWELRY THIEVES 4 RRESTED
WINDSOR HOTEL GUESTS FORTUNATE.
EXCELLENT WORK BY THE DETFCTIvEs-A con

fACELLENT WORK BY THE DETFCTINES-A CON
rEssToN FROM ONE OF THE CRIMINALS.
The thief who stol" 1ewelry from the rooms OF
Mrs William If. Burnett and her daughter at the
Windsor Hotel on the evening Of April arrested
IN Monday in company with his accomp'icc. and the
pole" have recovered the jewclrv. Inspector NJ
auehA desk In the Detectiv, Bureau glitter.d with
The recovered jewels yesterday when he told about the
capture.
The prisoners are John Mcmahon. age twenty. a
plumber who has lived at No. 3i3 Ea, Thirtyifth-
81. and Michael Collins. bartender twcny-one years
old whose home Is at No. 81 Avenue a. Collirs
was formerly halliday at the Windsor Hotel. H."
employed the three years. and was discharged
about five months Ggo He It'd Mcmahon Of plan
to rob the ON, of guests nj the hotel, and induced
Mcmahon commit the thefts Collins said that II
wa, the custom nj the hotel send direct to the rooms
NJ guests a,E messengers carrying packages marked
&C. O. D." lie said he also knew that many OF the
gucst, nj IN, hotel left the doors Of their rooms
rnloc ked when they went to the dningroom I'm the
evening. II easy matter to get the tHmc
some guest the hotel and send package of some
cheap material to him. marked &C. o. d. at the
dinner hour Mcmahon carried such package to the
hotel on III. evening OF March 81. ard was directed
leave 1t al the loom of Mrs. stockbrdge on me
third floor. Mr. and Mrs. stockbridgc were In the
dining room and the door Of their room upstairs was
not locked Mcmahon walked In and stole Mrs. stock
bridge, gold watch which lay her dressing table.
lie left the package in the and left the hotel
without detection.
ON the evening OF April : Ne Mqhon vert TO the
hotel with another package and was cent upstairs
lie found the door Of the rooms occupied by Mrs ana
Mis- Burnett unlocked The womer were in the
dining room, and they had left on their tables the
jewcry they intended at reception later h
the cv,ni<c Not content with taking what lay at
nj, hand McNlahon opened the trunks In the rooms
and took all the light articles which he thought were
valuable enough 10 steal. His pockets were well
filled whel he left the hotel Mr.. Burnett Is wealthy
banker lvre at NJ. 90 Forty sevcnth-S Chicago Ill.
The articles stolen from his wife and daughter were
y,lucd nj about 1000. and described In cir
cular sent to the pawEshops by the police later ns
follows:
Diamond star. Size Of silver onequarter dollar or
larger diamond sapphire cluster earrings. set In plat
WV dark blue u about three carats. surrounded by
diamonds OF about one carat about nine dian9hus
gold pin. about SIX carat, gold bar pm Is wrnd
which matched jewel, given below with diamond non,
square cwclled the other In gold balls, both mounted
gold wire; gold sword hdy' pin j.w"l, n,a, m
hin with Roman coin In centre; gold stick pin rep
ieSentns crown with five mall rnbics and one small
% saa stick STICK p" mo n1T glory U design with
diamond dew-drop pearl stuck In form of ttangr gle,
spiked BAH. hair ornament: sverhandcd file. marked
a. l.. b.: silver bonbOairrr square shaph goio am
watch attached WAS old-flslioncd long gold chain
small lingering design. heart shaped. turquoise. ana
three and n half carat diamond In centre. pair 81
ynr lorcnettes marked 4 l.. Be-: pair sllverhnnded
manlctIr, scissors pair silver cum buttons, 0DlOns
dark blue polka dots. white morocco siivtinOh''d
cnrdcnsr with princes feathers In centre Oi silver
silver mounted caidcaS. and pockctbook III brown
leather with monogram In silver, \. h.: H.: p"k"t,
hook silver mounted with \. l.. b.: s'lv'rmon,od
cardcaS, and pocietbook Iblach open work design
in silver: three gold baed hat pms; gold hat pm
f,ncv design with small diamonds. silver shoe but
ton hook, marked A. J.. u.
Detectives from the Central Once wer" sent 10
keep watch at the pawnshopS for the thei Del FoNe
e.rgc,nts IInnley and Wade SAW Collins ana MCMAHON
try 10 pawn some OF the jewelry At shop In twenty
thirdst on Monday. and followed them 10 Thifd-av'.
and Twcntv-siNthst.. where they arrested them. TIE
prisoners had In their possession part OF the eweify
when they searched In the Detr"llVt Ehr"hu nu
Nc,Iahon made u confession. II" told Inspector ne
Iaurhlin that some Of the jeweiry had been pawh'u
and that tho pawn tickets w'i" D"nihu Il LOOKING
class I'm his room. The rest or the Stplrn pfoprlf
lo snid was hidden In unused stoV" III the mouse
WHERE, he lived. The detectives were SEM 10 tie
house and the, found the articles where McMahon ,an
they cond be- found Even 'he "'''" S''i-" "''"
Mrs Stockbfdgc was recovered =, c,.,.-.
Ms Burnett had returned TO her nom" IN 'hrngo
hui . ,,,lnrrnm MA, sent e. her yesterday telling
her Of the recovery of the jewels Collins ana Nc
Wahcn were taken TO the rombs Ieicc Court ana
,.,', ~, romana.d until today They probably will
plead guilty and be sent To prison without tiiai'