The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-02-01
THE TERRYS ACCUSED.
An Apparent Solution Of the Rob-
berry in Justice Weeds
House.

The mystery Of the robbery of Justice
Winfield S. Weeds house in Grove street
near Grand, appears to have been dis
PEELED. Mrs. lillian Terry, who was en-
ployed at housework in the Justices
house, and her husband, Luther
G. Terry, g. porter in the
Boston store, are under arrest
at Police Headquarters. $50 bill which
the Justice described to the detectives
was found in Terry's house. and other
circumstances point very strong against
the Terrys.
Thursday morning Mrs. Terry broug b
coffee to his room as usu
but instead of knocking at the door as
she had been in the habit OF doing, ana
waiting for Mrs. Weed TO take the tray
she came in and placed it beside their
bed, and glided out followed by their sky
terrier dog with which she was very
friendly. Mrs. Weed saw her but did not
thoroughly awake; twenty. minutes or haif
an hour afterward she knocked on the
door to say that sue could not find a
silver milk pitcher and one or two 9th er
things and that a pane OF glass in the
easement window, where the sliyerware
Wued went down and discovered
that the silverwars and her jewelry were
missing. Then Justice Weed found that
his pocketbook, which contained S401 and
six notes, was missing. The notes were
for $3.50, 500. S83. S48. $50 aud $50.
Nothing else was taken from
their sleeping ROOM. Mrs. Weeds jewels
were In q glass case with the silverware
in the basement. The case contained a
diamond solitaire ring, a ring with dla-
monds and ruby in The centre, a topaz
and diamond ring, 9 seal ring with dia-
mond chips, the ring presented to Justlce
Weed by the Order of Elks, a pearl ring,
plain plain gold ns.r rlng' ri pair "' OF
bracelets with diamonds. Some silver
spoons, napkin rings, a silver teapot, but
ter dish and some other things were alb
straeted from the buffet in the basement.
Justice Weed reported the robbery that
morning and Detectives Dalton and NC,
Bride were detailed upon it. The Justice
suspected Mr.. Terry from the first.
He thought it singular that the
terrier, which is usually alert and barks
AZ strangers, did not make any noise
when his pocketbook dis appeared. He
knew tLat Mira. Terry's husband came
every Monday and Thursday morning to
ashes. He described a $50 bill
to the detectives, which was in his pocket
book. 1t had a red ink stain. He got it
of a merchant, who remembers the bill.
The detectives watched Terry and his
wife. They la learned that
Terry deposited $3.50 in a
bank, and fourished money in Tern ey's
saloon on York and Van Worst
street. Mrs. Terry paid $40 for a new
cloak. and S. for q grocery bill at the
corner of YORK and Van Worst streets last
Friday night. Today Detective Dalton
arrested Mrs. Terry at Justice Weeds
house on suspicion. Detective McBride
took Terry from the Boston. They denied
the charge emphatically. Detective Dalton
found S83 in Mrs. Terry's trunk in her
house on the east side of Grand street.
three doors north of Van Worst street..
A $50 bill with a rcd stain
was with the money. jus
tice Weed says it is a part Of the $4O7
stolen from him.
The detectives are looking for more of
the stolen property. Terry Il his wife
will De arraigned tomorrow. She is
twenty-five years old, and has a young
child.