Morning journal and courier., 1894-03-27
TWO CROOKS CAPTURED.

Detectives Cowles and Reilly Quickly
Capture a Burglar who Broke Into
Burgess, Machine Shop Yesterday
Morning-E. r. Dudley, Wanted by
New York Police, Also Arrested
Here.
Detectives Cowles and Reilly yesterday
effected the capture of man who gave his
name as William Ashley. He was locked
up at police headquarters, charged with
burglary. The detectives had been look
ing for the man for some hours and finally
cleverly captured him in local pawn shop
where he was endeavoring to dispose of
his ill-gotten wares.
EARLY yesterday morning the machine
shop of Edmund Burgess at Artizsn and
Court streets was broken into and forty
six frst-clsss tools stolen, the value of
which is about $500. No window or door
had been broken or forced, but neverthe-
less the tools were missing. The burglar
obtained an entrance by means of an I'M
fastened window.
The police were promptly notified and
Detectives Cowles and Reilly were detailed
on the case. They went to work quietly
and soon found their man In q pawn shop
on State street, where he was endeavoring
to 'shove up" the goods. He was at once
placed under arrest, the tools again bun
died up and the prisoner and his booty
taken to polics headquarters. Here he
gave his name as William Ashley and his
residence as Boston.
At the police headquarters he claimed
that he had bought the tools for So from q
tramp maohinist. Mr.. Burgess was notified
of the capture and identified the tools.
some of which also bore the name of some
arraigned before the city court this
morning.
Sergeant Trip and Officer Gibson yes
terday on com plaint of the New York
police arrested Emanuel F. Dudley, wait
or at the New Haven house. Dudley ia
wanted in the metropolis to answer to
charge of grand larceny and will be ,ken
to that city to-day by Sergeant MCCARTHY
of the metropolitan force. Dudley was
arrested at the New Haven house and had
quantity of pawn tickets In his posses
sion.
IN MEMORY OF WILDER SMITH.
a New Memorial Window In the
oSASOA oAA AA0A sAV1us
HARTFORD, March 26.-The memorial
window in memory of the Rev. Wilder
Smith, who died here in 1891, was unveiled
at Center church Sunday.
The window is erected by Mrs. Charlotte
Davis Smith, widow of the deceased cler-
gyman. Mrs. Smith is the daughter of
Presidsnt Guatavus F. Davis of the City
bank of Hartford and sister of DIR. G. Pier
pont Davis, Mrs. George E. Taintor and
Frederick W. Davis. One of her daugh-
ters is the wife of Cashier Chsrles T.
Wsllss Of the City bank of Hartford. The
second 10 Miss Alice Wilder Smith.
The Rev. Mr.. Smith. In remembrance of
whom the window IL to be erected, was the
son of Mr.. George W. Smith of tbs old
Hartford firm of Rogers, Smith 6 Co. He
graduated from Yale college in 1857 with
high honors. His classmates included
John O. Day. James B. Gone, Colonel AL
bert w. Drake, who sacrificed his life in
the war, Professor D. Cady Eaton of Yale,
Professor Moses Colt Ty Ter Of Cornell and
President Cyrus Northrop of the Mime
sofa universities.
The first psstorsts of Mr.. Smith was in
Berlin, where he remained four or five
years. He always remembered the people
of that fold with great affection and few
before his death he delivered the
day address there, speaking to
the old soldiers with the utmost tender
ness and affection. On the same occasion
that sanity pastor, who went to his re-
ward few months afterwards, the Rev.
Dr.. W. W. Woodwork, delivered an in
spired eulogy on the veterans in the old
town burying ground.
Mr.. Smith WAS the pastor of the Congre-
yationsl church at Milwaukee, Wis, ave
years, and spent twelve years after that in
The paatorate of the Congregational church
1t Rockford, Ill. he was Q resident of this
sity at the time OF his death and q mem
Der of the Center church.