Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-20
France and a Certain Power"
A NEW YORKER ARRESTED.
Said to be Wanted for Thefts in an
Apartment House.

Edward P. Youngs. nicely dressed man
about forty years old. was a prisoner in
| Judge Miller's court today on q charge OF
| carrying concealed weapons. He halls from
New York. where he was born, and where
he lived until few weeks ago, when he
disappeared to keep out Of the clutches of
! the law. To a Star reporter he confessed
| that he was guilty of having robbed his
employer of $500. but denied that he was
guilty Of other thefts attributed to him.
1t was nearly IL o'clock last night when
Policeman John J. Smith found him walk
| ing along Lincoln avenue in the direction
| of Glenwood cemetery. The man seemed to
| be troubled about something. and the off,
GER suspecting something wrong, stopped
him and asked:
Where are you going?'
Il am looking for 621 NJ street." replied
| the stranger
Then you are going in the wrong direc-
| tion," explained the officer. who asked. Are
you stranger here|'
The man replied that he was a stranger,
and started in the direction Of the house
mentioned, when shown the way by the
policeman. Nothing more was thought of
the man until about five minutes later
when he returned and was again making
| his way in the direction of the country, the
officer now thinks for the purpose of COM
hitting suicide, when he stopped him and
put him under arrest as suspicious person.
ald?" the man asked the officer.
Very seldom" replied the officer.
1.-The World?''
Sometimes"
dressed New Yorker said, but the officer
doubted the truth Of his statement. I've
been fooled in that way before" said the
officer. and l don't want YOU to tell me
the truth now"
An Apartment House Clerk.
The prisoner declared that he had told
the truth, and then he evidently changed
his mind about making confession Of his
crime, for he attempted to rid himself of
! clipping from the New York Times OF
February 3. which reads:
Edward p Youngs, clerk Of the Chelsea
apartment house, has disappeared He was
discharged January because 1t was claim
ed that he had taken $500 Youngs forme r.
ly lived at 1856 East 50th street On De-
the apartments Of Mrs. Mary A. Ballard
and Mrs Mary Townsend was arrested
charged with the theft Detective Herdel-
berg made an investigation and, he says,
discovered that IoungS associated with
criminals. II was also found that Youngs
had keys to Mrs Billiards. apartments
when these facts were told to Justice
Taintor In the Tombs police cour: yesser-
day he ordered Mrs Townsends discharge.
No trace has been found Of Toungs lie is
said to have lived in an expensive manner
and to have associated with fast compa n
ions. He has two sisters. who are said to
be members of the Casino chorus
When the officer reached the corner of
Florida avenue and 4th street he took from
his pocket an American bulldog revolver
and. handing 1t over to the officer, ask ed
Isn't 1t fine of $50 to carry a pistol in
the streets of this city," 'che officer told
him that it was against the law, but that
officers did not make habit of searching
citizens on the streets. When the police
Sfa Inn, ot,Al fh.
name as Harry Youngs but he af.erward
admitted that he was the man referred to
in the newspaper clipping.
In the Police Court.
This morning the prisoner was taken To
the Police Court in the BLACK Maria" and
put in cell with number of white and
colored men, there to be held until his case
was called. He had just 5 cents in his
pocket. He is a medum-sized man, with
black whiskers and dark complexion When
questioned by Star reporter. he said he
had been here about five weeks and had
lived at the house mentioned-621 NJ street
His attention was called to the newspaper
clipping and he was asked Did You take
the 5000"
"Yes,I took the money" was his response
How about the diamonds?'
Il know nothing about them
But you had keys to Mrs. Billiards. apart,
| ments?"
'On, yes, mad keys to all the apartments
in the house. l was employed there as clerk
! and of course 1 had the keys to all the
apartments"
The prisoner said that Mrs. Ballard, who
lost the diamonds,is the wife of the head ma t.
ter In Dunlaps hat factory. Mrs. Townsend
| the woman arrested, he said, was Mrs Bal
lard's maid. Youngs said he was a married
man, but has no children. He said he was
SO heartbroken that when arrested la st night
he would have confessed his crime had he
, been asked Now he Is willing to return to
New York, where he can see his wife and
receive what punishment Is melted out to
him.
When he appeared in Judge Miller's court
he plead guilty to a charge Of concealed
weapons. The officer stated to the court the
circumstances under which the arrest was
made, as stated above, and exhibited the
weapon as evidence in the case. Inspector
Hoiinberger, who had telegraphed Inspector
Byrnes in New York, was in court to hear
the mans statement. He told the cour,
that he had sent the message to New York
and was waiting for response, which he
thought would be received later in the day
Judge Miller suspended sentence in the
case to await the receipt of a reply to the
telegram sent to New York.