The sun., 1894-04-26
L. c. BENEDICT ROBBED.
mrs BUTLER TOOK THE LIBERTY OF
PAWNiNG THE PLATE.

ASout $1,000 worth was M,s-i-s whs-
the Safe w.s Broke. Opsu-Andrew was
Perfect Butier, Fair to LooA Upo-, aud
Was Once vi.t 10 the KinE OF swsd.p.
Andrew. Mr. f. C. renedIets good.iooking
butler. has gone from his masters house at 10
West Flftyfirst street. and all the pretty house,
maids in the neigh hborhood are lanRuishinR.
Andrew was tall AMI well made and very
light. His mutton chops. yellow and curly.
were dreams; and he had superhne butler
calves. only you couldn't see them, because In
this country the regulation butler is not built
on the European plan. and wears trousers.
Andrew was invaluable In Mr.. Benedlcts
household. Whenever anything was to he
done. and done right. II was Andrew who was
called. II n clock ran down, nobody could flx
It but Andrew; II q collar button lodged under
Mr.. Benedicts dresser and all the servants
failed to ind It Andrew could; n hole came
suddenly In the wash boiler In the midst OF the
family washing-Andre again. He was q
master of all work; he knew his place. he
filled II. and he was respected. Mr.. Benedict
swore by Andrew.
Although II is three years since Andrew was
introduced into the Benedict household By Q
retiring butler. he was known By no other
name Just plain Andrew. II might have gone
on so indefinitely, but yesterday the missing
half OF Andrews name was supplied By the
police. The buffers full name 10 Andrew
Zeiloth. and he has rooms In the tenement at
3o7 East TIL eighth street. where his aged
mother and his seventeen year-old son
Charles now are. Andrew. however, 10 neither
there nor at the Benedict house In Fifty-nrst
street. but In cell at Police Headquarters
For two years Mr. Benedict has been missing
articles OF value from his house. and he has
discharged many servants ct odd times be-
cause OF the theita He did not know whom to
suspect exactly. but every once In q while he
made q clearing out Andrew was the only
servant not cleared out and he was never
suspected.
On last Friday night Andrew let the Fifty
first street house and did not return. Mr.
Benedict did not think Il strange. however. for
Andrew very often stayed out all night He
had a habit upon those occasions OF coming
back very early in the morning. q little rcd as
to eyes and shaky as to nerves. but contrite>
and eager to work hard. But on Saturday
morning Andrew did not return. He had been
ordered overnight to prepare for an elaborate
dinner which Mr.. Benedict intended to give on
Saturday evening. and he should have been
hack early to polish up the family plate, That
slverware was kent IN safe Of which An
necessary that he he on hand; otherwise. no
dinner. or dinner without plate.
Mr.. Bsnediet's house hold got uneasy; no plate.
no dinner-abcve all. no absolutely correct
availlng he had disappeared as utterly as II
he had locked himself in the sale with the sill
.yS whss ssSf
to hresk open the safe and when the safe was
saved themselves the trouble. of ali the hand.
a9me silver. about $1,000 worth was missing.
The coincidence OF no silver and no Andrew
BROUGHT . solemn thought to Mr.. Benedict re-
long lS Sssrs had bsen smashed utterly. and he
only resource yas he police. He went straight;
Andrew and the siivervafe. Detectives Price
and MecanTey % were put p1,n on u the sin ease ~ =,
drew. He hoped ali along that somethina
would turn uBmor Andrew himself with an
this letter from Andrew:
Mas Is. sSst hoHs ySs w Gsy r. 70,
All my trouble: Lnow ~ ne Z. CONS: Sat ,hsii.
broken my poor ''1 H''A' H'"1 o0' 0''; Hspaaw
The detectives hoped that Andrew would
were rewarded yesterday afternoon, A man
Win Win distendsd tfoussr legs that psesassd d
fine calves. walked briskly down the street and
ss he Few Iass
OF the detectives went up to Andrews rooms
- Then Andrew was taken to Police Head
quarters. He said he was a Swede. ~ years
old, and a widower Upon him were found
OF siverware on which he. had secured loans.
All the tickets were issued By J. Roth. pawn
broker at SOS Ihird avenue soms OF them
When taken before Inspeetor Mclaughlin.
all the siiverwsre ,rsDresented ry the pawn
tickets belonged TO Mr.. Benedict. He acknowl-
fra n
Many of the things he had pawned several
times. pawning and sedeemin Ing them as ne was
Andrew was asked what made him steal the
s'lyS%y; Woman. wom.n," he sighed. and ssD,i.
mentally ecst his eyes on space,
The detectives say that they learned that
Andrew, was about to sail for Europe when
Andrew. according f. himself and his
vas sas to tSs king o ffo ss
when when bis wife died. a lew years later. he left
brinsing his mother and his infant son. lie
has work ed for number OF we'll known fam
esteemed: But how. say Kndrew's friends.
could such handsome man avoid ths alton
"itS Il was SRiIs in Mr. Bsnsdicts service. how
ever, that he had his chief specesses MT. Ben
sd1ss 'iTs wa. msSordomo dom az M ssn.die
dIspensa6le on Nj Densdlet,s yacht Oneida
the crossed nnchors and took President Cleve-
land a a-cruising. Andrew was in his element.
lie was used TO personages beeAuse OF his
royal training. He saw In Mr. Cleveland the
en- bOdiment OF the greatness Of greEublic-
which OF course was not so high state as
King but which at least made Andrew feel
that lie was getting into something like the
lie used 10 follow Mr.. Cleveland around on
the yacht and attend to his every little wish.
lie used to button Mr.. Clsysland's shoes. as 1t
was ineonyenisnt for Mr. Cleveland to button
the IN himself
MIR Beeediets second man now opens the
door OF the FiftY-hrst street house. He Is eAl-
low and has no curly mutton chops. He has
no calves. The pretty housemalds near by
never glance at him when they come out to
shake the door mats They look sad. and gaze
up the street as II expecting the lost one to
turn the corner: In word. the new man Is
lust lik syerJ other second man; Andrew was
unique He was the pride OF the block His
kind doesn't grow on every bush.
TEN CAR LOADS OF FISH COSDEASED.
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