The evening world., 1894-01-11
BROOKLYN NEWS.
YAMMIN THE TALL BuRGlAR ?
Blanoh Family's Testimony Re-
garded as Very Conflicting.
Has a Good Reputation and Alleges
Police Conspiracy.

LONG ISLAND CITY Jan. 1.-THE
only one of the six suspects arrested by
the big Four and Court officer Kelly
for the masked burglaries in the suburbs
of Long Island City who has been held
for the Grand Jury is Arthur H.. Yam
min. The other five have all been dis
charged from custody. Yammin Is al
legged to be the tan burglar. Now
there is considerable comment In Long
Island City regarding his case.
su se%%ln of was Being aFre one of oy the Sf MASKED ed
Woodside on the night Of Dec. 10.
Police Justice Charles T. Duffy, before
share of the criticism in .Yammin's case.
Blanch. the proprietor Of the hotel, was
permitted to go upon the witness stand
last to in MSnd ga tb IN a he so haa Saep WhiGh Seemed
While upon the stand Blanch referred
fer" dat bloke." dat mug" and other
his testimony Blanch Immediately fell
asleep in the space reserved for lawyers
and reporters. 1t was upon the testi-
m nor he gave on tina ossasion that Jus
.Yammin is a broad-shouldered man, OF
street, New York. His father is a Grip
pie, anu Ills mOtTeT Is past Sixty years
OF age, while his only sister is dying OF
consumption. He Is the principal main
stay Of the three, and IS said to bear
a good reputation among his neigh
Mrs. Drier, whose house. on Vernon
avenue was robbed on election night, at
first identified Yammin as the tall
man. MAJ on who ,h forced ss her her to get out Of bed
", she admitted that she was mistaken.
THE police kept always at me to
that 1 couldn't. one Of them asked mi
to swear that he was the burglar any
At Saturdays hearing of. the case
Blanch said he could not Identify the
II did not see the tall ans face
he said, and don't know who 1t was
w MHM fSeid wore ! ten mas ThG the men were
Monday morning. however. produced
a remarkable change in Blanch's mem
cry. He then swore positively tina
way. Of explanation Of his previous con
Trajectory statements said that constan
looking at the prisoner removed al
doubt from his mind.
keepers daughters. awore positively yes
terday afternoon that Yammin was tn,
tall burglar, although on the previous
and several reporters hat it was i'm
possible for them to recognize any O
masks.
The sisters c~ontradicted zach other OF
several important points. Lulu stain,
that the tall man wore only one mask
while Florence was sure he wore three
Yammin's father and mother and twent,
OF his neighbors are positive that tn
prisoner was at home on the night o
the burglary.
IT am the victim of a conspiracy o,
the part Of the police" said Yammi
yesterday. land It looks as If they vii
swear my liberty away" His case vii
again come UP for a hearing tomorrow
morning.
Yammin has been employed by the frr
Of Valentine Cook & Sons, at 212 Eas
Thirty-seventh street, for the past four
teen months. Previous to that h
worked three years steadily for the Jack
son Iron Works and the Logan ,Iro,
Works. He was also in the employ O
Judge Dugro. All his employers CAV
him an excellent character. His friend
claim he is the victim of police intrigu
and jealousy. They say the Long islam
the, real masked burglars. =.
The big Four were reduced to tn
rank of patrolmen for their fiasco, an
Court Officer Kelly, 1t Is alleged, wa
afraid he would share the same disgrac
II he failed to hold n OF his prisoner
many people believe the real maske
| burglars are still at large,