Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-03
SOME NOTED ROBBERIES
One Young Man With q Record in
Court
The Mystery of Mr.. Browns Necklace
Solved Other RObberies Re-
ported and the Victims.

The police records for the past few weeks
show a decided increase in the number Of
robberies committed. and the court records
show a corresponding increase in the num-
Der of thieves arrested and convicted. The
| rcbberies committed include all kinds Of
| dishonest transactions, from the petty
thief in a market to burglar who ope-
rates la daylight. Then, too, there has
| been what the court terms larceny by
| trick which is generally operated on
some superstitious person by "voudoo" doc
tors.
show an increase in the number of convic-
| lions, and the number OF thieves in Jail
| is larger than usual Saturday the court
sent to Jail party of boys who robbed a
| horse of its bride and left the animal in
the street to run away.
Saturday night the detectives made two
important arrests. and recovered property
stolen from six places. The prisoner in
this case is a young man named Irving
Marks, who claims that he belongs in New
York, although letters found on him indi-
cate that the young man has been in diff
and his home is in Leavenworth, Kan.
While nothing is known of the prisoner
by the police, a letter from his mother
tells him he must return home and behave
| himself. The contents of this letter indi-
Gates that the young man has been in diff
ferent parts of the United States, as far
south as Texas, and his parents now want
their prodigal son to return and enjoy the
fatted calf.
Settle down and go to work" is the ad-
vice given him.
Marks who Is eighteen years old, COM
mitted several daring burglaries Saturday
and was finally captured by Detectives
Rhodes and Quinlan. Several times the
police heard of him and got an accurate
description Of him. but when they respond
ed to complaints the young man had dis
appeared. Finally he visited a pawn shop
and endeavored to dispose Of the plumber
Then the officers captured him. An inves-
tigation of his conduct showed that he had
robbed six persons Saturday of nearly $500
worth of Jewelry. The persons robbed
were: L. P. Davis, 1884 14th street, $1S5
worth Of jewelry; DR.. j. A.Harrison, 1925
G street. watch worth 800; Mrs. H. +.
Murray, 6O4 18th street, $6S worth of jew
elry; E. T. Beach, zoos 14th street, gold
chain and pin; Frank Germershasen, same,
silver watch.
Tried This Morning.
The young man was arraigned In Judge
Millers court this morning on three charg-
es of grand larceny and three of petit lar
ceny.
He plead guilty to all the charges.
Judge Miller examined the watch which
had figured in the arctic expedition with
Walter Wellman and questioned witnesses
in each case.
Then he turneds his attention to the pris-
oner. The officers. Detectives Rhodes and
Quinlan. told of his numerous statements.
He had come here to attend the races and
had 500 on him. At OF time he said he
was $1,000 ahead of the races, but he finally
went broke" and then went to stealing.
He told Judge1M Miller that he met a man
at the races who said his name was Ed.
Burk, and this man. he said, induced him
TO steal and toldyhimi just how to operate.
md
about the prisoners parents, but the boy
said his father Is a well-known citizen in
the west and he does not want his identity
known. - n
HE lives In the west" was all that he
would say. II
Judge Miller said he had done a clever
piece of work, and he was anxious to know
whether or not the prisoner is profession
Marks is a Hebrew and the officers told
the court that a local Hebrew will notify
his parents of the affair.
The court held him for the grand jury in
the grand larceny cases, and fixed the bond
at $500 in each case. In the other cases the
court postponed sentence.
Mr.. Browns Jewels.
The detectives also succeeded in clearing
away the mystery surrounding the theft
of the 81 800 pearl necklace stolen from the
house of Mr.. Sevellon A. Brown, No. 2034
street, last sur.mer. Detective Horne
Investigated the case. and has the alleged
thief In custody. The prisoner is a negro
named James Farrer, who Is also known
as Thomas and Robbins. He was employ
ed in Mr.. Browns house at the time the
necklace, many valuable coins and dia-
mond stud were taken.
Wher Mr.. Brown got ready to send his
family away for the summer he put his
valuables in boxes and sent them to be de-
posted in a vault of one of the safe de-
post companies, and 1T was not until a
few he
to get some of his property, that he dis
covered the loss of a tin box containing
the valuables. and then he complained to
the police. Inspector Holltnberger remem-
bered that some negro had disposed of
pc lrls, coins and a diamond at second
hand store some weeks ago. The second
he nd dealer had done his part in the mat
ter, but the police could do nothing, as the
owner of the property was not known.
When Mr. Brown reported his loss last
week Detective Horne was detailed on the
case, and Saturday night he had Farrer
behind the bars. The prisoner had nothing
| to say for himself. but the secondhand
| dealer identified him as the man from
whom he had purchased the Valuables.
The pearls had been detached from the
! chain, and the diamond had been unset
| before it was sold. Several visits were
| made to the secondhand store between
| May and this month, and the alleged thief
| realized only a few dollars on the 5000
| worth of property.
The prisoner will be tried tomorrow.
| Nine More.
| Nine negroes among them being Michael
| Cox, James Williams and Joseph Payne,
| were given a hearing on a charge of lar
| ceny from the person.
Matthew Rawson, a colored man, ap-
| peared as complainant and told of how he
| had imbibed some East Washington whis-
! ky and made mis- bed In a vacant house
| Then he was robbed. He had $50 in his
| pocket when he fell asleep and when he
| got up he was surprised to find that his
pocket had been cut from his trousers and
| his money gone.
| Sergt. Burgess investigated the case and
| arrested the nine men.
| The evidence in the case failed. to connect
| six of the prisoners with the affair and
| they were discharged. The three men