The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-26
TWO MORE HARNESS THIEVES o. UeHr
Thsir Eatsrestisg Dialogue whsa Loekea
Up Overhssrd by = Police Listener.

Their Eatsrestisg Dialogue Whsa Loekea
Up Overheard by y Poiiee Listeper.
when the police raIdsd the burglars nest Mt
1855 Starr street williamsburgh last wsdnes-
day evening and captured Martin Krauss. his
sons Michael and George his on-in-law Will
liam Reidel and Charles Richardson. two other
members OF the gang escaped In a buggy.
The police learned that the fuRitlves we're
Frank Krauss aged 20. and John Lyke. 81
years Of age. The fueitives we're traced into
Queens county. whore they stopped at farm
house and left their buggy Discovering that
the gang had been In the habit OF selling
their plumber to Joseph Schmitt. . second
hand dealer at Thatford street and Kiverdals
avenue. Fast New York. detectives went there
on Saturday afternoon. They we're told by
Schmitt that the fuGltives had visited him on
Friday and received part payment for three
OF the four sets OF harness which they sold
him. Schmitt said that they promised to re-
turn on Satsrday evening for the balance.
The detectives went away after telling Schmitt
10 have the tuRitives arrested II they showed
up. Twenty minutes after the detectives had
gone Krauss and Lyke appeared. Schmltt had
them arrested. and they wore locked up In the
Cedar street station.
Before putting them In separate cells. Capt.
Kitzer had Policeman Donovan go into mid
die cell whore he could hear everything the
DTlSOneTS aAlu. hrhuHb anu lIyko nhu De6n In
the cells about an hour when Krsuss said:
Gueas we're all alone, JackP
the soup. Frank"
Not on your life"
They've got us dead TO- rights. l think,
Jack continued. and l think we may as well
Don't you do IT. you damned foo! How can
they prove anything agin US"
TnThats al right; they've got enough to
What .of. iii. All they can do eRln us is
burglary in the third degree, and I'VE get
gooI Lawyer MEL get 9 9Sr. Of IT. Any Tsy
room first"
Somebody might be LISTENING outside"
Donovan wrote down, everything that the
hour afterward when Krauss again opened
the conversation.
.ad day. b 5SH You ns% sns .pn our yi n4::
were to come here to-night "a have them
our way out. These jays who are supposed to
1sIEss; g. REPLIED ,hS other ,s, surSs. BY. but
ing to let u. wash ourselves. and. then. when
and do them. There's only one doorman. I
think and he d be no match for US. We could
punch him and then skip out through the back
Lets do 4; ss b gosh: y:lI I'LL him e
said: I've Just been thinking that II We can
do the toorman We can 60 through the yard
outside climb couple OF fences. and then 80
through the halls into the next street They'll
never catch US"
Lets do It,"
now and have little sleep Wen need little
Both went to sleep and Donovan came quiet
IL out OF his hiding place and handed his re-
port to the Captain. AZ daylight Krauss was
taken into the Captains private room. whore
he was again asked IL he would "squeaL"
No" retorted Krauss.
:. The Captain then read Donovan's report. and
Rrauss turned pale.
Do you know anything about that2" asked
the Captain.
Yes Captain" Krauss stammered. IT
guess you've got US. but I'm not saying any
more"
The pair were subsequently arraigned in
the Even Street Police Court. where JUS
tee Watson committed LIKE to Jail and sent
apparently well founded hope that no would
make q confession.