The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-25
MR.. WEART'S BURGLAR,
This Time the Philadelphia Po-
lice Were Awake, for
a Wonder.

Corporation Attorney Spenser s. Weart
went to Philadelphia yesterday and
fully identified the man who gave the
name of Louis Armstrong and who was
captured early Thursday morning near
Philadelphia while riding in a bullet
riddled wagon by Sergeant Hansell and
Policeman Ellangerl Of the Philadelphia
police, as James Clark, the head of the
notorious family by that name, the mem
bers of which, both male and female,
have been Systematically robbing houses
in and about Princeton and other places
in this State.
GOOD POLICE WORK.
The arrest of Clark can be recorded
as one of the most clever made by the
police for many months, and was due
in a great measure to the fact that
policemen are close readers of news
papers.
Sergeant HanseIl had not only care
fully read the stories of the Princeton
robberies, but saved the clippings for
future reference. When he and Ell
LANCER looked at the wagon and saw
the bullet holes they properly concluded
that the driver was Clark.
After his arrest, and even until yes
terday morning. the prisoner declared
that his name was Armstrong, and that
he earned a living by working for farm
ers.
When the defendant was taken be-
fore Committing Magistrate Milligan for
a hearing he said his name was Lewis
Armstrong, hfty-seEen years old, and
that his present residence was near
Iiansell had testified concerning the
arrest and the discovery that the back
of the carriage was rlddled with bullets,
he added that he had found a bag Of
feed in the wagon containing the name
of a Trenton firm, and hat the prisoner
said he had come from New Jersey.
ANSWERS no CLARK.
When the Magistrate exclaimed, "Clark
come over here the defendant came
forward. Magistrate Milligan ten asked
him why he gavethe name of Arm
he was called. He made no audible re-
ply to this question, but said he sup
posed the bullets were fired into his car
riage while it was standing under a
shed at Mt. Holly. He said he had been
at work there, and that he had not seen
them until the Sergeant pointed them
out. He said he left Trenton on Wed
res ay locking for work. He deniei h v
ing people around Paterson, and said
he was on his way to Chester when
he was arrested. He had started to
write a letter TO a friend in Moorestown,
which the police produced.
STRONG AND POWERFUL.
Sergeant Hansell said that when he
had told the prisoner that his wife and
daughter were under arrest he was sur
prised, and said that he wished he had
been shot.
Thursday night Constable Phillips. of
Pennington, was sent for, and as soon
as he saw the prisoner he identiiie.id him
as Clark.
Clark was again a%rraigned before
Magistrate Milligan yesterday morning,
but s~tubbornly refused to answer to his
name. still insisting that his name was
Armstrong. Constable Phillips was
sworn, and stated that he had a warrant
for lark arrest on the charge of com
hitting burglaries.
Clark was held in 81, 900 bail to await re-
QUESTION papers from the State of New
Jersey. The prisoner is a man Of ath-
letic proportions, and about six feet in
height. Though advanced in years, he is
said to be strong and agile enough to
give two men a desperate battle to sub
due him..
Constable Phillips said there were
about fifteen different warrants issued
for the arrest of Clark but he was such
a powerful man that every one in his
neighborhood was afraid to arrest him.
From movements of Clark's body at
Constable Phillips thought n Of the
shots fired at Clark on Sunday took
effect, and the wound had not been
treated, knowing that if he went to a
physician or a hospital he would likely
TO be arrested.