New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-16
THESE THIEVES "FELL OUT.r
THEIR QUARREL RESULTED IN THEIR
CAPTURE.
A PAIR OF HoTE. ROBBERS CAUGHT AND A
QUANTITY OF VALUABLE PROPERTY RECov-
Erred THROUGH FIGHT OVER
DIVISION OF SPOII.S

DIVISION OF SfOllSS
Louis Konrad a French cook. who is also
OF the hotel thieves known to the police,
was arraigned by Detectives Price and O'Donohue,
OF the Central Office. in jefferson Market yester-
day. charged with two of series of thefts he is
known to have committed within the last year. A
year ago Konrad and anothet weil-known thief
named Thomas Henderson were in prison together
in the pententiary on Blackwells Island for
burglary. They worked in the and be-
came 50 friendly that, finding that their terms OF
imprisonment expired about the same time, they en-
tered into compact to together on their
lease in robbjrg the big hotels of this and other
cities.
Both men were released in January last They
took a furnished together in West Twenty
fourth-st. They went to work and. both being ex-
perienced rogues. they succeeded in gathering a
large quantity OF booty. One night. however. when
the partnership had lasted three or four months
the pair quarreed division OF their spoil
Some kind of a peace patched up between them
and each bed but IN the morning when
Henderson awoke he found that Konrad had dis
appeared, taking with him the whole OF their
plunder some $500 in money and $1,000 worth Of
jewelry
The thief had scarcely the courage to report the
robbery" to the police, but he made great outcry
to the land.ady and the people in the house. The
unexpected result that few days later the
landlady's met Konrad one night In Eighth-ave
Konrad was .ocked up in the West Thirty seventh
ST. station. and Henderson. being summoned TO
the station by his oficious friend had choice but
make a complaint against him. He failed, how
ever, to appear against him in Jefferson Market
Court the next morning.
No complainant appearing against him. KOnrad
discharged. but as he unable TO prove his
claim the $1,000 worth of jewelry found I'm his
possession. II was held and turned over to the
Property Clerk at Police Headquarters. y short
time afterward Henderson reappeared in the city.
but Immediately arrested on telegram from
Major Moore. Chief of Washington Police. who
was sent there on requisiton papers. and was SEN
fenced to lye years Imprisonment
one day short time after he had gone to jail
Konrad appeared at Police Headquarters and put
In a claim to the jewelry held there. He told a
story about having been robbed Of his prperty ny
Henderson, but the suspicious OF the property clerk
were aroused and he refused to hand over the
iewery AT the same time the clerk Informed the
Detective Bureau that something might be as
covered in ,he case. So.
Acting Captain O'Bren detailed Detectiye-Ser-
geant Price and Detective Donohue 70 look mo
the matter They succeeded in identifying goa
watch and two silver coins. included In the jewery;
AT the Victoria Hotel In January last. the victim
of which was ID. NJ Stanfeid. Of the miners
Another watch they found to have been stolen. 10,
gether with $500 in money. from the Rev DAVID
Noyes. OF Great harrington. Mass, at sweeney
HOte. about the same time.
Konrad who after his fruitless visit Police Head
quarters had disappeared. They found MN OF
THURSDAY Yesterday he remanded back 10
Police Headquarters. to give the police an opp0r-
unity to find the owners OF the remainder OF the
jewelry In their possession.