New-York tribune., 1895-12-07

HOW LEONARD-ST. POLICE UNEARTHED
A THIEVES DEN.
FOUR PRISONERS TAKEN, AND VALUABLE PROP
ERTY REcovERED-oNE HUNDRED AND TWEEN

FOUR PRISONERS TAKEN, AND VALUABLE PROP
ERTY REcovERED-oNE HUNDRED AND TWEEN
TY-FIvE PAwN-TIcKETs ALSO FOUND.
The police Of the Leonard-st station yesterday
unearthed den of Il ieves in tenement at No.
, ESQ Greenwich-st recovered a lot Of valuable
property and took INTO custody several prisoners,
who, they think make Up dangerous gang. The
property recovered is valued at several thousand
dollars Besides this they found in the place
about one hundred and twenty-five pawn-tickets
for various articles many of them valuable.
Late yesterday afternoon case Of gold and
silver braid and tassels valued at $1,000, and
consigned to Seigm nd & We'll. theatrical-cos-
tune importers and dealers, of No. 1l2 Greenwich
St. was run out on the platform the Iaight-
st. side of the Public Stores for delivery 10 the
FIRMS truckman ". NJ. Hartie.
Before n, had chance to get it truck which
was standing near by was backed up to the plat
form. the of god braid was quickly loaded
upon it and then the truck driven away.
Less than twenty-five minutes later Hartie
called for his case, but 1t could not be found, and
as a truck was also discovered to be missing,
Policeman Hayes was informed.
4 SEARCH FOR THE TRUCK.
After a diligent search of the neighborhood,
Hayes found the missing truck at Hubert and
Greenwich SITS.
Then Hayes traced the case to the hallway Of
No S96 Greenwich-st He at once sent for De-
tectlyes Taggart and Gargan and, summoning
Roundsman Leonard and another policeman,
guarded the entrance to the building while 1t was
being searched The case was found empty on
the roof; the lid had been destroyed, but 1t was
easily identified by the marks -. t. NJ, No. 49,.
on the side.
Then a search began through the many apart
ments In the tenement-house. and when the rooms
Of Mrs Catharine Donovan a widow, VINO lives
on the second floor, rear, with her two daugh-
ters. were reached the three women ooJecleu
most strenuously to a search being made there.
Captain Cross had reached the place and taken
charge by this time, and, the Donovan family
bear an unenviable reputation. most thorough
search was made Enough stolen property was
found to load a truck. in which 1t was carted %
the Leonard-st station. The contents Of the
stolen case Of gold braid were there. too and so
was George Alfred rrottere. twenty-six years
old. Of No 8 Clarkson-st. Trottere is truck
driver and was nabbed ne was leaving Mrs.
Donovan's rooms. He and the WON n were then
marched to the station
All the women denied any knowledge OF the
stolen property and each one said she aid not
know II was in the house. The Don6vans for
rnery lived in the Mixed Ale Flats. at Green
wich and Hubert SITS. and had lived since sep
tember Is IN the rooms where the stolen property
was found
4 QUANTITY OF VALUABLE GOODS.
Besides the gold and silver braid. the following
articles were found IN the Donovan rooms. show
ing that the place was undoubtedly rendezvous
for thieves: One dozen wallets. pocke;books and
women's purses of many sizes and varieties
eseIeral of these still contained parts of their
original contents. number of old rare CONS
of value being found in a wallet which appears
to have been stolen from an immigrant Many
articles of jewelry and several heirlooms were
found in others. including woman's gold neck
chain of delicate structure, with charms at
tached Many toilet articles some OF mem ilo os
fine cut glass. and cigar bo,; full OF gold pens
and pencils and other jewelry were also found
A packlng-case marked Wv Helm d Co con-
tanned a dozen bottles OF imported Scotch whis-
kew and another case containing glassware, ana
marked wv q Son. Plttsburg, Penn, +. X.
r." were among the booty. as was case con-
tanning four dozen bottles "t IaoaSco .,.or, $50
Other grocers' supplies and lot OF gassWafe'
china and things too numerous and varied 10
mention were also found with the pIunuer'
which was hidden in small, dark oeuroo"l ""0''
was used for nothing else. -
Several evidences OF highway robberies when
NAV be traced to tn gang which We're associated
with the Donovani, were founa. .ahons 'ie Isaa
was a newspaper clipping Of September s. 1874. 1874.
II referred L, a robbery committed the nlSht
hef1re when John Mclean, fal mhand, from
Columbus. Ohio was held up and 5r.tally beaten
and then robbed In an alley near the corner OF
Canal and Washington SITS. by James trainer.
Hugh 7 Markey and an unknown man. Trainer
Is an ex-convict He and Markey were arrested
and committed for trial at the jefferson Market
Court. - .,,,o,
4 letter from Trainer to Mrs. Donovan written
from the T0mbs and instructing her now 10 les
tfy at his trial, was also found
PHOTOGRAPHS OF THIEVES.
photographs Of Fog O'Day. alias William
ODay. and William Dynan, two well-known
thieves. the latter "pocketbook dropper, whose
number is 2.sl4 in the Rogues' Gallery. and
slungshot. made by placing glass bottle IN a
big woollen SOCK were discovered in Mrs. Don
ovan's rooms. besides l25 pawn-tekets. represent
ing thousands ot dollars worth OF property
eiIyer snoon marked II Mercrlis. bar goods, ana
other silverware. , . .ho,
misdeeds as another newspaper clipping, headed
"uard In I'm West Street" related now ltuSh
Shields a ieckhand on the steamboat Meta, OF
the New Brunswick line was held up ana robbed
i'm West-st on the evening OF August ~ last
The eyiden % against Trottere Is considered con-
.clusIve as he had been seen hanging ABOUT the
puhlic Stores for two days. The three women
we're taken to the Oal-st station and locked up.
and CAPTAIN Cross put some officers IN charge ol
their rooms.