The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-10-08
Captain Baker Makes An
important Arrest.
Eugene TyreIl OF Boston Arrested for
Stealing From Fellow Boarder.
He Proves to BE an All Round Thief
With . Bad Record.

Captain Baker of the Second police sta
Ion did q good piece OF detective work
yesterday afternoon, and did il in remark
ably quick time, too.
Last Saturday there went to the board
Ing house OF Mrs. Eichorn, at 733 North
Main street. a'man named Eugene Tyrell,
who claimed Chelsea as his home. He
ate his dinner and went out in the after
noon, and did not return until Sunday
noon when he asked IL he could have his
dinner. This was given him and he was
present at the evening meal with the rest
OF Mrs Eichorn's boarders.
Monday morning he did not get up
when called, and about 9 O'Clock the
boarding house keeper knocked at the
door of his room and asked him why he
was not at work. He replied that Mon
day was q dull day with him, and all he
had to do was to get around In the after
noon anu show his samples. About 1880
Tyreil left the boarding house by a side
door, and without eating anything.
Sometime after IL O'Clock a boarder
named William X. Nussman, came home
to do justice to the menu provided by
Mr.. Eichorn for the noon meal, and went
TO his room. Great was his surprise
when he found every thing In his ward
robe had been removed, presu ma bly, by a
thief. Suspicion at once fell upon Tyreli,
and as he claimed TO be from down Bos-
ton way, Nussman started for the train.
sent to Captain Baker and he went to
the.boarding house. He sscertsined that
Tyrell formerly boarded on Randall street
and that he had worked at the Franklin
Dye Works on Smithfield avenue. The
captain then went to Rovinsky's second
hand clothing store ON Charles street
where he fonud two pairs OF trousers.,
As he came out of the shop he met Detec-
tive Reardon, and the latter went down
street to look for the thief, Il having
been discovered that he had gone in that
direction. Captain Baker then returned
to the boarding house on North Main
street, and just as he was az the corner
Of jenkins street, q young lady rushed
up to him and in her excitement, not
noticing the captains clothes, asked him
IL he could find police officer. Captain
Baker admitted the question was an easy
one. He went with the young woman
and found that Tyrell had passed Mrs.
Eichorn's with one OF the overcoats he
stole from Nussman on, and had been
pushed into the house through a screen
door and held prisoner, but he would
probably soon have escaped but for the
captains timely appearance.
Tyrell was taken to the Second police
station, arriving about $3.50 p. m.
A search OF the prisoner resulted In the
finding OF O handsome gold watch, a
razor and good pipe and an overcoat.
Two other coats were also recovered. The
Importance OF the capture was even more
In evidence this morning when IL was as
certained Tyrell was an all-round crook
and that he had letters in his possession
showing he had been an inmate of Con-
cord jail and other places where such
characters are placed for the protection of
society.
When arraigned before Judge Sweetlsnd
In the Sixth District Court this morning
he pleaded guilty,.and was held to await
the action OF the grand Jury.
Tyrell though claiming Chelsea as his
home, has resided at various times In Bos-
ton.