New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-02

Henry SCheber Schubert. nineteen years olu'
waiter Of No. Alb Ninth-ave.; Joseph Goldsten'
eighteen years old brass fnsher of No. 4l0 Ninth
ave. Ernest Ruprecht. eighteen years DID, CLERK Oh
No $50 Eighth-ave, and William H. swartout' TWEEN
ty-fve years Old painter. of No. 5SS west fH'y-
seventh-st.
The prisoners according TO the confessions MADE
by them at Police Headquarters. acknowledge break
ing into houses In Rockland County, masked ana
armed with revovers and that they have been
successful in making away with bicycles and other
booty in this city valued In the aggregate at nearly
5000
Schieber was the first OF the gang from whom De
tective O'Brien was successful in extracting con-
fession following his arrest and Goldstein when ar
rested later confirmed his pals" story. The ponce
say that both Scheber and Swartout were arrestei
in July for the theft of six bicycles from the s'ole
! Of Henry Evans. in Eighth-ave.
IL was quite by accident that the central oH'"
men learned OF the Rockland operations OF the
| gang They the lookout for the men as
| bicycle thieves On Monday. November o. Mrs
| Rose Hyatt OF No. l5S West Twenty-sxtn-st. COM
I pained TO Captain O Brien that while she had peeH
| engaged for a moment in a drug store In NINTH
! ave near Forty second-st.. two weeks PREVIOUSLY
her $50 bicycle had been stolen. Detectives Foy
| and F. s Price were detailed by Captain OBrlen
! 70 look for the thieves and found the saddle ana
| handle bars OF Mrs Hyatt's machine In the repair
shop OF Tony De Gerno. at No. 426 Eighth-ave Ihey
| had been left there for alteration. DE Garno sal"
J by young who gave neither name nor au
! dress but who promised TO return for them IN
day two.
| n, Wednesday morning a well-dressed young
man of quiet demeanor called al De Gernos 10
! claim the articles. and was promptly arrested. III
his possession found the lamp belonging 10 the
! missing wheel He was taken 10 Police Headquar-
ters and after going through a rigid examination
At the hands OF Captain o Brien. ne at length broke
| down and confessed that he and two other youths
| Runrecht and Swartout had stolen the machine
from the drug store door and were having II altered
bv De Gerno when It was seized for the purpose OF
| pawning it at other place.
Schieber had told the detective that he lived IN
| furnished house at No. Alb Ninth-ave Detectives
| Fry and Price went to that address and searcned
! his room The discoveries they made there caused
them 10 open their eyes. Hidden under the ped was
| rhe main portion OF Miss Hyatts wheel, Dut pleu
| i'm bundles IN the corner OF the room ana H''eieu
over the bureau was a collection OF properly whlcn
proved that the persons who irequeniea the piaee
were engaged In muGh NOR roi nv hmreau vere
taken masks and set Of burglars tools ,no orart
NAM foserb G;oldstein one of the members OF the
gang walked in He Immediately placed Hndei
and searched S %a pawn aiken "t to Focc
Headquaters ana locked up from I'm c ee the adj
dress OF Ruprecht and ne was also arresIsu. an'
three were taken to Jefferson Market CUur i,s.
rernanded on the technical charge OF pelhs suS
p 0 fbeir retIrn to Police Headquarters they were
npavtv obtained by the detectives Scheber at once
said that he and his three companions had Todd,
of their dongs The whole OF me artout
who was his broher-in-law and was pracucaHS
ch Gr @ 'ng November g. said scheber al
of us but Goldstein went up to Congers IN ROCK
land County Swartout and belong ,b fa ar S
pawnng stolen bicycle for Sl2 and also purchase
jimmy from wsayes PaV ra6Slrs IN at Hr aH
went first to the postotice We pried open I'm In
wi en,sr VIZ" w found that there was man as.eeI
under the window. he raised up in 6ed ana asked
we then went TO the Floro House. hotel there
which is kept by Mrs. Emily Blum There vas d
dance going on there when We got TO the motel an,
we hid in the bushes until it was al over Aoou
i3O forced open window and go[ in d,r IN, nv
voivers with us. When We got IN we crep, s'o On.
the passage tapping d Win R snT p room emu She wa
In bed and had a little girl with her ,,. .,uoo
When We knocked she called out. 'Whos there?
We told her We wanted her money, and then vs.
heard her say a atening voice. IN give yol
,hoe, s ao had gone to get pistol SO
omen The door She was standing by the window
S wdn too II from her She said she had no money
and then Rnprecht hi her WIN an sne gi JIM ", Nc
murder and the little girl waking up. screamed TOO
We thought some one would near them ana s qu
in a hurry We had got some whiskey ana sur
before went upstairs. and WIN th1t We "alKe'
10 Nyack and took the train TO New YORK poo,,
Some days before that we all went to ROCK
land Lake night and broke into the Bel HoIss
l.. r. Sawn. or No. 81 West One-hundred-alIn
thirtieth-st lives there. but there was no one II
the house so we packed up lot OF clothes curtain
| and bronze ornaments. and went on with them
taking tho train back from Spring Valley.
Another time we got into me rora hoTse De
longing TO Mrs Nina Ford. of No SIG West twenty
third-st and into the Petersen house, where Mrs
Fanny Petersen. Of No. 3is koscusko-st, Brookyn
lives in the summer ana got lo' oi SUN ''o''
them" A.. e-..-L. co.,
tain O'Brien sent for Mrs Blum, VINO ldentlne'
Schieber and Ruprecht as two OF the men VINO ma,
robbed her house and assaulted her. close "att
tha kaut forS a
gang in Ninth-ave. bat he had learned in som,
manner OF the arrest Of his partners ana Kept away
Late on Saturday night. however. Captain O Brlei
learned that he at the home OF his father, a
No GO West Fifty-seventh-st., and sent Defective
Price for him with warrant The detective ar
rested Swartout In bed.
All four prisoners were taken 20 the jefferson
Market Police Court Yesterday and remanded 70
inquiries.