The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-23
THE WOMAN "sQUEALED.n
Two More Mem bcrs of tho Suburban
Hand Of Thieves Captured.

NEW YORK, Nov %, 1s9e-Two more
members of the band of thieves that has
been robbing suburban houses, operating
from New York, were added yesterday
to the prisoners already under lock and
key at Police Headquarters. They were
William Wintail. better known in the
neighborhood where he lives as The Prus-
sian, and Louis Meyer. also called Ham
burg Louis, a dyer. They were arrested
as the. result of the woman member $
confession.
1t became apparent early on Friday
that this woman, who gave her name
first as Miller, but was afterward found
thieves H w M Was % going % to "saueai. Sc eaI " Her es
wavering purpose was encouraged with
all possible industry by the detectives.
and by Saturday she had unbosomed her.
self to the extent of duplicating these
two.
The occasion of It was characteristics
ally feminne IN Her Ire was roussd by the
lot of costly silk dresses as a chief item
in the indictment against her husband
and his fellow. prisoners. The dresses
Were from Paris and suggested both in
fuence and persistence in the prosecution
on the part Of the owners.
The detectives took a special interest In
them. Mrs SanthoS knew the story of
those dresses. knew that the thieves who
stole them went free, while she and the
rest were to suffer for it. Her frewn
Gdfkeneu as the OelecllVo6. observing her
displeasure aside, redoubIed their atten-
tion to the dresses. AT last she blurted
1t out.
The result was that Detectives Doran,
street. where 1t meets Division street,
with a close description of two men who
mere geMneTasy 70 se f9Tnd hn1 sneTe @ aecora q
stay there until they showed up They
did not have to wait long. The men came
out of saloon together, and they fol
lowed them to the tenement, No. Is FL
bridge street, and upstairs to their room
The door of 1t they burst in and seized
the two.
After they had handcured them and sat
them in corner. they searched the
place. 1t proved such another mine of
silverware and things as the thieves den
in State street, Brooklyn. There were
keys galore. none of which fitted the
door of that room, a loaded pistol under
the pillow of the bed, a chssel 10 break in
red light evidently reminiscent of raid
on Photographers shop. Explanatory of
these were q handful of pawn tickets for
silyerware. and some silver which the
pawn. There was a silver bangle, repre-
senting silver snowshoes. from Montreal.
a silved ladle and a salt spoon marked
IS. e. s." both from Tiffany's. who viii
be able to locate the owner, and a pile of
other stuff In II was a shoe Of Partisan
make marked Bessie stilln1an.
Inc tnfeNes were iockeu up al Head-
quarters. The police never saw them be-
fore. but they are learning more about
them every hour They know that they
wandered about the suburbs as pot hun
tiers, and SO found their chance to steal
They took apparently anything that came
to hand, and the detectives say that not
being professionals they were the more
dangerous because such novtces take big
risks. They would stand their ground
and shoot when surprised. Their pistols.
a big lot of ammunition and their hunt
ing togs are in the possession of the po-
lice.