Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-01-08
MAY BE Blu RGL AR S
The Men Arrested at the British Lega-
ton.
Kit of Tools Found on One-The Men
Held and Photographed
Today.

Two young men, strangers in the city,
who have been making the Central Union
Mission their home for several weeks, were
arrested last evening as common Migrants,
and the police are certain that one Of them
Is professional burglar. He had a fairly
good burglars outfit on him, which con-
sisted of about twenty skeleton keys and
lock-pickers, a loaded 3S-caliber revolver
and an extra charge in his pocket. This
man gave his name as Henry Phelps, while
his companion registered as George Will
liams. The men were taken in custody
between Z and o'clock at the back door
of the residence of Sir Julian Pauncefote,
the British ambassador, at Connecticut
avenue and street.
Policemen ODonoghue and jacobson are
the officers who made the supposed i'm
portant arrests of the men, who are held
until the police can make a further in
vestigation of their conduct here and learn
something of their identity.
The men were taken to the third pre-
cinct. and at the station they were regis
tered as suspicious persons, and the ar
ticles mentioned were taken from Phelps
A telephone message sent to headquarters
brought Detectives Lacy and Helan to the
station. and the prisoners were questioned.
1t soon developed that they had been liv-
ing at the Central Union Mission, and
Lieut.. Boyle went with one of the prison.
crs to the mission. There he says, he
found no register which would render him
any assistance, but he did learn that the
man Phelps vas known to the dodgers as
Jack" while Williams, whose hair Is red
was known as "Reddy." They had been
there several weeks, but had no baggage
although the officers are certain that
Phelps has valise here somewhere 1t
was learned, however, that Phelps had
given one of the other dodgers a silver
ring with garnet setting, and the man to
whom he had given it promptly released
all claim to the piece of jewelry and sur
rendered it to the officers.
The prisoner Phelps is about twenty
eight years ol6 and is tall and slender His
face is very white, and this pallor, Inspec-
tor Hollinberger says, is similar to that of
men who have done time, but the prisoner
he was from. Chicago, but this morning he
told the officers that he was from Marion,
Ind.
George Williams. or "Reddy," as he is
called, is an EngliShman about the same
age as his companion and says he is a
shoemaker trade and has lived in the
fourth ward u Brooklyn. Although he has
been here several weeks, stopping at the
mission, he has been associated with
Phelps but few days and has been about
the city with him since Sunday.
This morning the pair of strangers ap-
peared at headquarters, where they were
interviewed by the detectives, and were
then measured and photographed for the
gallery.
The detectives are inclined to believe that
Williams is not a professional crook After
being photographed, the young men were
separated. Phelps being taken back to the
third precinct, while Williams was taken to
No. 1. The detectives will communicate
with the authorities of other cities to as
certain what they can concerning Phelps
If they fail to connect him with any crime
here, and he is not wanted elsewhere, he
will be taken into court on charges of con-
cealed weapons and vagrancy. On these
charges he may be given one year In prison.
The young Englishman will be charged I'M
der the vagrancy act with being a suspi-
ciOuS person