The sun., 1896-10-10
FOR THE SAL.VIN ROBBERY.
SHEENF MIKE, RICHARD BURNS,
AND BIG KID M'GoVERN ARRESTED.

They Are All Notorious Crooks with Long
CrIn,inai Records-Shso=g Miko Aise
Wanted on Another CharEe-Burns nnd
McGovern Watched for Several Days.
Three notorious eX-convicts we're arrested by
Central Office detectives yesterday OF suspicion
Of being concerned In the robbery OF Paul Sal
wins Park row clothing store last Sunday night.
They are Michael Kurtz, alias "Sheeny Mike;"
Richard Burns. alias Dick johnson, alias Bob
Stafford. and George McGovern. alias Big
Kid" McGovern.
Salvln notified tho police on Monday that his
premises Mt 1853, 100. and 162 Park row had
been entered Sunday night and that the con-
tents Of the safe. consisting of S2l9 In cash and
a quantity OF watches and jewery, had been
stolen, together with lot OF fine clothing. In
their investigation the police found that the
scuttle to the Snlvin building had been forced
open. and that tho scutte to the Hotel Girard
next door was also open.
At the hotel they learned that two men who
had occupied q top-hoor room in the hotel con-
venient to the scuttle had departed in the night.
One of them. who arrived carly on Saturday
night, had registered as James Brown OF Troy.
The other Joined Brown on sunday night, and
they were last seen at abo ut midnight going
toward Browns room.
Chief Detective O'Bricn assigned Detective
case. They went to the store. and after dill
gent search and many inquiries went away.
Soon afterwRrd former Chief of Police Byrnes.
who is now connected with tho United States
Casualty Company. appeared. Salvin is insured
by the company against loss by robbery. and
Byrnes being notified Of the burglary. had como
to investigate. He did not remain long. and
whatever conclusions lie arrived at could not be
learned.
The regular detectives In the mean time had
fixed their suspicious on burns and McGovern.
both OF whom are crooks with long records.
These suspicons were streng hened when the
Gallery, declared that Burns's picture was the
Likeness of the mysterious James Brown of
Troy. The detectives say that on Tuesday last
they had located Burns ana McGovern. hut did
not then arrest them. because they hoped by u
little delay TO get some trace OF the stolen prop
SSs0r to Tht The
building in Grand street near Ridge. Believing
that he was there for no good purpose. they
started Of through RidR. street In the direction
of the East River. The detectives followed him
to Herring's safe Works in Gouverneur sip.
where he loitered about for fifteen minutes
Then he went to CorleRrs Hook Park and
Joined two men who were seated on a bench
The detectives after a while edged round To-
where they could see the faces of the men and
at once recognized them as Burns NcGoy-
ern. For half an hour tho men remained in
earnest conversation. Then the detectives de-
cided 10 arrest them.
men saw them and started to run. The detec-
tives overhauled them after a short chase and
took them to Police Headquarters. There their
pedRrees were taken and they were locked up.
The prisoner Burns answers In a way the de-
scrlption of James Brown. who registered on
Saturday at the Hotel Girard. brown. how
ever, is said to have had mustache
Burns hasn't any now. but the police say they
know that he sha, ed his OF since sunday. All
persons connected with the case were notified
to be at Police Headquarters this morning to
try to identify two of the prisoners as Brown ot
should Sheeuy Mike succeed in proving an
aibI in this he will not be liberated for the
police have IA warrant for him issued by Justice
Smith OF Hampstead which charges him with
having robbed railroad station at Far Rocka-
way in August
Mike is now nearly go years old. and for
many years lie has had an International noto-
riety crook. His real name Is Charles
kurtZ. He was an associate OF the Leslie
Howard Bullard- Porter com mbinatiun of burg
lars, the proceeds Of whose robSeries have
been estimated AT S5,0OOOOO. At ono time
he was repu,ed to be worth ST 900 900 but he
his now penniless. Mike has heen charged with
completely in many big rohberies, but the most
celebrated case with which he was connected
was the Mark jewelry robbery in Troy. for
which he was sentenced for eighteen years.
Burns once received II life sentence for killing n
sheriff in Ohio but afterward pardoncd.
MCGovern Is another old-time crook known to
the police OF many States.