New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-21
LITTLE FAITH IN HIS S1Of1.
DETECTIVES DO NOT THINK s1h' 70 ''''
KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT me
Rl-RDEN ROBBERY

officials AZ the District Attorneys Once "'
Police Headquarters yesterday were app"'e".' "
cllned 10 place little dependence on the co"'SS' ~
OF Joseph Sylvester. the prisoner VINO de''S'' ''"
he could reveal Information OF ihpo' '""0
stolen Burden diamonds
Accord,,g n sylyester's story. tho robbery was
committed by ,hree-ou; OF town burglars who as
posed OF some o. the JewelTy to l'"'' }" ~
Nineteenth Precinct. Captain oBrien OF me N'-
,ectlve Bureau. was asked about sylvester s'''9'
and he said: I'm.
The statement was not made 20 us. bui we Know
the nature Of it. There is no credonce 10 10 P"''
- g., As FAR as It rerArls the Burden robbery !
Al, satisfied he has no knowledge OF IT, Is u A",'S
ma; q man possessed % knowledge for when ne
could obtain 5000 would waste MS time committing
small robberles in boardig -houses'
Mr.. G.gnoux Sylvesters counsel was .hiB"'"'
because the story had gotten premature puh"'a'o'
II. said that i probably would prevent the recovery
OF the jcwelry. 60,
- informed the authorities" he sad 'and
,is.od f., ;heir possession sufficient Information 90
las. Friday 20 have enabled them 20 recover '"'
iewelry II they had acted promptly ana p'"F'''
II they had held back the story foiiy-''E"' No.
longer the Jewelry would now De IN th'''
Sylvester Was seen a the afiernoon in the TOMB
d" -, ,r'.,ks and &c. suspected That me Je"''rl
Vas that stolen from Mr.. Burden io"s'' II. BE-
~, SUR OF ms AT ne I'm, pu o., ~ Wnen s..
H,ar,ti TO sk O.; one nisn, M co
tod him - shut up. The Iohce. "a" az NJ, ye,f
quickly pai their hands on me J'"'.'' VI ID"
"11 u , M sylvester was taken from TIE T9no-
~ '"' ~, y -" rom On PAR, II. General Sessions
W ~ Cory, Adjourned Mr. Glgnoux and Die
lives Evanhoe and paiy. ~ ths ''n.,h' =, mas
NJ '''ap IA, me two detectives wished 10 get
mi statement from Sylvester as 10 MS support
kn )w.cdge Of the hurien ron.rry' ,s examined in
no turv-roon and said that te had seen ctooh
yi,b a number OF diamonds IN billiard DON ~
\Vesf Thiriy-secOnl-st The 1umber am ,nt 'e ~
-. - ,,ronri.or the detectives have IN thcir pos
session This proprietor. sylvester SAID was
fence" and his place was irequeh'eu y; aI"c
nsar tbr TTfth Avenue Theatre wearing n number
OF diamonds He gave the address OF tne saloon.
he saw with the diamonds IN the billlard-rooin
He gave a description OF the man; bnt couIi no'
prietor about the diamonds when sylvester loihs
in the conversation and asked the man whrre n.
had stolen them The proprietor told MN 10 s'u'
He was asked n there any one else IN the
room who saw the diamonds or the man Sylves.
said a crook by the name or SIppe'y foN
was there for time, but went out before the da-
The detectives and Assistant Distrct-Attorney
roborate his statements He could not recoll.ci any
most useless unless II could be corroborated. He
said II might come to him after a whle. ana th-
detectives. when leaving him. gave him some paper
and a pencil, and tod him 10 take them 10 tne
Tombs and whenever he recalled anything addi-
tlonal TO put i down In writing; Ihey toiI mn,
OF crime. but that they would listen 10 him AGAIN
to-day.
Sylvester was then taken back to the Tombs; and
the detectives started 10 see II they could find
the woman with the diamonds near the Eifih Ave
ond-st.. * also 70 be investigated. 49,.
In ali his story Sylvester did not say word tha'
would show he had any Information about the
Burden icWelry.