New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-01-27
uE CONFESSES BIG THEFTS.
,,,r MAN WHO ROBBED THE OAKEs AND
KERNOCHAN HOUSES CAUGHT.

49,, IDENTIFIED BY THE owNERs-THE
PRISONER BELIEVED TO BE A CHICAGO
cRooK-1OoKING FOR HIS PALS"
Acting CAPTAIN O'Brien. OF the Detective Bu-
ION has in his custody at Police Headquarters
. man who gives his name as Andrew j. Ander-
son and Is believed to be Chicago crook. The
setectjvcs have recovered quantity Of valuable
s,,vervare. clothing and bric-a-brac found in the
mans possession Some Of the silver has been
Identified as part of that stolen recently from
,ho bomea Of Thomas f. Oakes. at Mamaroneck.
snd James l.. Kernochan. at Hampstead, Long
Island The prisoner is smooth-faced man. OF
middle age who the police of this city do not
know.
Some of the plate Is past Identification. for 1t
has been melted down and has been recovered
in the shape Of Jumps of raw silver The whole
OF the goods recovered forms less than tenth
mart of the proceeds of the robberies in which
Il was obtained. The rest of the plunder is sup
posed to be hidden somewhere In the woods near
Hampstead. The police are looking for 1t. and
for Andersons confederates
THE CAKES ROBBERY
When Mr.. Oakes's home was broken into and
robbed on Christmas Eve. he did not inform the
New-York police at once, but set a private
agency to work TO recover his property. On
JANUARY 10. however he called on Acting Chief
OBrien and asked his assistance. Captain
OBrien detailed Detective Sergeants McCauey.
Reap and Wieser to hunt for the property They
made search of the Bowery pawnshops for the
stolen plate and were soon rewarded by discover
ing a silver fruit dish. cream pitcher. and sew
eral other articles engraved with Mr.. Oakess
monogram, in the pawnshop Of Moses Rosen-
thai at No. 254 Bowery. The collection in the
shop proved TO be o~th $500 Rosenthal said
that ne had purchased it for $40 in an auction
room In the city from man named Anderson.
who gave an address at No. l29 East Nineteenth
st.
Anderson's address proved to be fictitious, but
the detectives learned from ROsenthal that he
was in the habit of frequenting a particular
auction room for the purpose Of disposing Of his
goods After the detectives had spent four days
patient watching the auction room. Anderson
appeared and arrested. He was taken to
Police Headquarters. where he gave the name Of
Andrew J. Anderson. and said he lived in
Fourth-st but refused 10 tel the number.
Anderson was remanded in the Centre Street
Police Court as a suspicious person. and then
the detectives were at a loss until Detective
Reap who lives in East Seventh-st.. thought he
remembered having passed the several
times In that street Anderson's picture was
taken and, armed with this, the detectives made
q house toulouse search along Seventh-st. en-
deavoring TO find his rooms The search re-
suited in their discovering that Anderson had
had a furnished room on the top floor of tene-
ment house II was searched but the only arti-
ces found in 1t We're two silver spoons and the
silver top OF bottle. From the landlady the
detectives learned that two DAYS before an ex-
pressman had called at the house and taken
Andersons baggage. packed in two trunks and
% OH 70 M
of which was not known.
THE PLUMBER FOUND.
The detectives sought out the expressman
and learned from him that he had removed the
baggage TO a storage room in the basement
under a synagogue in Orchard-st. 1t was To-
cf i there and was removed to Police Head
quarters where the trunks were found to con-
tain silver plate clothing and brc-a-brac. EVIL
IDENTIFY the proceeds Of a number or Durglaries.
Scattered among the effects were papers when
showed that Anderson had not only been dis
posing of the plunder in the salesrooms he IRE
quented. but had also been negotiating by
means of advertisements with the victims Oh
the burglaries.
On Monday last some Of the silver bowls and
bric-a brac which We're marked with the mono
gram u. L. X" identified by James l..
kernochan part % the proceeds Of burglary
at his home at Hampstead on January 10. In
which $1,000 worth Of property was stolen: Ihere
Meadowbrook September 1893" several reVolN-
ers good deal OF clothing and rife. There
were also In the collection pots used In melting
the silver, Jumps Of the metal aggTesating over
seventy ounces. pawn tickets for watches, clocks
and ornaments and number or loose jewels
which had been removed from their settings
Anderson admitted having been concerned In
the robbery Of the Oakes mansion at Mamaro-
neck. and OF Mr.. Kernochans. and other houses
at Hempstead and told how portions OF the silver
ware stolen in the latter place were hidden in
the woods near Hampstead. Captain o I3ren
questioned him to this. and he drew diagrams
showing the location Of the hidden stores, show
ing considerable knowledge Of Hampstead and
its 4nvirons,
With these diagrams Detectives McCauey
and Reap went over to Hampstead and with the
assistance Of Mr.. Kernochan organized search
Ing party Of servants, who searched 'he "ooos
without discovering anything
After two of these searches had ended in
failure the detectives took Anderson over TO
Long Island last week He led theIn TO a neap
of dried grass in the woods. Under this ne
said the stolen plate had been hidden. Nothing
was found under the grass however. mr.; ana
Mrs Kernochan and number or tnelr iriehos
headed the search party on horseback
Anderson explained that his pals. having heard
Of his arrest had evidently removed the piunder'
Anderson was taken back TO Police Head1uar-
ters He will be examined in Centre Street
Court to-day.
PROBABLY A CHICAGO CROOK.
From the fact that number Of commutation
tickets On the Illinois Central Railroad TO sub
urbs Of Chicago were found in his possession.
the police believe that Anderson is well known
in that city and have forwarded his photograph
TO the Chicago police with an inquiry as 10 MS
record
THE STERN BURGLARS CAUGHT
THREE NEGROES IN CUsTODY-ONE CoNFEsSEs
AND IMPLICATEs THE OTHERS.
Three coored men who on January u. robbed the
house OF Jacob Stern at No. ls7 West Sixty fourth
st.. and fired on by Mr.. Stcrn's son, who caught
them at their work, have been captured by the
police. and the Detective Bureau at Police Head
Quarters has obtained a confession from one OF