The record-union., 1896-08-13
ANOTHER GANG BROKEN UP,
Officers Nashel and Fisher Corral a
Burglar Gang.
John r. Lambert Confesses to the
Poheim Robbery and His
Pals Are Arrested.

Another gang of local burglars has
been broken up, this time by the pa
tient detective work Of Police Officers
George K Naghel and NJ. Fisher, and
the men concerned in the robbery of
Joe Poheims tailoring establishment
are all in custody.
The officers of the police force have
been following such ciews as they could
come across since the robbery, but with
Indifferent success. 1t will be remem-
bered that on the night of April I'D
the store of Poheim, who had just
moved into the Joseph building, was
entered, it was thought, by way of a
rear window, which bore the marks of
Jimmy, and between fifty and fifty
five bolts of CLOTH amounting in value
to about $4,000 stolen, the core boards
being removed and piled up in the back
part of the store.
Tracks showed that a wagon had
been driven up to the Sixth-street en-
trance in the rear and tags from the
cloth dropped in the ear of the store,
indicated that the plunder had been re-
moved by that entrance. 1t was also
discovered, a day or two afterward,
that a wagon had been seen in the vi
cinity about 2 o'clock. A storm was
raging at the time of the robbery, and
helped to conceal the noise made by
the robbers, as well as to keep people
off the streets.
From some circumstances Naghel
and Fisher imbibed the idea that John
Lambert, who was a few days after
ward sent to the County Jail for sew
eral months as a common drunk, was
connected with the burglary, or knew
something about it.
They have for the past month been
working UP the case, or a clew which
they obtained, while waiting for Lam
bert's term to expire. On Tuesday they
arrested him for being drunk, and
when he was taken to the City Jail
he asked what the charge against Linn
was. When they intimated that it
was robbery he turned pale and said:
MY God, do you know that? Well, 1
will tell you the whole thing, them
He thereupon broke down and told
his story, duplicating Harry Wagner,
who gave away the Gold Dust gang,
and also Frank Kelly, who was some
time ago convicted of petit larceny, for
stealing ham.
1t will be remembered that the Sill
verlock family were arrested some time
ago for vagrancy and are now in jail.
The three men concerned in this case
We're among the nabitues of the Sill
verlock house, and the officers hoped
that, by arresting Mrs. Silverlock and
the other members OF the family they
would be able to get information that
would lead to the discovery of the
stolen property and the conviction of
the thieves. They were disappointed
in this, however, and had to wait a
little longer.
After Lambert offered to confess he
was taken by Naghel and Fisher into
the presence of Police Judge Davis and
City Attorney Brown, and there made
a confession and swore to it yesterday
morning. 1t is a long one, and in SUBJ
stance ii is as follows:
On April 21st Lambert, Wagner and
Kelly were drinking at the Silverlock
place and We're broke. Wagner said to
never mind that: "we will have some
money tonight" They went out to-
gether and went first to Judge Arm
strong's house but were scared away.
They went up to the next block to
County Surveyor Boyd's, but first tried
TO get into the house of w. Bell, next
door. without success. They then went
to Boyd's and Wagner was raising the
window, when he was scared away by
Mrs. Boyd threatening to shoot him. He
ran out into the alley and went into a
barn, where he found a set of harness
and passed it out to Lambert
He was very positive as to the date
because three days afterward he was
sent to JAIL and Wagner was sent there
a week and a half after the robbery
Continuing, he said that they placed
the harness under the stairs of a va
cant house on Seventh street, between
G and r, and went out again. They
went to the house of r. 3. Hall. but
could not find much, and they took from
the cellar quantity of pickles and took
them to SilverlOck's and went to bed
The next morning he took the harness
and sold it at Scullion's, on Eleventh
street, between II and l. He sold il
himself, as Kelly said it would not do
for all three to be seen together.
He also sold whip that Wagner had
taken. Then he came back to Coach
mans, and they were drinking to-
gether and he received 81 10 for his
share.
Then came the confession regarding
the Poheim robbery He said that on the
E}SnL OF the -pu lDeN StDle wagon
from in front of the blacksmith shop
at Sixth and l. streets, and a horse
ana harness from man who he
thought was named Lonney, a driver
for Holbrook, Merrill & Co. who lived
on Sixth street, between @ and r. They
took them out of the barn. Wagner
drove the wagon. Kelly knew the job
was going to be done and said he would
stand in but he did not go with them
although he shared the spoils.
They drove up to the Sixth-street en-
trance of the Poheim place, and left
the horse. They tried the windows on
Sixth street first with a Jimmy, as there
was no one on the street, but did not
get in. Then Wagner said he would
get in in n quieter and easier way, and
went around to the K-street entrance
and opened the door with a skeleton
key made of hoop-iron. They picked
out such cloth as they wanted around