The evening times., 1896-03-20
SCHOLAR and BURGLAR
Young Bostonese Was Adept in
Both Professions.
PUZZLED THE DETECTIVES
Wrote Book Reviews for DR.. Edward
Everett Hnle's Paper by Day and
Robbed Houses at tNIght-Owned Up
to Twenty-Five HOusebreakiDgs and
SteaIings Aggregated Thousands.

Boston, March 2O.-A DR.. Jekyll and Mr.
Hyde episode in real life has come to light
through the capture of Charles s. Stzelcki.
a protege OF Edward Everett Hale. ID. D.,
who has wealthy relatives in New York.
The prisoner Is a refined and intelligent
young man. and for year has been leading
dual life here to ;he complete ystifica-
ton OF the police.
While writing book reviews and editorials
for the Commonw wealth. DIR. Haic's paper,
ne has committed burelaries in about fifty
flats and residences In the fashionable
Back Bay. He was caught just as he was
.caying the pawnshop OF Louis Einstein,
No. 81 Pleasant street, where he went to
dispose Of stolen silrerware. Later at the
station house he confessed all.
STACKS OF PLUMBER.
The amount of pIunder reaches well into
the thousands. He has done it all in two
months. He came from abroad when mere
boy, was educated in New York. where he
attended college, and came from there to
Ills city year ago. 1t was not long before
he wandered into the office OF DR.. Hale,
at Hamilton place, In search OF work.
Dr. Hale took fancy to him a once, and
set him to work In the office. He gradu-
ally worked along into higher positions
and was soon given some books TO review.
He did the work well, and several OF his
reviews have appeared in the Common
weaith's column withhis signature attached.
He remained there until about three
months ago, when DR.. Hale secured him
another position, because he could not in
crease his salary, as requested. He re-
manned there about six weeks, and has
had no regular work since, although he con-
tinued to write for the Commonwealth. For
the last two months the Back Ba has been
systematical worked by an unknown bur-
glar, and the police could not discover the
slightest clew until ten days ago, when they
found some of the plunder in a pa wnsbop-
CAUGHT AT LAST.
They camped there for ten days, and We'd
nesday night Stzelecki came in with pack
age aud was arrested. He coolly suggest
ed that the officers must have made a mis-
take. but at the station house confessed the
whole business. They found chisel in his
trousers leg and some skeleton keys in his
pocket.
what are these for?' they asked .'WeIl,
I suppose 1 may as well tell the whole
.hing-I am a burglar. You have caught
ME at last. l used the chisel TO get into
he houses. 1 started to steal because I
was out OF work. 1 could not do anything
else. do not know what caused me TO do
IL. but / thought Of robbing houses, and
got this chisel and set to work
How many houses have 1 robbed?
Oh, / guess about twenty-five or so. /
cannot remember the exact number. 1
pawned a good deal of the stuff The
rest of il is at my house. The first house
broke into was on Batavia street That
was two months ago.
THOUGHT IT EASY WORK.
II forced the door open with the chisel,
FOR was satisfied that no one was in
side. l took n lot OF silverware and few
other things and got out without being
caught.
Il saw it was easy work. so ] kept 1t
up. Yes, thought If i kept at it long
enough l would get caught at last, but l
-eckoned on going out OF the business be-
'ore that time
He had two rooms which he kept locked,
and when the officers went there they dis
covered several thousand dollars worth of
iewelry and silverware. They also Sc
cured considerable more on pawn tickets
found on his person.