The San Francisco call., 1896-08-25
His Description Leads to the
Arrest of Two of His
Accompices.
STOLEN PROPERTY RECOVERED.
The Gang Believed to Be the
Perpetrators of Numerous
Burglaries Recently.

Numerous burglaries have been COM
mitted recently on Mob Hill, in the
Western Addition and in the Mission, and
the staff of detectives and several police
men in plain clothes have been working
hard to capture the burglars.
Four men were strongly suspected, but
it was not until Saturday night that sus-
picion developed into certainty. and two
OF thesgang and woman were arrested.
The residence of William S. Duval,
general agent of the Continental Insur-
ance Company, 1912 Pine street, was en-
tered on the night of Sunday, August 2.
The family had gone into the country the
previous day, and the burglars were able
to loot the house undisturbed. They car
ried off jewelry and other articles valued
at $760. The burglary was discovered on
the following day, when Mrs, Duval re-
turned from the country, and was reported
to the police.
Captain Lees residence is in the same
block, being 1922, and the burglary in the
Duval residence being in such close
proximity spurred on the police to greater
efforts to arrest the burglars. But some
thing else occurred to add greater stimu-
lus 10 these efforts.
"beard the lion in his den," or in other
words to pay an early morning visit to the
residence of Captain Lees. This was the
last straw, and the captain gave per-
emptory orders that the bold gang must
be captured at all hazards.
About o'clock last Saturday morning
Policeman Ingham, the officer on the
beat, happened to be passing the captain
residence and heard noise as If some one
had jumped off fence in the rear. He
made his way to the rear and made
careful searchsof the yard, but was unable
to discover any stranger lurking around.
The sergeant came along and Ingham told
him of the noise he ad heard. Both men
went again to the rear, but no one could
be seen.
ingham decided to secrete himself
across the street in the hope that the
burglar would make his appearance when
there was apparently nobody around.
About twenty minutes to O. clock young
man dressed in a light overcoat came
along Pine street at rapid gait and
opened the gate leading to Captain Lees
residence. As he was mounting the steps
Ingham ran across the street from his
hiding place and hailed him with the
question, What are you doing there?"
The burglar was equal to the emergency
and he quickly replied: ''Tha:'s all right;
l belong here" He walked up the re-
naming steps, coolly inserted a key i'll
the front door and entered the house.
IngEam was nonplused by the burglars
GOODNESS. He knew Captain Lees and his
son Fred, the License Collector, but Re
did not know the captains son-in-law,
who lives in the house, and he thought
the stranger might be the son-in-law. He,
however, decided to go back to his hiding
place thinking that if the stranger was
burglar he would come out of the house
and then it would be easy to arrest him.
But be waited in vain.
The burglar was evidently scared by his
unexpected encounter with Ingham. He
did not take time to make a selection of
the captains bric-a- brac, but walked up
stairs and along the hallway to the rear
where there is window on level with
shed. He opened the window. stepped on
to the shed and slipped over the wall into
the next house to the east. The lady who
occupies this house had been awakened
by the noise made by Ingham and the
sergeant TWO hours before, and could not
sleep again. She heard the burglar as he
dropped into her yard, and saw him walk
across her yard and climb over the fence
into the adjoining yard. Then he changed
his mind and climbed back into her yard,
possibly with the intention OF re-entering
the captains house by the open window.
AS be got into the lady's yard she
opened the window through which she
had been looking and asked him what he
was doing there. He did not reply, but
hurriedly scaled the wall to the east and
disappeared from her view. 1t is sup
posed be climbed over the fences till he
reached Taylor street, thereby eluding the
vigilance of Policeman Ingham.
The captain got good description OF the
burglar from Ingham and the lady next
door, which led to the identity Of the gang,
and Detectives Gi bson and Wren soon To-
Gated them IN house on Grant avenue.
They detailed Policemen Peshon and
Adams to watch the house. They arrested
Kate Brown, young woman who lived
with one of the gang, and on searching
her room they found nearly all the Jew
elry stolen from the Duval residence. She
was taken to the City Prison and detained
as a witness.
Later in the night Gibson and Wren ar
rested Patrick Kelly and William Mar
tin, two ex-convicts and members OF the
gang, and the detectives and others are
still hunting for the other two.
The residence of George w. Warren,
725 Eddy street, was broken into Friday
afternoon while the family was in the
country, and looted. The full extent of
the loss will not be known till the family
returns. This gang is supposed to have
"done the job"
They are supposed to have gone in pairs
and the two not yet captured are believed
to be the men who broke into the residence
of A. C. Boldemann, 1884 Howard street,
Saturday night. Mr.. Boldeniann and
family went to the Columbia Theater,
and on returning found the pantry window
in the rear open and about $4OO worth of
iewelry missing besides several relics
which were of great value to the family
owing to their associations.
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