The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-25
BURGLARY EPIDEMIC
Fortunately it is Generally
Fatal to the Perpe-
traitors.
ICLARE LIVED IN HOBOKEN
Escaping Robber Shot Down in
Pennington Suicide Rather
Than Arrest.

One of the burglars killed in the Bed
ford robbery last Wednesday morning
has been identified sas John Ciare,s alias
Charles jenkins, who for some time past
has been living in Hoboken, at Mrs. Emily
Browns house. at No 2lS Eleventh street,
land posing as a confidential clerk 10 a
known, had the tools used in the rob-
berry made at Forbes machine shop, in
Hoboken.
Clare made his appearance in Hoboken
about three months ago. He was well
dressed. well hammered man, about So
years of age. He engaged rooms at Mrs.
Browns and soon made himself well
known in the neighborhood by his good
manners and nberality. He was fa-
miliar figure at Henry Schwenings sa-
loon at Fourteenth and Washington
streets. He said he was confidential
clerk for a New York broker and went
over TO the city regularly. He had lit
tie invention. he said. which was worth
a fortune. 1t was a new sort of ratchet
He took his idea to B. Wilcox. a ma
ehinist, to have it put into shape. VIII
cox said he did not DO that kind Of work
and referred Glare to Forbes. another
machinist. Forbes put Clare's little plan
into practical shape and Glare paid SIS
for the job. Captain Tanning says Clare S
ratchet is nothing more or less than an
improved burglars drill.
Last Tuesday Glare left Hoboken. He
owed his landlady S2 for board He said
I he was going to Philadelphia, where his
father lived, for two or three days. and
when he returned would pay UP.
When the news of the attempted robbery
and the murder appeared in the papers
nobody in Hoboken suspected Clare as
he was known there as Jenkins It was
not until his picture was published. that
they began to think Clare was the man.
Captain Tanning who had known him
we'll concluded 10 visit the Long Island
College Hospital, where the body lies 10
see if he could identify the man. Captain
Tanning went yesterday, accompanied by
William B. Blackmore. of No. 1IDS Garden
street; James Hughes, of No. llVo " asll-
ington street. and William Francis, oI
No. 111G Washington street They all
recognized the dead burglar as Clare
They could hardly believe their eyes
when they saw the man they had known
and liked so well lying before them as a
| criminal detected and killed in the COM
mission of a felony.
Last night Detective Kerrigan and
| Captain Tanning went to No, l2S Eleventh
street and seized clare's effects. fney
| included a few articles OF clothing, a
! suction pump. such as burglars use. some
| dynamite and a 2S-caiibre pistol with
| cartridges. The oaIibre corresponds tc
/ that Of the ball which killed Adams
| Clare may be the man who fred the
| fatal shot. 1t is certain that young
| Adams killed him.
MIR Forbes said that he had made the
tool for Clare. but did not know il was a
BURGLARS drill He made it from plans
| furnished by Glare. 1t is q very clever
device for removing the knob of safe
| by drilling. The Brooklyn police tried to
set possession of Clare's effects, but the
| HobolSen men hurried to the house and
seized them first, when it was learned that
| Clare really was the burglar.