New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-19
THE BURDEN JEWEL THIEVES
NO CONFESSION FROM THE MEN UNDER
ARREST.
DETECTIVES HERE FEEL RATHER ANNOYED THAT
THE MIN SHOULD HAVE GOT OFT OF THIS
CITY WITH THE JEwErs-CAPTAIN
o'BRIENs LITTER TO SCOT


LAND YARD.
II has been made plain by the talk at the
Central Office that Captain OBrien and his
subordinates In the Detective Bureau feel hum
blod and annoyed because they allowed the Bur
den robbers to leave the city with the stolen
diamonds worth $4,000. In their possession. They
are more exasperatcd because they went through
the motions OF shadowng Dunlop Mr. Burdens
butler and Turner. the assistant butler. for
weeks before the men left the country. They
searched tho trunks Of the two buffers, and the
trunks OF ali the other servants in the house
after the robbery was reported. and locked into
every nook and corner OF the house. and row they
are inclined to believe that Dunlop and Turner
had the diamonds concealed on their persons
all the time The capture OF the two robbers by
the Scotland Yard detectives In London Is so
much more gall and NORWOOD to the men who
let the guilty men walk out Of this city with the
gems in their possession.
The auickness with which the London detec
tives claimed the reward Of $4,000 which had
been offered by Mr. Burden for the recovery OF
the stolen diamonds made Captain OBrien ana
his subordnates suspicious and the dispatches
which state that Mr.. Streeter, Bond-st Jeweller.
called the attention Of the detectives to the dia-
inond thieves have been read eagerly In Null
terry-st Some of the detectives In this city
said Yesterday that the London Jeweller probably
would be entitled to the largest share OF the re-
ward and that he was entitled to most OF the
credit for the capture Of the diamond robbers
Captain O'Brien said on Friday night that If the
London detectives had waited until they received
a letter which he had dispatched last Saturday
they might have been led to arrest Dunlop any
how. In that case Captain O'Brien probably
81 .r chi Of for ha
ure HIS letter. however. merely showed that
he had no positive evidence against Mr.. Burdens
former butler as any one may see by reading the
letter. which was as follows:
New-York. April II. 1896.
To the Assistant Commissioner OF Police, Criminal
investisation, Department. Ne" S'"''""u i"'o'
Dear Sir: I beg leave to again ca your attention
last at the house OF Mr.. !. Townseno Burden. No.
East Twenty -siXth-st ths city upon when occa-
From Information received from some Of the ser
wants there is reason to suspect one Robert Dun
Of the robbery as butler. He sailed from this city
on the steamer Campania on Maren - iast ana
that Dunlop be kept under surveillance. in the event
OF his dIsposng OF the Jewels the same nave oeen
direct evidence upon which to warrant his arrest.
ned for the PSs n e ans sH'sI to about M
1884. and gave az reference Lord Ashton for whom
was smPGsa as for oS'
employed as match" footman for a period OF
months Lord wSs snd ST m or ne
and the Duke OF Portland for when he , was EN-
for TX onns wane s
send you copy of n Ie5er fso% eV wso
rsio@msnded panop to Ir Burden wln,sTss is
said to be head butler 10 the DUKE Of rS a.
w y, yC y. .ad pnncp IN when you viii
sisted by the above references ana let me An'" -