New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-08
TWO BOY THIEVES CONFESS.
rury REVEAL TO CAPTAIN CHEEVER A
REMARKABLE SERIES OF
ROBBERIES.
BOTH BELONG TO GANG CALLING THEMSELVES
THE AMERICAN CROOK ASSOCIATION"
WHICH HAD LONG BAFFLED
THE POLICE.

THE POLICE.
John Gaviet sixteen years old. OF No. 3,O40
Third-ave and Walter Cassidy. fifteen years
old Of No. 252 Mott-ave who were pursued on
Thursday night and caught after a long chase
by a crowd, because Gavet had shot Michael j.
Sheridan. Of No. 292 Willls-ave, have confessed
TO the police Of the Morrisania station that
they with a number OF other boys, were the
burglars in nearly half score OF housebreak-
ings that have been reported lately. Young
Gavie, is under 81. 900 bail already to answer
for two burglaries. He confessed 10 the robbery
of $50 in cash and stamps from Christian Wer-
ner,s drugstore at No 70S Courtlandt-ave. on
July o. There he and his pals killed Scotch
terrier dog because it made noise. He also
confessed that he had robbed the hardware store
Of Sierert e. Hoffman, at No 3. 135 Third-ave.. Of
800 worth Of cutlery and hardware on July 10
Here they took fifty pcklocks used by the lock-
smith Of the establishment. Gaviet's brother
in-law. John L. Ball. with whom he had been
living. furnished the $1,000 hail when he was
held on these charges
On July % the house OF w. p. Curtis. at No.
J2l East One-hundred and sixty -irst-st.. was
entered early in the morning. pair or box
ing gloves and tableware 70 the value OF 40
we're stolen. But the feature Of the robbery
glars. They first smeared the walls OF the
din,ng-room with eggs. which had been placed
ut night In the refrigerator. and then pasted
upon it large piece Of paper. Upon the
paper was written in big hand: This is the
work of six members OF the A L. A. American
Crooks Association"
On Julv d while Isaac Mhaus and his fam
uv were away in the country. his house at
One-hundred- a nd sixty frst-st. and Sheridan
ave was broken into and $500 worth OF silver
and plated ware was taken away. The bur-
elarv appeared TO be the work OF amateurs. be-
cause some valuable pieces Of solid silver were
rejected by the burglars In favor OF some bulky
Mated pieces The burglars wrote with blue
lead pencil upon the wall paper a message al
most Identical with that left at the Curtis
house.
Then the burglars took a rest Of four days
But they made up for lost time during the follow
ing four days. burglary a night wGs their
record for this period On July 81 the hardware
store Of Leo Vath at No 294 Thrd-ave was
broken into. Four revolvers OF the 1ver-Johnson
make were stolen, with some other wares. Michael
Bush hardware dealer. at No. 1900 Third-ave..
lost $3.50 worth Of goods the next night Then
followed the robbing OF Frederick Spranger. a
cigar dealer al MISUNDERSTANDING eighth
ST near Mott-ave. He lost about SO worth OF
cigars and tobacco.
On the fourth night burglars got into the fancy
goods store Of Adolf Blumfedt in Third-ave.,
near One hundred and forty -ffth-st. The bold
robbers were not looking for bargains in hair
pins or curling irons. AS far as could be learned
they took only four dolls and these had their
china brains dashed out in the hallway and were
thrown down there
cd m he
and the four detectives OF the precinct-McCaf-
fertv Schermer. Armstrong and Kiernan-
worked hard upon them. They could not, how
ever get clew TO the burglars. II was only
when the two boys after playing at desperadoes
had shot a man and been captured with three
revolvers upon them, that clew was louhu'
The three revolvers were OF the four stolen from
Vath
Caviet. showed him the evidence against him
and advised him u confess saying that II was
the only thing that would help MIN out tne p"y
refused to talk. When Captain Creeden talked
20 him. however he broke down. ana cohiesseu
70 all the foregoing robberies.
The strangest part Of the case is mat hosh-
ing OF the plumber except one revolver had ey.r
been pawned part Of IL. Gaviet said was hid
in n three-cornered vacant lot enclosed by Eff
feminist. Bergen and Brooke ayes the po-
lice found large part OF the stolen cutlery
IN q hollow place made after removing one or
the stones in a wall The stone had been re-
placed so that no who was Ignorant Of the
hiding place would ever suspect IT, All OF the
stolen property except the cash was recovered
The boys say they have spent that
Gaviet told the names OF some Of his pals and
the police started out last night TO find them
They doubted the correctness Of the names.
Walter Cassidy is a respectable-iooking boy
who lives with his mother and father. and sev-
eral brothers and sisters. at No Do Mott-aye.
His father Thomas Cassidy. was formerly en-
gineer at the Protectory.