The sun., 1897-10-25
BOLD BURGLARS NABBED.
THEY BROKE OUT OF KINGS COUNTY
.TIII ONLY TO DO MORE STEALING.


,,re - Their Identity Discovered Through
Leaving the Latter In store Thcy Robbea
-we.tchester County Terrorired by Them.
Commuters who dwcll in Westchester county
may slcep now without any visions OF bold
burglars with cooked revolvcrs to disturb
their slumber Two OF the boldest arc safe
in the keeping of Capt. McClusky at Head
ouarters Ono a comparatively mild and In
offensive burglar, is still at large, but he will
soon be captured, 1t is thought, and tho other OF
the gang, OF which Denver Jack is the chief.
has taken flight to regions distant from the New
York police The two mon captured on Friday
night arc the ones that gave Larchmont q night
marc They have confessed to their various
misdeeds. and all the stuff they took has been
recovered and identified.
Tho young man chiefly responsible for the
frights given to Larchmont is Fred Conrad OK
White Plains, who since last Thursday week
has been known as Roberts His partner In
crime is James Andres Of Tarrytown. who for
the samo length OF time has also beon known 40
Roberts. The men who gobbled them are DO
tective Sergeants Crystal and Kennoy. Thcy
were caught lato on Friday night at Bleecker
street and West Broadway
For ten days past Larchmont White Plains
and Irvington have been wrought up by the do
ings OF gang of burglars which broke into
stores, held up mlkmen. and stole horses ana
wagons, which, when they had done with them,
they left in different parts OF the county. The
Police Department of White Plains lost hin
wonted cquanimity and for two days refused 10
stand on the corner in front Of the barber shop
because he was so nervous. AS result there
was what might be called miniature reign OF
terror In all the suburban places in the neigh
| borhood. and all that was known was that the
various burglarcs committed probably
by two young men. who. on last Thursday week,
skipped from the Kings County Penitentiary.
Two days later the New York Central Office
was asked to look out for the two young men in
question, and on Friday night the game wns
landed. As is usual in such cases, tho pawn
shops were searched, and a lot Of property an
swering to the description Of that which had
been stolen was located in several shops along
Sixth avenue. This much discovered, there was
nothing left but to wait, and Crystal and
| Kenney finally got their men and recovered all
| the stolen goods The men had been living for
| wero going to their lodging when arrested.
They We're arraignea In Jefferson Market Nj Police
Court, remnnded rem n, % until today and yesterday
Conrad is very bad boy. His people in White
but 10 years old, he has already served term
| In the Columbus O.. ,penitertiary for grand lar
Plain Plains to- to the epi Kings V County T Penitentary for
housebreaking. He had robbed four or hye
met his OLD friend .n james Andres e Of Tarryown,
| also a very bad fellow. who comes from good
people and tho two decided that prison liie was VA,
jail" This they did laGt Thursday week by
jumping over the wall when the guards were
Once outside. they hurried t9Tard g Jamaica,
| still in their prison clothes They entered
| house on the Jamaica road and stole enough
clothes to cover their uniforms. There were no
| hats in the house. so when they met two men on
| the road they swapped hats with them, much to
the latters' discontinue. Then they went to the
Jamaica railroad station, but, finding that tho
police were looking for them. they decided to
| walk, and. taking a roundabout way, they finally
reached the ferry in Long Island City and camo
in Merose. where they spent the night, and on
the next evening. Friday, they went to White
They waited until the Police Department had
gone to bed and then cleaned out two stores.
stuff. like all that, comes from general stores in
villages. was bulky. and they were puzzled as
a milkman. solved the diificuity by driving
along about that time They took Fosters
with the booty and the milk. Foster says he re.
| sisted and they shot at him. Conrad says that's
s sn Sey E1a to to &c
they shot over the horses ears to make it rum,
plumber to this city. and lett the horse and
wagon midway between Mount Vernon ami
room at 4e carnine g. street and @ spent eIio the day
fpawntng their eSGoty But they had made
Exchanged their prson nerS Clothing HI s os s@
his sTSs ana Sd left hG old fohss in The
partment knew Who OH had d robbed bf the the place. .'' "
sunday night they had a high old time here in
town town nnS nS blew In all their money On Monday
thing they did when they got there was to go to
Aekerman,s stable and steal his horse and
| wagon. Then they went to Jacob II. knOdler's
store to clean that out. but there they met two
men mel, @ who wanted to shoot them. before the
| shot had been fired, however. both parties found
that their crrand was the same. and Dunn
Jack" for it was he. gracefully withdrew in
and ANDRES remaining behind to &c clean nc out ut
1 Of "a oh hnr in VNHNfa Glow
style They loaded the seaff f'h into % RcteTmana
wagon was; T., and nd drove over to Larchmont, whcre
and and took the booty to this city. On Tuesday
work Wednesday. night. but Andres met his
postponed until Thnrsday ANU That nERt na tf tbeS eS
went up to D1bbs Ferry. reaching there about
another pal and had sent him up to Larchmont
Shero thsy we're % to meet him later in the night.
and stole horse and wagon. In this they drove
to To- Larchmoni and put it in the same hotel shed
They had not expected 10 steal anything in
Larchmont, but. learning that there was we'd
ment was at the wedding, they thought tho
opport unity too good 10 bc missed, so they, with
field. Although the family were heard moving
| about upsta irs. they were not caught, because
the noise or their Footsteps. After taking every.
thing they could carry away they went to tho
| Darn III tnc rear ana TOOK IlelllcldS horse and
wagon. The other horse tired after the
| long drive from Tarrytown. so they left it in
| Larchmont.
In the able was tho hired man. who said tho
next morning that tho burglars had chloro-
| formed him.
"Chloroform !" exclaimed Conrad yesterday.
ave didn't have none. All we did was to stick
n CUR. In his face, and he never peeped after
| ward"
When they had loaded tho wagon they drove
to Port Chester, left the stuff a the station and
| tied up tho horse and wagon at Rocky Moorc's
road house. They shipped the plunder to New
York. pawned it on Friday and We're lust begin.
| ming to have good time with the proceeds
when Crystal and Kenney nabbed them.