Evening star., 1897-03-10
THE DESIO ROBBERY
Clues Obtained as the Result Of the
Stars Publication.
TEE STOLEN TRAY Is RECOVERED
Detectives Think the Thieves Still
in Baltimore.
\ REV ARD FER E d

A r E W A r d O f F E r E ID
Practically the entire detective force Of
the city has been hard at work ever since
yesterday afternoon in ar effort 10 run
down the men who perpetrated the bold
daylight robbery Of Desio's jewelry store
While they have learned some
additional facts in connection with the
affair. they have not yet succeeded IN get
ting any clue of particular value.
In line with their usual methods the
police yesterday endoavored to concedl all
the facts of the matter, and 1t Is TACT
that everything of any value that the de-
tectives have learned up to noon 1cday
came to them directly as result Of the
publica ton of the story yesterday in The
Star
Miss Roses Story.
Among the early callers at police head
quarters this morning was very alract-
i've young woman. who gave the name o.
Miss Rose. The police have since refused
to divulge her other name or to tell Where
she lives She was accompanied by a
young man. and was very anxious to see
Inspector Hollinberger. When that Oh
fetal arrived at his office the young woman
was waiting for him, and they were closet
cd together for some little time; 10 Ihe
inspector the young woman said that she
had some information that might or might
not be of value She then went On to say
that she had read of the robbery In 1he
Sta: last evening. and she was then re-
minded of the fact that she had seen three
men standing near Desio's store shortly
before noon yesterday. and that her atten-
ZION was attracted by their curious con-
duct. According to her story. sne was
standing the corner OF l1th ana r
ha hayay
men in an animated conversation on 1lth
street just above Mertz's drug store. Tie
men seemed to be SO excited over what
they were saying that she thought first
that one of them at least must be under
the influence of liquor.
\ moment later she saw one OF the men
leave the other two and turn the corner
Toward Desio's place. He entered the
store. and in a few moments the other two
men followed him, stopping /. moment TO
LOOK carefully into the show Windo" be1ore
they passed through the door. She remark
ed at the time to friend who was with
her that she believed the men were up to
some crooked work. She gave .he mat
ter no further thought until she happened
To read of the robbery later in the day
Miss Rose was able to give something OF
a description of the three men. which tai
lie in all essential details with the descrip-
ton given by Mr.. Desio. All agree the
men were between twenty and thirty years
of age. One wore Il light gray cvercoat
and one q slate colored overcoat. Two OF
the men wore brown derby hats
The Jewel Tray Recovered.
Later in the day the detectives secured
possession Of the stolen jewel tray. 1t was
brought to headquarters by man who
found it in his place of business this morn
ins. This man was Mr.. ]. P. Mcdonnell.
who keeps a restaurant at 537 New Jersey
avenue not far from The Baltimore and
Ohio railroad station.
Mr. Mcdonnell also happened to be Star
reader and remembered the description that
was given of the missing tray. According
to the story he told the inspector, two
weli-dressed young men entered his place
yesterday about 1c:45 O'Clock. Each had
| a drink and then they asked If they might
use the toilet room. They went i'll to-
gether. and were there for a very short
| time. When they came out one of the
men said:
Well. well have to move along If w'
| want to meet that other party. We only
| have about ten minutes to catch the
/ train
| This morning when the toilet room wa:
| being cleaned out the much-wanted tray
| was found hidden back in a corner. 1
| answers exactly the description given b!
| Mr.. Desio. 1t is about fifteen inches IL
| diameter. with fancy corners OF blue OF
| purple velvet. with a white satin center
| where there are indentations to hold rings
| There were sixteen of these places, so ar
| rangd to hold rings without letting then
pads cushions for the display of TIL
| brooches.
| Mr.. Desio told Star reporter this morn
ing that there were exactly thrty-thre
pieces of jewelry on the tray when it wa
lifted from his window There were fou
handsome brooches and twenty-nine rings
| four of which were valuable solitaires
| 4 more careful estimate of the value o
| the stolen goods has not reduced the loss
and Mr.. Desio still insists that it wa
more than 5000. rather than less.
In the corner of the toilet room lyn
| with the tray Mr.. Mcdonnell found a sma
tin box, which had contained cough drop:
! On it a druggists label giving tn
: address of a drug store in Baltimore, a
5 the corner of Eutaw and Baltimore street:
What the Detectives Think.
: From these and the other facts in the
possession the local detectives have come
| the believe that the robbers took aftel
| noon train for Baltimore yesterday, probs
bly, over the Baltimore and Ohio railroa,
They claim to believe that the men are sti
in Baltimore, and they hope to have thel
in custody before they are able to z,
I ! away. Detectives Boyd and Horne left Il
: hat city this morning.
: Among the out-of-lown detectives WI
| were in Washington during the inaugurs
t ton week was one by the name of NJ
: Caully, who had his eye out for wei
: known crook, who he thought would
{ here when the city was crowded with Wis
| tors. picture of this man is in the loc
iogues gallery, and it seems that he maxi
+ a specially Of just such work that
r yesterday. A photograph of the man W;
c shown to Mr.. Desio this morning, al
| while he said it looked very much like ol
| of the men who were in his store yesterda
> the man i'll the photograph had long
= mustache. The man who came into h
store had only short, scrubby mustach
y two or three weeks old. The police belle
: that it's one and the same man, however
Reward Offered.
Il The local force look upon the robbery
Il enc of the most daring that has been pc
i petrated IN this city in a long time, and y
- some of the men are inclined to believe tn
k il was not the work of professionals. TIL
n explain this by the behavior of the men
ixal Liz, icS.R R1So