The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-09
TALL land SHORT NAN HELD.
DETECTIVES THINK THEY'RE DAM
GEROUS BURGLARS.

Reiuotant to Talk About the Case. sut r1azis-
trats nrnnn's Refusal 70 Held Them niindiy
RTinss Out the Fact That the Pair Arc ne
heved TO ne the Harlem ''scuttis Burgiars.n
A tall man and q short man have been robbing
residences In Harlem for a couple Of months.
Yesterday Capt. 0'Brion. chief OF the Detective
Bureau, thought that he had the elusive pair in
custody, but he was not prepared to let his do
tectivcs do any talking about tho capture. One
OF the prisoners Is u strapping follow. standing o
feet 4 inches In his stocking feet. His comrade
IL only o feet In height. Detectives Reap, Fra
rec, and Brown arraigned this oddly assorted
couple before Magistrate Brann. in the Centre
Street Court, In the morning.
Tho tall fellow said no was Thomas Reilly and
that no lived at tho Vincent House at Forty
third street and Third avenue. He said he was
% years old. The shorter man said he was John
Mcnamara, but he couldn't tell where he lived.
He said he was % years old. too.
Detective Reap told the Magistrate that the
long and short prisoners were burglars, and ho
asked to have them rclnanded to the dungeons at
Police Headquarters until the attendance Of
compliments could be secured.
Magistrate Brann wac about to comply when
Lawyer Atchison, whom the accused mon had
secured as counsel. put in u vigorous protest
against this pet method of Police Headquarters
WA ohoptSh. ~ blht ShO hhoh ~ NAo-
charged Mt once unless the detectives make q
complaint against them, and that thcn they
SHOULD be committed 10 the Tonb5.
.Thereupoi Detec' i've Reap Indirectly revealed
the tact that the men are believed by the police
to lie the "scuttle burglars who robbed Michael
Stachelberg's Residence, ut 1854 Firth avenue,
about a month ago. The Stacnolberys live ne t
to Public Works Commissioner Coils. and the
house Is fitted with burglar alarms. An alarm
rang while tho family were at dinner in tho
basement at z o clock one evening.
The alarm was unheeded at the time, but after
dinner II kyuS IN nd thar fhtay,,a had ranSntkpl
the upper floors and carried of about Sl 900
worth Of Jewe.ry and trinkets. 1t WAS discovered
that the burglars had gained access 10 Tho house
climbing To the roof and entering the Stachol-
berg house through the 5cuttle. making an Easy
escape By the sumo route.
detective. Reap made an, affidavit charging
Reilly and McNaInara with having
u burglary on Firth avenue between Eighty
Sixth and EiBhty-scveath streets Tho StHChel-
berk resiuenccl, anu al many other localities in
hariem. lie swore, too, that the appearance Oh
the long ana short prisoners taliied exactly
with the description given by the Harlem peo-
pie VINO had been robbed by the scuttlo thieves,
right men. because in the possession of one OF
them he. had found property that had oeen
stolen from one or the looted DIV OAings. lie
declined TO specify which OF the PRISONERS had
the booty in question.
Magistrate Brann, on the strength OF Reap's
aftidhvlt, committed the prisoners 10 the Tombs
for examination to-day, when the detective
Tho prisoners declined to sly anything about
their arrest. Capt. O'Brien wasn't at Head
and nobody there dared to talk about
the arrests last night. 1t was explained that 1t
was against orders to give out details OF the
case" !
According to the description OF those who saw
the men. Il was d tall man and a short man Who
were implicated in the murder OF Nj. Z. ID. BDr-
dea o cutler during u thunder shower one day
about Two years ago.