The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-26
s1AITs RELD FOB TRIAL.
Re Aamits Tn Court mat He stole Gosds fTsna
ths WALDEN and other Moteia-

Re Admits In Court mat He stole Gosds frsn
shs WaldsST and other Motsls-
John n. Stats, the assistant manager o. the
Waldorf. followed mp his confession on Thurs
day to acting Captain McCiusky Of the Detec-
tive Bureau that he was . thief. by pleading
guilty In Jefferson Market Court yesterday.
when he was arraiRnod before Magistrate Cor
nell for grand larceny. He at first demanded an
examination, but changed his mind after
consulting with his counsel and admitted his
guilt. Manager Boldt's representative. Thomss
4. HiIliard. charged him with tho larceny of
o63 worth Of sheets. pillow cases, and paintings.
about the hotels ownership Of which there
could DO no possible dispute. Stats was held In
d 900 bail for trial In General Sessions and was
locked up.
Acting Captain McClusky says that staats 10
Q singular sort of o man. He cannot account
for tho fact that the prisoner should have stored
sst sSSR, PrG'PsrTty .I SsloSp Stlsr to s,t the s,o %a aSSn h ha
knitting stockings, an essentially feminine ocep;
s sae'Dni s' IN his u mS Gs,s "uHiis lie amused himself
by knitting while in. a cell at Headquarters. AND
explained that he did I'd s SssI %isd y
care. Detective IMcCIusky learned that tho
prisoner, was chronically short Of money. al.
Stats was paying assidaon, attention ; to "a a
"oWhn IN brooklyn Wuooo. paiOhto 49,
speetsble, and who had another male atmlrer
10 addition to the prisoner, Her identity 70
kept secret by the police. The prisoners wile
lives in New Rochelle, but Stats says that ne
has lived apart from her since tho hrst week OF
his marriage.
Stats was trusted implicitly by Manager
Boldt. and tho police believe that he may have
disposed Of other property than me DIX eoii1cSi
ton of stolen articles found IN his trunks ana 1
pawning IL from time TO time to. got money
Only two pawn tickets were found In his posses
el0n, however, one for \ seakskln sAcque DC
longing to his wife and the other for u diamond
ring belonging TO the Brooklyn woman. staats
aonloa chat 10 pawned any OF the property no
in which he worked. and the only reason he
gives for taking this property is that he wanted
1t. Stats had a new-fanRled brick used for
paving in his possession. IL was wrapped IN
Newspaper, and he said that he Kept ~ As q
means of defence in case he wero attacked oy
hlRhwaymen, 1t was asoertainod that, Staats
got the brick at Bath Beach, whore he was
visiting for u while last summer,
Acting Captain hcClusky said yesterday lhaI
the brace aud bit and other tools that were
iOund In States rooms were not burglars toois
but the ordinary tools of a mechanic. " nat
Ststts wanted with them. however, ID a mystery.
sihats didn't give any satisfactory explanation
himself. He merely sold that tho tools were
gathered as mementos OF a Western trip nc
made several years ago.
detective McCluSky says that there 10 a bare
poS,ibil ty that Staats's mind may DO a1ected
an hat his thefls may be the result OF klepto
mania. He IL making u thorough investigation
Of Slaats's career since ho hrSt engaged In ID
hotel business y decade ago. stats stu insist
that he did not steal the " 900 imported rus
That has disappeared from the Waldorf.