The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-06-07
COULD NOT IDENTIFY THEM
NELSON AND BUxBAUM WE'RE NOT
SURE OF THEIR MEN.

Glover RuSe of Robbers to Throw Police
on the Traclk-They Bought Tickets for
Kartford-Pretended Not to Know just
Where They Wanted to Go-Diamond
Tray Found on Saturday.
Captain Cowles received telegram
from Captain O'Brien of the New York
detective bureau yesterday, saying:
I'VE think we have some of your dia-
mond robbers" Captain CoWles sent
Buxbaum, who was in Goodman's store
at the time the robbery was committed
and Christian Nelson, the bartender at
the Throm saloon on State street, to
New York to see if they could identify
the men. Buxbaum and Nelson left
here at 4:90 o'clock yesterday after
noon and were expected to report to
the local police at o'clock this morn
ing.
They did not put in an appearance
and 1t is supposed that there was no
Identification of the prisoners in New
York 1t has transpired that about the
time the diamond robbers are supposed
to have left this city on Thursday that
three men answering the description
given by Nelson, which also corre-
spends with the description given by
Buxbaum of the men who were in the
store, were seen at the Union depot.
Two of the men approached Assist
ant Train Master Lucey and inquired
of him concerning the train to Hart
ford. Upon receiving the information
they went to the ticket office. That
they purchased tickets and subse-
quently offered them on the train leav-
ing the depot for New York is substan-
tiated by Conductor Snagg, who, when
making the first inspection of tickets
was given two tickets from New Ha-
ven to Hartford" by two young men,
whom he remembers as answering the
suspected robbers description. The
conductor said: why you are on the
New York train and the tickets are
from New Haven to Hartford"
The young men seemed very much
surprised, but each took dollar from
their purses and offered to purchase
fare to New York. When told that the
fare would be $1.55 they were aston
ished. They paid the money, however.
Passing to the next car one of the first
passengers encountered was a tall well
dressed man who offered the conduc-
tor 81 without saying where he was 60
ing. He was asked his destination and
replied New York. He was then called
on to pay $1.55. which he did.
On Saturday three tsrangers whose
description compares with that
given by Mr.. Buxbaum, Mr. Goodmans
clerk, stayed at the Elm City hotel, 6S
State street, who came there, according
to Proprietor George Throm's account a
few minutes before five Thursday morn
ing and left shortly after II o'clock
One of them returned about 1870, but
left shortly and that was the last seen
of the men. The men registered as
John Robinson, Dan Gibson and Will
liam Howland.
A package left by them was opened
by Detective McGrath and found to
contain a long pair of wooden tongs re-
sembling blacksmith's tongs except
that they were very light and could be
operated with one hand. The detective
took the tongs to headquarters, he says.
and that is all he knows Of the matter.
The tray which contained the dia-
monds was found In the saloon of
James E. McManus ON Congress ave-
nue. and handed by him to Superintend-
ent Wrinn.
Three men answering the description
OF the robbers were seen az the depot,
and it Is thought they took the AS
train for New York.
A dispatch early this morning from
New York says that the men who went
from this city to identify the prisoners
held for the robbery failed to do so.