The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-08
DETECTIVES BUSY DAY
"BUD" SNYDER, A MASSACHUSETTS,
AVENUE BURGLAR, ARRESTED.
Fake Employment Scheme Closed
Boy Thiefs Clever System
Porter on His Knees.

Detectives splan and Wilson, last evening,
at 5 o'clock, arrested Bud" Snyder at
Room s. 2251s Massachusetts avenue, and
charged him with being the burglar who
has robbed Observation-Disclosures stores
systematically for several weeks. In Sny-
der's room was found pile of plumber,
which, when taken to the detectives office,
made it look like stockroom of a small
general store. Tracey Massner, who was
in the room with Snyder, was also arrested.
She is a young woman, fair looking, and
cried miserably when she was taken TO the
womens cellroom.
Snyder is nineteen years old, he says, and
he gives his trade as a paper hanger.
Whether or not he confined his operations
to Massachusetts avenue he worked the
stores of that thoroughfare in way which
promised starting a wholesale business
house. Complaints Of robberies on the ave-
nue. were sent in to the police station day
after day, and Detectives Splan and Wilson,
who were detailed on the cases, watched
many hours for suspicious persons. They
finally settled on Snyder as a possibility,
and yesterday afternoon they saw the young
woman leave the block in which was Sny-
der's room, carrying basket. They stopped
her and found the basket contained two
womens coats. They turned her back to
the room, and when they arrived there they
found Snyder. After they had sent the
woman and the man to the police station,
the detectives searched the room They
pulled the bed out of the corner and be-
hind it found, piled up nearly to the CELL
ing, the fruits of Snyders pillaging. 1t was
taken to the detectives office and sorted
out. AS closely as could be estimated last
night, the stuff is worth at least $500. There
are women's coats of all kinds, even imita-
ton sealskin, trousers, shawls, mufflers,
neckties, sleeve buttons, soap, boxes Of
cigars, flavoring extracts and other articles
of equal diversity. Store keepers who have
been robbed will call at the police station
to-day and identify their goods if in the
collection. The detectives made a list last
night of the merchants to whom most of
the stuff probably belongs Efroymson g.
VOLTS branch store, at 926 Massachusetts
avenue, was robbed Saturday night Of cloth
ing. ]. C. Colenbrauder, of sol Massachu-
sets avenue, lost boxes of cigars one night
last week. O. J. Conrad, 1872 Massachusetts
avenue, will find goods which were stolen
from his store in the pile at the detectives
office. Hammers and Compton e. Rices
groceries have contained stuff that was
found yesterday afternoon at Snyder's room.
1t is considered strange that Snyder could
carry away from the observation-disclosures
stores so much stuff night after night and
not be detected. The fact that it was pos
sible is laid by the police at the door Of the
insufficient number of police. The large size
of the police districts makes it impossible
for the patrolmen to stay more than short
time at any particular place on their beats.
1t was Snyder's lay to await his oppor-
tunity, rifle a store, pack the goods in a
sack and carry it to his room. He is
charged with grand larceny and burglary.
The girl, who had apparently started out
to sell some Of the plumber yesterday even
ing, is charged with receiveing stolen goods.
Snyder insisted to the detectives that his
first name was Bud Neither he nor the
girl were known to the detectives before
they came under suspicion as the ones who
were getting away with the stock of several
stores. The girl said she did not know
where the stuff came from. Snyder, she
said, brought it to the room without max
ing any explanation. Snyder confessed to
the detectives.