The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-02-19
Captured by Police Soon
After a Break.
HAD BURGLARS TOOLS.
Bound Over TO the Grand Jury On
Six Distinct Charges.
PAwNED SOME OF THEIR BOOTY

The police are of the opinion that they
made an impo tant capture Of two slick
thieves last evening. as the crime for
which they were arrested and the tools
found on their persons indicate that they
were no novices in the art of stealing.
Besides their behavior since they have
been in town Is suspicious outside Of the
actual crime for which thev will remain
on Rhode Island soil for q more or less
protracted period.
George Adams, about 10 years Of age.
anu Frederick Al derson, 20 years OF age,
apparently, arrived in the city few days
ago. They want TO Mrs. Vaughns house
on Fountain street and secured quarters
as boarders. They said they were en-
pioyed as pattern makers at the Rnoue
Island Locomotive Works, and they left
tie house every morning, taking lunch
with them ss they were going to work.
This seemed reasonable enough and their
general behavior did not excite suspicion.
Last evening about O'Clock they wens
TO a new house being built for Charles
X. Makepeace at the corner OF humboldt
and Iaber avenues. 1he only vDluables
on the premises appeared TO be locked up
in the tool house. 80 they pulled out the
staple of the door and went inside.
They helped them selves TO the miscellan-
eous assortment Of tools. When they left
the premises they had two saws aud
chiseIs belonging TO Alrhonso Trahan,
three saws and other tools belonging To
Antoine Papineau. two saws and a chisel
the property of Hermsgilda Lachan
two saws and chissI owned bv Godsil
Laohance and two saws and other tools
belonging TO Leanuer III. Daigh.
Seven saws were pawned at the Wey-
bos set Loan Company. The rep1rt of the
| robbery was given TO the rolice and in
! two hours after the tool house had been
4I h. -, L.. n
and safe enough In tho Fountain street
station.
Officers Butts and Dunn went to the
Fountain street boarding house at $3.50
O'Clock and found Adams ana Anderson.
They also found some of the stolen pro-
perty, and the whole outfit was taken 70
| the police station,
The surprise of the arrest was 10 come.
| When the prisoners were searched the
police felt rather elated at developmonts.
| Adams had n 42 calibrs bull dog revolver
| in his hip pocket. He also had several
burglars tools Anderson had bunch
| of III KEYS :. calculated to fit almost any
kind of common lock- Some of the keys
were filed and some were in shape to
| make so that they would fit particular
| locks The crooks tools found on both
men included a patent bit and stock. key
hole saws and combination saws. pocket
wrenches and screw drivers, several kinus
made quite a showing on the table in
! Capt Mathew 5 Office.
In the search for things on their person
the police found letter addressed to
Jack o. Brien of New York, ana IL gave
the information that Adams and Ander-
son might he expected in the metropolis
AS soon as they had succeeded in certain
undertaking.
They will have to defer their visit to
Greater New York for some time, as they
were arraigEed in the Sixth District
Court this morning on charge Of break
ing and entering in the nisht time for
the purpose OF stealing. This is a serious
charge.
lhey were bound over to the grand jury
in the sum of $500 each and az there
were six separate charges and $40 wssq
required on each charge, Adams anu
Anderson will languish In Jail till the
grand jury convenos
They were sls1 fined $40 and costs each
for the several charges of stealing.