The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-10-13
HAUL BY
THIEVES !
Nearly Two Hundred Dollars Stolen
From Charles NOrkawicz.
TWO MEN ARRESTED ON SUSPICION
"Blood and Thunder" jenkins One Of Them
Both Committed to Jail-Ih Robbers
Missed a Bunch Containing
over Five Hundred
Dollars.

Another robbery was added last night to
the long list Of depredatious which have been
committed in the town during the past few
weeks. This time the house of Charles Nor
kawicz, an East Centre street saloon keeper,
is the victim and his loss is placed at Slgl in
cash, gold watch and a pair of gold earrings.
Shortly after nine o'clock last night Mrs
Norkawivz went upstairs to retire. In the
rear bedroom she found bureau drawer upon
the floor and the money and jewelry was
found missing. The Norkawicz saloon is
next door to the house that has been kept by
one Oscar kestou, formerly Of Mt. Carmel.
The house has been known as The Red
Onion There are connecting doors between
the houses. They were fastened on the Nor
kawicz side, and these tasteuings were broken.
Upon discovering the robbery Mrs Norka.
wicz called her husband up stairs and they
descended the stairway ON the Keston side.
They found keston standing at the foot Of
the stairs with lamp in his hand William
Snyder and Snyder's driver were with him.
kestOn claims he was there to sell what
household effects were left there to snyder.
This morning Keston and William jenkins,
alias Harry Clark, alias Blood and Thunder
jenkins, were arrested jenkins had hand
| in the management of The Red Onion"
when it was in full blast He protested his
innocence as to the robbery and said he could
bring ten or twelve Pottstown detectives to
prove that he was at the fair in that town
yesterday. He sayshe received postal card
yesterday asking him to come to this town
and help Keston to move his goods to Halle
ton; that he arrived at Pottsyile last night
and got here this morning He first went to
the old stand and there learned that X stou
was in the lookup. He went there to see
him, and then went and hired T. X. Beddsll,
Esq., to represent Keston. before Justice
Shoemaker, because he believed Keston was
innocent of the robbery.
| During the hearing jenkins became worked
up Il know | am burglar. but | am trying
TO be good now. did not do this thing"
Mrs. NOrkawicz was one of the witnesses
for the prosecution, but gave no evidence
| other than the discovery Of the robbery, the
meeting of KestOn at the stairway and the
| fact that she saw Jenkins at the place on
Monday. When she learned that jenkins
was accused of the robbery and likely to 90
to Jail she was disposed to protest. As to the
other prisoner Keston, she said she believed
he could tell who committed the robbery.
Mrs. Norkawicz's mother, Mrs Yetkois.
sent wsrd that she desired TO have the prose
cution against jenkins withdrawn, but her
son-in-law remained determined to press the
charge
After hearing the prosecution Justice Shoe
maker concluded that he had better hold
jenkins and KestOu, and he committed them
without bail. They were taken to Jail this
afternoon
1t has been learned that the robbers un-
Willingly missed big haul. They took but
one drawer from the bureau. The drawer
next to it, which was left undisturbed. con-
tained over $500 of Norkawicz's personal
money. The money stolen was held by Nor
kawicz as Treasurer of the First Lithuanian
| Band.