The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-04-20
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Andrew Tracy Alleged to Hnvc Taken
stolen Goods from Conductor Davis.

Andrew Tracy Alleged TO Have Taken
stolen Goods from Conductor Davis.
Detective Sergeant Dennehyp and De
tective Donnelly yesterday arrested An
drew Tracy, who keeps jewelry repair
shop at No. 413 Grand avenue, on the
charge of being fence for the street
car conductor, Davis, who was arrested
not long ago and convicted of having
committed long string of burglaries.
The arrest was made on information
| furnished to the detectives by Davis.
| When the detectives went to Tracy's s
shop yesterday they asked him if he
knew Davis and he said that he did.
He said, however, that he had never
received any goods from Davis except
one gold pen, for which he gave Davis
ring. Davis had, however, given the
detectives a list of the articles which he
had disposed of to Tracy, and when the
detectives showed this list to Tracy he
weakened and admitted that he had
received the articles. He was then
placed under arrest and charged with
theft.
A large number of articles described
by Davis were recovered In the shop,
among them a diamond which Davis
stole from a Mrs. Moody, two gold rings
which had been melted up, diamond
glass cutter, several gold plated watch
chains, scales and machinists' tools
stolen from Shuster's shop, bicycle rims
stolen from c. r. Warner, a medical
battery taken from W. w. Gale of Pit
kin lane and large number Of other
small articles, including dozen foun-
tain pens stolen from Gann's stationery
store on State street. The charge of
theft placed against Tracy was on ac-
count of these pens. Tracy was releas
ed last night on bonds of $50 furnished
by himself.
that he committed several more burg
laries in addition to those with which
he has been charged already Among
those to which he has just confessed
are the burglarizing Of Mcmahon & Nc
Queeney's saloon on State street and of
a new house on Atwater street. At the
latter place he stole some tools, among
them the chisel which he used after
wards to pry open doors The tools be-
longed to Isaac Hull of East Haven. He
has also confessed to stealing several
bicycles, two of which he took from in
front of the public library In the even
ing.
Davis has lately told Detective Ser
geant Dennehy that there was not
store in New Haven which he could not
get into If there was no Yale lock on
the door. He said that he had never
been able to get by that kind Of lock.
He said that he always carried on his
burglarizing trips large bunch Of keys,
small hand vice, several small files
and piece of sheet brass about the
width of an ordinary key. He would
first try his bunch of keys and If none
of them would fit the lock Of the door
which he desired to enter he would in
sert the piece of brass in the keyhole to
see that it would go in. Then he would
step into hallway and smoke the brass
with matches, after which he would
again insert the piece of brass in the
keyhole and turn. The tumblers of the
lock clicking against the smoked sur
face of the brass would mark thereon
where the brass was to be filed to make
a key to open the lock. He would then
sten into a hallway, quickly file out the
brass where the smoked surface was
marked and soon have a key to fit the
lock and which he could use whenever
he wished.