The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-08-02
IDENTIFIED.
Several People Say John
Kril Stole Prudential's
Money.
FARRIER STAR WITNESS
He Says He Saw the Thief's
Face and Noticed His
Knock Knees.

Knock Knees.
John Kril, twenty years old, Of No. s1
Essex street, the man arrested for robbinz
MISS Laura Rickerich of a satchek fun of
money on July ~, was this morning ar
raigned in the First Criminal Court be-
fore Police Justice Hoos and held With
out bail to await the action Of the Grand
Jury. kril is accused O snatching q
satchel, on July II, from Miss Rickerieh
as she was about to enter the Hudsou
County National Bank to make a deposit
of 81, 1893. The thief got the money and
ran. kril was caught after a search OF
thirteen days in his home by Detective
McNally. The evidence on which KrtE
was herd was chiefly the Identification by
numDer OF witnesses who saw MIN run
ming from the bank Immediately after
robbery.
George Ruggles, clerk in the Provf-
dent institution for Savings, testified that
Kril was in the Provident an hour after
the ROBBERY with great deal of money
ana that ne opened a new account with
$2s0 This money the police think Kril
did not come by honestly. He swore he
saved it.
Counsellor Spraggins made strong
plea for kriPs release on the ground thar
evidence of his guilt.
The first witness was Miss Rickerich.
She is the cashier of the local office OF
the Prudential Life Insurance Company
and 1t was from her the satchel was
stolen. She said she reached the bank
about 1870 o'clock and was walking up
the stairs She suddenly felt a tug at
rhe Yaf1Se and 1t was wrenched from her
grasp. She started in pursuit of q man
she saw running with the valise She
said she would certainly know his back
she also said she got a slight glimpse
of the mans faPa Tho oh mas 74orsn
gone over. Miss Rickerich said she watt
ed in the neighborhood of Grand and
Sussex streets for an hour seeking the
thief and then went to Chief Murphy's
office. She notified the Chief and then
told the Prudential Company of the loss
of the money. She was called to Chief
Murphy's office last Monday to try 70
identity man suspected of the robbery.
kiel was placed in line with half a doz-
en- men and Miss Rickerich picked him
out as the thief.
On her cross examination Miss Kicker
ich at first said Kril was the thies to- the
best of her knowledge and belief When
asked to make positive statement as to
whether kril was the man or not she
answered Yes" after some hesitation.
George Ruggles was then called upon to
give his testimony. He said that he had
dent Institution for Savings an hour after
the robbery. krils companion seemed to
be showing him how to open an account.
The two conferred for some time and Xrfl
counted out a sum of money from a great
rfoll OF bills. The 1920 was deposited and
Kril still had a great deal of money left
RuggIes looked at the new account book
after the men left and learned Kril's name
and address.
Ruggles said he felt confident at the
time that Kril was the thief, as he had
seen him running, pursued by Miss
Rickerieh. He said nothing to the au-
| thorities, however, because he thought it
however, he called on Chief Murphy and
told of his suspicious and what he had
learned. He gave the information to the
police because he thought Miss Kicker
ich would have to stand the loss He
was very positive Kril was the thief and
easily Identified him.
Arthur Farrier, receiving teller of the
Hudson County National Bank. was the
star witness for the State. His identif1-
cation of Kril was made without the
slightest hesitation Monday, and his tes-
timony was founded on what IS consider
e dthe best of grounds. Farrier said that
he alighted from a Grand street car at
the corner of Washington and Grand
streets. He saw man running swiftly
toward him and stepped aside to allow
him to pass. The man held a satchel in
his left hand and seemed to be in a
gerat hurry. Mr.. Farrier said he thought
the man very foolish 10 run on so hot
day and took particular notice Of him as
the man was unning towad him. Mr..
Farrier had an excellent opportunity to
The man brushed Mr.. Farrier's arm, and
the teller turned to look after him. In
second Mr. Fdrrler heard the shout of the
thief's pursuers and then saw Miss Rich
erich. He guessed what had happened,
and started in the chase. He got near
the thief. but was left behind at the
church gate, where the thief passed into
the Free Reformed Church yard and
shook the crowd in the rear. Mr. Farrier
took notice of the fact that the thief was
knockkneed. In the Chiefs office he rec
ognized Kril's face and legs as those OF
the man he saw running with a satchel-
His identification this morning was posi-
tive.
Margaret Cummings. the little girl who
was thrown down in the hallway of No.
101 Sussex street by the thief in his
flight also recognized Kfel as the man
who brushed by her with a satchel and
knocked her down.
Mrs. Annie Feilen, of No. 2O5 Washing
ton street, swore that she saw Kiel
jumping the fence in the rear of her
homa and also other fences. throwing
| the satchel before him as he scaled each
fence She admitted she did not see Kefl's
face but knew his back and general ap-
pearance.
The testimony Of all the witnesses was
that the thief wore a dirty looking dark
suit.
When arraigned Kril wore black serge
coat and light trousers, very much worn.
A suit such as the witnesses described,
however, was found in KriPs home and
is now in the possession of the police.
krl made a statement after the usual
caution that whatever he might say would
be used against him by the State lie
said he was in PasSaic on the day of the
robbery. This will be his defense The
police say he cannot prove an alibi.