The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-03-14
A CHAPTER OF BURGLARIES
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ing by means of a key. He stuffed the
surplus plumber into an unused stove
in the rear room and before he could
| get around to take it away the plumber
was found in the stove by a clerk who
was showing the stove to a customer.
AT the time it was mystery how the
stuff came to be in the stove.
| j. r. Richards store on State street
was the next job and there he stole a
complete set of silverware, gainging an
entrance by forcing a rear window.
This job was turned off on the night of
/ President Hadley's inauguration
| John r. Renbert & Co.'S stationery
store on State street was the next job
which was done between Tand S o'clock
| in the evening. He took there col
lection of books, pencils and miscela
neous articles of stationery, a revolver
| and some small coin.
Next was a job at Moses Cans sta
I tionary store on State street. which he
| entered between 8 and 10 o'clock in the
evening. He stole there fountain pens,
books, pencils and stationary.
C. M. Halls store on Broadway next
came in for his attention. He entered
it about 10 o'clock in the evening and
took 500 in money, a gold pen and a
book of trading stamps containing
about $50 worth of stamps
Conway's drug store on Grand ave-
nue. and Judson's store next door he
burglarized on the night of February
q, 1899. Judson's store was entered by
boring out hole in the door and then
Ia. lit +1Yry yi,,sr
the catch. He took some change and
boxes of cigars from the drug store
and few small articles from Judson's.
From Flanagan's saloon on Grand
avenue, which he entered, he says that
he took only fishing rod, which is in
the collection of stuff recovered.
The Pennant saloon on State street,
kept by Steve Ashe, the baseball play
err was entered one Sunday morning
about 1C o'clock, and whiskey meas
ures, three dozen small glasses and
several silver spoons We're taken.
j. J. Foleys news store on Grand
avenue was entered after it had been
closed up for the night and eight boxes
of cigars taken.
COINS pawnshop on Grand avenue
was entered, he says, early in the morn
ing Of January %, 1899, by means of
key He says that he took there two
pair of pearl mounted opera glasses.
The last Job. which he confesses to Is
that at Kinneys saloon, mentioned
above The two cases of theft were at
the F. B. Shuster company's factory
and at the shop of the Elm City Brass
Manufacturing company, in each of
!, no fnplf tnpIeo and n1igppl-
laneous small articles.
Mrs Davis said last night that he
had planned to burglarize an art store
in the central part Of the city this week
She said that he had Dragged to her
that he would never be taken alive as
he always carried a revolver when on
his burglarizng trips. No weapons
were found on him when he was ar
rested yesterday Yesterday morning
he did not get home until $780, but it
is not yet known whether or not he did
any job then. His wife visited him at
police headquarters last evening and
was allowed to see him for few min |
utes in the presence of Detective Don
nelly.
Davis comes from most estimable |
family and his father and mother are
highly respected by all who know them.
His father, Martin l.. Davis, occupies
a responsible position with the New
Haven Chair company, where he is
foreman.
Among the articles found among
Davis plumber was papier maehe
imitation of an old fashioned dagger
on which was a card with the inscrip-
ton "Poinard of Ravaille with which
Henry of Navarro was assassinated in
Paris in 1910" A large bunch of skele-
.on keys was also found in the house.
Detective Donnelly was highly COM
olimented last night by Superintendent
Wrinn and the police commissioners on
he good capture which he had made.
Captain Cowles pronounced it one of
he best jobs of detective work which
lad ever come to his personal notice.