The age-herald., 1901-11-14
POL|CE.RUN DOWN THE BOLD SECOND
 AVENUE BURGLAR Capture A. J. Dye Who Robbed Arms Company and Hard
 ware Store
HE CONFESSES HIS CULT
Had Himself Locked in May 6 Thomas' Establishment and Entered Gun Store Through
 the Roof.

A. J. Dye, young white man, who has admitted to the police that he robbed the stores of the Birmingham Arms Com pany and the May 6 Thomas Hardware Company In Second avenue last Saturday night Is in the city jail. He was arrested in Nashville where he was traced by Detectives Colo and Shirley. Dye sc- cured about 5000 worth of property con- sisting of reyolvers. knives and razors all of which has been recovered.
 Tho self-confessed burglar is about 22 years of age and a native of Nashville. He is a carpenter by trade and has been in Birmingham off and on for several months. He came here last a little more than month ago and made living by doing odd jobs of carpentering. Later he established headquarters with the Me- Crary Refrigerator Company in Third avenue and branched out into the show case repairing line. He lived in Nine- teenth street near Third avenue His wife whom he married three months ago was in Nashville at the time of the robbery.
 Turned a Neat Trick. The fact that he was a show case re- pairer lead to Dyes capture. He went into the store of May & Thomas Satur- day afternoon and Inquired if there were any show cases to be repaired. There were none, but in some way he hid him. self in the building and when the em- ployes left for the day Dye was locked inside. From one of those unaccounted for reasons the attention of some of the employees was attracted to Dye and they remembered him well enough to give the police a fairly good description. It was next discovered that Dye had made an appointment with a pawnbroker to sell him some weapons. He failed to keep the appointment but the police felt sure he was the man.
 The evidence was conclusive when his work place in Third avenue was searched and two guns identified as being among the stolen property. He entered the Brm- ingham Arms Companys store by climb ing a telegraph pole to the roof and thence through the skylight. Sold to Pawnbroker. Dye was traced to Nashville and when arrested his wife was packing her trunk to return to Birmingham with him. He broke down and told the officers where he had disposed of the property. He had sold eighteen weapons to Meyer Marx, a pawnbroker of that city for $100 Marx was arrested on a charge of receiving stolen property, and his place searched. Every weapon was recovered, and he will be vigorously prosecuted Dye was brought here yesterday afternoon, and two charges of burglary and grand lar- ceny placed against him.
 When Dye was seen at the city jail last night he did not seem to be in the least perturbed. He told all about his crime with little coaxing. He is a very respectable looking young man, clean shaven and welt dressed. In telling how the burglary was committed, he said:
 Makes a Confession.
 T secured admission to the store of May and Thomas in the afternoon and hid inside. When all the clerks left the place I at once got ten guns and es- capped with them without difficulty.
 "In entering the store of the Birmng- ham Arms Company I climbed tele- graph pole and thence passed through a glass on the roof. There I also secured ten pistols.
 with eighteen of these guns went to Nashville, where Mark paid me s10O for tho lot. He had previously asked me to supply him with guns. and therc was no trouble In making a trade.
 "I was arrested at the time when my wife was packing to join me here as quickly as I could arrange for her com forts. After telling the Nashville police of the guns. an officer brought me here"
 Dye will probably be given a pr limin- ary trial today