The sun., 1902-01-16
KERN, JEWEL THIEF, CAUGHT?
MAN LIKE THE THEBAUD VALET
JAILED NEAR NEU ORLEANS.
Calls Himself Manners, Jeweiry Drummer.
and Has Some Rings in a satchei-Has
Two Men Arrested for Robbins Him
and They Denounce Him 10 the Police.

NEW ORLEANS, La, Jan. I5.-The police
OF Gretna, In Jefferson parish, Just opposite
New Orleans, have three crooks under
arrest here, two Of whom declare the third.
whose pals they were, TO be the valet Edward
Kern, who recently robbed Paul Gilbert
Thebaud of New York city of Jewelry worth
more than $4,000. The New Orleans police
are in communication with the police in
New York and are trying 10 identify the
men.
The man supposed TO be Kern gives the
name T. +. Manners The others say they
are A. F. Howe and ". r. Marsh. One OF
the latter IL a large. fat man. The other is
small. When arrested the fat man had
number of pawntickets In his pockets,
stamped Dreyer & Natal, 353 Eighth ave-
nue., New York. and by pawn brokers In
Atlanta and New Orleans. The names on
these tickets are Walker and Massey. He
also had a notebook with the names Of all
the cotton merchants Of New Orleans In 1t
and q number Of letters addressed to them.
Manners reached New Orleans two days
ago and took rooms at the st. Charles
Hotel He posed as drummer for Chi
cago jewelry house, but didn't give the
name OF the house he travelled for. He
had roommate. who gave the name
Looney and registered from Lexington,
Ky. Late last night Looney told the hotel
clerk that he wanted TO leave the hotel
at once and asked that valise be brought
down from his room. This was done,
and Looney and another man who was
with him entered a cab and drove to the
Illinois Central station. They arrived there
too late TO catch the tr ain. Then they
- hA without
success. They tried to get a cab 70 take
them out Of town, but this IVES impossible
at 40 late an hour. Finally they went
10 the Imperial Hotel. where they regis
tered as Marsh and Howe.
In the meantime Manners returned 20
his room. On finding his valise gone be
notified the hotel proprietor that 1t con-
tanned jewelry worth 5000 including
thirty or forty diamond rings. The police
we're notified and a search for the thieves
was begun. A policeman reached tho
Imperial ten minutes after the thieves
had left it, A newspaper carriers story
put the police on their trail again. They
had taken a skin and rowing up the river
had landed at Gretna TO wait for the early
Texas and Pacific train. The newspaper
carrier saw them coming out OF boarding
house In Gretna, became suspicious and
notified the police. The men were arrested
lust as tney Were hDOut 10 ldht Nilc Nihih'
The jewelry was found in the bag
The supposed Mr.. Manners was notified
that his iewelry had been recovered and
he was told that he could have II by going
TO Gretna. He seemed not over anxious
TO do this and did not visit Gretna until
20 ia With ths thieves the large fat man
became very angry.
$50 you have turned on us s.youscoundrel,'
he said TO the supposed jewelry drummer,
Then the prisoner turned 70 the ore gtetna
Edward Kern, valet and thief, who recently
robbed Mr.. Paul Thebaud In New York.
We are his friends and comrades and would
not have turned on him had he not turned
on US and betrayed US
The fat man then proceeded 20 give
his version Of the stealing Of the satchel.
The jewelry, he said. WAS not genuine
hut -phony;' that II, paste, aud the three
men had put up trick 20 pretend % rob
Kern, hoping to make tlIe hotel responsible
and thus raise money. Tie police had
been too quick for them, but Manners.
on Kern, had given the alarm before they
had time 90 get out 81 the way, When
they failed 20 catch the train they expected
Manners Co take no action.
The man who II declared 10 be Kern
denied all this He says that his name
is Manners, that his father II a pawnbToker
In 1foI Gland avenue, Chicago, and that
he, the son. travelled around the country
dispuslng u unredeeined pledges The
fat man who idsnt fed him az Kern tays.
however, that he has known him for years
and served Ia the penitentiary with him
Manners certainly ansN ere IA every par
utTllAT the description of Kern sont out
hy the Nov York police
The two other men thisy'= we're brought
10 New Orleans to-night their thsft having
locn committed LeTr, lut Manlers. or k'II,
h locked Va in the Jcr"fsln parish .au
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