The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-02-13
JERSEY ROBBERS
FINALLY RUN DOWN
Were Known by Police as the
"Gentlemen Burglars. "
Two of the Gang Make Desperate
Effort to Escape-E0ungeSt One
Benedict but "a Week

NEW TURK, Feb l3.-All three Of tho
gentlemen burglars" who have beer
robbing folks in nearby New jersey
towns for several weeks. were caught
yesterday. One was caught in Jersey City
in a house to which the police had been
directed. by an address left by the young
man with a saIoon6eeper. from whom
he had won money by making a remark
able poker hand.
Another was caught at the home of the
first young mans bride, who had been a
bride only since Sunday evening. Il is
/ worthy Of note that the last robbery CT
the precious crew was committed late
Sunday morning.
Another was caught in a low dive near
Chatham Square The third was an old
timer, the others were new hands, al
! though adept
Conversed With Their Victims.
The history of. the crimes Of the gang
is full of entertaining incident They al
ways conversed with their victims if they
| happeLed to wake them, in the most IA
miIiar way.
They admired one womans baby and
oeAlA IL AdS Il SidAlt u ADD LAAC A4A'tAANA
of so fine a child but they robbed her.
They begged a sick mans pardon for dis
turbing m, but said they really lceGed
/ his money because they we're hard UP.
( They got it.
! They expressed themselves rs so pleased
/ by the bravery Of the hfteen-year-old boy
who came TO his mothers defence oith
stick that they said they could not think
( Of deDriving her Of anything valuable,
but when they had gone it was found that
la quantity Of jewelry had gone with them.
COnsoIed the Police.
/ At last when Tom Coughran, the one
/ who had done most of this midnight talk
| ing. was in handouts. and before Chief
Of Police Murphy today, undergoing the
/ third degree" he interrupted the pro-
/ ceedinzs TO tell the chief that really it
was a shame to annoy SO fine body Of
men as the Jersey City police as they
! had been annoyed for the past few weeks
( Mr. Murphy glowed all over with pride
at this tribute and out Of gratitude or
some other emotion had the hcudcuns
taken from the boys wrists. There was
/ reason to regret this a few hours later,
when Thomas made a wild break to es-
cape from the police station. and fought
/ the chief and three other policemen to
a standsJiu before he was dragged down
and put to sleep"
Was a Soldier.
None Of the people who have known the
two Coughran boys. who both lived in this
city, could believe at first that the
police were right In arresung them Tom
/ Coughran is twenty-five years old. He
came 10 this city from Newport. r. l..
about FIVE years ago. He enlisted in the
Fifth Artillery at the beginning Of the
Spanish War.
At the end Of his enlistment last sum
mer he found a place with Bufllo BilIs
Wild West IN the artillery detachment
When the show disbanded Tom returned
here and got into trouble
His brother, Lewis Coughran, was a bar
/ tender for a time Lately he is said 10
have had employment as a chauffeur
Murphy Obtains Clue.
Chief Murphy recently sent detectives
through the saloons in the neigh5orhood
where two OF the robberies occurred, ask
ing if three strange young men, good look
ing, good natured, and prosperous in ap-
peal aANEs A0A DNEn aNNA CAR III tAAE
morning after the robberies-
in Kane's saloon at Newmarket and
Baldwin Avenues, they found that three
such young men had been playing the
.'penny-in- the-slOt,' or new poker hand
machine. One or the strangers made a
diamond straight flush, beginning with the
nine. The saloOukeeper offers a prize Tor
the best hand made each month
The young man gave him the name OF
Thomas r. COughran and the address at
lOS5 Tenth Street Jersey City. The house
was ~ once put under observation. and
/ CUughTan was arrested today.
CHIEF Murphy found in Cougbran's
pocket the certificate Of his marriage to
Sarah C. Gorham, and early this morn
] ing two detectives visited Mrs. Corghran
in this city and arrested Lewis Coughran.
Admits Guilt.
In the meantime Tom had confessed his
share in the robberies. and had mentioned
the name Of a man named Cady, who had
first taught him the delights Of burglary.
Now. Cady was known 20 the New York
police He has been in Jail OF and on
ever since 1883. when he was arrested at
Rochester
Captain Titus sent right down the Bow
cry after him and found him in dive I'm
Chatham Square He was barely arrested
when Mrs Tom COughran came down %
headquarters and for the first time
learned what all the trouble was about
Then she went 10 the Jersey City police
headquarters, where she was confronted
with her husband.
struck at Police.
you had no business to bring me here
when she was here" he yelled. Now,
I'm going TO quit you" He struck out say
agely at the sergeant and got a few feet
away down the hall
The sergeant grabbed him by one leg
and tripped him. and a general fight en-
sued, in which the ncW-made bride took
part II was some moments before
COuRhran was subdued Cady and Lewis
Coughran will be extradited from Cap
tain Titus custody as soon as possible.
COUSIN OF PRESIDENT HONORED
Elected to a High Literary Position
at Harvard.