The sun., 1902-06-29
FAwO,s HrRGLaRs ne CUGHT.
Achie, emens Thst Ven the Late Police
capt. Dunn . shield.

| Achies ement nst Ven the Late Police
capt. Dunn . shield.
Police Captain James Dunn. who died
| few days ago in Brooklyn, achieved his
| Creates, success through the arrest 81 the
| so-called Patchen avenue gang 81 burglars.
| Tha, was in August. 1878.
A, that time Brooklyn was ov-run with
| burglars In June. is7s Henry Batter
mans dry goods store In Williamsburg
had been robbed and Ssooo worth 81 silks
| had been carried away.
Dunn, then a sergeant. was in command
| 81 the old Nir,h sub precinct, ~hose station
| house vas at the corner ~ Greene avenue
| and Bro adway. He followed q man be-
| suspected 81 completely in this burglary
| ,o The corner of Pstchen avenue and Jr6er-
| son street, There he ssw the man enter
| q hig roomy house surrounded by we'll
kept lawns ard flower gardens.
Upon making inquiries Dunn was in
| formed that the house was occupied by q
| Mr. Parks. r-puted to b~ wealthy sta
/ ,ioner engaged IN business in New York.
| Parks lived there with his wife and child
and several servants. the neishbor- said.
| and tha, was all they knew about him.
Dunn had the house watched day and
/ night One night tn. house was brilliantly
| lighi-i Inside some one vas playing the
piano Later they heard the strains of a
popular waltz PLAYED on a VIOLIN.
A carriage with footman ard coachman
arriv-d. aud two women IN evening dre--
got out ~ II and wen, into tho house More
carriages soon arrived ard more GUESTS
II was plain that a reception was being
held In the hou-e
Frequently during that week Dunn and
his dr,ec,ive. Murphy. saw vell-dr srsd
People com" and go al night, and In III"
afternoon they saw wsll-dr--ed wom' n
aud men IN outing suits playing lawn tennis
on the grounds in the rrsr ~ tho hous-
on the night of Aug IL, saturday
light. Dunn raw two men l-av" the house
| and something about them suggested that
they were gUins To commit a burglary
Dunn and Murphy started Ia follow, bu'
| lost them They decided to watch for the
return ~ the men. For this purpo-e they
hid themselves IN tn" bsbry oi tb" church
1 across tho way
II vas Q o'clock when the fellows laf,
| th. hou-e Along about 4 VI. the two
men wer -een coming along Patchen ave-
| nue.. Two other men accompanied them
4 few minutes after they had entered
| ths house Dunn saw them gather around
a table in one Of the upper room. fir-,
| they counted some money and parC~lled
IL out In shars Then they examined u
| number 81 checks and notes and other
| paprrs. and pruc~-ded TO tear them into
! small piec~s |, was evident they were
dIviti,g th. sunils of n robh.ry
Dunn son, for all his policrm-n, sur
| rounded IN. hou-e and caught .vprybody
IN ~ few m,nu,.s after the nr,son. ~
| Ind h.en led 10 their c-lls, and Will. the
| polios werc searching the Patchen avenue
r.rIic. s,ation and stated thai carly thai
morning the offlc, ~ Martin Ibart's whole
Avenue had he.n broken into. tho sase
| Llowr orrn and Ssso and several check.
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bhreIar- one was .inifny irving well
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nahk nahk burglar. hho'neI proNeu .o p~
bliyf1rter, nurslaI Mhp Ss Nan..u Nv
THE poicr IN various par's "i .ne country
The ihird mrtnnet o, .he party Was
id.h'hl"n as Inih' ah@ nnAlk D'APeI an
all-rcund burglar and Propns,or ~ many
panel houses IN me faghth ana Ntnth waru.
of New YORK draper Was al-o accused of
cotnphc'y IN the northampton hahk
robbery
The fourth m.mber OF the gang Was
identified al R-d ieary. notorious cracks
\ man. who was sought ny the pou~ oi
Chicago and other Western cities
The young woman who had po-ed IN "a"
| Patchen avenue nous" hs ule Nur on M'
Parks said she was sister OF Irving
| The child was irving's niece
Porter was tri.d twice Tor the lbert
burglary. but each time tho jury disagreed
| He finally e-caI~d from Raymond Street
Jail with Irving on June l, 1879
They went To Boston, where. with an
other burglar known as Jos Dollard. they
! committed a burglary IN a ie~elry shop
\ and got away with Si6 ooo worth of watches
| After getting away from the detcctives
| few times they were again landed In Ray
i mond Street Jail on sept, "a. 1879.
| The following month Porter WAS tired
/ and convicted of the ib-rt burglary and
sentenced TO the Kings County Penitentiary
for Ave years. While he vas In prison hls
mother died IN Massachusetts leaving him
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