Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-26
ROBBER WAS HERE
"Gentlemen George" Who Was
 Captured In New York.
USED TO LIVE IN WATERBURY.

Attended the High School About Ten
 Years Ago-H His Name Was Harry
 Brooks and He Was a Very Aniar ] ble and Nice Appearing Young Man.
 Harry w. Brooks, known as Gen. tleman George" the Fifth avenue disT trict burglar in New York, was for merly resident of this city. Gen tleman George it will be recalled, was captured by half dozen detec- tfves on the roof of a West Forty- second street residence a week aga last Sunday night, but only after 3 hard fight Though they had much difficulty in lodging fusilade of bull let's fired at them by Brooks, alias George Robinson, the detectives guc-A ceeded in disabling him by shooting him in the leg and then capturing him.
 Harry Brooks resided with his mother in this city about ten years ago. For a short time he went to the High school and was a classmate of several we'll known young men about town. Later he went to work as a clerk in the grocery store con-
 
 Bank street, where the store of the About 1891 MT Quintard married young Brooks mother and short time afterward he sold his interest In the grocery business to MT Merriam and both he and his wife removed t0 New Haven. They were accompan- jed by Mrs Quintardys son. ss
  am's store, Harry Brooks who was about twenty years of age, was noted for his amiable and obliging manners He was of a genial disposition. Even at that age it is said that he lived in rather high company and was alWaya out for good time with the boys After he removed to New Haven Wa terbury people lost track of him untiI he was arrested in New York
 When Gentleman George was ar< rested in New York over week aga and an account of his arrest and rob- berries appeared in the local as well as in the New York papers, Water bury people did not know that the fa- nous burglar was a former resident of this city. But when some person read in the papers few days ago that "Gentlenan George had been visited in his ward in Bellevue hosTlis tai by his mother, Mrs Quintard, then they first realized that the man has bnrGIaiizeds SO many residences in the Fifth avenue district was none other than young Brooks, who former ly lived here!
 The detective bureau sleuths in New York think that ssGentlena1a George stole articles worth mora than $5O,O00. One piece of jewelry which he stole was worth $1O.O00. More than $1O,OO0 worth of fuTs, mag nificent dresses, Jewels and faces had been found up to this week. ssCsen- tleman George was swell dresser Many a man prominent in the social world is not as fastidious in dress as this burglar. Making a handsome in- come, he patronized none but. the most fashionable and expensive taiIors. Hia apartments were furnished in luxuTia ous style like those of man always accustomed to surroundings of culture l and refinement. When arrested he told the polices My past was buried long ago and it's l grave never will be opened by me. l And you will waste your time search- ing for 1t, for, the secret is too deeply
 hidden ever to be t1neArthed.
 The detective bureau believes fhat Brooks wife, who lives in Kansas City, is an accomphce of her husband
 They would like to bring her to New York, but don't know whether they 1 can. She says that she thougI1t 1 Brooks bought all her fine dresses
 with money made in Wall street
 Waterbury persons who know
 Brooks are of the opinion that he wa not married when he lived here They think that he was married shortly af- 1 ter he went to New Haven.