The evening world., 1903-11-30
Man Who Robbed the House OF
Millionaire William Harrison
of $4,000 Worth Of JeweIry.
Run to Earth Here.
HAD NOT HAD TIME
TO DISPOSE OF BOOTY.
Recognized as a Man Who Was
Charged with Robbing a silk
House in Observation-Disclosures
and duplicates Two Others.

A good memory for faces and a quick
eye on the part of a Pinkerton detective
has resulted In the arrest OF AdOlph
Waltz. alias Alfred WetI. the butler
who disappeared from Grey Towers,
the baroniai home of william WEIGH
Harrison. near Philadelphia, along with
some $4,000 worth of Jewels, on Thanks
giving day.
Several weeks ago a young man who
gave his name as Adolph Waltz applied
for the position of butler at Grey
Towers. He a letters of recommended
ton from prominent New Workers and
his application was successful. He was
polite and attentive. and soon earned
the respect of his employers.
One Thanksgiving Day, while the mem
bers of the family were at dinner,
Waltz disappeared. After dinner Mrs.
Harrison vent to her room and dis
covered that her jewel-case had been
riled. Mr.. Harrlson's apartment had
also been entered and the clothes he
had aiken off while dressing for dinner
had e stripped of $40 in cash II a
gold watch.
Many Jewels Missing.
Missing from Mrs. Harrison's Jewel
case were a pearl necklace. valued
at SIS. 900; a sunburst, valued at $500;
three pearl horseshoe pins. a pearl
heart pin. TWO ~elaTnelled pins set with
diamonds, a black gun-inetal w~atchchain,
set with diamonds: q small pearl heart
PIN. two strings of imitation pearls. an
~open-face watch, and a gold chain with
a gold whistle. The total value of the
missing articles was 10000.
Chief of pnliCa VILLA m IIaNtac DR. ~
Hoboken. read the description of the
missing man and it tailed with that of
q man who had been arrested In Hobo
ken under the name or Alfred Wetz."
"'Wetz" had been charged with stealing
silk from a house in which he had been
employee. but a gained the sympathy
OF the judge and jury by throwing fits
In court and had been set free.
Hayes sent the photograph Of "wetz''
to IA Plnkerton agency here, and 1t
va forwarded to Mrs. Harrison. She
at once recognized it as that of the miss
watch certain places in the city for
Waltz. and finally Detective George s..
Dougherty, caught sight. of a man who
Dougherty followed the man for hours.
and the chase. led him all over the city.
Finally the suspect entered the house at
convinced the man was safe. for the
night, and ,t~elephoned his chief, Assist
ant Superintendent c. C. Murphy.
ONCE, and petoctdve-sergt. John j. Fo-
garty accompanied him to the house
Dougherty wa still watching.
The detectives found Waltz in bed:
He gave up at once and when asked
whore the jewels were pulled the Slb, 900
necklace out of his coat pocket. The
other valuables were found In the peck
cts of his clothing with the, exception
of two chains. These. he said. he had
given to a friend.
Accuses Two Others.
In, his story to the detectives. Waltz
implicated two other men. Detectives
Holman, twenty -four years old, Of No.
% First avenue. and Charles Borman,
alias Charles Myers. twenty-three
years Old Hi who . lives sa In Fifteenth sysn street.
Waltz said that these men came to him
and unfolded their plan of operation.
According to his story, the furnished
so that he might make a good appear
ance, forged a letter of recommendation,
using the name of Jacob RUPERT, the
Of burglars tools, and took him to Phil
adelphia to set in motion the great
scheme OF robbery.
All three men appeared IN the centre
Street Court to-day and were remanded
until tomorrow to await the application
for extraditlon. Waltz said that he will
waive e~xtradition proceedings n go
with the detectives to Philadelphia when
called upon. -.
Mr.. Harrison. who wa In court, said
In he did not believ the tale of Waltz
about the other men. and he had not
cen any strange men hanging about his
place near Philadelphia during the last
three weeks, the time during which
Waltz was employed by him. John w.
said that he recognized Borman and
thought that he was one OF the men he
saw In the neighborhood of the Harri-
song home. Borman wa arrested on
Ian "a 1QO3 on n charge of burglary, but
was not convicted.
Waltz was taken to the Tombs and
Borman and Myers were detained at
Headquarters.