New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-16
BUSINESS NAN BURGLAR
Police Think Person arrested Is Old
Offender IN Jersey.

In the arrest Of George Kennard. in West Sixty
sixth-st yesterday the police believe that the mys-
,erv Of number Of New-Jersey burglaries has
been cleared The man. the police aege. has gone
,,ndr the aliases Of George F. Howard and George
Walker his picture being No. 65S2 in the Rogues'
Gallery. They say Il is a Dr. Jekyl and MI Hyde
case
About eighteen months ago a man. under the
name Of Howard. went 20 Ridgewood. y. J.. with
his wife and fourteen-year-old son Clifford The
family made many friends in the town The man
gave the impression that he was a New-Hork bust
ness man. About that time burglaries. which be
came more and more frequent. began In the neigh
borhood. About two dozen burglaries were com
rnitted in Rutherford and neighboring cities and
towns.
one day horse and carriage owned by George
Requa OF Muncey. was stolen, and Chief Pulls, OF
Ridgewood. received Information which made him
traced. it is alleged, 10 Towards home Howard
erty- worth over 5000 was found which idenii-
ned being stolen Among the articles found were
Mrs. Howard and OXFORD We're arrested but dis
charged for lack OF evidence Through Information
given by the boy traces u the father were gained
The wife and son s9RPssTS Eg gas,s5 months
tect!ves with Chief Pulls. saw him Kennard rec
vas caught. A biackja-k was found in his pocket
The police think he is one Of several burglars who
formerly OF Ramsey. \. j is being sought as are
others. Aecoralng TO inspector McClusky Ken
a safe in the establishment Of Herman Rosenberg.
- No. = Leonard-st Jersey City, about year ago
three terms in Sing Sing. He released from
sing Sing in 1885 from MS last term.
yesterday. Chief Pulls attested two warrants one
charging burglary in the first degree and the other
felony. in that the prisoner was found with slug
81 default q 81 900 bail on each charge
Ridgewood y. J.. Sept. I5.-George T. Howard
came 10 Ridgewood four years ago last May. He
represented himself as A salesman for a tea and
conee house IN NeW-1oTk, and hired pretty cot
Ia he NJ f0-H or and
a musician OF ability. He also a lover OF pm
ysis theatIiSais iie join.d the Local lodge Of ODD
New-York. supposedly on business His business
81 is now supposed, was the disposal Of stolen
IIoward,s son is Pree2eions lad Of twelve years
York He took the Chief sbout NtvlYo on but
failed 10 md Howard 50 the chief thought. on
oh father was where l thought he would oe."
Did you see him ." asked the chief
st hut Ne turned ir a store"
Why didut YOU tell me- asked the chief
About a year ago Mrs Howard moved to Pater-
son She had no income that could be traced and
Il vas supposed she received remittances from
her husband. A watch kept her. but she
eluded Il and disappeared The next trace Chief
working then for a messenger company. An ef-
fort was made 20 trace him 10 his home, and IL
failed as did several repetitions. He appeared
10 take precautions nightly 10 prevent any person
from following him.
Complaints q premature dropping Of apples are
extensive. and the general outlook for this fruit
IS not improved. although IN some districts a
good yield is promised the most favorable reports
portions Of the Middle Atlantic States
tricfs eastward of The Mississippi Valley are wide
spread. causing marked decline IN the condi-
Piourfine and fan seeding have made favorable
progress except IN the lower Mississippi VALLEY and
Southern States. where the soil is toe dry.