Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-05-21
DE PEYSTER JEWELS
Raid on Albany "Growler
Gang" Unearths Great Loot.
PLUMBER NOT FROM LIVINGSTON TOMB
Collections of JeVVeIry Valued at
Thousands Found ON Vngrant.
Fence House stored with Old
Ii. Family TrennureH. VIII u


ALBANY, n. Y, May 21.-The sensa-
tional results of raids by the Albany
police upon Il resort in South Lansing
street, intended to break up a 'growler
| gang" were believed to afford Il Sc
quel to the recent mysterious raid up
Oh the family tomb ON the old Living
ston estate below Hudson.
a collection of jewelry of intrinsic
value running into the thousands of
dollars and of priceless value as heir
looms was found upon the person of
Thomas King, one of the Migrants,
and concealed about the house.
The arrival of Chief of Police MalOy
of Tivoli-On-Hudson has exploded the
tomb robbery end of the story, but
brought to light the fact that the fam
lily residence of General Frederic de
peyster ut Tivoli was looted on Mon
day night in the absence of the fam
lily, and Chief Maloy conclusively iden-
titled practically all of the booty as
belonging TO the De Peyster family.
From him it was learned that this is
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the last occasion, he said, $4,000
worth of jewelry was taken. He fully
identified King, who is a wandering
tanner, and William Johnson of Hud-
son, who is a cripple, as W of three
men whom he himself saw on Mon
day night neal the De Peyster house.
Charles Murphy, also of Hudson, is
in custody and is believed to be the
third man. Three other men, classed
by the police as ''hoboes," were arrest
ed in the raid, which was made upon
complaint of neighbors. II the gang
had dispersed as the policemen com
manded no arrests would have been
made, and the jewelry might never
have been recovered. They resisted,
however, and were brought to police
headquarters. When King was search
ed the amazing collection Of jewelry
was found upon him. He declared that
he found it beside the railroad track
near Reading, Pa. The house was
then searched. and an additional lot of
the stuff was found, including scatter
ed fragments in the back yarA
The loot recovered includes two or
three hundred articles, most of them
marked with names, monographs or
initials of the De Peyster and Living
ston families, which intcrmarried, or
with those of ancestors. For instance,
there is Il ring marked 'Anne Watts,
July, 1775," and a locket marked with
the De Peyster monogram and the
following inscription: Helen Living
ston. Wife of Frederic De Peyster,
ESQ, Died on tile Night of 25th Sep
TENDER, 1901, in the % yr. of her age
Granddaughter of Robert Gilbert Liv-
ingst0n."
In addition to these the police have
found in the local pawnshops a number
of valuable articles pawned by mem
bers of the gang. The police say that
King and his companions arc of the
clumsiest sort of tramp thieves. Some
of the articles of bullion value alone
as high us $75 and 500 they had
pawned for 30 cents. A diamond
brooch had been sold for 81, and all the
money had been spent for drink.
He said it was now known that no
tewelry was entombed with the beauti-
full Lady Mary Livingston. Members
of the family and neighbors who were
present at her funeral had long ago
disposed of the jewelry legend with
the well authenticated statement that
the only thing with her in the casket
was a cluster of roses.
King and the rest of the gang have
been sent to the penitentiary on
charges of vagrancy for thirty days
pending investigation.