The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-30
GOT THUG WHO TELEPHONES.
HAD TRIED THE REWARD AD-
VERTISEMENT GAME BEFORE.


Hoffman House BelIboy Identifies ~ Hls
Assailant . Man Who Had Tried to
Get $500 OF Mrs. Osborn's Money
After Burglary at Her Place.
Andrew Murray, the Hoffman House
bellboy who was hit with q blackjack on
Friday night by two men who tried to rob
him of 5000 he had been sent to give them
for the return Of diamond cigarette case
that had been lost, identified his second
assailant last night in the Tenderloin sta
ton. The man arrested yesterday says
he is Robert Ecker. His pal was arrested
after the unsuccessful hold-up, and he gave
the name Of Charles Eokert.
Detective Sergeant Rhaume arrested
Ecker He read the story Of the attempt
to rob Murray and concluded that the
man who escaped was one he had been
trailing for several days In connection
with a similar case.
Rhaume loitered a while in Sixth avenue,
and saw his man come out Of a saloon with
a woman and another man. The woman
was allowed to go, but the two men were
arrested. The man with kckler said he
was Charles Cosgrove, a bellboy. He
took them to the Tenderloin station first,
and then to Police Headquarters, where
they were photographed.
Murray picked E: kler out of line Of a
dozen men Of about the same size. Murray
didn't know Cosgrove. Cosgrove was held
as a suspicious person
The arrest Of Eckler and Cosgrove brought
out the story of an effort that had been
made during the week to rob an employee
Of Mrs. Osborn, the Fifth avenue dress
maker. A week ago her place at 351 Fifth
avenue was robbed OF gowns worth $500.
Mrs. Osborn advertised that she would
pay $500 reward and ask no questions II
she could get them back.
On Thursday she was asked by telephone
TO send an employee with the money to
meet the man who telephoned her at Fifth
avenue and Forty-ffth street. The I'M
known telephoner said he would produce
her stolen property and hand it over to her
representative as soon as the reward was
paid.
Mrs. Osborn notified the Tenderloin
police and Detective Rhaume advised her
to send representative ithout any money
One Of her employees met Ecker at the
appointed place. When Ecker found TIL t
the dressmaker's man hadn't the money
with him he walked away.
Detective Rhaume got q good look at
few blocks: and went to telephone. He
called up Mrs. Osborn and told her he would
not talk to her man until he could see the
reward money. He told her that il she
really wanted her stolen property back
and intended to pay for it he would be at
l05th street and third avenue later in the
evening prepared to return it on receipt
OF $500. Mrs. Ost orn's messenger carried
$500 in marked bills when he went to keep
the second engagement.
Rhaume wasn't far away when the mes
senger met Ecker the secon time. Eckler
had another man with him and Rhaume
says this second man was Cosgrove. The
pair tried to induce the man with the $500
to accompany them into several Railways
and over toward the East River front. The
messenger wasn't taking any chances and
Mrs. Osborn's marked bills
The detective kept the two men In sight
and satisfied himself that they could be
found In the neighborhood of Sixth avenue
and Forty-se cond street, as they were.