New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-14
CAUGHT ROBBING STORE.
Two Men Had Pockets Filled with Jewelry.
Broke Through Glass

A burglar alarm rang from the 'ewery store Of
y. l. Rogers. n No ~ SiNth-ave last yesterday
afternoon and TatrolmeD Lcfcvre and Akin. of
tho Holmes Burglar Alarm Company az SiNrh-aga
and Forty-socond-s rushed 20 tho store yyhi.
Policeman Colycr % the West Thirteth-zt station
followed then. They captured Two Young mon
descending through hole in the glass flooring 20
tho cellar with their pockets diIed with Jevver,
They were Charles REYNOLDS. German. as no
later gave he name. clerk. OF 40 2-i East Tween
ty-third-st-. he afterwarI gave f. 80 ss4
Nos' Tw.uty-fourth-s'.. and John Tudor nineteen.
carpont'r.s helper. ~ Tonth-ave. and Sixty
outh-st. lie affervari said the name and address
were wrong. and said h" lived in Brooklyn. Later.
May abbott Of No "a West Tven-v-g,srtn-sf.
was arrested suspicious person. She ana
German said they had been living together.
Captain CottreH says the YOUNG men confessed 10
robbinE other places and stealing goods worth s. 90
German and Tudor said they met AZ Thirtlctn-st
and Broadway. after deciding turn OF tho Job"
They had good clothes and each had "a gold watch
and diamond ring. German had satchel which.
according 10 the police contained a brace and biz.
"a jimmy and candle and matches. The police
say German also had revolver. with blank car
tridges.
The hall door OF the jewellers place IS usually
open and get into the cellar. Rogors's part
Of the cellar is paritioned OF and under hts store
been removed the putty or cement being chopped
out space large enough for a man 70 pass
through was thus opened.
When the burglar alarm rang and the policemen
ran 10 the place one ran TO the stayed iE
front and C0yC- went to the cellar. H. found m,
Two men descending through the hole. lie held
them Up at the point OF his revolver. They threw
Colyer said German had The satchoL 4 box q
,eWelTy with goods worth $50 upstairs The
diamonds and gold watches were locked rp in the
safe.
The police say that the men had flled every
pocket with small articles they had found I'm -h,.
store. Rogers declared all OF the articles were his
Among them were knives, forks spoons toilet ar
ticles. opera glasses nail cutters. ~azors match
boxes TASKS. Masonic pins and gold buttons. worth
watches. gold pins. safety leather cases
and other goods
According to Captain CottreT the men confessed
that they had committed other burglarics. Tudor
declared German had led him on. German later
said. according to the plain that he had led the
Job and got Tudor 20 join him
Captain Cottrel declared the men confessed 10
robhlng the jewelry store Of +. BeinfaUr. az No.
lob Thrd-ave.. about three months ago when
goods worth g. 90 were taken; To robbnE Schuclt.
e Co.'S iewelry store, at No 7s9 Eighth-avc. two
Eighth ave. and Forty frst-st.
They had disposed OF some Of the goods in New
Jersey. had pawned some and had sold o sill
veTsmiths.
Captain Cottreli said German told him no was
. living In the Twenty fOurth-st house with MAY
/ Abbott whom he had met IN a SUNDAY school In
f Brooklyn. Tie declined 20 tell where. the captain
said Tie asserted. according 10 tho captain. that
he had induced her to leave home. Captain CottreIl
ue- stepmother and had left her because she could
rot get along with her. she had earned her livug
4 for year. and a Jew days had gone to live
l with German.