The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-18
is TT NEWARK TONY
Man Found Near Lumberton With
Complete Outfit of Burglars
Tools Appears to Have
Been Identified.
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Lumberton, n. c., April 17,-Men-
ton was made several days ago in the
News and Observer that a safe cracker
had been arrested in the vicinity Of
Lumberton. Recent developments
have given a good deal of information
about this man. He was taken in
custody on February 26th, about two
miles below Lumberton on the Caro-
lima Northern Railroad by Deputy
Sheriff j. A. Barker, the man refusing
to give any name or information con-
Cerning himself Parties in the neigh
borhood said that the man arrested
together with a companion had been
camping at the same point for about
three weeks; at least they would spend
the nights at the camp together and
go off each day in opposite directions.
A warrant for Vagrancy was sworn
out and Deputy Sheriff Barker went
to make the arrest.
Only one of the men could be found
On his person were found a complete
outfit of burglars tools including pick
locks, wedges, drills, fuses, caps and
nitro-glycerine.
Soon after being lodged in Jail here
he was exposed to smallpox and on
this account the hearing has been
long delayed.
On last week while the Superior
Court was in session he gave his name
as r. It. Lacey and applied in his own
behalf to Judge Ferguson for a writ
of habeas corpus, alleging that he was
unlaWfully detained at the same time
writing letter to the judge, saying
that unless he was released promptly
through the State courts he would iap-
ply to Attorney-General Moody at
Washington for redress. Judge Fergu-
son issued a writ of habeas corpus to
the sheriff, who answered the writ
setting forth that he held the prisoner
under the charges of vagrancy tres
pass, resisting an officer and being
found with burglars tools in his pos
session.
Upon the hearing Saturday Judge
Ferguson, adjudged that there was
probably cause to hold the prisoner
upon the charges preferred. He stated
that inasmuch as the prisoner had al
ready been in Jail two months he
would release him on his own recog-
nizance. to appear at the July term
of the Superior Court for trial. In
the meantime Post Office Inspector j.
w. Bulla came here and instructed
the sheriff to hold the prisoner untih
Wednesday the 18th, pending further
identifications on some charges to be
preferred by the Post Office Depart
ment.
Sheriff Mcleod had been exerting
every effort to identify the party. and
after several unsuccessful attempts Sc
cured a number of good photographs
of the prisoner and sent them together
with the description to various detec-
tive agencies.
This morning the sheriff received a
letter from Pinkerton's national
agency, of Philadelphia, sending a
photograph of Robert Kline, alias
Newark Tony - Anyone at first sight
would recognize the photograph as
that of the prisoner. Besides the de-
scription of the prisoner taken at the
same time that the photograph was
taken, eight years ago, corresponds in
every respect to the prisoner He is
reported by Pinkerton's to be a safe
blower, arrested Dec. %, 1897; Of
Scotch descent former occupation
coal miner, weighs 156 pounds, age in
1897 A years, height 5 feet, II inches,
fair complexion, iron gray hair black
mustache, slight blue marks on face.
anchor tattoed in blue ink on left
arm. blue dot between thumb and fire
finger, scar on right leg-bullet appar-
entity entered right side of leg and
came out some four inches above on
front of leg between knee and ankle.
Also another scar on right leg just
below the knee. 1t seems at the pres
ent time that the Pinkertons do no.
desire his arrest and unless some au-