The evening world., 1905-11-20
'RAFFLES HAD
WOMEN'S HELP
IN BURCLAR|ES
One Alleged to Have
Aided Smalley in Raid
and one Hid Loot.
BOOlf ID REOOVENED'
Mrs. Lord Says Society Man
Asked Her to Keep Sill
yer for Him.
BELIEVED HIM HONEST,
Had Visited Him in Germantown,
Where Police Say He Had
Woman Accompllce.
BELIEVED HIM HONEST.

snaIley, college graduate and social
favorite In Elizabeth, Clayton. Bayonne
and other New Jersey towns, who Is
charged with being the mysterious FRI
day-night Burglar" OF GerTpantown,
Pa. is the fact that a quantity OF his
plunder was found In the trunk Of Mrs.
Lillian Ford, of Elizabeth, by her hus-
band, Lewis o. Ford, a well-to-do mer.
chant OF the town.
Mr.. Ford admitted to an Evening
World reporter to-day that he had
found quantity OF sIlverware and fine
jewelry in his wife's trunk after he had
learned OF the arrest Of Smalley. MRS.
1 ord explained, said her husband, that
smalley had asked her to take care OF
the valuables for him. though he had
net told her how 1t came into his pos
session. SIZES
No Bunny" Says Husband
Though ! had no idea this man
smalley was burglar" said Mr.. Fora
II knew my wife was visiting him 10
Germantown. My suspicions had been
aroused for some lime and was watch
Ing developments closely. had en-
gagged Lawyer Samuel Schleimer to COL
iect evidence to form the basis OF a
divorce action and papers are now be-
lns drawn In preparation for the suit.
after smallsys arrest ] searched In
my wife's trunk and came across this
silverware and jewelry. questioned
my wife and she told me she had got It
from smalley, but denied that she had
any idea Of his being burglar. She
was In no way implicated In the thefts.
II turned the sllverware over to the
police, who also Questioned my wife
and accepted her story Of how It came
into her possession.
"This whole thing has been terrible
blow to Inc az II has broken up my
home and brought terrible notoriety
upon my family"
Woman Disappears.
The Fords lived In a fine house on
East Broad street. The family has been
prominent In Elizabeth for generations
and II was during Smalley's social ca
reer In that city that no met Mrs
Ford. Mrs. Ford has, now left town
and her husband says that he never
expects to lay eyes on her again.
Smalley's home was In the village OF
Clayton. where lived his young wife and
her two pretty children. and he was In
the employ OF Swift 4 Co., In Philadel-
pala. at q salary OF $50 a week. Il has
been his custom to 80 to Elizabeth on
Saturdays to be with his wife and chill
dren, returning to Philadelphia on the
following Monday.
All Of the burglaries committed in
Germantown have been on Friday night.
The robberies became 90 frequent on
those nights that the robber became
known as the Friday-nisht burglar"
The entire detective force Of Philadel-
phis was placed on the mysterious
thefts, but without result.
Woman Aided Robher.
The arrest Of smailey occurred In
wiliiamsport. Pa. on Wednesday last,
but It was- OF suoh Importance, thought
the police, that they kept the facts SO.
cret. His arrest followed the investlga-
ton into thu robbery Of the home Of
DR.. Frederick Moore, Of the village Of
Clayton. who was a warm personal
friend OF Smalley. It was shown that
smaiiey was at his home on the night
Of the robbery. He had been called
from Philadelphia by the death Of his
mosher-in-iaw. He attended the funeral
ana went home with his wife That
night Dr. Moore's home was entered
and looted.
Carried Burglars KIT.
When taken 10 the police station a
complete kit OF burglars tools and a
boaded revolver were found on smalley.
He was then taken 10 Philadelphia.
where he was put through every severe
degree known to the police
According TO the police smalley CON
fessed THAI for the past six years he
has been living a Jekyil-Hyde existence
lie was the dignined. trusted business
man In the daytime and the daring pro-
fesslonal burglar al night
smailey was held in jail In Phlla-
delphia awaiting extradIton papers from
New Jersey on the charge OF robblng
Dr. Moore's home, and the police made
no entry OF the arrest A despatch re-
celved from Philadelphia to-day says
that smalley. when questioned regard
ing his homo life. broke down and
confessed 70 having sscond Wife IN
New York City. The name OF this al.
scaniinnsd on ssOond Rsks)