The Washington times., 1905-10-25
SOCIETY LEADER
MIDNIGHT ROBBER
High Salaried Railroad Man
Modern Raffies.
COMES SED DUAL LIFE
Smart Set of Middletown, N. Y, Amaz-
ed at Revelations Made by
Charles Boos.

odS respected ana nigh Salarfed rail-
road omcial always well dressed. popu-
lar In local society, apparently intensely
devoted 10 business. by night a bold
highwayman. n daring burglar. and
sneak thief.
That, In short, has been the amazing
life led by Charles Boos, until a few
Gays ago superintendent OF the trolley
lines OF the Waikiki Transit Company.
and now a confessed thief. held In the
county jail at Goshen to await the ac-
ton Of the grand jury.
NO more remarkable story of a dual
existence has ever been brought to nsht
than Is unfolded in the career OF Boos.
FRIENDS who had regarded him as
above reproach stand aghast at the as
founding revelations developed by the
Investigations of the police. Fond
mothers, who had regarded the debonair
bachelor as one of the catches of the
season, arc sturced and puzzled by the
sudden downfall CT one whom they had
petted and courted In behalf of mar
riageable daughters.
Whole City Amazed.
In fact. the entire city Is amazed at
the admissions made by Boos' confess
SONS. which stamp s..: oo7-.e of the
most remarkable criminals OF the day
INC NoAANSoASsi " tHc poklCe SHOWS that
he robbed one OF the largest department
stores in the city, and at least a dozen
residences in the last few months.
Strange to say. in many OF the homes
''""HeA NV him at night in the guise
ar he had been received in
a footing Of social equality.
abashed by the admissions
made to the police, Boos jest
nded the officers that he him
raised the cry one night q
ago, when a burglar W n q
of the residence Of r. p. g.
wealthy business man OF the
the police were so close On
n.An so1e.e he got out OF the house that
he adopted this ruse in order to make
men. shouting at the top OF his voice.
stop theft" Catch that mani
Ruse Worked Well.
The ruse worked so well that Boos re-
sorted to It again a few nights later
when he had forced his way into the
home of ]. l. Pendieton. which Is only
q short distance from the home OF
Crane. After breaking into the house
and gathering some OF his plunder, he
thought he heard an alarm and fed. In
the street he saw policeman headed
his way, and so he set out with loud
yell and called to the policeman to fol-
Low and help catch the burglar
When 1t was learned that Boos had
been arrested his friends here were
startled The officials OF the Transit
Company. by which he had been en-
pIoyed. discovered the superintendent
had stolen a large quantity OF copper
wire from the company and sold 1t to
amusement was sti1 greater when
u was found that Boos had hidden In
his apartments a lot Of plunder for
MI fnh a hoA~
INF; }Fn.. after hi. .rr.., ,wo ,o,,osn.n
vent to bis rooms 70 find. any evi-
discovered a lot OF stolen goods. >tn-
Guiding articles taken from the depart
ment store that was robbed. It was
seen in the store that night by one
OF the police looked much like Boos.
Other pieces of the piunder were identi-
ned hol, as % 9aNirs M 6een stolen d M frI% 5he
ton.
As soon as Boos was confronted with
the plunder that had been found in his
apartments he made a clean breast
OF his depredations. He denied. how
ever. that he had been the burglar who
entered the home of Alderman Wheel
er a short time ago. He said that
was the work OF a rival
Best In Town.
Boos' bachelor apartments were the
best IN town. and. incidentally. he had
added to their comfort by tapping the
wires Of the company by which he was
employed. Without the knowledge of
anyone in the company he had cut into
one Of the mains and run wire into
his rooms. He had Ave brilliant In
candesceBt lights and told his landlord
that the company had given the equip
ment to him. The police learned today
that Boos has been shipping large boxes
of ROOdA to persons In HeadtnR Pa
and they are convinced he was using
this means to dispose OF booty. An
effort will be made to trace the boxes
The police say that Boos also obtained
money by tampering with the transit
company's pay checks.
Boos' parents live in Reading, and all
the time he was playing the social
highwayman here he was in the habit
OF making weekly remittances to them.