Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-03-24
SECOND EDITION
SILVER WAS IDENTIFIED
Articles Found in George Green's
Possession Said 10 Have Been
Stolen at ROSGmOlt, Pa
FROM EVA MORRIS HOUSE
Robbery Occurred There Last Thurs
day Night.
GREEN WAS ARRESTEDYESTERDAY
Taken Into Custody by VIII
mlngton Officers.
FROM EVA MORRIS HOUSE
Robbery Occurred There Last Thurs
day Night.
GREENWAS ARRESTtDYESTERDAY
Taken Into Custody by Will
mlngton Officers.
NE WAS REGARDED WITH SUSPICION

The silverware and other articles found
in the possession Of George Green. colored.
Who was arrested yesterday afternoon.
In this city, by Policemen Eakin and
Ward. on suspicion Of having stolen the
articles. we're identified. this morning
as part OF the plunder stolen from the
house Of Mrs Eva Morris, at Rosemont.
Pa. The identification was made by
Margaret Allan, a domestic employed
bv Mrs. Morris Miss Allan, accompanied
by Chief Of Police Isaac Chambers of
Ardmore, Pa, came to Wilmington this
morning and when the articles were
shown to her at the police station she
said, without hesitation, that they we're
stolen from Mrs Morris house on Thurs
day night. The articles found in the
negro's satchel comprised four salt and
pepper shakers, l3 silver knives and
forks. II silver spoons. one silver brush
one silver breast pin, one silver thimble,
one silver back mirror and some small
articles Of less value.
Chief Of Police Chambers examined
the pawn tickets found in possession of
the accused and when he found that they
we're for carpenters tools, he recalled
that on last Tuesday night some tools
for Isaac Clothier at Ardmore. and he
suspected that the tools pawned were
the ones taken from the Clothier house.
Besides the pawn tickets calling for
tools there were others found in the pris-
oners possession which called for clothing
and Chief Chambers is of the opinion that
he can identity them as having been
stolen from some houses near Ardmore
recently.
After the Ardmore chief and Miss Allan
had finished looking over the articles
they we're taken before the prisoner, but
did not remember ever having seen him
before.
The prisoner denies that he stole the
articles. He said they we're given TO him
10 sell. but that the party who gave them
20 him said they had been stolen and for
him to sell them, but not TO do so in Penn
sylvania.
The prisoner was taken back 70 Ard
more by Chief Chambers, accompanied
by Miss
by Miss Allan.
Officers Eakin and Ward, who made
the arrest, have been given q great deal
Of credit for their work. The robbery
was committed late on Thursday night OF
after noon yesterday the negro and sup
posed plunder were under lock and key
az police headquarters and the Philadel.
phia authorities = leen notified although
the local police nad no idea where the
negro or silverware came from.
For months the police Of Phlladelphis
and its vicinity, as well as the posta
authorities, bave been annoyed by fire.
quent robberies along what is known al
the Main Line, being along the main linl
Of the Pennsylvania railroad, near Phila
delphia, and this arrest may furnish al
important clue upon which the officer
lh that section may work. In the pas
tew months thousands Of dollars wortl
of plunder has been stolen long the Mail
Line.
After the negro had been taken bacl
to Pennsylvania two officers from Phila
delphia came here to get a look at him
not having been informed Of the visit O
the Ardmore chief Whether it viii b
possible to connect the prisoner with an.
Philadelphia robberies is not known.