The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-13
he WANTS TO GO TO PRISON.
STOLE JEWELRY FOR NO PUR-
POSE BUT TO BE LOCKED UP.
Then walked TO Police Headquarters With
Jimmy In His Hand n Found 1t Hard
to Get Arrested-Burglary Verified
-Wouid he Saved From Doing Wrong.

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There is a young man locked up in the
Yorkville police court prison who Is a puzzle
to the police. He accuses himself OF COM
uniting a burglary at $40 East Thirty
second street last Monday.
He says he forced a door with a jimmy
and took a lady's gold ring, a bracelet and
some other jewelry. Detective Sergeants
Downing and Diefenthaler of Police Head
quarters went to the house and found that
a thief had really entered the rooms OF Mrs
Anna Carson on Monday and had taken $40
worth Of jewelry, as described blythe young
q
The prisoner walked into Police Head
quarters on Wednesday afternoon with a
jimmy in his hand and said he wanted to
| surrender In order to ease his conscience.
The police at first suspected that he was
trying to play a joke on the department,
but finally looked him up. He gave the name
| of Gustave Gerber, but added that 1t was
not his real name. He gave no address.
He explained that he did not want to dis
grace his relatives. He is "a years old
and said he worked as a machinist when
ever he did work.
The detectives asked Magistrate Mayo
III IIo OlhNhlo SOulb ~ NbiAc'' NSNOf
to Police Headquarters 50 that they could
nave a better opportunity to investigate
the case. The Magistrate asked the pris-
oner, as the law requires, If he was willing
to return to Headquarters.
"No, I don't wan to go back there
said he. II had to stand up in the cell
there all last night, There were three
others In the small cell with me and we
had not room to lie dow
Diefenthaler then made an affidavit,
harging the prisoner with burglary He
declared that Gerber had gone to him with
ample proof Of having committed the Of
fence.
Gerber admitted the charge was true,
and Magistrate Mayo held him in 81, 500
bail for trial. After he had been in a cell
for a time he was asked what induced him
to have himself committed.
Il want to be put away where 1 cannot
do any wrong, he said. This was my
first serious crime and l expect to get
several years imprisonment for it. l
committed it solely for the purpose Of
being locked up. l went to the house
in broad daylight with a jimmy in my hand
and forced the door. / gathered up a few
articles of jewelry and so cents in cash. ]
waited in the house for some time. hoping
that the person who lived there would come
home and catch me. There was no such
luck for me, and when / got tired waiting
l walked out of the house with the jimmy
in one hand and the jewelry in the other.
There was a policeman standing on
the corner and l walked by him swinging
the Jimmy and the jewelry. He took nc
notice of me and after walking a few blocks
1 threw the jewelry away. / didn't want
it,"
He said that he had been arrested som'
wears ago for disorderly conduct, but hao
never been arrested for any serious crime
This life, he continued, was not wortf
living, as there was more trouble thai
pleasure in it and it all ended with death
His will was SO weak that he could moi
refrain from doing things he should not
do. For instance, he had gambled ava!
1900 that an uncle had left him on thu
races and in playing cards.
Il went down to Police ~Headquarter
Yesterday" he continued. Il wanted t.
give myself up to Inspector Mclaughlin
l carried the jimmy in my hand and Wake
into the building at 2 o'clock insthe after
noon. l was told that the inspector wa
not In, 80 l had to walk about the corridor
for three hours with the jimmy in m,
hand before / could get arrested. FINAL
the detective in McLaughlin's Office listene
TO what / had to say and l was locked up
The young man did not appear to b
insane. He looked like q strong, health
Young man. He said he had read detec
tive and burglar stories, but they mad
no impression on his mind. He declare
: that he was not looking for notoriety.