The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-10-01
SOCIETY THIEF FLEES
Doctor Burglar Vanishes When
Record Is Uncovered. y
HE TRIED TO KILL HIMSELF.

New Rochelle "Raffes," Who Looted
Houses of Acquaintance, Said to
Have Police Record and Another Es-
Establishment In New York.
New Rochelle, N. Y, Oct. 1.-Posing
here as a physician and a chemist,
moving in the best circles and looting
the houses in which he and his wife
had been welcome guests, Or" Sam
ueI Bol1n, who was arrested on a
charge of attempted burglary, it de-
yeloped, was the leader of a gang of
burglars and had a police record. Bo-
lin served time in New York and in
New Jersey for burglary and for car
Fying burglars tools, and those who
knew the man said that besides his
magnificent home in New Rochelle he
had an establishment in New York in
which there was woman other than
the one who passed as his wife in New
Rochelle.
When Bolin's case was called before
Justice Van Auken he did not appear.
His lawyer urged the justice to wait
for an hour for the defendant, and
when he did not appear then the bond
of 81 900 under which he had been re-
leased was declared forfeited Bail
had been fixed at $4,000 originally, but
former Judge Van Zein, attorney for
the prisoner, induced Justice Van Au-
ken to reduce it.
A Saloon Hanger On.
Bolin's home was in Huguenot park,
a restricted residential section, and he
lived there with a woman who said
she was his wife. He moved into his
home four months ago, and he began
at once to ingratiate himself with his
neighbors.
In New York Bolin was known as a
hanger on in saloons and as man
whom it was well to watch. He work
ed at one time in a saloon in One Hun
bred and Forty-ninth street, near
Third avenue, but the proprietor of the
place denied he ever had been employ
ed there. The bootblack in front of
the saloon knew Bolin, however, and
others who patronized the place also
remembered him.
They said Bolin in the last four
weeks had been seen in the rear room
of the saloon with tall blond and
that he seemed to have plenty of mon
ey. Those who knew him said also it
was difficult to realize he has been
able to pass as a physician in New
Rochelle, for his manners were rough,
and his speech was punctuated with
phrases of the underworld. Bolin, it
was said also, frequently boosted of
what he had done, and one of his sew
eral arrests was due entirely to his de-
sire to shine as clever crook.
Forgot the Slang.
Nevertheless Bolin when he got to
New Rochelle polished his speech, sub
dued his manners and forgot his I'M
derworld slang. 1t was evident he
must have studied medicine and chem
istry at one time, for he seemed to have
knowledge of these subjects and was
able to discuss them intelligently.
Mrs Bolin, when her husband did
not appear in court to answer to the
charge of attempted burglary, told the
police he had gone to New York and
would return before noon. She said
he had gone to obtain money with
which to pay his counsel and other ex-
penses. Later she admitted that be-
fore leaving he had tried to kill him
self and said he did not intend to re-
turn. She insisted she did not know
where to find him nor was she able to
tell the names of any of his friends.
After the news of Boln's arrest was
printed in the newspapers Superin-
tendent Dougherty of the Pinkerton
Detective agency telephoned to the po-
lice of New Rochelle that the man
was an old offender. Dougherty said
that as CDR" Samuel Bolin the man
was arrested in Newark on Nov. 3
1903, charged with having stolen silk
worth $4,000 from David Klein of 205
Springfield avenue. He and an ac-
complete named Joseph Goldburg were
connected with other burglaries, and
both were convicted. Bolin was SEN
fenced to serve two years in prison.
BoIin also posed as a physician in
Newark
The Pinkerton records showed also
that on Dec. l, 1905. Samuel Boln of
204 East Fifteenth street was arraign-
ed in Yorkville court on complaint of
woman who said she was his COM
mon law wife and who charged him
with having beaten her, The case
against him finally was dismissed.
Turned States Evidence.
On Oct. 20, 1902, Boln, whose real
name the police said was Rolnsky,
was arrested in this city on charge
of having burglars tools in his pos
session. He was sentenced to serve
six months in the penitentiary. In
back of Bolin's picture in the rogues
gallery there also appeared an entry
saying that under the name of Sam
uel Diamond, alias Louis Pearlman,
he was arrested on a charge Of having
stolen goods worth $4,000. The police
said he turned states evidence against
his companions and was released
The police said that Bolin, when Wis
iting the homes of his neghbors, OBJ
tanned information that enabled him
TO loot the places easily. His arrest,
the police asserted, explained many
mysterious burglaries of recent occur
renee.
One mans Wisdom.
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