Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-12-12
STOLEN Goods
Recovered

During the last couple of days there
have been some interesting develop
ments relating to the robbery of J. H.
Fry's music store, this city, which
took place on the night of August 80
or the morning of the.30th. Goods to
the value of about one-third of the
amount stolen were Monday recover
ed and identified by Mr.. Fry, The
party suspected of the robbery is do
ing time in Sunbury Jail.
On Sunday Chief-of- Police Mince-
moyer got onto clew, which indicat-
ed that the goods might be recovered
in Sunbury or Shamokin. The chief
assigned the case to officer Voris, who
accompanied by J. H. Fry Monday
morning left on the 8 o'clock Pennsyl-
vania train for Sunbury. Arriving at
the latter place, following' instruc-
tions, they proceeded to the county
prison. where they had an interview
with one Of the prisoners, Dallas Jones,
colored. of Shsmokin, who spent some
time in Danville last summer.
Jones was asked what he knew about
carried off from Mr.. Fry's store. He
produced mandolin, which he was
using in Jail, that evidently had not
been stolen from Mr.. Fry and he dis
claimed all knowledge Of the robbery
or the whereabouts Of the booty. He
vas especially emphatic in the asser-
tion that none of the goods would be
found at his home in Shamokin. He
readily handed over new mandolin,
which he said had been left at the
Jail Monday morning and concern.
ing which he had no knowledge. Mr..
Fry felt convinced that this mandolin
had been stolen from his store and he
took possession of it.
Proceeding directly to Shamokin
Officer Voris and Mr.. Fry caused a
search warrant to be issued and pro-
ceeded to search the premises of Dal
Jones, the prisoner, at that place.
They were rewarded by finding fine
mandolin valued at eighteen dollars
and quantity of strings of very ex-
pensive kind, all of which Mr.. Fry
readily identified as'goods stolen from
his store. In the house with Jones
wife was his mother-in-law. The wo-
men explained that Jones had repre-
sented that he had purchased the goods
at an auction sale in Harrisburg and
that he regarded them as great bar
gain.
Officer voris and Mr.. Fry returned
to Danville on the 2 81 Pennsylvania
train, bringing with them the two
mandolins and the box of strings. The
value of she goods carried off by the
robbers was not less than one hundred
dollars. The combined value of man
doljns and the strings recovered was
scarcely more than one-third of that
amount.
Dal Jones is serving ninety days in
Jail for making threats against his
wife. Before leaving Sunbury Officer
Voris left a warrant at the Jail, which
will be served upon Jones as soon as
his present sentence expires, which
will be some time in February.
The robbery at J. H. Fry's store was
an especially bold one. A ladder had
been dragged to the rear window and
at the great risk Of breaking his
neck the burglar had climbed up to
the second story, one side of the lad
der only having support, the other side
being suspended over the deep bed Of
Blizzard's s run. Down over this frail
support all the booty was carried. Be-
sides number of mandolins, several
shelves were stripped of their con.
tents, mostly consisting of valuable
strings for musical instruments. At
the time no clew could be discovered
The burglar evidently desired to
convey the impression that he was an
Italian. On the counter lay large
catalogue envelope on the blank side
Of which he had printed" the fol-
lowing with lead pencil:
II no play, butta sella mandolina.
Gooda mon. go Scrantonia.