Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-07
JEWELRY RECOVERED
EFFORTS OF Local POLICE ne
suit IN SUCCESS.

Through the efrortstof. the local police, in.
GLIDING trip to New York By Capt Board
man. chief of detectives. about 500 worth
Of the jewelry taken by bogus telephone
workers from the home of WILLIAM E.
Boulter, patent attorney, at TT24 s street,
in November, 1906. has been recovered. In
addition to the jewelry recovered for Mrs.
Boulter. the local police succeeded in get
ting about $1,000 worth of jewelry taken by
the same operators from houses in various
cities in which they had operated.
The information which led to the recov-
cry of the property was obtained by In
spector Boardman from one of the operat-
ors. who is serving a term for similar work
in Elizabeth. N. J. By reason Of the meth
DDS of the men and the mystery which sur
rounded their disappearance, until they
were arrested and identified in Elizabeth,
Il. j., as the men who visited Mrs. Boul-
ters residence over year ago, the case
attracted much attention.
During November, 1905. two young men
representing themselves as telephone line
men gained access to the residence OF Will
lam E. Boulter and made way with guam
tity of valuable jewelry. The men carried
bag of tools and before entering the house
cut the telephone connections to prevent an
alarm being given by that means. Before
their departure they had the lady Of the
house sign a printed slip to the erect that
they had been there and given attention to
the telephone. When Mrs. Boulter went to
her room on the second floor after their de-
parture things were found in a disordered
state, and velvet bag containing her jew
elry was missing. Proceeding to the tele-
phone to notify the police, she found 1t dis
connected. Thereupon servant was dis
patched to the nearest station and an alarm
given.
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Inspector Boardman assigned Detective
Weldon to the case, and every EFFORT was
made to apprehend those who had COM
mitted the theft. Messages were sent to
all parts of this section of the country de-
scribing the men. AS result the police Oh
Elizabeth, n j., were on their guard. and
Bicycle Officer John kirkman captured the
young men after they had entered the resi-
dence of John w. Whalen OF the Elizabeth
Motor Company. When they entered an
other house officer kirkman followed and
took them into custody. They were re-
moved to police headquarters. where they
gave their names as Wilson and Brown
They had nippers for cutting wire. tele-
phone blanks of a fictitious character as
we'll as badges. They We're quickly tried
and sent to the penitentiary.
Detective Weldon made trips to Elizabeth
to interview the prisoners and to learn
from them, if possible. the whereabouts of
the property stolen from MI bOutleT "A
part of it was recovered and restored by
the local police. The work of recovery on
the part of the Washington police has
been persiStently kept up. and recently Nal
Sylvester learned that the prisoner Fair
banks had gained for himself good stand
ing with the prison authorities; that his
conduct had been excellent; that he had
learned to appreciate tie error of his ways
He displayed a disposition TO be a better
man Major Sylvester directed Inspector
Boardman a few days ag" TO go to New
York and make inquiries regarding the To-
cation of certain property the young man
Fairbanks had stolen. and through the as
sstance of the latter finally located it in a
box of one of the safe deposit companies
there.
Under the law this could 1T he gotten at
in New York, SO the prisoner was again
sought and in the presence of the warden
Of the Trenton penitentiary finally gave a
power of attorney to the inspector to open
the strong box.
Access was had to the box and about
81 900 worth of valuable jewelry reached
Major Sylvester by express this morning.