The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-20
Mrs. Douglass Takes all
Blame for COursen
JeweIry Theft.
CONFESSES TO THE POLICE
Woman Also Keeps Fathers
Name From Case and Both
Men Will Be Discharged.
Property Unidentified at
Police Station.

Love for her negro husband, William
Douglass, and for her aged father.
Thomas Wade. alias Fairbanks, caused
Grace Dougless to shield the two men
today and shoulder all of the RESPONSE
bility for the jewel robbery at the home
Of William Coursen, at lis Park avenue,
East Orange, the police believe.
On the strength of her confession ex-
the men, Captain Carroll will
turn over the woman to the East Or
ange police authorities, who have re-
ceived formal complaint against the
Douglass woman. Fairbanks and his
negro son-in-law will be released to-
morrow.
Nothing could be found upon which
to hold the two men.
The police have recovered all of the
jewelry stolen from the Coursen home.
which amounts to several hundred doll
lars worth.
Today Captain Carroll had several
visitors to see If they could identify
any of the jewelry Of the trio, but they
all failed. An effort will be made to
obtain the records Of the prisoners from
the cities in which they are supposed
TO have lived before coming here.
ter yesterday arrested Wade. alias
Fairbanks, Grace Douglass and WILL
lam Douglass. The former two bear 4
strong resemblance to each other.
When arrestedseach of the trio had sew
eral hundred dollars worth Of 1ewelfy
A clever ruse by Tuite and Horter-
resulted in the capture. Tuite was
working on a case in Halsey street, and
had occasion to drop in to see about q
ring that was pawned. He asked the
broker about a ring that was shown
him, and was informed that another
ring had been pledged by the same per-
son. Tuite asked for a description Of
the woman, and as near as he could
learn, it corresponded with that of g.
servant who. under the name of Carrie
Clark, had mysterlously disappeared
from the home Of William Coursen. OF
lis Park avenue East Orange. taking
with her about $500 worth of jewelry.
One of the rings pledged by the woman
answered the description of one stolen
from the Coursen home. While Tuite
and Horter were examining the ring
Wade, alias Fairbanks, came in. Tuite
and Horter brought him to police head
quarters and secured a confession from
him which satisfied them that he knew
the whereabouts of Carrie Clark" He
finally admitted that he lived at 415
Mulberry street, and there Tuite and
Horter went. after finding brooch
worth over $500 and diamond ring
valued at 1925.
Tuite suggested to Horter that he go
upstairs in the house in Mulberry
street, as the people there knew he was
a detective. Tuite and Horter planned
that Horter was to tell the woman that
her father had been struck by an auto
mobile, and was dying in the hospital.
Horter went upstairs and told the
woman. In the meantime Tuite went
into a store and bought some tobacco.
A negro was in there, and when Tuite
went outside boy. knowing Tuite. told
the negro that Tuite was a detective.
II wonder what he wants?' said the
negro to the boy.
Tuite heard this, and WAS on his guard.
Approaching the negro he asked him who
lived in the house. The negro asked what
Tuite wanted to know for and the latter
told him he was looking for election frauds.
Tuite asked the negro what his name was
and he said Douglass well, you are the
man / want" said Tuite, just as the wom-
an upstairs yelled to Douglass that Father
has been struck by an automobile and Is
dying" Both were brought to police head
quarters.
They were unable to explain where they
got the jewelry which was found on thenl-
On the woman was found the following:
Solitaire diamond ring, Tiffany setting, Ia
karats; solitaire diamond ring. Tiffany set
ting, y karat; three-stone diamond ring
Tiffany setting, "a karat each; ring, two
~ rt1fcSinq. ri
with small turquoise and diamond chips,
one of which was missing; brooch con-
timing about eighteen small pearls with
diamond chip in the centre, and fine gold
chain,
The woman gave her name as Grace
Douglass and her age as "a. She denied
ever having been in East Orange, and said
that she was married to Douglass.
Mr. and Mrs. Coursen and the latter
sister came to police headquarters iast
night and identified the Douglass woman
as the servant who worked for them under
the name of Carrie Clark. They also
Identified all of the jewelry. Mrs. Courses
said that before the Clark woman LETT
she made some chocolate which made the
family ILL., The police think the chocolate
was drugged.
Tuite and Horter searched the Mulberry
street house last night. when they found
two studs from which stones had been
taken; two amethysts, gold ring with
black enamel work on side, set missing;
TWO pairs spectaeles, gold ri1nmed; 81
ealihre s. Il w. hammerless revolver
loaded, and one holsteri bottle cologne.
watch fob OF gold or plated with gold.
There were also found pocketoooks-on
the one which the woman had with her
when she went to Mrs. Coursen.
Thinking that perhaps Douglass might
have been the negro who went to the
house Of Charles Simmons, of IA Willard
place. Bloomfield. Captain Carroll com
munieated with simmons, and he and his
wife called az police headquarters oNt
failed to identity Douglass.
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