Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-25
SOCIAL PET OF PATERSON
Quarrel With Woman Accomplice
Gives Clue to Burglaries.
SHE ALSO IS UNDER ARREST
Bag Filled With Stolen Jewelry
Found Upon Her-Loot Discov-
cred in His Rooms


NEW YORK, August 25.-Henry Hill,
the twenty-five-year-old grandson of
Henry King. one of the foremost silk
manufacturers and best known men in
Paterson, is a confessed jewelry burglar
according to the statement made this
morning by the Paterson police.
Hill was arrested at Paterson Saturday
morning by detectives from the New York
central office. He was wanted for the
theft of 81 900 worth of jewelry and prop
erty from the house of a woman named
living at 112 West 4Tth street.
Forced to confess his part in other
transactions as well as that of the Hutch
inson jewelry. young Hill told tine police
in Newark last night just where they
could find many other articles hidden
away in his room in the house of his
brother. former Representative Hill of
Paterson.
Henry Hill, known generally in Pater-
son as Harry Hill. one of the most
conspicuous young men about Paterson,
free spender, the son of wealthy fam
lily and a young man for whom there were
no social bars in his town. He spent his
time with a set of young men who were
known as hard goers, but who are as
much astounded as anybody at his re-
ported confession.
He was supposed to be abundantly sup
piled by his family with spending money
and not to need to work for a living.
A grandson of Henry King, one of the
men who helped to build up Paterson, he
is a brother of former Representative
George HILL one of Paterson's political
leaders. Young Hill lived at intervals at
his brothers house at AZ Carroll street,
and always had a room there ready for
him.
Paterson Police Balk.
When Hill was arrested Saturday and
brought into the Paterson police head
quarters by the New York detectives the
Paterson authorities, who knew Hill well.
ridiculed the idea that he could be sus-
pected of completely in anything like a
81 100 robbery 1t was only by persistence
that the New York policemen prevailed
on the local police to lock their prisoner
up.
Nevertheless, the prisoner. upon ar
raignment on the day following. was held
in $4,000 bail. EXertions were made
thereafter by a lawyer. supposed to be
retained by the Hill and King families,
and the bail was reduced TO $500
The young prisoner was released upon
furnishing this reduced amount shortly
after he had made what the police term a
partial confession.
Following closely upon the report OF
HilrS confession. the central Omce de-
tectives in New York early this morning
arrested at 136 West 31th street woman
calling herself Mrs. Minnie Curtis. The
womans supposed husband is now serving
term in MOyamensing prison for the
theft of jewelry. According to stories OBJ
tanned by the police the woman's husband
and young Hill worked logetner ON more
than one job.
Mrs Curtis, when brought into the Ten
derloin police station, walked with the aid
of one crutch. She said she had recently
sprained her ankle. She was finely dressed
and of attractive appearance. handsome
brunette of about forty years. With her
was brought little girl of twelve years,
said to be her daughter. VINO was sent for
care to the Children's Society.
Jewelry Found on Woman.
The Curtis woman was searched. Under
her waist. secured by & strong cord. was
found cloth bag containing several hun
dred dollars worth of miscellaneous jew
elry. The police found indications that it
had come from the store of the Schwartz
Jewelry Company, on Broadway below
37th street robbed some time ago. Among
iature clock. two inches broad. of gold,
profusely set with various stones a.
large diamond heart and a gold chain
bearing a medallion with triangle of
diamonds and a sapphire in the center.
The police have in their possession also
a trunk full of articles which they are in
doubt whether to lay the ownership of to
Mrs Curtis or to Hill. Among the con-
tents are sable mun and coat, worth
together over $1,000 and dress goods and
women's gowns worth several hundred
dollars more.
The police in Newark. for their part,
have been rounding up articles in the pos
session of young Hill. So far they report
a handsome diamond crescent. such as
women wear in their hair. JeWeled cuff
buttons, a revolver and two implements
that might be used as jimmies.
The heavier stuff was found in hid
ing place that Hill is said to have re-
vealed. The jewelry was about his
person. He said that the Curtis woman
had turned the diamond crescent over
to him from her collection.
The arrest of Hill Saturday was the
outcome of an apparent quarrel be-
tween him and the Curtis woman. who
had. up to a few days ago. been much
together. The police had long been
looking for two men. one of whom
gave Representative Hills address in
Paterson as his home. who had disap-
peared from the Hutchinson lodging
house, at 112 West 45th street at the
same time as did the dodgers valu-
ableS.
The other day they heard from the
Curtis woman. already known to them
as the wife of Curtis the convict. She
had had quarrel with Hill and ac-
cused him of having robbed her. Soon
the police connected in their theories
the Hill revealed in Mrs. Curtis dis
closures and the young man living at
the Hill address in Paterson. The ar