The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-24


) Williams has engaged Attorney
Frank A. Boettner. of this city. Mr..
Boettner said today:
II have investigated carefully the ao-
count of himself Williams has given to
me. He frankly admits that with his
mates he tried to rob the establishmenr
of the Menagh Dental Supply Conn
nanT. n tha Ward building. When arr
| l'aigned tomorrow he will plead guilty
! to this attempted burglary and request
that he be sentenced as quickly as pos
sible. He believes that If he is sent
TO New York the police VII fasten
upon him crimes he has had nothing
to do with, and that they will succeed
in sending him to prison for life.
How They Bied Dupes.
81 found that the counterfeitfng
plant detectives say they found In
Brooklyn consisted of four ordinary
negatives of the front and reverse sides
|of $40 bill. Also they had books on
chemistry and couple of bottles of
acids. Their game was to go to any
man they thought would want to
make money quickly. tell him they
were counterfeiters and that they re-
quired a few hundred dollars to COM
plete the equipment of their plant. IL
their man was induced to supply the
money he lost just so much. They
never attempted to turn out spurious
bank notes and, of course, the duped
person would have to maintain silence
or admit he was willing to have part
in a. criminal transaction.
Il visited the parents OF Williams at
CSC Lexington avenue In Brooklyn and
found that the detectives had been
there.
His father is &c years old, and HIS
mother only q few years younger. Ths
couple earns a living by manufacturing
braces for crippled children. The po-
lice seized all their tools. declaring they
were instruments used by burglars"
Injured In Blowing safe.
Williams injured his back and gon
the name "Humpty" in cracking
safe at Poughkeepsie, n. Y. The rob-
bers working with him used an over-
charge OF dynamite and nitro o-glycerine.
and when It was exploded the outlaws
were hurled through the ceiling OF tha
place they had invaded.
By statements obtained today from
Wnnams's associates it was learned
that some of the goods taken from tha
Kremlin ohces had been pawned In
Manhattan. In a shop kept by Abra-
ham Rosenthai. at New Chambers
street and New Bowery, two watcher
belonging to Kremlin tenants were re-
covered. One belongs to Miss Mary
Ruhl, a clerk in the building
lt is known already from ) coun-
terfeiting plant found in tn home OF
Mrs Lizzie jacobson in Brooklyn SAT-
urday. a flood Of spurious banknotes
was distributed by members of Will
iams's criminal syndicate.
Evidence Aginst Mrs. jacobson.
Mrs. Jacobson represents herself as
the wife Of one of "Hnmpty's" lieuten-
ants. Secret service agents are after
evidence to send her to penitentiary
for aiding in the circulation OF bogus
currency representing thousands of doll
lars.
II Is known that from behind the
wallis of Sing Sing. from which prison
Williams was released only six weeks
ago, he engineered many cunningiy
sebemed and executed robberIes. The
fact that this man was able to particle
pate In crime although kept In cell
and constantly watched makes the po-
lice department here and in New York
realize they are dealing with paste
master of his craft and doubIy ex-
traordinary criminal.
Detectives Ryan and Harris. of this
city, today are making a search or me
jacobson woman's house for the props
erty taken from the Kreunlin building.
Williams 1t Is said. stated that some
of the loot was conveyed to Brooklyn
ana hidden to be disposed OF when q
favorable time came.
The police say that Williams has adj