The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-25
BURGLAR CHIEF
SAYS FAITHlESS
WIFE RUINED HIM
"Humpty" Williams Asserts His
Ambition Now Is to
( & Reform. "a
HEART.BROKEN BY
CAPRICE OF HELPMATE
Went Forth with Bitterness in
His Heart, Intent on Defy
ing Law.

@Humpty" Williams, one of the trio
Of cracksmen captured by tho Newark
and New York police while endeavor-
ing to rob the Aaron Ward Company.
stood in the First Criminal Court to-
day. and facing a heavy sentence for
many crimes the police place at his
door. declared that he was done with
crime and wanted to reform.
''Twenty-four years ago." declared
the cracksman, my wife was unfaith-
ful to me. 1 was an honest man and
my heart was broken. 1 went forth
from my home that night with only
bitterness in my heart for the whole
world, caring nothing for life and in
tent on defying the law. Now I'm
done.
''Give me my sentence quickly.
Maybe I'll live long enough to serve 1t.
and then. as sure's there's God, I'll
live a better life."
$4,000 from Pawnbroker.
with the distorted, understood cripple
who led the crack slcuths of New York
on many a long chase were Vaughn
and Tiffany, his two companions, who
faced Judge Howell unhinchingly Ex-
animation was waived, and the men
were held in $500 bail each.
A. confession was dragged from the
lips of ''Humpty" and his pals and on
the strength of their statements Detec-
tives Ryan and Harris secured New
York Abraham Rosenthal, a pawn
broker of New Chambers street, New
York, was arrested, and about $4,000 in
loot was confiscated by the New York
detectives, who searched his home after
The Newark seuths had arrested him.
The detectives also learned that q
portion of the goods in the pawnbrok-
hrs home were the loot of n New York
robbery committed by the trio. A
number of muf1iers stolen from the
Newark Handkerchief Company, of 226
Market street, were also recovered, the
three prisoners admitting their guilt
n this instance as well as in the rob-
berry OF the kremlin building.
Before "Humpty'' left the court room
he whispered to his attornety, Frank A.
Boettner, that he had something to say.
"You can't say anything of me that
could call unfair. guess that none
,f them have anything on me at the
game of tearing apart one of them
IRON boxes or strong-arming a gent
picked as being u stiff loaded with the
stuff.
~Humpty" Tells Life Story.
''It'S a plenty to weaken a man to
blow over to place like Newark after
having had his own way for months IN
York and get sloughed. Anyhow, I'm
sore on the life. | don't suppose you
are going to believe me when I tell
you that I'm done. I've got my stom-
ach full Of this business Of staying un-
der cover and always standing
chance OF having one of the bulls turn
loose his Cat and drop you. ] want to
get where ] can walk along without
looking four ways at once, and &c
ean get to that point by taking my
aose. stepping 1t for whatever old John
Law wants to hand to me, am going
10 figure that I acted right before 1t
WAS me sinking under for the third and
hDal call.
"It 10 because the York bulls are
handing me this deal that know I'm
bottering. Here I am. My spine is
rome. I haven't got the strength of a
baby. ! can't eat anything that's good
tor me. The stuff they throw into you
h the pens hasn't been very good for
my innards. l am sick. I am dis
gusted, and l can't get my bit too soon.
don't care how many jobs they want
10 hang on to me. Let them ask me
10 plead guilty to murder and I'll
10 it,"