The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-25
BURGLAR |DES'S
PALTELLS HOW He
BECAME A R0BBER
Grover Edwards Tells the Police
How Gang Was Frightened
Away from Store.

Captain Carroll, of the detective
house-owners should take warning
from the following story by Grover
Edwards. burglar and highwayman,
who was a companion of Frank Ides,
'the New Jersey Jesse James," shot
by Policeman Weber on Saturday.
Edwards has made a confession to the
police, showing to what lengths cracks
men Will go in their robberies.
MISREPRESENTATION is one of the first
laws of nature said Captain Carr
roll today, land caution is simply
a footstool to the preservation of ones
rights and property. Carelessness on
the part of those who possess v~aluables
is always a lever used by the criminal
in his work.. Edwards's story, told in
the vernacular of thieves, points a
strong lesson to those who expect pro-
lection from the police
Story Tells.
Il am IS and have been in trouble be-
fore for robbery. 1 have been sent
away, and / have tried my hardest to
quit the game. l was born over in
Westfeld. near Cranston, where
Dutch lived before he moved to Eliza
beth. l didn't like farming because the
work was hard and the money small.
when Dutch told me three years
ago that he had an easy way to make
money and lots of 1t, l fell to his game
and became a thief. Last Thursday he
came over TO Westfield and said that he
was going home hat night. He asked
me to meet hin Friday morning, n
that he had a place to crack There
was going to be plenty of money in
this job and / agreed to go with him.
The niger Henderson. and Cameron,
the white fellow, were all with me
when l met Dutch and it was agreed
to come to Newark.
says Ides Planned the Robbery.
at wouldn't 10 for us TO be seen
together much, So we came here sep
arately and met in a saloon on South
! street. There are three saloons in that
section, and we knew h a we could
crack any one of them and get back
towards Westfield or over to Plain
field without any trouble.
1--WE met in this saloon about 10
| o'clock Friday morning, and there
Dutch told us that we We're going to
stick up a jeweler that night. He
wouldn't tell us the fellows name, but
! said that we must keep under cover
until dark Friday night.
"We went out after dark and
walked to the jewelry store of Louis
f. Week, at 10 Pacific street. 1t looked
easy the way our plans were aid out
by Dutch He was to do the sticking
up. / mean he was the one who was
to walk into the store when no one
but the proprietor was there, make
him throw his hands up at the point
of 'Dutch's' revolver and Henderson
was to clean up and get the V~aluables.
Cameron and myself were to be the
lookout guys.
"Our time for action was ripe when
We got to the place, and just as Dutch
poked his gun into his coat pocket
/ from his hip pocket and he and Hen
/ derson werc about to enter two police
men in uniform showed up and we
had to beat it.
ToId TO Flee or BE Killed.
1--WE skinned around TO Halscy street
and started down toward South street
I again. While crossing oyer William
street 'Dutch' showed MS the First Pre-
cinct light, and said: See that place?
Wen. my picture hangs up there, and
IL them fellows in there knew / was
here they would be alter us in a 5ify-'
We met several police officers in uni
form on our way to South street, but
mono recognized Dutch
'"The police say that / had a bag.
Wei, / don't admit that. Neither am
I going to say anything about where
we were. going when that copper
tagged US.
FL was walking with Dutch when
the bulls stopped us, and Dutch said
to me tn q low voice, 'Itun you
or I'll kill YOU when l get you again