The Detroit times., 1909-04-10
TALK IN HIS SLEEP
'BETRAYs BOY THIEF
J. J. Hyland, Victim of Robbery,
Knew of Lads Habits and
Watched at His Bedside.

NEW YORK, April 10.-Certainly
criminal by more ingenious trick
than that employed by j. J. Hyland.
a summer resident OF Ocean View, y.
j., who ferreted out the perpetrators
OF half a dozen mysterious burglaries
by taking advantage OF a boys habit
OF talking In his sleep.
AS climax 10 Hyland's clever de-
tective work. Edward Kondrop. fif-
teen; his brother, Victor, eighteen. and
Emil Rudolph are under arrest
charged with robbing Ocean View
cottages OF more than $4,000; another
lad. named William Meyer. OF Jersey
City, is being sought by the police. and
most OF the loot has been recovered
from the bottom OF duck pond.
where the boys had hidden II until
all suspicion should pass by.
Hyland, who is theatrical man.
was playing In California three weeks
ago when he received word from his
wife that burglars had broken into
their home and stolen $500 in provi-
sions. clothing ana jewels. He arrived
in Ocean View and found that FIVE
neighbors had also been robbed.
among them John s. Andrews. q
wealthy Jersey City merchant, whose
vacant bungalow had been practically
Quilted by the thieves. Among the
stolen valuables from the Andrews
place was the urn which contained the
ashes OF his mother.
The police and constables were
wholly unable to give a clew TO the
perpetrators. Hyland then turned de-
tective.
After two weeks OF sleuthing on the
quiet, he began to suspect the Kon-
drop boys, but their pleas OF innocence
were so we'll made that ne had no
other grounds than suspicion for their
arrest. Finally he heard that the
younger lad, Edward, had habit or
talking in his sleep.
An inspiration struck Hyland. He
went to Edward and hired him TO work
upon his place and when the boy
somewhat reluctantly accepted the
lob the amateur detective installed
him in his home, placing young kon-
drops cot In the same room with his
own bed.
Hyland talked to the lad about the
recent burglaries for several hours
before they retired. Without indicat-
ing any suspicious of the boys guilt
he nevertheless set the latter's nerves
thoroughly on edge, and he felt sure
that the affair was boring deeply into
the boys brain when he finally lay
down to sleep.
HyIand kept awake, and two hours
later was rewarded when The lad oe
gan to toss from side TO side, mum
bling over and over. My older bro
Their done IL. Vic was the one that
planned EN- all"
Hyland at once dragged young kon-
drop from the cot. IL was z O'CLOCK
I'm The morning, but he hustled the
frightened child over TO the home OF
his father nearby, and there called
out the older brother, Victor. whom he
confronted with the stern accusation
that Edward had confessed everything
while asleep.
Victor lost his nerve at this revela-
ton and admitted his guilt. Then,
when Mr.. Andrews had been called,
the two boys and the captors lighted
lanterns and CROPPED their way to
duck pond near the Kondrop home,
where IIyland forced the brothers 10
take shovels and dig down until they
unearthed a great chest in which they
had hidden the loot.
Razors,' cutlery, several rings, re-
volvers and medals belonging to An
drews were brought to light when tns
top Of the cnest was Knocked on. Al
together $500 worth OF the stolen
booty revealed itself, and finally ar
the very bottom Of the big box was
picked up the top OF the urn which
had contained the ashes OF Mr. An
drews' mother.
Hyiand called policemen and had
the boys locked up in the jail at At
lantic Highlands. There they impli-
Gated young Rudolph. son OF Oswald
Rudolph, merchant OF Jersey City,
and William Meyers, Of Newark.
The former was arrested as he was
leaving Jersey City on train for New
York. His father gave $1,000 bail and
he was released pending grand jury
action.
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