The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-20
THINK ARREST WILL
SOLVE LONG LIST
Of DARING THEFTS
Alleged Burglar Had Pockets
Filled with Silverware He Is
Believed to Have Stolen.
1T'S ALL up" HE
SAYS, WHEN SEARCHED
Woman Identifies Property
Which Was Recently Taken
from Her Home.

An alleged burglar, who is believed
to be the man who has been commit
ting burglaries of late in MontcIair.
Glen Ridge and Bloomfield. was caught
in the former town today. He gavs
his name as James Connor. of wabash
avenue. Chicago, and said he was S.
Years old
When searched he had in his pockets
three dozen pieces of solid silver table
ware, engraved with the name Boyd
One piece Of each kind was broken
IN two, to make sure, it is supposed.
that it was solid ware Mrs. Joseph
Hamilton Boyd, of s14 Upper Mountain
avenue, Montclaif, identified the silver
as belonging to her, and said 1t had
been stolen from her home last night.
The capture is considered good
piece Of detective work on the part OF
Policeman Michael McHugh. He saw
connor walking along Upper Mountain
avenue, about o'clock this morning.
and as he seemed to be a stranger Nc
Hugh followed him to Bloomfield ave.
nue., and down that thoroughfare tn
the police station, at the corner of VAL
ley road and Bloomfield avenue. The
man continued down the latter thor
oughiare, and MeHugh entered the sta
tlon mouse and Informed Desk Sergeant
Ihomas Claren of his suspicious. The
latter told McHugh to board a trolley
car and head the fellow off, then bring
nm to the station. This McHugh did.
"Ii's All Up. He Says.
At the station Sergeant CIaren
searched the prisoner and found the
I sllVerware. As the sergeant was
searching him the man. according to
the police. said: "It's all up, I don't
care what you do with me now" He
Is about five feet tall and smooth
shaven
The Rev. A. L. Bennett. of Il Berke-
ley place, formerly of Chicago, who was
in the station today, was asked to ques-
tion Connor about that city. The min
ister did so and soon concluded that
the prisoner knew nothing about that
city.
4iS0SCS III avenue were
entered on Wednesday night, and an
attempt to enter two others had also
been made. but the burglar was
frightened off. In the three houses en-
tered small pieces of solid silverware
were stolen
Robberies Not Reported.
The police claim that robberies or at
tempted robberies are not promptly re-
ported by householders. On Wednes-
day night a burglar entered the home
of ]. X. Roll, 176 Summit avenue, at
1:45 a. m. As the burglar entered the
house the family dog bolted down the
stairs. The burglar fed, followed by
the dog. The head of the house. being
awakened by the barking of the dog,
got up, went downstairs, closed the
window through which the burglar and
dog had ran, and went back to bed,
locking the dog out. He did not notify
the police until the next afternoon.
Another house in that avenue that
was entered Wednesday night, also,
was not reported until the next after
noon, the police say. In both these
cases there were telephones in the
houses, and the police could have been
notified at once, which would probably
have led to an arrest.
An attempt will be made TO identity
Connor.