Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1910-12-17
THE Thief CAPTURED
Two Men Suspected Of RObbing
Stern'S Pawn Shop Arrest
ed In Baltimore
HEARING ON TUESDAY NEXT
Two Negroes Held On Charge OF Burg.
Iary -S475 Goods Identified By
Owner

Two negroes, Charles Green and
James Carpenter are now locked up
in tie Baltimore jail awaiting a
hearing on the charge of burglary of
Louis Stern's store and pawnshop No.
10 Market Space.
The hearing will be held on next
Tuesday at the Western Police Sta
tion, Baltimore, when Mr.. Stern and
Chief of Police Oberry will be pres
ent. About $400 worth of the stolen
goods has been identified, but about
$500 worth are still missing. Among
the missing goods are thirty watches,
thirty or more rings and several suits
of clothes. Mr.. Stern believes now
that much more was stolen than he
at first realized, as when being called
to identify the goods, he found guam
tity of things he had not thought
were stolen.
The tracking of the thieves is
largely due to a colored woman to
whom belongs the credit of putting
the police on the trail of the burg.
lars. The first link of the chain was
forged from the story told by Leathia
Smith, colored, who keeps the Camden
House, 225 West Camden street,
Baltimore, to Patrolman McKew, Of
that city. She reported that she had
two suitcases in her house which
were left by two negroes, whose ac-
tions appeared to her suspicious.
She said the men came to her board
ing house last Tuesday morning and
.,eLod Co, acnoro rorondafiorc Tbav
signed her book as Charles Green and
James Carpenter, and said they want
ed to stay in town few days.
Yesterday morning Captain Cole,
of the Baltimore police force, open.
ed the suitcases and found clothing,
pistols, safety razors and jewelry
On one piece of clothing was the
label of Straus Bros, Annapolis,
who were communicated with.
They reported their place had not
been entered, but told of the rob-
berry of the pawnshop. Mr.. Stearn
was communicated with and iden-
tilted the articles as his.
From a postal card it was learned
that Carpenter was confined in
Jail. Carpenter was tcaught by the
police trying to sell gold watch.
Captain Cole then learned there
was negro who gave his name as
Green, alias Davis, sent to Jail from
the Central district, Baltimore, on
the charge of stealing two pistols.
He then brought Green, Davis and
Carpenter together and thev confessed
their friendship. Last night Mr..
Stearn identified the pistols and
watches.
Mr.. Stearn deserves great deal
of credit for his persistent efforts to
capture the thief He is one of the
few merchants in town who have
recently been robbed who refused
to "keep quiet as advised by his
friends. He at once began his earch
and effort to bring the burglars to
justice. He kept in constant COM
munication with the police head
quarters in baltimore and Was hing
ton; he offered reward of $50 in
Annapolis and the other two cit
les for the apprehension of the
guilty party. The advice hitherto
to all who have. been robbed was keep
quiet" don't say anything about it,
but Mr.. Stearns's method of pub
fishing the burglary broadcast has
proved to be the best. He was not
afraid to adopt modern methods and
to ''send good money after bad"
Recently the stores of Oscar Sachs,
Henry B.. Myers Company, Jones &
Franklin and Isaac Benesch & Sons
have been robbed. The matter was
dropped, but the thieves were never
caught. The man James" Carpen-
ter, implicated in the Stearn burglary,
is thought by some to be a Ben"
Carpenter, who left Annapolis about
six months ago, and it is probable
Green's name may also be an alias.
These matters will probably be de-
veloped at the hearing next Tues
day.
At noon today the police head
quarters in Baltimore telephoned Mr..
Stearn that they had found more
goods suspected to be his. Upon
description Mr.. Stearn identified
about $50 worth as his own, consist
ing of two pairs of bracelets, five
ladys' small watches and two pairs
of opera glasses This makes about