Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-13
IS ACCUSED Of
BURGLARY At 78
New York Police Unearth Case of
Supposed Double Life in Re-
spectacle Elderly German
WIFE RELATED T0NA BANKER
Quantities of Stolen Goods Found
in Secret Room of Quiet
Studious Citizen
WIFE RELATED TovA BANKER

NEW YORK, Nov. 12.-Surprised by
detectives while he was reading
pamphlet entitled How Will Old Age
Find Your" and containing advice on
how to get "out of the drudgery class"
Adolph States, 7S years old, of most
respectable German family, was ar
rested yesterday afternoon at his
home, 203 ClarlSson avenue, Brooklyn
on a charge of burglary. In a doubly
locked room in the house stolen house
hold goods to the value of $500 were
found. States was locked up in the
Flatbush avenue police station.
His wife. for years a governess in
titled families in England, was as
founded at her husbands arrest and
declared that she was at a loss to
account for the stolen stuff stored in
their home. She said she believed her
husband was a night watchman. She
said that States usually left the house
about o'clock in the afternoon and
seldom returned before o'clock in
the morning.
For weeks residents of t,-S Flatbush
section of Brooklyn have reported to
the police many mysterious robberies.
The latest report was by Mrs. ]. Mar
ion Sauer of 909 Avenue j, who recent
ly returned from the country to find
her home despoiled of nearly all its
furnishings. Detectives Kelly, Don
nelly and Sanguinitto finally go on
States trail.
Posing as agents for a woman who
wished t. buy the property States
rented for $40 a month-which was for
merly known as the James Gordon
Bennett home-they made several Wis
It's to States house.
A DIGNIFTED OLD MAN
Accompanied by Mrs. Sauer, who was
supposed to be the woman who wished
to buy the place, the policemen visited
the place yesterday afternoon. Mrs.
Sauer was heavily yelled. In one of
the rooms they saw an oddly fashioned
wooden clock on the wall. Mrs Sauer
signed that the clock was her prop
erty, one piece Of the loot from her
home Forcing the door of the locked
apartment the searchers found quan-
tity of household furnishings and
clothing. 1t required three trips of
patrol wagon to carry away the stan;
much of which Mrs. Sauer Identified
as hers.
When the detectives and Mrs. Sauer
reached the States home the aged man
was seated on a rear porch in an easy
chair, reading the pamphlet. He Is OF
eminently respectable appearance, dig
nified and reserved, with gray beard
and mustache. He is small of stature
but shows much strength and Is re-
one of his years.
At police headquarters States said
that he had bought the stuff found by
the police. He said he would show
them other property if they would sign
q release" Most of te robberies IN
Flatbush lately have been accom-
plished by boring holes In door panels
and turning the locks. A large gimlet
and similar tools were found in States
rooms
"I married Mr. States about ten
years ago in England his wife said.
''I was then 40 years old and had
son, Ferdinand Martin, now 13 years
old We removed to the United States.
1--WE opened grocery store on Ave-
nue. C. in Flatbush. Mr.. States was not
satisfied and bought an ice cream
business in the neighborhood. He
sold the grocery and put all the money
into the new venture. 1t did not sue
ceed. Last spring we moved to the
Clarkson street place and Mr.. States
said he had place as watchman
ever since he met with an accident
to his head on a trolley car some years
ago my husband has acted queerly. He
never gave me any money, but always
provided for the house himself. l
knew nothing of his affairs, and when
ever I inquired about his work he put
me off with evasive replies.
1.-THE one room where all this stolen
stuff was found he kept locked and
the key in his pocket. l didn't dare
ask him what he kept there. He often
came home with bundles and once
with pushcart full OF things"
Mrs. States claims as an uncle the
senior member of Stollmeyer & Son,
bankers, of Hamburg, who formerly
had a branch in this city. She said
that States had wealthy and infiuen-
tial relatives in Germany.
States will be arraigned today in the
Adams street police court