The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-04
CLEW THEFT
Police on Trail of Nan Who
Committed Robbery.
DESCRIPTIONS SENT BROADCAST
Inspector BOardmnn, of Central Of
fee, Confident Thief Cannot Es-
eape-Detective weldon Leaves the
Cfty-PolIce Are Furnished with a
Picture of the Fugitive.

Abandoning all theories hitherto adj
vanced concerning the perpetrators OF
the theft Of jewery, valued at $4,000
from the home of Mrs. Rebekah Horns
by, lbs ] street northwest, the police
last night began search for a man
whom they are confident committed the
robber.-
Descriptions Of the culprlt have been
sent TO the eleven police stations In the
District, and every policeman en- duty
last night was furnished with circular.
Every detective in the Central ONCE
Is searching for him in the hope of gain
ing the recognition which will come to
the man who solves the mystery of the
theft. apprehends the thief, and re
covers the stolen property.
Big Cities Notified.
The police have also laid plans for the
capture of the thief in the event he has
left Washington, by requesting the po-
lice of other cities to look out for and
arrest the fugitive on sight. Descrlp-
tons of the man have been telegraphed
10 New York. Philadelphia. Pittsburg.
Baltimore, and other big cities east of
the Mississippi while circulars bearing
descriptions have been mailed to the po-
lice officials OF hundreds of small towns
and villages
Inspector Boardman is confident he has
thrown out a net from which the thief
cannot escape. unless he adopts methods
of concealing himself which are seldom
practiced by second-story workers. Should
the fugitive rent lodgings In some quiet
neighborhood and remain indoors for sew
eral weeks. the police say the chances
Of his capture will be small. IL is
thought the man is not supplied with
funds
In addition to the minute description of
the thief. the police have been provided
with his photograph, which was furnished
by the authorities OF city in which the
culprit committed several robberies
He escaped the police of the jurisdc-
ton in which the robberies were COM
mitted and was traced 70 Washington.
arriving here few days before the home
Of Mrs. Hornsby was entered. The police
were warned against the thief. Police
authorities of one city requested the
burglary as soon as he was located
Having learned the usual methods by
which the thief works on his nocturnal
ventures. the police say there is no doubt
he committed the Hornsby robbery He
is the only professional crook in Wash
ington capable of executing a theft as
cleverly as the removal of the mahogany
easket from Mrs. Hornsby's bedroom so
far as the police have been able to learn
The disappearance from Washington Of
Detective Weldon, who was tie first
man on the scene after the Hornsby
robbery was reported. was not known
outside police circles until yesterday. His
absence, coupled with the belief Of the
police that they are on the track of the
right man, is regarded as significant by
persons familiar with the routine OF the
detective Office. II is reasonable 10 as
sumo Weldon believes the thief left
Washington shortly after the robbeey.
and has gone TO another city in search
OF him.
The police are puzzled concerning the
Identity OF the man who assisted the
thief whose name is known. D2teetiges
are certain that two men committed the
robbery. as II would have bean almost
impossible for one man to remove
the heavy casket from Mrs Hornsty's
room across the aresway and through the
window Of the vacant house az 171s /
street. in which the casket was found.