The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-11-22
TO GET KNOWLEDGE
OF CR|M|NOL0CY
Secret Service Burglar Rob-
bed Houses While Wait
ingsfor Police Job.

NEW YORK, Nov. 22.-As q sub
ject for the criminologist the gentle
man burglar Is beaten mile" &C
cording to Detective Lieutenant James
McKeon OF the Liberty avenue station,
Brooklyn, by tall, handsome, we'll
dressed and suave hammered youth,
who looks older than the twenty years
he says he Is and who Is blamed for
many robberies in the upper part OF
the borough within the last month or
two.
The active surprised the detectives
who captured him by saying that he
himself was student of criminology
Il have investigated the subject very
thoroughly" he said, land | am con.
WINGED that my services would be ex.
tremcly valuable to the Police Com.
missioner"
Then he astonished them still fur.
ther by saying he had communicated
with Commissioner Waldo and had re.
ceived letter from him saying that
he should proceed through the regular
civil service channels to qualify for
showing them the letter. He also
showed them a postal card which they
say, however, he probably wrote him
self, ordering him to Come to Police
Headquarters at once" 1t was signed
waldo. Police Commissioner"
a police whistle, lunches of keys
lists OF names and addresses which the
police regard as being significant OF
plans for prospective robberics. the
photograph OF a pretty girl, or rather
two OF them. tor in one she was posed
with himself. were taken from the
prisoner. who on account of the pc.
culiar aspects of the case has been
nicknamed the Secret Service Burg.
lar.
The youth was arrested early yester.
day at Fulton street and Miller avenue
East New York, by Detectives Nc.
Keen, Frank Burke and Robert Seles.
Ike, who had been sent out to find a
young man, who, according to com.
plants made Mt the Liberty avenue
station. had been flashing a shield be.
fore persons to whom he asserted he
was "secret service" man. He had
also placed his hand significantly at
his hip pocket. the complaints said. 1t
was feared he had a pistol.
The prisoner said he was Charles
Jericho, 20 years old, of 279S Fulton
street. nearby where he has furnish.
cd room. A search of his clothes re.
vealed no pistol. but did bring out two
badges of the Department of Parks,
numbered 1853 and 665: many keys, a
small gilt clock that had been stolen
with jewelry. clothing and silverware.
the police say. from the home Of Sam.
uel Isaacs, 725 McDonough street. on
November Is, and other articles that
Immediately caused the detectives to
accuse him Of being burglar who had
been causing them to worry and hustle
much of late. Finally he said:
II guess you've got me right, ol0
fellows"
Then Jericho asked for and got a
cigaret. and seated in the detective Of
flee in the Liberty avenue station pro-
ceeded to tell them "all about It,"
The police say he confessed to more
than a score of robberies. He gave
them names and addresses and his
statements were confirmed easily. He
gave them handfuls Of pawntickets,
they say. and also named Greenpoint
jeweller as the purchaser of much OF
the silverware and pewelry which he
had carried off. He was held formally
on the charge OF having robbed the
home OF Charles s. Springer, 804 Ma
con street on November 8. Jewelry
and clothing valued at $3.50 were TAX
en-. He also enumerated the residenc-
es of these as the scenes of robbery:
Lawrence w. Denzin. 121 Patchen ave-
nue.. jewelry and bric.a-brac valued at
$3.50; Mrs. Emma Smith, S89 Putnam
avenue. jewelry and clothing, 5000;
Mrs. Gibson. 4S5 Chauncey street, jew
elry and money. $3.50; Clarence Met
calf, 922 Hancock street. jewelry.
clothing. pocketbook and small amount
OF cash: MIR. Berkhardt, 982 Putnam
avenue. jewelry. photograph, money
and clothing: Samuel Isaacs, 725 Nc
Donough street. clothing. jewelry, sill
verware Uncluding wedding presents
OF the recently married couple) and
bric-a-brac. $1,000.
Many other addresses were also Civ.
en- by the youth. the police say.
I'm addition to desiring to make 4
first hand search for Information of
the doings OF the underworld. while
awaiting my appointment as a police
man. also wanted some cash." Jeri-
cho said. Il desired money with
which to entertain my sweetheart. the
young lady you observed in the photos.
We had to enjoy theaters. some auto
mobile riding and so on. and such
things cost money"
In the New Jersey avenue police
court he was held for further examina-
ton. He was taken to Raymond
street Jail. The police say he con-
fessed that he had served four years
In the State Reformatory at Napanich,
NJ Y, for larceny.
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