Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-29
BURGLAR CAUGHT
IN ACT OF LOOT|NG
DRYDEN MANSION
Automatic Alarm Is
Means of Blocking
Rich Haul.
ARRIVE JUST In
TIME TO PREVENT ESCAPE
Woman Discovered in Court
Whom Police Believe Is
Prisoners Accomplish.

Creeping in through a rear win
dow, the police early today surprised
a burglar at work in the home of
the late Senator John r. Dryden. at
1920 Broad street.
Just as the police, who were
warned of the burglars presence In
the place by a burglar alarm. arrived
at the place the intruder was ! n the
act of packing away all the valuables
to be found throughout the house.
He was in his stocking feet.
When taken to the First Precinct
station he gave his name as johns.
White, 30 years old, and said he lived
at 255 West Twenty-eighth street,
New York. and gave his occupation
as a painter. Later he was held in
81, 900 bail by Judge Hahn to await
the action Of the grand jury on a
charge of breaking and entering.
Alarm Notifies Police.
But for the fact that the Dryden
home, which Is vacant at the present
time, is wired with a burglar alarm.
White would have made a getaway.
Though unnoticed by him; a rear
window which he forced open was
connected with this alarm. He had
no sooner raised IL than the alarm
was sounded at the Newark District
Telegraph Company's office at 226
Market street.
Two special officers, James Fitzsim-
mons and Patrick O'Neill, were has
tened to the place and on the way
they picked up several of the regular
police. Making their way cautiously
to the rear of the house, the police
crept through the window. which a
been left open by White.
1t took them but afew moments to
locate White, who was in the parlor
packing away in a huge bag all the
valuables that he had found In his
wanderings through the place. All
four descended upon him at once and
he gave in without a struggle. He
was marched to the police station,
where he was locked up.
When White was held in $1,000 bail
In court Detective King observed a
very attractive woman, who was sit
ting In the rear of the court room.
turn pale and put her hand to her
forehead. She took a handkerchief
from her purse and wiped her face
~nervously.
King went to where the woman
was sitting and sat beside her. When
she left the courtroom he followed
and spoke to her. In reply to his
first question if she knew White the
woman replied that she was his sis
ter. She said she lived in Brooklyn
and had been visiting here last night
Asked how she knew of Whites ar
rest, she replied that she saw an
account Of it in amorning news
paper. j
When King told her that ite had
not been arrested until 2 a. m, and
that there was nothing in the early
papers regarding his arrest, the wom-
an broke down and confessed that
she had been living with White. She
the address, 6S Columbia street,
as the place at which they had been
living.
Detectives King and Smith visited
the house and was taken to the room
Wn1cn the ldIuiduy Sdiu thC poh h"'
been occupying. She said they slept
there during the day, but were never
in the room at night. The detectives
found nothing but an empty suitcase
in the room. 1t is the police theory
that the suitcase was to be used to
carry away Whites loot.
The woman gave several aliases,
but finally admitted that her name
was Minnie White. She said the
prisoners name was not White, but
that he had taken her name. She
was taken to the First precinct and
detained.
According to the police, White to-
day admitted that he has committed
two other burglaries in Newark, on
of which was in Clinton avenue. He
said he had tn loot packd up ano
was ready to escape when he was
frightened away.