New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-30
BURGLARS DEN, THEY SAY.
TenderIoin Police Clean Out Flat
in Negro Tenement House.
TAKE WOMAN AND FOUR MEN
Think Prisoners Are Members OF
Band Operating in Upper
West Side.

For so,,a time Captain Reidy. OF the West
37th street station. has had his VISION
trained on some OF the Inhabitants OF q
negro tenement house very near the STA
tion. and Yesterday he found them 10 pe
inst what he thought they were. lie ar
rested them-one woman, white, ana Tour
men only one OF whom is a negro-anh
held them as suspicious persons. for his
detectives say they found slverware, two
loaded revolvers, fifty pawntickets' map
Of a house and yard In Bayonne. skeleton
keys. masks, jimmies, flashlights. braces
and OTHER burglars tools in their quarters
The woman, who calls herself Mrs. Helen
McDermott appeared remarkably cooi ana
nonchalent. The police declare she Is the
brains Of an organized band OF hrigahdS
which has been plunderIng houses ana
apartments on the Upper West Side. More
members Of the gang remain to De aPpre-
hended. they say
Although the prisoners moved into NO
81 West 9th street over three weeks ago
no opportunity was afforded the poilce u
investigate them until members OF hesIo
family by the name of Falls living on the
fourth floor reported at the station mouse
that clothing had been taken from thelr
fiat. Detectives went to the second Ho'i'
where the prisoners lived, and arrested
them at midnight. They said they WERE
besides Mrs McDermott Charles MylohdS'
Of No 246 West Goth street; Edward NC
Dermott. William McPhillps and Thomas
Walsh, a negro.
Mrs. McDermott. who is only about TWEEN
" years old, seemed inclined TO talk at
hi V,
on a signal from one Of the men, the detec-
tives said She admitted, however, that
she came from Bayonne. and it was
through her. Captain Reidy says that 'ne
map Of the "Bloodgood place. as u "dS
inscribed, was made This map containeu
not only the floor plan Of the house VII"
the doors and windows indicated, out the
plan of the front lawn and garden patc"'
with the various walks and paths in heaVy
ink lines
Detectives Forbes, Curry, Donohue'
Schedules and Monde searched the prison
ers fat. remaining there until about
o'clock Yesterday morning, hoping some
others of the band would come in; put no
one else appeared, and the detectives TOOK
the prisoners and exhibits" to the station
house. At Headquarters II was saId 'hal
two Of the prisoners had criminal RECORDS
McDermott is in the RoCues' Gallery, ac-
cording TO the police, as Red McDermott'
No l7N9 He has done time in Elmlra
and sing Sing for burglary, they said the
negro. Walsh. they add is down as prank
Wilson" no 9.O3S. who in 1895 did nine
months on BIackwelrs Island for burglary
and went back in 1901 to do three months
for beating an aged man. He went to FL
mira. according to the records, again III
1875 for burglary, came ont and vas sent
up the river" for the SAME kind OF Job.
This last bit" was a two-year term.
4 pawntickct for a rancoat belonging
TO n negro woman, Mrs. Susie Smith, or
the West 37th street address. was found on
McPhilIips the detectives say, and on her
Identification of the property he was held
on a full complaint Of burglary In N.PO
hail for trial The others We're held each
in 5000 bail as suspicious persons Tor eX-
animation Monday morning.
In the alleged loot in the fat were FOUND
all manner Of silver forks, spoons ana
knives. a silver manicure set and two gold
watches. valued at S7j each. The pawn
tickets represented articles pledged for
sums from 81 10 goo Mrs Isabelle Powers
Of 40 10 West 5sth street. lost a suitcase
and 500 worth Of clothing and jewelry in
robbery on March IS She identihed
clothing and suitcase marked y. K. Z.
AS her property.