Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-02
PRISONER
MEIUCHEN Thief
Gentleman" Burglar Arrested
for Over 200 Jersey Breaks
Wanted Here.

Convinced that Frank Henry, now
held in Brooklyn awaiting extradi-
ton as the perpetrator of more than
200 robberies in this State, Is respon-
sible for several of the daring burg
laries committed in this city within
requested that he be brought here
before being taken to Metuchen,
where he Is wanted for house-break-
ing.
Captain William Carroll. of the de-
tective bureau, declared today that
while he was unable to connect the
prisoner with any specific robbery
at this time, he intended to thor
oughly grill him if given an oppor-
tunity. Whether or not the Metuchen
authorities will comply with the re-
quest of the local police is not known.
II Henry puts up a fight it will prob
ably take a week before he can be
brought into this State.
Neighbors Respected Him.
Henry lived at 222 McDougall street,
Brooklyn, and twenty-four hours ago.,
had anyone asked neighbors their
opinion of him, all would have agreed
that he was a most desirable resi-
dent of the. neighborhood, with an in
variable smile of greeting for every
one. Had you asked his wife con-
corning her husband, she would have
! replied that he was a mode husband.
j She would also have told you that he
was a travelling salesman for a whip
and harness concern, whose duties
kept him in New Jersey five days of
+. each week, but who was always at
+. home on Saturdays and Sundays.
The police now claim, however, that
4 for the past three and a half years al
least this model family man has also
been a nervy. dangerously skilled
& burglar, who by night and day pill
=laged villas at Metuchen, Railway,
the Oranges, Elizabeth: Morristown,
/ Convent and other places in this
4 State. Their present list alone of his
4 alleged booty totals 2 5000. This
burglar had use only for jewelry. He
was adept with skeleton key and
/ jimmy, II until two weeks ago en-
4 tered and vanished from houses like
a ghost-but with very real hands.
n GIL . AAC5ta ~ WILL ilG
n burglar who was caught at Metu-
chen, but who escaped. although
handcuffed, while his captors went
to secure a conveyance with which
to take him to the lookup. At this
time Henry, If he is the man. and
the police claim he is, received two
barrels Of buckshot in his legs. He
fell, apparently wounded. He made
no resistance to capture until asked
to walk. He replied that he couldn't
walk-he felt so weak and his legs
hurt him. So Chief of Police Fla
herty and William Peck. after hand
cutting him, went to secure a convey
Hnce. F1aherty had gone but a short
distance when he turned around in
time to see his prisoner making his
escape, despite the wounds in his
legs. Flaherty, pursuing, shot at
him, and the bullet grazed his hand,
but he did not stop.
How Henry got rid of the manacles
is not known by the police. They be-
1ieve. however. that he knew of a
resort of crooks near Railway where
he had the steel bracelets filed from
his wrists. He is then thought to
nave made his way to a room at 1872
Waverly place, New York, which he
is alleged to have hired about three
and a half years ago.
Find stolen Treasure.
This place the detectives visited
yesterday and found, so they claim,
a mine of stolen treasure There we're
also scales for weighing gold and
precious stones and a small stove for
melting gold.
Henry was arrested yesterday at
the home of DIR. James Eden, at 66
Bennington avenue, Jamaica, where
he has been a patient for about two
weeks. The detectives found Henry
In bed, still suffering from his
wounds. The doctor, as well as all
OF Henry's friends, were astonished
by his arrest, and insisted hat there
must be some mistake.