Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-18
CONFESSED THIEF
CAUGHT IN CHASE.
August Pascal Admits Summit
Robbery and May Tell
Of Others.
Ispeclal to the Newark star.I

SUMMIT, Dec. 1S.-Captured last
night by Special Oficer Patrick Ryan
a few hours after a cottage, occupied
by domestics employed in the Kent
Place School for Girls, on the Boule-
ward. had been robbed. August Pas
cal, who says he is twenty-seven
years old and resides In New York, Is
a prisoner here. On Pascal was found
all Of the articles missed from the
Kent place cottage. He also had
fully-loaded .32 calibre revolver,
razor, skeleton keys and screw
driver twisted to serve as a Jimmy"
The prisoner, according to Chief of
Police George W. Brown. besides 6d-
hitting the Kent place cottage rob-
berry also acknowledged that he had
robbed several houses here IN 1911.
Special officer Ryan held Pascal
on the porch of the home of Harry
II. clifford, at 80 Prospect street,
awaiting the arrival of Patrolman
Edward Nelson and Special Officer
Elmer Day, until he broke away and
dashed along Prospect street, with
Ryan close behind. After quarter
mile run. the special officer who is
sturdy athlete and football player,
tripped the fleeing thief, who fell
with Ryan on top of him. Handouts
were quickly snapped on MIN.
When searched at the police station,
Ssh in cash, gold bracelet, gold.
watch chain one gold set of rosary
beads and three ordinary sets of
beads. a necklace, toilet articles and
several small trinkets belonging to
the girls in the Kent place cottage,
besides the revolver, razor, Keys and
screw-driver, were found on the pris-
oner. He wore two suits of clothing
and a heavy strapias belt.
1t was about 7 o'clock, while the
domestics were at dinner in the Kent
place school, that Pascal gained en-
trance to the cottage. Shortly after
the girls returned from dinner and
found the house had been ransacked.
Captured by Waterman.
About 1920 o'clock Ryan. who is en-
ployed as a Waterman in Prospect
street, three-quarters of a mile dis
tant from Kent Place School, saw a
man apparently following two girls
along that thoroughfare. Ryan Sc
GREETED himself behind a tree. After
the girls had entered house in Pros
pect street, in which they are en-
ployed, Ryan saw the stranger walk
ing about the grounds of the Clifford
residence. Finally the man attempted
to peer through a window and Ryan
crept up behind and seized him.
The prisoner admitted, according to
Chief of Police Brown, that he had
been employed here three years ago
as coachman by Mrs. Theodore f.
White. William e. Badeau DR. Robert
H. Hammill and Mrs. Rose. The
White home, in Franklin place, which
at the time was occupied by retired
police lieutenant of New York; the
Badeau home. in Badeau avenue, and
DR.. Hammill's residence. on the
Boulevard, were robbed in May. 1911.
At the time Chief Brown had Pascal
under suspicion, but when he located
his residence in New York he found
Pascal had gone to France only few
days before. 1t is the belief of Chief
Brown that Pascal Is responsible for
the recent series of robberies in this
city and nearby places. Chief Brown
said today he expected further con-
fession from the prisoner, whom he
believes has q pal
The prisoner will probably be given
hearing late today; meanwhile, the
police are searching for PascaPs
home, which he gives only as New
York. The police believe Pascal has
been stopping in a lodging house in
Newark during his nocturnal visits to
this city and nearby towns