Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-09
WORLDWIDE Thief
GANG SOUGHT HERE
EiftY Thousand Dollar Gem
Robbers Confession Leads
to Amazing Discovery.

Through the confession of James
Mcintyre that he had peen concerned
in many of the big robberies at New
port and Narragansett Pier last sum
mer, the Burns detective agency is
nearer than ever before to the fence
who, from his headquarters, said to
be in this city, has operated an lille
climate jewelry business of huge
proportions.
Police Captain William E. Walling,
of Long Branch. and Burns operatives
succeeded in drawing from Mcintyre
the admission that the robbery of
$4,000 worth of jewels from the sum-
ner home of Harry L. Haas, in Long
Branch, was only one of the thefts
he had taken part in.
For the first time Mcintyre, a big,
broad shouldered optimist in crime,
lost his assurance and became a plain
thief at bay.
So the detectives knew before they
got through with him that they are
dealing vita gang of international
thieves to whom $500, 900 worth of loot
In one sumnaer at Newport was only
the harvest OF a dull season. This
gang has made more in a single win
ter in Switzerland than it got all last
year at Newport
Would Have Jailed Whole Gang.
If the Greenwich police had not
jumped in and arrested Mcintyre and
his partner, Reginald Rhind, all the
operators of the gang in this country
would have been caught by this time,
the Burns men and Captain Walling
thought yesterday. Also the jeweler,
who is the fence in this country,
would be known and possibly be I'M
der arrest AS things are it will take
time to run the fence and the rest
of the gang to earth.
The $500 gold mesh bag which alone
of all the Haas jewelry had not been
recovered yesterday, was returned by
a pretty forlorn and shabbily dressed
young woman of Brooklyn, an act
ress" in small parts in cheap shows.
Concerning this bag. which was
turned over by a lawyer representing
the young woman, this statement was
Issued:
1.-The Burns agency secured the gold
mesh bag through l. G. Frauenthal,
attorney, 1893 Broadway, as it had
been given to a client of his by James
Mcintyre, who made her present of
1t on July 4.
Meshbag Turned Over to Chief.
1--WE Immediately communicated
with Mr.. Haas. Later the mesh bag
was turned over to Chief Walling in
the office of the Burns agency"
Mario Kruger, McIntyre's wife and
maid for Mrs. Haas, was questioned
suther yesterday about other times
than the night when she helped her
husband rob the Haas home. She is
pretty German girl with a French
training as a maid. She came to the
Haases with impeccable references.
She is so skilful that the family still
signs over the loss of her services.
She is rather tall, with brown hair
soft eyes of an indeterminate color,
a full face that shows breeding and
life of ease and with a way of smiling
charmingly
Marie wept harder in describing her
match with Mcintyre. She knew he
was not her equal socially, she said,
but he had that mastery, that con-
tagious good humor-ah, heavens, he
OONAN-
not resist.
Mcintyre couldn't get away from
the fact that his wife had confessed
and that in his possession at Green
witch had been found one dozen silk
shirts initiated "R. c. W." sixteen
pairs silk socks initiated "P. r.
two pongee suits, handwoven silk,
initialled in inside breast pocket
wv. w. w." three dozen handker-
chiefs quality 81 each, initiated H.
Besides these there were many neck
ties of the SO to IS sort, but with moth
Ing about them to show the owner
The initials of Reginald c. Wander
bilt are r. c. V. Paul Rainey, the
explorer, was one guess at the signifi-
canoe of Up. r." "W. w. W." was
said to be the victim of one of the
biggest OF the Narragansett Pier rob
berries.
GREENWICH, Conn. July a.
Reginald Rhind, held here in connec
ton with the Haas gem robbery at
Long Branch, is accused of f,iother
Jewel robbery by Edward i''ill, of
Yonkers, president of the Composite
Board Company, 80 Church street.
New York Mr.. Hill showed photo
graph and description of a man re-
sembling Rhind, who is wanted at
Niagara Falls for robbing Mr.. Hill on
October 20, 1906, while he was at the
Niagara Club, of a jewel case con-
tanning diamond scarfpins, studs,
links and other articles, valued at
$3.50. The Niagara Falls thief gave
the name of Robert J. Beatty, and
had worked in a hospital
Rhind offered to bet Mr. Hill $3.50,
all of his savings, that the charge
was untrue.
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