Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-01
BROTHERS JAILED
FOR DOVER THEFT
Vanderhoofs Taken by Clever
Ruse-Find Stolen Goods
in Their Home.
Ispecial 10 the Evening STAR

DOVER, April Enlarged with the
robbery of the home of Alfred S.
Levi. in Rockaway road. near here,
Frank Vanderhoof and his brother.
James Vanderhoof, both Of MI. Tabor
were committed TO the county jail, at
MorTistown, by Police Justice j w
Young The robbery occurred last
.,EElfrsdaY ui-N 1dd Z slf val slesf
al 81 800 was stolen wtfiIe Tho owner
OF the house his wife. aud sister were
covered with reviewers and threat
ened not To make an outcrY
Trey informed Mrs. Levi before
departing that if an advertisement
was inserted in the newspapers stat
ing that no questions would be asked
and offer a reward of 5000 the stolen
articles would be returned This
was done, but no answer was re-
ceived.
The arrests We're made yesterday
afternoon at o'clock by County De-
tective Edward Brennan, Chief of
Police Ethelbert Byram and Pin
kerton detective. The officers had the
exact description Of the burglars
from Mr.. and Mrs Levi and the cir
cumstances surrounding the affair
caused them to believe the guilty
parties resided in this section The
men accused Of the crime We're sum-
moped to Dover by n clever ruse of
the Pinkerton man. and while at the
LackaWanna station Chief Byram.
Detective Brennan and Mr.. and Mrs.
Levi arrived. The suspects were
readily identified by Mr. and Mrs.
Levi, who informed the officers that
they were wearing the same clothing
as ON the night of the robbery.
The prisoners were then taken be-
fore Justice Young ard committed
without bail. although asserting that
they had never seen Mr.. Levi or his
wife before. They were conveyed to
tn county jail i'm an auto. James
Vanderhoof, the elder of the pris-
oners, recently returned from the
West, where he has been located for
the past ten years, while Frank has
lived with his parents at Mt Tabor,
who are known to be honest people.
Although maintaining their inno-
eence the police are quite sure that
the prisoners are the pair who COM
mitted The hold-up which was cone
in q real wild West manner.
About s o'clock, Mr.. Levi heard
noise i'm the pantry and upon open
ing the door two men stepped out
with revolvers. They compelled Mr..
Levi to show where the valuables
We're kept and made a quick get-a-
way. The younger of the two. who
appeared to be novice, wore a mask,
while the leader or larger man was
not disguised i'm any manner, allow
ing the victims an excellent oppor-
tunity to obtain an accurate descrip-
ton of his features which assisted
Mr.. and Mrs. Levi in identifying the
men charged with the theft.
The prisoners may he given a hear
ing before Judge Joshua Il. Salmon
in the court house at Morristown to-
day
Especial to the Evening start
MORRISTOWN. April Prank
and James Nanderhoof. brothers, Of
Mt. Tabor, arrested for holding up
Alfred S. Levi, of Dover, i'm his home
a week ago and robbing him il jew
eliy and other valuables to the
amount of $780, were brought to the
county Jail here.
In their home a large Quantity of
the merchandise taken from the hab-
store of William II. Downs,
of this town, which was robbed the
latter part of last month, was found
This morning County Detective
Brennan brought John Kelley. John
Hart and Michael Popish, OF Hi
bernia, to tho county Jail, and they
identified the prisoners as the men
who held them up on March 10,
The, elder OF the. UNo men, Frank
anderhoof. has JUST returned from
the West, Uhere be has been living
for q number of years. It is said he
served in the army. The mother Of
the two men visited them in the jail
this morning.