Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-28
HOLD MEN, CAUGHT
BY WOMAN, IN
BAIL AS THIEVES
Two Captured by Mrs. Thomas
j. Haley at Hudson Tubes
Station.

Frank Lamar and Louis Klein,
charged with stealing from the keep
ers of furnished rooms in this city,
were held in $4,000 bail each to await
the action of the grand jury by Judge
Hahn in the First Criminal Court to-
day.
Lamar and Klein were placed under
arrest in the Park place station of
the Hudson tubes yesterday after
noon by Mrs Thomas j. Haley, of 10
Nelson place, from whom they are
said to have stolen several articles
but two hours before. Mrs. Haley was
alone when the men, who it is charged
had robbed other furnished room
keepers, were getting away from
Newark Al the time she spied the
TWO men they saw her and separated
and tried to get away.
Mrs. Haley who is little woman,
caught Klein by the coat sleeve ana
made a lunge for Lamar, grabbing at
his shoulder. Then she called for
help. and Special Policeman Tracy,
employed by the Pennsylvania RAIL
road Company, came to her assist
ance. He called Policeman Maroney,
of the First precinct. who LOOK the
two men into custody.
After the men were taken 10 the
First precinct station house 1t was
found that there would be other COM
claimants against them. Mrs. Henry
Schroeder, of % Halsey street, had
already visited the police. In both m
stances the thefts had been erected
in the same manner.
Klein and Lamar. according TO the
complainant had visited the houses
of Mrs. Haley and Mrs. Schroeder
early in the day and asked for tur-
nished room that they might snare
Mrs. Haley says that she showed the
men a room. and they declared that
they were satisfied with it. After the
insnection Lamar pulled out an APP
parently well-filled poeketbook ana
said that he would pay deposit, Mrs.
Haley went to a sideDoard IN neI
dining-room and, unlocking drawer,
withdrew from it $23, from whlch sne
intended to make change
Then. apparently changing thelr
minds the men decided not to make
q deposit at that time, but TO pay
fhe whole sum on their return IN the
evening. They departed, and in
short while Lamar, the complainant
said. returned alone and asked TO pe
permitted TO see the room again. MIS-.
Halev saws she took him to the upper
floor. and after some questions on ms
part he again departed.
Money and Locket Stolen.
Pint a few minutes after the man
had departed Mrs. Haley noticed that
nc kew used by her to lock her side
hoard drawer was not in its accus-
toned place, but was lying ON the TOP
of the sideboard. She opened the
drawer to find tina. 1T had been rifled,
Not only her money, but diamond
loclxet and other articles of value
were gone. She surmised that Lamar,
making his second entrance, had lett
the front door Unattached and kleln
entering. had stolen her money ana
other articles from the drawer.
Mrs. Haley Immediately telephoned
the police and notified them of the
theft. 1t suddenly occurred TO her,
however. that the two men would
probably start for New YORK with
their plumber. and quickly dressing
herself went directly to the HUDSON
tubes station.
she waited but twenty minutes
when she saw the two men hurryinB
for a train and then caught them.
Lamar and Klein, the police say,
pursued practically the same tactics
in the home of Mrs. Schroeder. After
offering to pay a deposit the men
asked permission to inspect the bath
room. Mrs. Schroeder left pocket
book containing S17 on table while
she conducted them to the room.
AFTER IL brltl view VI tAi49 P'N-N~ 49,
men departed
Returning to the room where she
had been talking to the two men,
Mrs. Schroeder discovered that her
purse was empty, She ran to the
street, but the men were gone. This
morning she identified both Lamar
and Klein picking them out from
a line of men.
When taken to the station house
the men We're searched, and 1t was
found that besides $3.50 in bills the
men had a locket, which, Mrs. Haley
saws is hers; three watches and sew
eral trinkets in their possession
Lamar had a leather pocketbook
stuffed with stage money" One of
the watches had a gold case but the
other two were of little value.
In the station house both kllen
and Lamar declared that they lived at
$50 washington street this city. In
court this morning Lamar declared
that his home was in Baltimore, and
Klien said that he came from Chi
cago. The police say they expect to
have a number of other complaints
against the men.
Mrs. Haley, who captured the two
men, has on two other occasions dis
played her detective ability. Some
years ago she traced man who had
stolen things from her home as far
as Virginia, afterward causing his
arrest and return to Newark. On
another occasion a man gave her "a
bad check for SO, and she found that
he frequented certain resort. Fol
lowing him one afternoon she in
sisted that a nearby policeman take
the man into custody. Both these