The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-12-05
Robberies in Mount Holly


Thieves visited Mount Holly
Wednesday evening and entered tw
residences. Between five and sever
O'Clock, during the absence of the fam
| lily, the house of John P. Lippincott
on Ridgway street, was entered through
a window which was broken SO tina
the sash fastener could be loosened
When Mr.. Lippincott and his famil,
returned they found that there hat
been a robbery and began to ascertain
what had been stolen. They fount
that money to the amount of $26 hat
been taken and that other goods, in
Guiding jewslry, worth about 5000 wa
stolen. Word was sent to the officer
at the Jail who at once got to work ant
sent word to the trolley people and thu
police along the line to be on the look
out for suspicious appearing individ
uals.
Detective Parker was on the job a
| once and went to the scene of the rob
berry. He saw footprints that were 81
fresh that he concluded the job haC
not been an old one and he at once be
gan action. His first move was to ar
rest a colored man who was in thu
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in which detectives generally proceed
Parker ran his hands down the outside
OF the mans clothing. He found
brick in one pocket and large stone
in the other pocket. This was enough
to cause the colored man to be taken IL
Jail. He was scared nearly white anC
protested his innocence. When ques
toned why he had the stones in his
pockets he said he was about to go tc
see his girl and there was fierce dog
at the place where she lived and he
was preparing to act in self-defence
This explanation was satisfactory and
the man was allowed to go.
Word was soon received from the
Moorestown police that two men had
been arrested. and the Jail officers went
to that place. Policeman Fry had
captured one man and had put hand
cuffs on him. Policeman Lowden took
the other man, but did not take the
precaution to secure him as his brother
officer had done, and the fellow slipped
away. Lowden gave chase and the
fugitive, fearing that he would be cap
tured, turned and fired a revolver al
the officer. Fortunately the bullet
missed its mark, and the prisoner die
not have any difficulty in getting
away. The man who was held haC
the jewelry and other property, but the
fellow who got away had the money.
The arrested man gave the name o.
George King, Of Philadelphia. When
he was searched at the Jail a number
of articles were found on him which
did not belong to the Lippincott fam
lily. On Thursday evening, when
James T. Royle's family returned
home they found that their house had
been entered. They reported the mat
ter to the police and we're requested tC
call at the Jail and discover whether
any of the unidentified property wal
theirs. An examination of the articles
showed that two watches, some rings
bracelets and other articles were those
that had been taken from the Royle
residence. Three rings that were miss
thought the fellow who escaped got
away with them.
1t is thought this arrest nay clear
up some of the robberies that have
taken place in Mount Holly lately.
The same men who entered the
houses mentioned probably tried to gel
in other places two or three nights be.
fore. Albert A. Johnson, who boards
on Washington street, on retiring,
found the windows of his room pushed
to the top, but the inside blinds were
fastened. He knew he had not raised
the windows, and on inquiry could not
discover anyone in the house who had.
The next morning, on looking at the
back windows Of the residence of the
late Thomas J. Alcott, next to the
room of Mr.. Johnson, there was evil
dence that an attempt had been made
to pry the windows Of that house open.