Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-17
GIRL MANS PAL
in ROBBERIES? :?
Anna Corpeny, 1S-Year-Old
Miss, Arrested as Thief'S
Accomplice

In the arrest of Arthur. ]. Davies at
Williamsport Sunday night three rob
berries which the police have been
working on for some time were cleared
up, and much of the booty was re-
covered. Davies confessed yesterday
to John Murnane, a local detective,
and Williamsport authorities that he
robbed the residence OF E. u. Wal
lower, Front and Maclay streets, on
the night of April IL: the home of ].
Horace Mcfarland at Bellevue Park.
April 1S, and the residence of Martin
A. Cumbler, May 10.
Davies, who it is said, has GRIM
inal record, is also known as George
Dolton. He was arrested at Williams
port on a charge of robbing the resi-
dence of Charles Allen at Williams
port. Davies confessed that he had
buried some of the Williamsport booty
and was about to ship a trunk with
other booty to, Fargo, North Dakota.
An examination of the trunk brought
the discovery of silverware, iewelry
and other valuables stolen in Harris
burg and at Highspire.
Arrest Local Girl
Following a second confession at
Williamsport yesterday, Anna Cor
peny, aged Is years, lily James street,
was arrested last night as an accom-
plice and charged with receiving
stolen goods. 1t is the belief of the
local police that the young woman
was present when the Wallower resi-
dence was robbed, as footmarks of a
woman's shoe were found in the
ground about the Wallower residence.
Following the arrest of the Cor
peny woman, a search was made at
her home and a number of stolen
articles identified as some of the booty
taken from the WalIower residence
were found. The young woman said
Davies gave her the articles, and de-
MED any knowledge of the robberies.
Davies will be brought to Harrisburg
following a hearing at Williamsport,
and it is expected will be given a pre-
limtnary hearing next week.
Find Stolen Goods
The stolen goods from the Wal
lower Mcfarland and Cumbler resi-
dences were found in the trunks
which had been shipped from Phila-
delphia and were about to be re-
shipped to Fargo, and in several suit
cases which Davies had when he was
in Harrisburg. The articles recovered
include:
Two bonds payable to bearer at the
Commonwealth Trust Company, Har-
risburg, for $500 each. on July /,
1925, with interest coupons, stolen
from the Wallower home; a check for
$40 signed by Edgar Wallower, to-
gether with Wallower silverware, con-
sisting of six tablespoons. nine des-
sert spoons, twenty-one souvenir
spoons, twelve soup spoons, twelve
fruit spoons, eight salad spoons, one
butter knife, eight individual butter
spoons, nine forks, one berry spoon
and a silver smoking set
Pearl handle knives, oyster forks.
diamond rings and other iewelry
found at Miss Corpeny's home were
identified as Wallower property. At
Williamsport, Davies buried a lot Of
silVerware and jewelry in a vacant lot.
The silverware he broke up and the
Jewelry was wrapped in cloths. Some
of the silverware answers the descrip-
ton of that taken from the Mcfarland
and Cumbler residences, and pawn
tickets from Philadelphia show where
some of the jewelry was disposed of in
that city.
Davies, it is said, served one year for
burglary in the reformatory at Ro-
chester, New York, and another year
on similar charge at the Holmesburg
workhouse. From the latter place he
was released December Is, 1915. He
then came to Harrisburg and secured
work in grocery store and lived at
1914 North Third street. He left here
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