The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-26
GEM LADEN TRAMP
ARRESTED IN ASTOR
Prisoner Tells Of Cracking a
Couple Of Houses in
96th Street.
WOMAN LOSES $4,000
Mrs. j. w. Keeney of Calif0r-
MIA Victim of Robbery
in Plaza.
WOMAN LOSES $4,000

John Burns, house detective in the
Hotel Aston. noticed poorly dressed
man wandering about the lobby of the
hotel last night and decided he would
bear watching. The stranger finally
wandered up stairs. On the fourth floor
he began to try doors with bunch of
keys.
Burns thought 1t was time to inter
fere He arrested the man and sent for
a policeman. AT the Forty-seventh
street station the prisoner said his name
was James Burke, so, no home. In his
pockets, the police say, they found a set
of skeleton keys, a file, q gold watch, a
pin with six pearls. a sixteen stone dia-
mond bar pin and stick pin with one
stone.
The police thought so much jewelry
was out of keeping with patched
trousers and worn shoes and began to
press Burke for an explanation.
Yes, I'm a thief" they say he ad-
mitted. II cracked a couple OF houses in
Ninety-sixth street last week. Perhaps
more than two. can't remember"
Confesses RObberies.
Burke then confessed. the police say,
that he had entered the home of Henry
Orlove, 131 West Ninety-sixth street,
and the home of a family named Foley
at 151 that street He stole all the
jewelry from the Foley house. they
quote him as saying
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the city yesterday. The police reported
half dozen that totalled more than
$4,000 in value of property stolen.
Jewelry valued at $4,000 was stolen
from the apartment of Mrs. James W.
Keeney of California in the Plaza
When Mrs. keeney returned from q
shopping trip her room had been ran.
sacked, the door evidently having beer
opened with a pass key.
Some of the jewelry stolen as de-
scribed in an advertisement of a pri.
vate detective agency employed by the
hotel are a platinum chain with pen.
dant of diamonds, platinum and dia-
mond bar pin. a pearl and platinum
chain, platinum hairpin studded with
diamonds. antique necklace, scarfpin
gold locket, gold watch, gold mesh baa
and wedding ring.
Politicians Held Up.
Eight Democratic campaign worker.
were having lunch shortly after mid
night at 240i White Plains avenue wher
two men entered, held pistols to theil
heads and demanded their money. TIVE
of the victims succeeded in saving par
of their money by concealing it In cuI
of coffee. The gunner escaped will
$i00.
Detective Charles u. Battalora wa!
publicly complimented by Magistrate III
Fl. Dale in the Bridge Plaza Court FOL
preventing six men from carrying on
a holdup planned. he said, to take place
at Nostrand and Flushing avenues. Bat
talora was tipped off and went to tn
corner. where he found the party wait
ing in an automobile. He jumped on tn,
running board, held his gun agains
the drivers back and made him drive /,
the Clymer street station house.
Detective John w. Finn, of head
quarters, saw a man lift a pocketbooi
from the hip OF Patrick DAILY, 102 Eas
Seventy-seventh street, on a Seventh
avenue subway train. He arrested tn,
man after a struggle.
Fur valued at $4,000 was taken from
the store OF Adolph Buslick, 13 West
Thirtieth street.
The home of +. Menzel, Villa street
Yonkers, was broken into during the
night and several valuable antique
pieces of jewelry stolen. 1t was the
second robbery of this house in tire,
months.