The New York herald., 1922-03-20
Dapper Youth Had Looted
Apartments in Same House
Twice Before.
TURN SLEUTHS
Hold Intruder After Buffers
Intuition Undoes a Proc
ess Server

nattily dressed young man whose
overcoat pockets bulged trit1e went
whistling through the upper halls of
the exclusive apartment house at 40
Park avenue about 10 o'clock last
night, finally stopping outside an
apartment on the fourth floor. He
rang the bell. ended his tune with a
flourish, and when the butler employed
by the family opened the door asked
for "Mr. Hanover"
mot here" the butler told him.
why, do you want him?"
"Just between you and me I've got
summons for him." said the young
man. Sorry troubled YOU"
And he went whistling down the hall,
pausng at the stairs to light cigarette.
The apartment house is the home Of
many families intimately connected with
the business and social life of the city.
Among them are Henry Batterman.
Samuel j. Boomingdale.~ Duncan ID.
Chaplin, Frank W. Frueauff, Charles
Cross Goodrich. Richard Fl. Higgins,
James K. Hoyt, j. Theus Munds, Conde
Mast, Frank II. Platt, Ten Broeck NJ.
Terhune and Mrs. John Van Nostrand.
Butler Becomes Suspicious.
The butler in the meantime became
suspicious at the mans actions. so he
called the doorman down in the entrance
hall and asked about the stranger. The
doorman said no one had gone UP stairs
looking for Mr.. Hanover and promised
to investigate Immediately.
A few minutes later the doorman.
Frank Gilroy. and the elevator operator,
Jerome Picera. found the process server
on the third floor. They grabbed him
on general principles and questioned him.
Don't let's bother with lot Of nasty
questions they heard him say. accord
ing to the police. Just take this"
The young man reached into his over
coat pocket and removed what the door
man and the butler and a score of other
persons in the house described as the
wickedest gun they ever hope to see.
Mind 1t for me till the cops come"
the prisoner went on.
Detectives Layden and Hughes and
Patrolman Martin Mitchell OF the East
Fifty-first street police station responded
TO telephone call and took the young
man back with them. Searching him,
they said. they found in addition to the
gun nine inch jimmy and screw
driver. At the starion house he described
himself as Miles Boucher, 90 years old,
a bookkeeper. of 1862 West Sixty-fifth
street. Sometimes, the detectives said he
told them. he passes under the name OF
Kenneth Kingston.
The detectives said the man admitted
entering the apartment to rob some or
the homes and that he forced the gate
to the servants entrance.
Apartments His Speciality.
They said also that he confessed to
forty burglaries In apartments. CIV
ing as the locations OF his recent op-
erations house at Central Park West
and Ninety-sixth street, where he got
the gun. two rings and s10 house
at Riverside Drive and 103d street. dia-
mond lavaliere, three diamond rings
and n watch and chain two previous
burglaries in the house i'm which he was
caught. $500. jewelry and clothing
Broadway and 167th street. rings; Riv-
crside Drive and 120th street. two dia-
mond rings and $50. and 440 Park ave-
nue., two diamond rings.
Searching Boucher's room later detec-
tives found a key to a safe deposit box
at the National City Safe Deposit Conn
pany Madison avenue and Forty-second
street. Boucher said the box was empty,
but II will be examined to-day.
Boucher's brother. Harvey. %. came
home while the room was being
searched. He was questioned. He said
he opened fruit store on Forty-second
street, near Sixth avenue. a few months
ago on money lent to him by the prs-
oner. He said he knew nothing of his
brothers alleged operations He helped
In the search for stolen valuables.
Among other things found were two dia-
mond rings and several cameras.
Layden said the prisoner told him he
learned how to Jimmy doors while doing
time in the Jail AT Railway, ". j.. and
that part OF his proceeds went to finance
n burlesque company. now on the road.
lie said his mother was dead. His
father. who Is living. must not know
of his arrest. he told the detectives. lie
was charged with having burglars tools
and n pistol and was locked up In Police
Headquarters. The brother was de-
tained for further questioning.
IL. A. wEATHERBY ENDS LIFE.
MIAMI, March 19.--Officers or
steamship arriving to-day from Nassau,
reported that a man who had registered
az V. A. Weatherby committed suicide
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