Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 114, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1912 — Man Records His Robberies [ARTICLE]

Man Records His Robberies

Thief Arrested After School Girl Had Trailed Him—Left Odd Book in Looted Home. New York.—Marie Rohn, 14, after attending Normal school, returned to her home on the fifth floor of J4O East 156th street. She was climbing the stairs when a man dashed past her, almost knocking her down, and fled to the street The girl found that the door of her home had been jimmied and the place,robbed. She ran to the street, caught sight of the man half a block away and trailed him along Elton avenue to 150th street There she saw Policeman Frazier and told him her story. The policeman grabbed the man and took him to the Morrlsiana police station. He said he was George Burke, but refused to give his address. According to the police he admitted robbing the Rohns, after several pieces of jewelry found in his

pockets were identified by Marie as belonging to her family. ....... In his hurry td leave the Rohn house the burglar left a small memorandum book behind. On the outside was written Burke’s name. It had an alphabetical index and on several pages were found names of persons whose homes have recently’ been robbed, so the police said. The book also contained a list of valuables taken from each place and the names of pawnbrokers who had bought or loaned money on the articles.