Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1910 — CLEVER BURGLAR IN TOILS OF LAW [ARTICLE]

CLEVER BURGLAR IN TOILS OF LAW

Society‘Raffles* Robbed Homes in Unusual Manner. *. ADMITS CRIMES WREN TAKEN p ■. Dressed Fashionably and Method of Operation Was to Appear to Have I; \ v Made a Mistake and Leave Qviickly When Detected. [ ’. ' ■ .;. p New York, Oct, 28. An athletic, pleasant toauhered youth; who has been a fami]far figure about ihe fashit:: ■ ’ ! c. I.bsccticn .of F'asscic, is in the Passaic county jail with thirty ehstges cf burglary against him. The police he is a “BafSes” of rare attainment-. Wfcer at rested in Hoboken he gave* the name of i enricnc. Anthony and ■place cf residence as 324 Hudson street, ITTtc’ en. lie declined to expiaift further about himself, but when ashed receiving the burglary of dozer? of cX'Tr ive homes about Hillside. \ K . ay • cate loVses amount to $lO,000. he s. ' : “Oh, dash' it all. I gU(S.- I did it, How many did yon say? Xhiit.? I should say that was, about right.” .■ , . Thru be became silent. . He declined: the aid ft? a lawyer and made no rev ert? *>iat friends or relatives be neb•;'( ’, When captured by Detective ' r t Per he wore an expensive light tl cp. ! suit college trousers, oiivo glov. - d a : walk mg stick. He submitted r.: rest v. ithout a, murmur

Anthony's scheme was to enter residences. tin wag!; the open front deer, discard his hat. cane and some times his top coat in the hallway and then rifle any room or desk he came across. Whet; detected, as happened on several occasions, he manaredyto apologize and -Le w his way out before the maid or hr tier could sound an alarm. He was discovered in the j.arlor of Robert Mueller’s home on • Irving Please. He wore a dark blue suit and had a Cl;a- •''■Vue’s hood and goggles. When Mi Mueller came upon him “Anthy’' was .looking out of the window w-ith ti lighted match in one hand As Mueller spoke, he whirled about and flashed a revolver in the owner’s face, » ■"■.Yhy James, you almost frightened me to death. I thought you were a burglar." ha exclaimed, Before the surprised Mueller could recognize hismrn, Anthony had nudged his way out and was in th'e doorway with the revolver. snd in his hands. As he stepped out he .skid; “Well, of all things, really, old chap, please pardon the intrusion, tut I-thought I was in Brother Reginald's; house on the hill.” ' : 3! ueFer remembered that his neighbors hud ,'ust such experiences with a mysterious stranger'arid called up the police He told’Deter ive Turner how the intruder ran -down the walls Turner later learned that a low, dark car Imd wheeled /into. Hoboken and traced ii to a garage. lie found where the owner lived and made the arrests In .the jail Anthony declared he had sold the car an hour before his arrest and produced a duplicate signed receipt showing that John Henry had bought the machine for S4OO. The prisoner will be arraigned .today.