He Was a Busy Burglar

Philadelphia Inquirer, February 11, 1894

He Was a Busy Burglar - Philadelphia Inquirer, February 11, 1894
Philadelphia Inquirer, February 11, 1894
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HE WAS A BUSY BURGLAR. Lambert Has Prepared a List of Forty Robberies He Committed—He Talks Again to the Prosecutor. Theodore Lambert, indicted by the Camden county grand jury for the murder of William G. Kairer, was again taken before Prosecutor Jenkins yesterday in order that Pawnbroker Silberstein and his clerk, of Philadelphia, might have a chance to indentify him. In his confession Lambert says he pawned the watch stolen from the murdered man and received $40 for it from Silberstein. Silberstein denies loaning Lambert $40 on the timepiece. He says he only gave him $15, as the watch was only worth $32 at wholesale. Silberstein says he can prove this by his account books. Lieutenant Smith, who recovered the watch on the morning of the murder, says he paid the pawnbroker $15 for it. Both Silberstein and his clerk failed to positively identify Lambert as the man that pawned the watch. The police daily recover goods stolen by Lambert in his many robberies. Two valuable clarionets stolen from the home of a man named Zimmerman, at Liberty Park, last October were recovered in a pawn shop at Tenth and South streets, Philadelphia. Lambert admitted stealing them. A man whose house had been robbed called at the jail and described to Lambert a valuable seal ring which was among the articles stolen from him. Lambert admitted having stolen the ring and said he gave it to his mistress, Mrs. Moore. He has prepared for Prosecutor Jenkins a list of forty robberies in Camden committed by him and his pal, Josiah Stevenson. Lambert has made application to the court to have Lawyer John Semple appointed to defend him. A formal return of the indictment against him will probably be made to the court to-morrow. He is likely to be tried at the present term of court.
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