The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-06-13
THE MYSTERIOUS ROBBERY IN
NEW YORK.
QUICK WORK OF THE DETECTIVES AND ARREST OF
THE ROBBERS.

QUICK WORK OF THE DETECTIVES AND ARREST OF
THE ROBBERS.
Detective Elder, who on Tuesday undertook
what at first seemed an impossible task-the
Job of ferretng out the whereabouts of the
thieves who on Monday evening made away
i've casks of furs, valued at $4,000, from the
warehouse of Messrs. j. NJ. Oppenheim & Co.,
No. Al Broadway-had the supreme satisfaction
of seeing all his efforts crowned with success
yesterday afternoon. the manner in which the
case was worked up will be found to be invested
with as much interest as the robbery at the out
set was surrounded with mystery. Early
yesterday morning the detective put himself
together" as priZe-hghter would say, and
began earnestly to consider the chances of
being successful in his undertaking, and, after
due consideration, to work up the case. The
first clue obtained was furnished by Officer
William CaIgill, of the Ninth Precinct, who
remem bered, on reading the account OF the
robbery in Tuesdays Herald, that he had
noticed four casks, answering to the description
of those mentioned in the publication, standing
on Jane street about O'Clock on Monday even
ing. How they came there was the next ques-
uon to be settled, and, alter a little maneu-
wiring, Detective Elder ascertained that as a cart
man named John 6hey, whose stand is at Coen-
ties Slip was returning home up Greenwich stree +,
about half-past O'Clock on Monday evening, he
was aocosted by two young men, who hired him to
remove five casks-fIled with what he knew not
from the rear of No. Al Broad way, in Trinity
Place. The cartman, after fixing his price for
the labor 10 be performed, immediately turned
where he found his two unknown employers
awaiting his coming. With their assistance the
casks were rolled out of the store, placed on the
cart and, bv their direction, left on che side
walk in Jane street. 1t was next learned that
the same two young men who had employed
Sbey on Monday evening, engaged another
cartman named Robert j. Rogers to take the
casks from Jane street to storage house. No.
So Maiden lane. On visiting the place, Detec
tive Elder accompanied by Detective McCord,
who rendered valuable assistance IN the work.
ing up of the case, found that the casks
which had conta ned the furs had been broken
up, and that all the fur skins, with
the exception OF 454, had been sold to Messrs. ].
W. Brodie a. Co., OF No. 50 Maiden lane, for the
sum of $780, These goods-l046 skius-Were
recovered. The officers were now justly eated
by their success, and after seeing to IT that the
recovered property was placed in safe quarters,
tbey set TO work to end out the whereabouts of
the two young men who had been the leading
actors in the robbery. In a short time they
learned that one of the two persons they were
In search of was named John I. Rever and that
he had at one time been employed in some
capacity by the firm of j. NJ. Oppenheim 90.
This was an important point gained at the out
set and as will be seen by the sequel, led TO I'M
portant results. Late in the afternoon, by what
means remains detective secret, Detective Elder