The New York herald., 1869-04-21
BURGLARY I'M WATCH-CASE MaHlEs
FACTORY.


Seventeen Thousand Dollars Worth Of
Property StOlcn-Arrest Of the lliegc1
Participants in the Aanir-Examinstion
to Take Place To-day.
On the night OF the 3lst Of December last, on
early on the 1st day Of January, the extensive
watch-case mandatory OF Messrs. Wheeler, Par-
sons & Co., Nos. 40 and AZ State street. Brooklyn,
and No. Q Maiden lane, New York-the factory
proper being in BroOklyn-was entered by some
person or persons then unknown, and their large,
burglar and fire proof safe opened and gold watch1l
cases. gold In bars, silver in bars and In the shapa
of United States con stolen, valued, in the aggre<
gate at some seventeen thousand dollars, In cur
rency. Part OF the watch-cases taken were conf
pleted and part unfinished. Everything OF Value
including some currency-exceptng few svel
watch-cases was carried of by the successful buri
glars.
The fact that the robbery had been perpetrated
was discovered at early hour on New Years MORN
ing by young man employed IN the factory named
way 20 his bathing house. Seeing the hatchway
open he enJered the shop and the onlce. lu
boxes whtcn had contained the valuable pro.
perty scattered in confusion upon the moore
OPINION that the robbers had only recently aud hur-
rediy departed. Jeannat at once ran for the lore
man Of the establishment: He, IN turn, hastene d q
informed them OF the matter. These gentlemen were
not giving all the news OF the robbery TO tho
police authorities They were promised and obtained
assistance, but nothing learned. The case was
put in the hands or detectives, who have been
laDoriously at work fol several months, which
at last resulted in the suspicion that q
man named Klndt, mechanic, was the
principal IN the affair. Accordingly, private de-
tectve Warren his assistants, with de-
tectlve James NJ. Tley OF the Third precinct with
permission OF Captain Charles Reedman), proceeded
Brooklyn yesterday, Obtained the necessary war
rant from Judge COrnwel and then at once arrested
Gustavc Klndt Eugene KindG and Abraham Vander-
wagen the latter being the person VINO IL Is alleged
had assisted kindt and his wife IN the disposal OF
the booty the United States Assay ONCE. At the
house OF Kindt No. IL State street, were found ala
the tools necessary for small workshop, some OF
them being those usually used by Durglars-skeletou
keys jimInies &C., and the powerful glass he had
employed securing the Combination hgures or
Wheeler Il Parsons safe several valuable articles
were brought to light which were known to have
been the safe at the watch factory the night Of the
robbery. one of the Jmnies exactly fitted the lnde-
tations made IN o factory window which had been
opened by the robbers.
Kndt claims to oe native Of Belgium, thirty two
years OF age, aud his wife Is French VanderwaSe9
ls HOllander. The former mas bought house ana
lot IN East New YORK; worth $4,000; he has mado
several 81 900 loans, sent money to Europe, and all
OH a salary OF twenty dollars u week. Tne gold he
had melted up and sold Is valued at $4,000 or 81 900.
Tne prisoners were taken to the Forty precncs
station house, Brooklyn, ana placed In Charge OF
Captain Smith. They Will be brought before Judge
Coruwell for examination this morning.