The New York herald., 1871-03-03
STEALING SATIN.

Wagon Inu0centiy Inveixied Into the Case.
Late on Tuesday afternoon Mr.. A. 9. Diler, q
licensed and bonded carman OF the Custom House.
loaded OF his trucks al the wharf OF the National
line OF steamers. pier AZ North river with thirteen
of goods which were TO be conveyed TO bonded
warehouse the next morning. 1t then being past the
hour mt winch those establishments close for the
day. The horses were detached from the wagon
and driven TO the stable, the vehicle being left on
the pier in charge OF
A GOVERNMENT wATCHMAN
till morning. Bright and early the next day
"wednesday the driver brought out his team,
hitched on to the truck and drove OF, having pre-
yiousy got his tickets for the cases. which he was
TO ret1rn signed. Passing up through Hudson
street he turned into Broome where he met friend,
with whom he held few moments conversation.
He then backed his truck up 10 the sidewalk aud
unloaded case
MARKED p. c. D.
and numbered 6,6O3, the letters r. and @. being
rounded 10y diamond. Tue carman then drove
OIL at lively gait, leaving his friend in charge Of
the case About tive minutes later milk WAGON,
driven by a man named Moritz Stenenor. came up
the street. The nan with the ease asked HIM to
take The package to a pawn.shOp, No. As Carminc
street, kept by Simon Craner, promising to pay HIM
two dollars. Stenenor agreed TO do II.
Arrived at the pawn shop ne unloaded the case,
which was at once taken in through door over
ceivei the reward for his services as promised and
drove OH again.
Late in the afternoon of the same day
CAPTAIN CHARLES MDONNELL,
Of the Twenty-eighth precinct station house. over.
heard some parties speaking OF having seen the
driver OF milk wagon deliver large case OF some
KIND into the custody OF the Hebrew above named,
in Cariine street. Thinking it very strange that
large case should be taken TO a pawn shop by such
a novel mode OF conveyance as milk wagon ani ut
such an unreasonable hour as that mentioned by
the conversng parties he asked about
or the case. His mformants at once told him all
they knew about II, and he was not long in making
extraction somewhere In the fence. lie took ward
detectives Lofts and Savin into his confidence, who
agreed IN the opinion that all was not as 1t should
be. Having heard one OF the men who gave the
Information describe the driver of
THE MILK WAGON,
Captain Mcdonnell thought they had irst better
try and md that individual. Accordingly search
was made for him, and he was found aC his resi-
dence. he was not al all backward aDodt telling
ali he knew OF the affair which was auite enouph lo
confirm the asiute Captains
FIRST IMPRESSIONS.
"Now, let's go down TO this pawnshopr said
Mcdonnell, land see II we can find this clsen
Lofts and Glover acquiesCed, and IN short time
the three were confronting Mr.. Cramer, the Hebrew
custodian Of the sundry packages and parcels
which were stored away on the shelves and under
..My frlend,r quoth the Captain, eve want TO see
that case OF goods which was brought here early
this morning.
II never saw any case OF goods this morning. and
certainly there was none Drought here" answered
Cramer.
/ HAINT GOT NOTHING
here but what YOU are al liberty TO just walk
right in and see ef you finds the case OF goods III
mine houSe.N
The party avaed themselves OF the lnviration and
commenced searching the premises Nothing, how
ever, o. suspicious nature was found save a few
pieces OF box which had been broken up for fire.
wood and thrown INTO the fireplace. By putting
these together portion OF several letters and
figures could be made out Gathering up all OF these
pieces the party LETT feeling net
LITTLE DIsCoMFITED
al, as they then thought, the poor lnck they hau
had About ten O'Clock that night MIR. Dilor the
Custom House carlnan, entered Captain McDonuellS
room at the station house and informed him that he
had lost case OF satin goods valued at 81 200. He
stated the facts as given above. Of the nay
ing taken load Of goods away in the morning and
said that lie had
FOUND THE TRUCK
with twelve cases. at the Eighth precinct station
house, 1t having been abandoned IN the street by
the driver, who has rot heen seen SINCE
over to the pawnshop which he had left
but short time before and arrested Cra-
mer, whom he conveyed to the station
house and locked up. Yesterday morning
about tnat case, when the frightened Jew confessed
the whole thing and told where the goods could be
found Following his directions, Captain McDon-
nell went TO the house OF Cramers father IN Forty
first street, between Seventh and Eighth avenues,
where he found large trunk filed with
THE STOLEN GOODS:
then TO cigar store In Columbia street, STAN
ton, Kept by q brother-n-law OF Cramer, and then
to another D,latlve's house In Macdougal street.
where he found two pieces of the satin.
where they are still, and yesterday afternoon the
prisoner Cramer taken before police Justice
who remanded him back TO the custody OF Captain
Mcdonnell.