The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-11-01
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The block in John street, between
Nassau and Broadway, is absolutely
full of manufacturing jewelers. offices.
There are about twenty jsnitors-lRing
in 50 many houses on the block, and an
ex-policeman has been hired as q pri-
vate Waterman. Most of the houses
however are 'ricketty and old, and
easily, entered by thieves, either by an
abundance of scuttles from the roof, or
through windows easily reached from
sheds behind Between six o'clock on
Saturday night and eight and a half
o'clock yesterday morning gang Of
four expert burglars successfully ac-
complished q most daring robbery in
No. 9 John street. 1t is the only house
of which the private watchmsn has not
a door key. The second floor lie occu-
pied by Messrs. Ball IL Barnard,
wholesale jewelers.. The third floor
10 used as manufacturing jewellers,
establishment by Messrs. Ormsby &
Keogh. Mr.. Ormsby was married about
a year ago, and resides at.No 252 West
Fifteenth street. Mr.. Austin w.
Keogh, the other member of the firm,
lives at No. 100 East Forty sixth street.
In the rear OF the floor they occupy lie
small office with wooden partition
reaching to the ceiling, and Lighted by
two panes OF glass. 10 this was one OF
Urban's old safee, pure chased for $3.50, q
perfectly worthless article, the doors
made Of common sheet iron, which
would not resist single clever sac
burglar two hours. In this safe was
placed, on Saturday afternoon, by Mr..
Ormsby, diamonds act and unset, cameo
rings and unfinished work, worth he
tween $4,000 and $4,000. The
burglars entered the building on Satur-
day afternoon and hid themselves in a
vacant room on the top floor. They
had with them two valises, containing
complete kit 0. cutting tools, sand
bag to knock janitor senseless, tive
large pieces Of black oil cloth, suit OF
blue linen overalls, fifty ham and beef
sandwiches, and two bottles Of
brandy, besides leather with which
to deaden the sound of their tools
Mr.. Ormsby left his Office at six
o'clock, and soon after the building WAS
locked up. The gang" then forced Mr..
Ormsby's outer door with their section
jimmy and opening the door OF the
small office, tackled their oil cloths over
the lights of glass and went to work.
They were perfectly secure and made
short work OF the old safe. They lit
orally cut it to pieces, roaming out the
rivets and pulling one of the doors Gem.
pletely of. Every scrap OF jewelry in
the safe they carefully put in their
pockets, and then determined to pay
their respects to Messrs. Ball & Ber-
nard. They half cut out the lower panel
OF Ball a. Bernard's office door, when
one OF the gang evidently thought Of
their false keys and opened the door
with one OF them. But the large chilled.
iron safes in Messrs. Bell Il Barnard's
were too heavy tor the burglars, who
could open them, but not in the limited
time of their disposal. They left spare
sledge-hammer handle on the Office desk
az a pleasant reminder. Officer Grit
fiu, of the Second precinct, tried
the front door at CD o'clock, and found
il secure. The thieves, on leaving Ball
e Barnards, went back to Ormsby d
Keogh's, on the floor above, put all
their traps in the little office, carefully
relocked the door, and, walking down
stairs, opened the front door from the
inside, and emerged into John street
with their plumber some time between
81 and 81 o'clock, at which latter hour
officer McGuckin found the front door
open. The alarm was at once given,
and Captain Caffrey and one OF his ser
geants entered the building. They saw
that Ball IL Barnard's had been entered,
but nothing stolen. Ascending to Orms-
by ~ Keogh's, they found it bad been
entered, but could not discover any rob-
bery. The main office was undisturbed,
and the black oil cloth Of course pre-
vented them. looking into the small
Office where the sale was cut open, and
the door of which the burg 'ars had
locked after them. Mr.. Ormsby was
sent for, and on his opening the door
he was crazed by seeing the safe cut
to pieces, everything OF value taken
and the burglars tools and sandwiches
living on the floor As yet there 10 no
trace of the thieves.