New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-03-24
$500 "
INGENIOUS THIEVES.
A BOLD BURGLARY UP Town.

James l.. McEwen, a merchant tailor at No.
a East Rwenty-third-st. beneath Association Hail,
closed his store for the nget at 3O p m Thursday
last and went home. The same evening lecture
given IN the hall above. and many Of the audience went
TO the building In carriages In the line OF carriages
that stopped III front OF the merchant taors Four
got out Of the carriage and walked the door Of
McEwens store. One Of the strangers apparently had
the store key for the quickly opened and
three OF the entered the store, Of the
manning on the sidewalk in front Of the open door
Several acquaintance OF Mr.. McEwen passed the
building and the strange inside the store,
within which bright gasught was burning. but think
ing that clerks making inventory Of the stock
passed on without stopping In the store were three
dogs OF Mr.. McEwen's, two Of which loose while
the other chained The dogs upon seeing the
singers enter the store began 70 bark and the two
that we're free attacked the The strangers kicked
at the dogs and struck them with clubs ana finally
drove them beneath the counters The most and
largest OF the dogs chained He however. was 80
savage that the strangers kept out Of his reach and IN
this way the most valuable goods saved.
The strangers collected large quantity OF goods,
boldly carried them OF the and putting them IN
the carriage drove away with their plumber private
watchnan IN passing by the building stumbled against
hng the sidewalk and discovered that II was
jimmy. He inspected the stores in tine vicinity and
found that the door OF hs merchant lors store had
been forced open, evidently with the jimmy Mr.
McEwen at informed OF the burglary. and on
examining his goods found that clothing worth 1900
had been stolen.
ATTEMPTED ROBBERY OF WAREHOUSE
a patrOlman of the Eleventh Precinct, in
passing by the wholesale raghOuse, No. SO Thirdst..
heard walking within before daybresk gu
Saturday morning. and suspec1ing that burglars
roDbing the place. sounded alarm. Capt Murphy
with three officers answered the call and surrounded
the warehouse. A window discovered TO be open
az the back end OF the warehouse One OF the officers
was stationed beneath il seize the thieves II they
should attempt 20 escape that side OF the
warehouse. high fence. at some distance
from the window, parallel with the house
and the officer passed between the two. sud
deuy a strange appeared Of the window and
ping desperately the cleared both the officer
and the fence and escaped. At the same moment
another thief opened the door Of the warehouse
and attempted 20 escape. The man was armed with
revolver and jimmy and the officer stationed before
the door thought prudent 70 knock him down before
arresting him. The thief taken 10 the Eleventh
Precinct staton-hOuse, where he said his name was
George Remington. An examination Of the warehouse
disclosed the fact that the thieves had attempted
20 force open the safe, which contained 5000.
They had succeeded N prying out the outer door Of
the safe and had attempted TO force open the inner
door had failed. complete set Of burglars tools
found the door by the side OF the safe and also
can OF gunpOwder Remington taken 20 Police Head
quarters, where a description Of min written down.
and his portrait placed ia the R0gues Gallery. III
ascertained that the thief who escaped was JOhn
Reilly, well known the officers Of the Eleventh
Precinct Police, who hope soon 10 effect lis arrest