New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-01-27
rUJEyES PUNCHED BY THE COLD.
NOVEL Use OF AN OLD NEwSPAPER-How GRIM
INAIs GET LIVING.

NOVEL USE or AN OLD NEWSPAPEk-ho" Ci'iM
INALs GET LIVING.
An unusually severe Winter has stimulated
thieves and swndIers 10 unwonted activity and within
az bours their depredations have been remarkably ire
quent
A remarkable case in point is an attack upon
gentleman recently. at il a. m, as he was entering
Sixthave car at Canal and Vareksts. He was encoun-
tered by two welLdressed men, who leaped upon the
opposite side Of the platform and prevented him from
entering the doorway. Two other men stepped up be-
hind him. and at the moment the car was stopped
70 allow lady to get on. The gentleman was then
crowded the edge OF the doorway by the thieves who
were diuse in their poteness 10 the lady, his arms
seized raised TO the level OF his shoulders ana
firmly held and one OF the gang grasped small satche
which the victim held in his hand and on receiving
remonstrance apolozed for the act In the mean tne
various fingers were searching the pockets OF the man
so beset These movements were of the most rapid
character, for the car had gone only half block
when the gang jumped of In the course
OF their explorations they had withdrawn hall
way from the gentleman's pocket an old newspaper
which they neglected TO take. The romance OF the Incl
dent lies principally in the fact that in that old news
paper we're wrapped 90 $50 bills $1,000 in current
funds The newspaper in this instance fulfilled the IN
enton OF its owner the thieves were deceived by The
| package which was prepared for such contingency.
The conductor WAS evidently Of the character OF
the four passengers who left the platform so rapidly
and indeed witnessed the whole proceeding for In
response inquiry he said he had not dared 10 inter
fere as his life would have been endangered II he had
attempted 1t with no oneupon whomIto rely for aid and
| protection.
stranger entered the United States Hotel, at Fulton
and Pearsts on Friday night and registered himself as
Samuel b. Allen Of Cleveland Ohio. He was given
room and the following morning left the bote al an
early hour The chambermaids, going into rooms adj
acen that occupied by the stranger discovered that
some had evidently forced the doors and stolen ev-
erything OF value A. w Armstrong lost diamond PIN
valued at 800. L. Armstrong gold watch ana W "
| As James r. Barnes OF Poughkeepsie was walking
City Hall Park early Saturday morning ne was
| rudely tOsted by two welldressed young men, VINO
thought street accident and walked across
to broadway where he suddenly disecyerea ms
from breastpocket OF his overcoat MI Barnes IN
! loss and described the pickpockets. , ,,-,,..
Forty pigs OF lead stolen either during FRIDAY
night or early Saturday morning from Pier NO 80 N L.
The stolen metal must have been an immense mass -
carry away from the pier, and II is probaDe that TRUCK
policeman on duty in west-st however knew anything
about the robbery until hours after 1t occurred -
The residence Of Mrs. LOWS, at Nos 81 ana IS west
| Thrueth-st, entered by sneak thieves while the
family we're at supper, on Friday evening. bronze
clock valued sS w az S Stolen i%E o0'
On tbe same evening the dwelling OF II. c. Cory, at
No 800 East One-hundre dandtwentieth-s was broken
into by burglars, who gained an entrance Dy FORCING
through the adjoining house, which unoccupied The
burglars descended 10 the second Moor ana there soe
! iewelry and clothing valued at $50.
Oicer Moran Of the Second Precinct 1onnd open the
street door OF the furstOre Of William Esther at NO Oh
Maldenane, on Friday morning. AS he had tried the
door time before and found secure he suspected
there were several burglars within, and procuring
assistance, he searched the premises He ola not hnd
any thieves but the proprietor aseertained tat Tour
ladies easkin sacqes, valued at $685. ana nteen seal
| skin caps, valued at $780, were missing.
Sneak thieves forced opened the front door OF the
house of Dr. Michael F. Brlckner at No 2lS East Forty
| ffth-st while the family in the basement on
Saturday night and stole from the back parlor trunk
filled with clothing and jewery valued at $500 Three
hours afterward Officer O'D0nDe OF the Twenty-nrst
Precinct was told that there trunk the steps OF
the basement No. East Forty-second-s He went
20 the and found trunk the lock OF which had
been broken OFF The thieves evidently took the trunk
! beneath the stoop examine their plunder became
frightened from some cause and abandoned what thty
had stolen. The trunk identified by Dr. Brlckner as
his property.