Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-22
CoMNlssIoN MERCHsET.
Sunday STEALING,
$4,000 Worth Of Laees Stolen in
Broad Day-HOW New York Thieves
Pat fm aho sabbath.
New York sun, April -.

Broad Day-HOW New York Thieves
Pat in iho Sabbath.
New York sun, April 70.
4 covered express wagon, with two men
and a driver, was driven from the front Of
John 3. HatheWay's wholesale lace and
ladies' trimming store, at 5 Howard street,
az about II o'clock yesterday morning.
The policeman on du,y saw the wagon,
but, thinking that It had stopped by the
sidewalk 20 make some trihing repair %
the harness, paid no attention to it. About
, O'Clock in the afternoon officer DANES
Corey ascertaiued that the store had been
robbed. Word was Immediately sent to
the Mulberry street police station, and
the Captain aud one Of The ward detectives
opened the front door.
There were no signs Of violence On the
outside, but In the inside everything was
in confusion. All Of the valuable lace
goods had been packed i'm bags and taken
away. The floor vas COTereh with bum
dies Of cheap laccs end trimmings. Sralce-
lv anything remained on the shelves.
Everything had been thrown 20 the 1Oor,
and the thieves had taken their time iD
separating tie valuable goods from the
common ones. The counters were covered
with bales and boxes that had been sam
pied and rejected, cigar ends strewn over
the h1Or showed that the thieves had
worked ct their ease, and had probably
sDent some hours in the building. The
store is on a corner Of Crosby street, I've
stories high, with 4 marble front. The
thieves had evidently entered wi.h false
KEYS: and when they wen. 0ut they locked
the doors behind them. The lace shawi5,
scarfs. and trimmings that were taken are
estimated to be worth $4,000. They
could easily have been packed in one OF
two bags.
At 4 O'Clock, while officer Lawrence
Burke was pat-Oliing his post in Spring
street. he saw twO young men huTrying
down the street, each with a large canvas
bag under his arm. When they saw the
officer thev hastily entered Eberehardys
shoe store in the basement Of - Spring
street. The shoe store is separated from
4 large beer saloon by "a light partition, and
a door is cut through near the front. with
large sash. The bags were StoUd-in the
corner near the show window, and one Of
the Young men, taking a seat on the sofa
took off his shoe and asked the clerk 70
measure bis foot The officer followed the
Young man, and saw tie bags standing by
the window. In one Of the bags 4 small
hole had been torn, and a little end Of lace
trimming was in sight. As the officer en-
tered the store one Of the me1 spTaDg
through the glass door into the lager beer
saloon, ran up the stairs, and escaped into
the street. His companion, who had on
only one shoe, was unable % escape, and,
with the two BAGS, was taken to the police
station. There he described himself as
William O'IIaIa, Of ljT Elm street. The
bags contained S12, 600 worth Of lac7s and
trimmings,
About ten minutes later, Officer Birch,
IN Broome street, learned that three young
men had been seen going out Of William
Weise Il Co s wholesale lace and trimming
store, at No. 423 BrOOme street. When De
went to the Mulberry street police station
TO report, he found there tie other Two Of
fcers, and a messenger fTOm Weise & Co
saving that their store had been robbed Of
$4,000 Or $4,000 worth Of laces. Their
store is a brown stone building, about mid
way between Centre and Crosby Streets
As the laces and trimmings sold in both
stores are nearly identical, it was impOssi-
be to determine to which the goods that
were captQred belonged. No burglars
tools were found; an1, as everything was
locked in both stores, 10 is inferred that
false keys were used in both instances.