New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-01-01
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
A JRWELRY FIRMs HEAYY LOsS.

A JRWELRY FIRMS HEAVY LOSS.
sAoBBERY or THE STORE OF BENEDICT BROTHERS,
A MYSTERIOUS CAsr-FFFoRTs OF TIE POLICE
TO DISCOVER THE CRIMINAL
One of the boldost burglarics on record was
reported to notice yesterday morning The jewery
store OF Benedict Brothers, No. G75 Broadway, was
robbed Of money and goods amounting I'm Iaue TO over
$1,000 between the hour Of closing Thursday night
and the time OF opening Friday morning. The firm
OF Benedict Brothers consists OF Samuel W. Benedict and
Oyngton Benedict They have other brothers VINO are
also in the oelry business down town and IN the Bow
cry The store No 67J Broadway Is under the Cand
Central Hotel The firm occupies only side Of this
store, the other side being rented 20 H. 81.
Post dealer IN silver-platod ware. Besides the
front entrance Broadway there is door
leading tho rcading-rOOm OF the hoteI'
Both OF the Of the firm sleep in the store They
place their beds in the passage way in the rear part OF
the between the four safes To pass out at ths
door leading TO the Grand Central Hotel 1t was neocs
ssry 60 90 close ~ the beds r went away from
the store at about $3.50 p Thursday, and his clerk
left about an samuel w. Benedict was Va the
store during the evening, the property IA the
show taken out m the trays and placed III inc large
safes There are two OF these safes having dial conoa-
ton locks There two other safes in the rear part OF
The store hired 10y Mr. Post The frat OF these had been
out Of order for several days and the books Of the firm
and quantity Of silver watches gold bTaceiets' ana
other property that could not be rla ed into The 0er
large safes locked into small frcproOf Herring
safe which had ordinary safe lock that operated WIFI
key. About 300 placed ia the cash drawer IL Ne
end Of the dcsk This drawer locked and the STORE
seeed poIlecly secure when mir Benedict went to bed
Oyingt0n Benedict returned TO the store about a. M
YESTERDAY e went through the Grand Central Hotel to
TIE reRdn0O and entered the store by the rear door,
Which, ho states he feels certain that ne closed and
fastened. lie retired Immediately. II has been me
custom OF Sac young who opened The store To come
90 the door about NJ, ana arouse the Ienedlcts
Yestcrl., msuls t4e boy came 10 usual and Knocked
for Ions tnc 30 The door without arOusing anybody
ThiHku a Ills very strange he tried the door ana
found Chat % was unlocked, and entered the store The
shutters up aud casliet was burning cinly as
had been Iet ON the night before. Both OF the Hene
Glcts were apparently sound a,rcp in their beds They
vert aroused with great difficulty. Afsr tie Beuc-
diets WEI. thoroughly awake they were tod that the
porter Lad found tIe rear door unlocked Besides the
lock or TIE door t also secured by bolt on tdt inside
This found To- De drawn back There were no sseoi
any yiol.rco ON the door On going to the sales tie
small Was found % be unlocked AMI every TING OF
ve,uc la1 r,.r token away Tic other safes were So
eurcIy locked rhe edsl-rawcr had been opened and
all Tie money that 20 been lttt nero was gone Ihe
bad boon poured or ~" ,-tIl eNl MY EL'V ,io Do
Giets wolc al -. lteie W ais" MARKS on ,' I.S
found near tle door in which was Few crops Oh eole
taing resembling iauGaHum
An
Precinct Police quickly al the store Dc,ec',Nes
Philip Reilly and Williamson o! the Police Genital ce
were alsp. summoned TO aid in tho investigation. rug
cihcers iouio ti'I tht s9S ~ D.'u 1irn "ir,t ,
kew the han lie II which had been broken on gus l
aftc. II brc had been pas iniQ the cSsh az ser
Jbis madc 70 evident taAt lte caSIi tla~tI W. o.
first and SIC contents taken cut TAen ilc burglar went
t. tie Herring safe, and finding thit the key h'd' ck
pair OF nippce nom the FeI- 'ch'H "heie oIV
repaired aGd opened the safe A. no evidence 3I i""
could be found where. the police believed lht Cue
burglar wa concealed in The store There "as ample
room for d nan to have conceded himself under
Mr. Posts counters. which arc screened ~ cV. ms
He probably had UOite oi culp.oi .'ih ana WIN 'ls
nortOz- The inmate OF tn store. Mr. Benedict Kept
large IevUN Or of French PAT ii u az TIC AtI" is
bed 1lis was removed into a snail room that bad
Dsritioucd OF from the sore fhe firms prs
After reudc.lg the scepers poTcIres 10 ntt.4-ft H
yvorl, the hlr,r probably went g. tie cash AMI
unlocked % with a key taken from tie rOcEct 0t Dr.
Renedicts u;alOOns There De- found Tn old KEY to tic
Uerrins sale Mr. PosU said that "a burglar could siy
After the burglar had rted tho Gte, ne Ha@e b escape
easily by the rear door 70 The rcadugT1Om ana oar 20
10 street Nobody could he found IN the Grand CrI,rai
Hotel who saw stranger pas uUt during tht mae HGl
IL ~ s1,,,-oF5J that Inc burglary was committed. TIE
ease sal! rcs ANS enshi0udcd deep mystery The 90
tectves TOOK the stained pilOTbiis away ara ae ~ ..
mt them o. chemist villa We" OF Gscti canning NL@
tat the imtAcr they investigated the greater became
the coliu.En. The might Clerk Of ne G.Snl
through the otfcc and Ieadiu-roum 70 tie rear coor
of Their store about l d lie SAID e was certain mat
dict pa,-", through the hotel after 1880 samuel
Benedias ted Jadt he very light sctpeI ANA a.
Wals '-t" -uHotLdu WIG, i ''.i"t ." .''' l',I- 81.
did nee e. .l.,iu vi such headache as Muut nave
bcrn eXp.ttCd 90 follow sue. ust al chOi10iH. OFN
ton Benedict also sand tht Lc iocncu tue GOO" atlf '
entrance teiday morning ami t We heye De- lie "Ft'
COat pocket. he aItyrWad believed that lac Lung lle
KEYS besiG tio door, and WIS h'l very cItha ia I'"i
g. many tiB Al ~ these tnu-s Tho Vplrr ntilta
did mucn 10 cDmpAc30 their lch 4of We Dd e-s '..
tne properly sau CAUSED bu'pc' aI f.'t st' i may
he dj noj believe that De lal suffered "icn i''-' bt
should tuic account of STOCK soon Samuel l,hcdrl
5000.