The New York herald., 1877-02-16
HEAVY BURGLARY ON BROADWAY.

THE LACE HOUSE or STEMS CO. SACKED AND
THE BOOTY CARRIED OFF,
Burglars have OF late nude the most prominent Of our
cty's thoroughfarcs the sccne Of their operations,
and have not nrcqucntly been successful In carrying
of their plunder in broad daylight Such was the case
yesterday morning, when tho lace importing house of
William Stems Co. was almost guttcd by number OF
maraudcrs, who coolly conveyed their spoil into the
open air, loaded wagon with drove OF without
molestation or detection. Tho nrm occupy the third
floor OF No 59s Broadway, agents for the IA
nous lace manufacturers, W. +. Iaurcns & SON
OF Paris On leaving the store Wednesday evening
they piled number OF packages Of valuable laccs upon
the counters, and others Of a still finer quality In
largo safe, which however, they neglected secure
On reaching the place yesterday morning they found
the door on the second floor. which shuts or their
store IRON tho rest OF the bulding, wrenched from
It's hinges aud the massive bolts with which Il was
fastened torn from their places. The members OF the
firm doing business on this floor had arrived ana
then examining holr property to II had been
nolestcd II soon appeared that the burglars had
nned themselves 10 the floor OF stems Co and had
made tho laccs stored thorc the object OF their opera
lions
SYSTEMATIC OPERATIONS
Signs OF tho robbers' every whcrc apparent
IN this part OF tho building. Empty boxes which had
contained valuable goods were strown around, the
couDters were barcd and the sae door wide open
Everything went to show that the burglars had gone
work systematically ana had used due discrimination
occupies the portion OF the building which fronts on
Broadway, and this long narrow passage loads
TO Crosby street. Through this the fruits
Of tho burglary had evidently tcen carried,
and thence down stairway to the
street, where wagon was kept IN waiting. door
opens ON this passage from tho store, and It bore
marks OF tho burglars toos being hacked and spin-
tered in places and having the bolts PRED away. They
cramncd the stolen goods into large bags. OF which
they dropped near she entrance on leaving tho place
II would sccm that they entered tho store about
midni ight and remained thcrc almost Till morning, as
1t would require such period Tor them thor
oughly rnnsack H. How they Effected entrance
into the building is matter Of doubt as tho door
opening upon Broadway was found safely locked this
morning, and the at the head OF the stairs and
tho other opening on the passage way alone in
jurcd. But the testimony OF person In tho vicinity
tends to the theory OF their having departed by Crosby
street. Tnis says that about fvc O'Clock he
a wagon containing large number Of bags driven
through Prince street to the Bowery.
These bags all probability contained
Stems l. Co Is missing laccs. The burglary, IN he
opinion OF the police the work OF practiscd pro-
fessionals, and suspicion rests upon somo old time
cracksmcn Tor whom tho captains OF precincts hav O
been requested to look out Some OF the goods
a peculiar make, and II offered for sale can readily be
recognized
As Mcssrs Stems Co. have been unable to take an
inventory Of their goods they are unable yet TO de-
termnc the exact amount OF their losses but they will
no doubt reach the sum OF several thousand dollars