The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-11-09
MORE SURPRISING CRIMES.
THIEVES BREikING AN ETGHTH AVE
NUE. JRUELLER'S WINDOW
CHASING THIEF Down Finy..ixth street-Pis
toll shots Exchanged, hut one w ounded-
The fiudIna Of some OF the stolen .IeNveIry.

CHASING y Thief Down FIny.-ixth street-Pis-
toll shots Exchanged. hut one Wounded
The fiudins Of Some OF the stolen Jewelry.
The robbery ofthe jewelry store 94 Eighth
avenue bctwrcn Ffty-nfth aud Fifty-sixth
stroots. on Wednesday. though a surprising
crime. was far from being what was at frs, re-
ported Not the least peculiar feature about it
IL that It IL really a story in two chapters-two
robberies. probably 10y the same persons. in one
day. and both successful. Charles Secger. q
wiry. determined looking little fellow, about 10
years old seemingly. is a clork in the store. In
the absence Of his employer. Mr.. A. Bernhard
he narrated IA follows tho circumstances:
Atabout II o'clock on Wednesday morning my
employer sent mo to the bakers shop.
n little above here. on this block. to get
some bread. When | came back hap
pened to glance into our window. and saw that
the things in il had been tumbled about and
dlsarronged, Az soon as ! came in I spoke
about II to Mr.. Bernhard. and he went out to
look AZ II. because you can see IL better from tho
outside. he found that u place had been cut
oui Of one Of the side lights OF tho window on
the upper side toward Fifty-siXtb street II
wasn't very big hole. not large enough for
mans hand 10 go through. and would hardly
have been noticed II the things hadn't been
upset: but 1t was big enough for the thieves to
nsh out. probably with wire hooks, one gold
watch and lot Of sol id gold rings. That THEY
Ing must have been done some, time the night
hole. and my employer went around 10 the
Forty seventh street police station and re-
ported the robbcry Nothing more hap
pened until IN o'clock on the same
evening. At that time was standing near the
ao3or outside the counter; We were talking
paving stone went through the window with a
crush. II was thrown with such force that 1t
struck the board back of n jewellers working
desk behind tho window and cracked ii. While
the shattered glass was yet falling. n man
thrust the upper half OF HIS body through into
window he'd "a Pm ~ aiarhl coll
watches. with some heavy solid gold rings on
H. got good look at him, and am sure
should know him again. He was a young man.
thin faced very pale. smooth shaved. with light
clothes. and a soft black hat. l drew my re-
volver ami jumped 10 the door but could not
outside but how we have not been able to dis.
cover. Ny employer sprang TO help me. and
together We pulled the door open. Then we
chnsed the thief who was not half a block away.
I Hired three shots after him from my revolver
put don't think hit him. Mr.. Asburg. who
the thiei and he fired his pistol once but In the
ar. and the thief only ran the faster. A police
omcer. who was coming down Eighth avenue,
little above Fifty-sixth street, Joined in the
chase. but didn't shoot The robber ran down
Fiity-sixth street toward Broadway and at the
were many persons running after him. but no
body saw where he went from there. After
ward l got lantern and hunted along the way
ne run TO sec whether he had dropped any OF
the things he stole. found the tray and three
Of the gold watches. One OF them somebody
together the thief got away with six gold
watches and about twenty solid gold rings
that Is IN the two raids on the windOW-amount-
ing 10 about 5000 in value"