New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-11
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
BoLD ROBBERY IN BROADWAY.

QUITTING OFT THE BOTTOM OF JRwELRf STORE
WINDOW AND LETTING 1T FALL INTO THE STREET.
The boldest exploit recently made by New-York
thieves was an attack on Ihe JeweIy SUI 49, ~
Thomas B. Bynner. Of No. 90 broanWy h;o,"a
daylight few days ago. As none OF ne thieves '
engaged in the work were arrested tle pollce
carefully kept the robbery secret unt last eE t
ing when il was made public by accidenI. = ne
iaweIry store il on the ground floor of the buIdng
which adiOius the st. Nicholas Hotel ana WHICH was
reinodeed and improved rTcentiy Near inc L V;t
entrance TO the store L. u large bay WINDOW, WIN
pnnes Of thick plate glass, IN Whlcn diauonuS 'ii
ornaments have been displayed The Dottol3 ol Iut
window was made from thick OAK plak hc,iuc. t az
an angle and piece of velvet cloth was lau on VIC
plank. In the daytime the VelIei was aInio'a 60 %
cred by costly gems which were lana away W saio
at night. The thieves who douDIiess nal h M w.
eIoe of the lnanuer in which the business OF the
store was conducted formed plan 10 steal ',io t
tents of the show window III the daytime, as ,nTS
conld moi break the timex glass o! the Windows WIN
ont Attracting the attention of the persons INSIDE the
store they decided TO cut through the PLANK ~ tn9
bottom % the window. Inns par Oh aht W"a" m,u
to be performed at night, and JUDGING ny me mm-
ner in which it was done 1t is probable that lhey
spent portions of several n'Thls IN saWnS
through the thick plank . When the Joes
was completed, the entire bottom Of
tine window had been cut through at
the edges and supported by b trlLo1
90 nicely that the velvet covering was not dlsturoe!
aud nothing 70 attract the suspicious Of the clerks III
the store could be observed The thieves then had
ocly to twist the buttons 10 lei the bottom oil Tue
window fall Mt their feet. outside the store
The time fixed upon for the completion ~ me ron
berry was p. H., when Broadway was crowded win
wagons aid with persons burr ing TO tholr
homes The thieves watched their opportunity
when no policemen were in SIGHT Then they let
the bottom of the window fall lie velVet coFcrilg'
with IT'S valuable articles also fell the sidewalk
The thieves caught ~ handfulIS of the gems and
ran away OAe nau was seized by clerk VINO had
seen the bottom of the window dlsapp' ar ana nld
r,she, ont OF the door t. wat had become ol IT,
The thief threw away his booty, and after short
struggle freed himself and succeeded ID escaping
with his c0nfederates. $500
The articles i'll the window were worth oyer
So 900 but in their haste the thieves We're not ape
TO choose The most valuable articles and It was be-
hevcl that less than thousand dollars woi IN OF
Jewels was carried away. John sylvester Charles
Lewis John +. Kelly and Rudolph dliier, who were
arrested on Saturday night for i0bbins the jewelry
store of c. f. Collins at No 7O2 Broadway, we're
arraigncd before Justice Hammer, Yesterday after
noon at the jefferson Market Court Lewis could not
be identified and was discharged. The others were
held in 500 bail each. representative OF hi.
Bynner was in count and sand that kciy was IN
front of the store at the time OF the robbery ana lie
was suspected OF being duplicated III 1t.