New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-02
THREE SAFES BROKEN OPEN.
SUNDAY WORK OF BURGLARS IN DUANE-sT.
Anour S175 TAKEN, BUT CuEcKs LEFT oNpi0-



ABOUT $l75 TAKEN. BUT cuEcKs LEFT uNDiS-
TURBED.
y.-,xor g. Smith proprietors of the liquor store
an the first floor Of No. so Duane-st, knowp as
Cobweb Hall. and b. Seligman, proprietor "a .ato
Sybaiehone store on the second floor were IN st.o
Of bewiderment Yesterday regarding *. bniidInS Is
which was peYpetrated on sunday. nc pu hd ed
three stories high. 1t was built pear tr on the
ground floor for many years David fattuila' ,no
Original proprietor OF the place. never permitted any
cnSwebs or dust to be swept from the Walls OF
Ceilings Ferrigan IL Smith cleaned the store up
whe fney got possession of It, but IT Is still dhRy
enough to be worthy OF Its name dns lan io,H
donble-locked at night with an INSIDE pam JON ION
and strong paddock on the OUTSIDE: aoor wnGn
leads to the upper part of the building secured IN
the same way Iron shutters; sscuieI locked grat
Inc blocks the entrance to the cellar from the SIDE
walk, and the scutte is kept locked. ~, ,oor
disturbed apparently, when one OF the regular par
tenders employed by Ferrigan q Smith opened tle
liquor store mUGnps bs Sd' been in the
building nearly all day Sunday Inlee SaigS o rt,
been broken open and the contents scattered over
the floors. Two of the safes had soon IN sIh az
Office in the front of the liquor store. The smaller
one had been dragged into rear room. Inc piate
of the combination lock had been wrentneu on e0
dopr and a hole had been drilled into the lock.
Afterward the entire lock had Dcen 1orceu from Its
bearings Much time had been consumed III opening
the safe and the burglars had found morning ~ ~
excent some papers of no value to them winch they
left on the floor. large but OLD saie nal pcen
opened with jimmies. the plates OF tue uooi l I
been pred of one after the other In that sale Tue
ro66ers found 800 in silver and large mass OF
valuable papers They took the cash but leIt al
the papers including cheek Ior @<,ooo anu So''i"
checks for smaller sums. -. NJ
From the liquor store the thieves got INTO MI
q light shaft and breaking through small door
which communicated with an unused rear staircase;
In the office they tore of the door OF an old sale ana
procured some jewelry and old coins valued at
about S75. There were neither checks nor money
in that safe and the robbers did not disturb Mr..
Seligman's private papers. On counter IN the
store was spread the remains of lunch whlch had
been carried upstairs from the barroom: Eggs ana
cold meats from the cebox wine, whlskey ana
bran ay and o box of cigars had been disposed OF;
Detectives from the Elizabeth ST police station
examined the place carefully and came to the con-
clusion that the thieves had keys to the liquor
store The work of breaking into the sales was
done we'll and indicated that the men were expert
cracksmen, but the fact that only money was taken
and the evident fear of handling checks were
regarded as evidence that the thieves were oe-
cinners in their profession. Mr.. Ferrgan said that
all the barkeepers i'll the store were trusted men
and had been employed long time.