New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-19
THE MYSTERIOUS SAFE-ROBBERT.
CAPTAIN HoRBELT EXPLAINS. BUT Mr.. MENscplN'
WILL INVESTIGATE FOE HI sFLF.

CAPTAIN HoRBELT EXPLAINS. BUT Mr. MENSCliNu
WILL INVESTIGATE FOE HI sFLF.
When Police Superintendent Murray read in the
newsrapois yesterday morning that therc han oecn
a daylight burglary in Henry Menschines cigar anu
cxpress store at No. 40 sprngst, he called on hcung
Cantain Horiselt OF the Mnlbery-st squard for a
rcnort. In the afternoon Mr.. Murray read the re-
port TO the reporters at Police headquarters. IL was
stated that Mr. Menschings son william reported the
alleged safe robbery at the Mulberry Street Station at
o :o5 D. NJ on Monday. Tho young mans description
~ his tuss,c with one of the robbers was related
substantially as 1t published In The Inouno
yesterday. Sergeant horOeieS fePo'' 'n'" W."
tinucd as followers:
learned that ut the time Of the alleged robbery Michael
Iapp. OF No Al sprinc.s.. and Anthony DIVER OF NO
o34 Mulberry-st, standing exactly In front OF MI
wo,scbnrs store on tho sidewalk and must have heard
any noisy scune or disturbance which might occur inside
They are positive that none occurred Ihey say tha'
William Mcnsching cut OF the store and said 70
Lam: Have eye on the store until run around 10
tho station house, did oot sy that the store had peen
robbed and did not make any outcry. At 2Io D. M
same date Patrolman Theobald Thorn, OF this precinct
s,onned into said store buy newspaper and saw Will
lam Monschng the safe who. when he turned AROUND
and saw Thorn slammed the ssfcdoor All this occurred
u, fifteen minutes before the safe was reported robbed az
alleged md also that few weeks the said William
M.nschine was on spree with Michael Horan OF NO 22S
the conclusion OF which the said Hoan ac-
cu.ed the said william Mcnsching Of stealing 500 from
h, ocket and threatened scnd Mensching TO prison IN
s the money was refunded 1roran that Mensching
the theft returned SIS and promised return the
balance In instalmcnts Horan would prom
i.e TO say nothing about IT. This Horan
agreed to do, and yesterday. twenty-four
hours after the alleged safe robbery William Menschne
Maid Horan s45 thereby settling his debt to Horan Now
william Mel sching supposed 10 have means in
CONS, and his payment the s4a 10 be able to stay out Of
nrison seems TO solve the mystery OF the alleged safe
robhcrv and am forced believe that the money was
taken from the safe by William Mensching to enable him
70 nav Horan and clumsy robbery story was in
vented to up his theft
Mr. Mcnschlng had been told by the police that his
son william was believed to be the thief but he said
knew about that 500 weeks ago. My son and Horan
went TO a horse race and william won 500. which he
gave TO his mother TO keep for him. Horan was drunk
and William OF 500 belonging to him until Horan
came to the store sober and It My boy does not
drink and he had no need 10 steal from me-
Mr.. Menschlng showed the mark of Jimmy on the
broken inner compartment Of the SAFE TO prove that tho
robbery was committed by professional thief. Mary
Watterson little girl, who lived over the store, was
in the country yesterday. The Menschngs said that
she was knocked down by the robber, who was es-
Gaming through the hallway after the tusse with young
Meusching. Mr. Mcnsching said he intended 10 IN
vestiuate the robbery his own account, since tho
polico had sought TO implicate his SON