Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-22
LOOTED IN DAYLIGHT.
Five WagOn-Loads Of Paintings and
Bric-a-Brae Hauled Away.
FELIX BRUNOT's HOME PLUNDERED.
The Robber Displays Talent in Disposing Of
His Plumber.
ANDREW BACH, THE ARTIST, ARRESTED


Allegheny Central station now holds An
drew, alias "Jep," Bach, and the indications
nre that he will not shine in the social world
for several years to come. He was placed
there for robbing the stockton avenue resi-
dence of Hon. Felix r. Brunot. Though he
may not be the slickest thief in the world,
he is certainly thoroughbred and an artist
in his profession. In broad daylight he
managed to take away and dispose OF four
or five wagon loads of costly brfc-a-Drac,
rare old china, furniture and other valuable
articles, which formerly decorated the mill
ionaires home. His robberies extended
over a period of about week.
lie was thoroughly acquainted with munich
pal affairs, and knowing that the city was
without police protection between the hours
of GA. NJ. and 10 A. NJ, he chose that time to
carry out his plans. Besides this, by his own
statement, he either has another valuable
collection of plunder in the East End or has
attempted swindling scheme of gigantic
proportions.
Long Chances Taken by the Robber.
The matter came to the attention of the
police on Monday. Assistant superintendent
of Police Glenn examined the house, and
found an entrance had been gained by cut
ting out little hole in the door and sliding
back the bolt. Not knowing what had COM
prised the Punishment of the house, Mr.
Glenn could not determine what was was
summer residence in Verona for the
past two weeks. Mr.. Glenn placed
two policemen in charge of the house that
night, but the robber did not return. Ine
no one was discovered. Assistant Superin-
tendent Glenn then looked up the second
BILE discovery that all the robberies had been
committed in daylight. a high brick wall
guards the rear entrance of the house, and
each morning the man had driven a wagon
in there and deliberately loaded it with the
richest furnishings of the house, such as
rare old china, oil paintings, carpets, mar
BILE clocks, andirons, candelabra, richly
carved furniture, statuary, vases and bric-a-
brac. He had seized the first floor of the
house at 81 Sandusky street. "A family Iyed
upstairs, but the downstairs ro va
cant. In these he had rearrnngeq the furnl-
ture. Then he brought a secondhand fur
story he would tell was that he, mad
been running gambling house, had fallen
out to escape having his goods ,confiscated
The bargain would be quickly closed and
the dealer would take away the stuff Each
carried off the carpets from the stairway.
OF course he had to leave the heavier 1urnl-
ture.
Caught in the Worlds Museum.
Yesterday afternoon Superintendent
Glenn, in company with Miss Hogg, n rela-
tive of the Brunot family, visited the vari-
GUS secondhand stores in the city and dis
| covered at least five wagon loads of furni-
| ture stolen from that house. There we're
also thousands of dollars worth of oil paint
| ings. Avery good description of the man
was obtained, and yesterday afternoon De.
| tective5 Steele and Johnston arrested
| Andrew Bach at the Worlds Mu-
| scum He protested his innocence,
| but last night q number of dealers positively
| identified him. He is man about feet
| inches in height with light hair and neatly
| curled mustache. He wore pair of light
| trousers, q white vest, a full dress shirt and
n Prince Albert coat. Bach is a barber and
| has wife living on Twenty-ffth street. He
| formerly had O barber shop in the East End
Detective Glenn says he has already served
! q term in the penitentiary for larceny.
| He also told one of the secondhand dealers
| that he had place in the East End, but the
| police had compelled him to close. His fur
| Tfture there was worth from s., 900 to 81, 600
| and he was willing to sell it for $500 cash.
| The dealer did not care to make the pur-
chase without seeing the. stuff, SO Bach
offered to show him the place for $50 and
then he could set his own price on the goods.
While he may have another lot of booty in
the East End, the Detectives think the man
may inst have house spotted where he
| knew the owners were away, and he could
get the $50 and let the dealer run the risk OF
being caught.