New-York tribune., 1891-12-19
TWO BOLD THIEVES CAUGHT
THEY HAD STOLEN GOODS WORTH $4,000
CLEVER DETECTIVE WORK UNDER TRYING u"
CUM5TANCEs.

CLEVER DETECTIVE WORK UNDER TRYING CIR
cUMsTANcEs.
Inspector Byrness detectives. after deal Oh pa'en
and clever work. yesterday succeeded ID iayi's "' :,
unon the two burglars who In the sipai hv.n, ,
"wednesday morning broke into the store o "'nAn
Daumparten & Co., dealers In bre'aDia' u.p''"''
china Goods and antique furniture at NO 32I fho"s'o'
aud e,oe nroperty worth about Yl2,Ooo lhe roooo''
~a. oommitted between and O'Clock on Wednesday
morn,nc In the rear OF Baumgarten's store Is a'
oIlevwav the door TO which Is IN thirty -s7oone'.
Detectives slauson and Connor, VINO "cre NV. 49,
with the investigation Of the case' iou'Iu ." ,,S
tbieves had first broken open the door ~au'"s ,n"
tho a,leyway and then forced an entrance in.o D"'
uarten's stable There they hitched horse u o'. -
nonmgortan,s wagons. Having got thus 'ar III 'neir
~..t,o, ibsv broke Opeu the doors III tne
. % tbo building and thus finally iouhu
themselves in the main showroom OF 'hs ''o'o. ~
stretched before their greedy eyes was gii.'es .,
OF rich silks sans brOcadeS ana u'pca"'0' W,
all possible speed these goods were ped lI'o 'o -
and then the enerprlsng visitors drove on unseen eA
apparently undetectcd by the ponce OF ehe n''As 49,
nrivate watchmen patrolling the block Ihe "'So'
and horse were aerward found, htched to post ouV
side Smith g. McNelrs restaurant, In Groeh"on-S'''
having evidently been abandoned "a.
The two detectives had apparently hopeless TASK
hofor, tbsm The burglars had vanished as compIeep
as II the ground had swallowed them up ana 'ee "'
trace behind Finally they hit upon cinb "aic,r'
Who on his way home about the time OF tAc pu e''''
had seen a wagon driven by q black-whisKered mar %
rolling down Flfth-ave The blackwhskeied man 'i'u
cou,ranion of a boysh appearance. Wlth this siehei
clew to guide them, the detectives on lhioriha~ M
nished Inv witnesses in the shape OF pohcemen' pees
ans cabmen and others, traced the wagon anu i.' us
all through New-York, over Brooklyn bnue.r ""N
tnrouch BROOKLYN as far as Greenpont and at Green
n
erty and the thieves somewhere In the himeua'o
ne,chborhood and pursuing their inquiries among the
men whose business takes them out OF doors Ill u'o
small hours they found that the wagon hey "er7 ai'e
had been driven by blackwhlskered man 70 nou9c
I'm Monitor-st. after o. M on WedhesdaS h'o'i.
ing No one knew, however, exactly which mousse IL
was. Slanson and O'C0nnOr kept watch on tno
block and late in the evening two men answering
in all partleulars the description of the burglars COME
out Il one OF o row of houses in Monltor-St' lnaS
much however the houses were all cxternanS ahAe
tba detectives watching at the bottom OF the street,
could not distinguish from the other. however
they followed the man and the boy across the HrooK-
lyn Bridge TO New-York. The two men went 10
lodging house in the Bowery and there remained for the
night When they left the house in the morning u'e
detectives were waiting for them All through Ihurs-
day the man and his youthfnl-lookng companion
roamed over New-l orl and Brooklyn followed BY heir
attendant shadows, and finally returned 10 the bo"ers
hotel where they slept. AT O'CLOCK yesterday moih
ing they came out into the street again. Through the
hitter night Slalson and O'ConDcr had watched ana
waited and now at last it seemed IL their patience
would be rewarded.
The blacl-whiskcred man wore beaver oVercoat,
and against the rglhan pocket OF this ccat his hana
was pressed with an aiectionate warmth The pocKet
buged suspiclousy. and these two facts were enough
for the officers They accosted the men and lhVited
them to take walk with them to Police headquarters
In the identical overcoat pocket which Fad hrst at
tractd Slausons attention found several samples
Of Mr.. Baumgarten's lost property. That overcoat
was worn by John Dehl thrtytwo years DID, who re-
fused TO say where he lived. His youthful looking
companion Il by no means verdant In the warp ol
darkness He is twenty-five years old. and his name y
Frank Powers. In his pocket was found door key
which would fit any sort Of lock. With this Key tne
detectives returned MOntorst., and resolved u t
three out OF the row Of houses The nrst mousse tey
came TO was No. s6. They learned that two men
had recently hired parlor on the ground moor ihIs
parlor was locked up for the greater part OF the e
ny at guar Intervals did the men visit the house
OConnOr put the key In the larlor door and tle neAI
moment the detectives stood inside the room loohs
upon the whole of the stolen goods. , ,,,, ~.
The property taken in a wagon 10 fOlce ilesu-
ouarters THE rlre-colored delicatey designed mass
of silk plush, grain old gold, damash uhse,,
naccoustomed brightness and color to the SOBER pnsl-
nessike surroundings OF Inspector Byrness once'
All the material was identified by Mr.. Banmgarten
ana this morning the prisoners, both OF whom are
professional thieves will he arraigned for examnauoh
ut Jefferson Market Police Court.