The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-16
THE STOLEN TOBACCO FOUND.
HIDDEN IN 7Hr CELLAR OF A BROOK
LYN CIGAR STORE
Evrsnty.ave Bales Taken Inst Tuesday
fron - Hoboken Pier Traced 10 n Ware.
hoose MT Red Hook Point - The Cigar
Dealer and Another Arrested.

Tvrsnty.ave Bales Taken Last Tuesday
IRON - Hoboken Pier Traced 10 n Ware.
house MT Red Hook Point = The cigar
Dealer and Another Arrested.
The Brooklyn police have recovered the
twenty-five bales of nne Sumatra tobacco. said
to be worth $4,000. which was stolen on
1nesduy last from the pier Of tho Netherlands
stea oiship Company In Hoboken. and have
arrested two OF the alleged receivers Of the
stolen property. which was stored last night
In the Bergen street station.
Cohen 4 Go. received n consignment OF
Ill bules of tho tobacco by tho steamship
Didam. which arrived ut tho llobokcn dock On
Aug. u. On Monday. Aug. =, nine,y-1ve bales
were removed TO tho warehouse OF the firm on
its own trucks on an order signed by the head
OF the ,nrm. On tho following day u truck man.
who gave the name Of Bous. with another
man. presented himself at tho Hobokcn dock
with an order purporting to DO signed by A.
Cohen & Go. for twenty-five more bales. so tho
order was accepted ns genuine and tho bales
were delivered. On Wednesday II was discov-
ercd that this ordor was forged. and the Ho.
boken police and special detectives employed
by the steamship company were notified. and
went to work to hunt for the thieves.
Police Inspector Reilly Of Brooklyn learned
on Saturday thar n truck heavily laden with
tobacco balos had gone to a vacant warehouse
Mt Rod Hook Point on Thursday. night. Tho
weSo loaded on another truck and taken to a
tobacco dealer IN the Ninth ward.
lnsp2stor i'eiiiS went to work on the case
and Price. Yesterday afternoon the lnspcc.
tors efforts were rewarded by the discovery of
under the cigar store or Henry Montanns.a ut
2!& Flatbush avenue. which is not more thnn
tios. y end sy sf ths ar, "rse sss Il Mo ssISss ' SnS Join s1",
G., Dehls. OF o. St. Mark avenue. n son Of II
wholesale tobacco dealer in renri street. while
both wore engaged IN Transforming the tobacc"
from the original bales to wooden boxes. such
as,are used BY the Wholesale dealers.
top OF each other in the cellnr. and the tohacc"
WIS packed in the twelve pig boxes. Mon
rSnnsr an" md Ra1,, a MrTG In arfHste or by ~ ths S,In,ss
strret station. and Detectives Xundt and l,e,,l
had the twelve b"Xc, Of tobacco nnd the empty
REPRESENTATIVES OF A. Cohen & Co. and the
shipping cierk at the Hoboken dock subso-
The police refused to allow any one to com.
munieate. with either OF the prisoners. hut it
!, ha an 'nv In"1 s shs. sbof an, ;oh henieI La nat tss sS
stolen. He admitted TINT he was n little suI-
ricious ovcr the circumstance thrt SUCH u val
Friday night, Detectives were out Inst n;x!?s
tho tobacco from Moboken to th s"nR eu hpoH
Point warehouse.
bl MH n ai he f HSfb snHG s q i. s, tns t fSE fSs
pnst twenty years. Ho owns tho three;
story building in which his store and
factory are. and tho adjacent one. as
well rs other property, In BROOKLYN. he lives
with his wife. son. and daughter at II Pros
Sheepshead Bay. Ho is q. Republican. and
me Of tho most earnest workers in the organ
fzation at election times.
a Custom House officer who is one Of his
closest personal and political friends has been
was deposited in the cellar. and he was there
last night. nervous, with excitement. over
Montanns's arrest., The friends OF .MontsEns
his connection with the matter satisfactorily.