New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-04
THREE THIEVES ENTRAPPED.
THE 10000 CIGARS THEY STOLE RECOVERED.
ONE OF THEM DIVES HALF THROUGH WINDOW
A STRUGGLE WITH ANOTHER.


The police of the Oak-st. station. and Cap
tain Slevin in particular, have for eleven day'
been doing their utmost to arrest the thleve'
who stole the 1000 cigars from the warehouse
of NJ Barranco d. Co., No. 2sl Pcarl-st., on the
night of April %. Yesterday they succeeded II
arresting all connected with the robbery and il
recovering all the lost property. The prisoner
are James Quigley. alias James A. Wells. we'll
known thief: "Patscy" Carroll, alias William
Harrison, of No. 165 Forsyth-st., and Thomas
Campbell, of No. SO Sands-st Brooklyn.
On Friday afternoon NJ. Kalfon cigar dealer
at Nos l Cortlandt and Sc Beaver sts., called
at the Oak-st station and told Captain Slevin
o man called upon him TO sell him lot OF cigars
cheaply Mr. Kafon had read the accounts of tie
robbery in the trade papers and knew that Tie
brands of cigars mentioned by his caller were the
same as those that BarrancO & Co. had lost lie
asked the man TO call again and went 10 the police
Early Yesterday Ward Detectives james ii. Nc
Crorey and Daniel j. Callahan we're cent to Broad
way and Cortlandt-st to watch Mr.. kalfons
store At 1880 o'clock Quigley and Carroll
entered the cigar store. Mr.. Kalfon was en-
pecting them. Putting on bis hat and coat, he
started out with the thieves TO examine the
stolen goods. Closely followed by the two de-
tec.ives, the *aree went TO a barroom at Front
the third prisoner The detectives waited on the
outside.
There the party remained inside for half an
hour. Then all four came out and went into
No. 2l5 York-st Fifteen minutes later kalfon
came ont with Campbell. Lifting his hat and
with his handkerchief wjping his forehead. he
gave the detectives the signal by which tley were
to understand that lie had found the stolen
property. The detectives arrCs;c1 Campbell AMI
turned him over TO Brooklyn policeman Then
they knocked at the basement door, which was
locked. Soon it was opened by Quglcy aud both
detectives forced their way in. With Quigley
was Harrison. both in their shirt sleeves. So
quickly had the two detectives gained an entrance
that the thieves were nonplusci and said not
o word.
There in the middle of the floor was all OF
the stolen property. packed in the same shoe boxes
in which it was removed from rcarl-st
Let me go into the back basement said Ouig-
lev. =" | want TO get my coat -. ~ right" sail
the officer. Into the back roon Quigley walked
and putting on his coat made a diye through q
two and q half foot square window that opened
into yard in the rear When the crash Of :he
glass was hearl by NcCrorcy he ran into the bacl:
basement and found Quiglcy valny trying TO tear
out the sash, having IN lis first atcmp. succeeded
In breaking only two OF the six r1ncs In the win
dow Taking hi,n by the neck. the Officer threw
him on his back and handcui!cd him.
In the meantime Callahan was having fun with
Carroll. When Quigey made dash for his lib
erty Carroll tried to escape up the basement steps
lie did not succeed end soon his hands were culed
1he two prisoners were then taken to the street
and with Campbell were brought to the Oalx-st.
station.
The police have been unable to learn where the
stolen property stored from the time of the
robbery until Friday night. On the. morning Of
that day one of the prisoners hired the basement
of No. 21S Yerh-st-fron Mrs. Conncrs. On Fri |
day night covered wagon drove up and from il |
was taken the stolen property. Mr.. Rarranco WAS
at the station-house when hg property was |
brought in. He said that he believed nearly il |
not all of it had been recovered. The prisoners |
will be arragned in the Tombs Court to-day.