The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1893-12-11
POLICE MAKE A HAUL.
Three Alleged Burglars and To-
baooo Worth $4,000 Captured.
In Four Weeks Tobacco Worth
$4,000 Has Been Stolen.
Two Of the Men Caught While Re-
,. moving the Plumber.

Detectives Weller and Grade. OF the
East Sixty-seventh street station, made
4 good capture early this morning. They
caught three men implicated in the rob
berry Of three big tobacco firms, and re-
covered about 1900 worth OF tobacco.
The prisoners are John Pedcasek, n
saloon-keeper. thirty-five years old. doing
business at Seventy-second street and
First avenue and living at "a Taylor
street. Astoria: James Clark, a truckman,
twenty years old. Of 1862 Second avenue.
and Louis Bauman. n clerk. twenty
years old. OF 81 East Eighty-hrst street.
Within the past four weeks a gang of
thieves, Of which the three prisoners are
alleged to be members. has robbed
three Of the principal tobacco factories
In Capt. Strauss precinct. The thieves
have succeeded In carrying away to-
bacco valued altogether at S.l00.
On the night Of Nov. IL the factory OF
Samuel Josephs, at 305-3ll East Seventy
hrst street. was broken into and 5000
worth OF Sumatra leaf tobacco was
carted away. The burglars had forced
an entrace from the rear OF the place.
and made their escape with their booty,
which they are said to have carried away
In bags which they had brought along
with them
Some time during Thanksgiving eve
burglars visited the tobacco factory Of
Mr.. Hood. on Second avenue. between
seyyen N.Y. "a and Seyen,y,nnth streets
Last Friday night the burglars made
their third successful haul, and stole
1000 worth Of tobacco out OF Silyerman's
tobacco factory at 339 East Seventy
second street. The burglars effected an
entrance by yav of the cellar. after
which they had no trouble in visiting
every moor of the factory.
In no instance was the bun ..ary dis
covered until the thieves got away. Capt
Strauss determined to break zip this gang
OF burglars, and since the night OF the
hrst burglary the Captain with his two
detectives has had but little rest.
All the burgiaries were laid to the
members of the Horse Market Gang. The
watch on the movements of Saloon eep-
er Pedcasek, who It was suspected. was
the receiver" for the gang.
conversation which led them to suspect
that Pedcasck had the tobacco, and that
an EFFORT was going 20 be made to have
the stun carted away from the saloon at
were at once made for the capture of tae
stun and the men engaged In the me-.
ing OF the stolen property
Before o'clock Weller and Grade, with
several policemen wer, secretei in dir
ferent Railways cut of observation. bu:
anording p clear view OF what was
going on In the street
Promptly at o'clock Clark, one of the
prisoners. came along Oh E. truck and
stopped In front OF Pedcasek's saloon No
time was lost. TIL .ruck was loaded
with the stolen tobacco some loose and
some In bags. by Clark and Pedcasek
After they had finished loading the
truck and were about to start away to
go to Pedcasek's home. In Astoria, the
detectives appeared and arrested them
and took them and the truckload of the
; stolen tobacco to the police station
There the two prisoners were locked up
In separate cells, and the tobacco was
unloaded and carried Into the station
house.
At daybreak the detectives went to
the home OF the third prisoner. Bauman
against whom they claim to have evil
dence that he was one OF the burglars
and placed him under arrest
At o'clock the three prioners were
marched In front OF Justice Burke, at
the Yorkville Police Court. simply
charged with being suspicious charac-
ters." At the request OF tho detectives
the prisoners were remanded. In 'leay-
ing the court with the prisoners. Weller
said:
. 1--WE have the evidence. and all imnli.
Gated in the burglar!es will land in Sing
Sing