The evening world., 1893-07-24
BURGLARo ON The ROOF
Daring Thief ssen Dragging His
Plumber After Him.
His PeriIols Journey Across Slant.
ing HousesTops on the Bowery.
Captured on tho Top Floor Of n
Lodging House.

About : O'clock this morning Police
man Lew Pollock. Of capt. Crcoden' =
| squad, was patrollinE nia pclt On the
| Bowery. near BleeCker street. WHOM a
man ran around from Elizabeth street
and told him there WAS Il crazy man
climbing owe tho roofs of the houses
| on the west side Of the DoHery, between
! Houston aud Blecckcr
Pollock crossed over to the other side
of The Eowcry, from where he cpuld
see The supposed crazy man slowly
making his way along the roofs. Pol
lock also noticed that the fellow WAS
dragging big bundle after him, and
he AZ once concluded that he was a
burglar and not a lunutic
Pollock ran up in the lodgtnE-house at
80 Bowcry to intarcent the fellow on
he roof. When he reached the top
acpr the fellow had just dropped through
the scuttle and gone into a room. Pol
lock pushed the door in and arrested
hiin.
lie n first protested that he had
been asleep, but finally gave in when
NJ s'w 1t was no use, ana admitted
that h" had robbed n clothing store in
| the block
Inc bundle which lie had dragged
along In his journey over the roofs was
found sticking in the scuttle 1t con-
| tained thirteen coats fourteen vests
| and eight pairs of trousers.
Pollock took the prisoner to the Null
| perrN street station. where he described
years old. He said he had no home but
stopped in the Bowery lodging houses.
rnda Aft"r he was locked up the police
Herman Meyers's clothing store and and
| the cigar factory of Sherman ,iacoby' ~
Nos; az and 3l4 .Bowery, had been bur
giarizea. The clothing store is on the
tn'ee stories high, The cigar factory is
!n the two top floors. II is believed
mat there were two men on the job.
away. ''"'e e''
The police learned that the burglary
n;lo n;adl been carefully planned. About. Il
roo,n stueI !, 'aSa , night @ the prisoner hired 9
cry. He said he wanted a room on tn.
ttbbP tbPpt fIsr, Eis con9ddsg ana got it. 7 Is supposed
They Climbed through the scuttie OF
the roof OF No. Sel. The lodging .housc
IA n;c t1rnr,story r building, but 3o4 is about
The burglars jumped the distance
The houses Nos. 30S. 3Os and 80 arr
tw,o-story and attic structures, with
feet below the roof Of No. So4.
The burglars, however, climbed down
a tai chimney and SO got on to thl
roof Of 800. Then they made their way
slowly along the Ledge OF the slantns
roofs across the three houses and sot
on the roof of tn" cigar factory They
bored holes around the scuttlc, sawed
home.
They must have spent several hours
~ thc place. az they left evidence OF
| the second floor right by the front win
| dows. The murauders weltt through
TWO desks, overheuled everything and
al i'S Sver ha o6T nf"a prya,
| themselves literally TO cigars while
| they were nj work
The windows Of Mr. Lacoby's office
look right out on the elevated rond. and
the people in passing trains could ensily
| have seen the burglars at work. In one
corner Of tho Office st1nds safe. After
going through the desks and finding
noChing OF value the burglars turned
their attention to the safe. 1t is evident
that they lahorcd with it for long
| time before they finally discovered that
| IL was not locked.
On the door near tn" safe the police
| fo4Gd a couple Of saws, - hammer. =
| pnir Of tinsmi'h's SIcarE and lwo cold
chlselS. These toais the burglars found
| a. '' , i'''t'Ii my N'Nl 'IIDNSl lnf
| safe after finding IL was open. but the
only thing Of value they tolnd was a
! p9cketbook belonging to Ar. Iscuby,
| which contained some bonds OF the
| Progress Club and thre" pawn tickets.
| pnc was for gold bracelet. on which
fl.l had been loaned. Another wa Tor
u diamond bracelet, 81" and can IJr n
! diamond pin, on which &gl had benn
| borrowed.
The burglars next proceeded to effect
| an entrance into the clothing store b.
| saving " hole in tho iloorinG oyer q
| stairway leudinG downstairs. Here they
| picked UP the articles menti0re eh, Gpd, Il
being daylight by this time, they lyit The
| hullding the same way they came.
| Betorslorf's confederate must have
! gone first, as nothing was seen of him,
| and y was only when the prisoner wa
| rrossinE the roof with the bundle that
he attracted attention.
| When searched at the Ftation-houso
| half a dozen fine rir~saws were found
| in BcierSdOrf's possession. The pocket
| book containing Mr. JacOby'S bonds ana
| pawn tiCH"is was found in his room in
| the lodging-house.
capt, Croedan hns his detectives out
| looking for the prisoners compaulOu.
! Hci'rSdprf refused to fGE anything or
| civ" anN Information about the man
/ VINO vas concerned with him in the
! robbery.
Pollock brought the burs.laY t, Ilnpd
| quarters this morning .Hd arIalgnna
! hin IN III" detective office. Ills uir-
| tuI' WAS taken for The EOgucs' Gal-
/ lcTY.
| 1..cehr's factory was huryIariacl ton
: "'1f' ,Eo and iufgc quantity vi cigars