Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-26
RECEIVED STOLEN GOODS.

Dan Weller Arrested, |
Charged With a Serious Crime
Alleged to Have Been Implicated, !
as Receiver, In the Theft OF
$4,000 Worth of Coats From
Brooklyn Tailoring Establishment
-Disposed of the Goods Here
-Four Other Arrests Made in
Brooklyn-Weller,s Bonds Fixed at
$4,000.
Daniel Weller, hackman, expressman
and special constable, residing at 222
Commerce street, was arrested by De-
tectives Cowles and Reilly last evening and
locked up, charged with receiving stolen
goods. As he could not furnish bonds in
the a1nount of $1,000, he was compelled to
spend the night in the lookup.
The story of the crime interests this
city, New York, Brooklyn and Boston.
On August 26 Joseph Solomon and Her
man Goldberg, manufacturing tailors at
242 East Parkway, Brooklyn, were robbed
of about $4,000 worth of coats. These
men are the manufacturers for the Stan
dard Clothing company of Boston, Mass,
with which concern G. E. Longley & Go.
of this city are connected. On the night
in question two cases of coats were packed
up and loaded on an express wagon and
placed in the yard of the factory ready for
shipment in the early morning. Shortly
after midnight the two cases were stolen
and were shipped to this city.
The goods arrived here on the 28th, and
1t Is claimed were received by Daniel We'll
Ter and taken by him to 81 Sprucs street.
Here the cases were opened and some of
the coats taken out and sold. Nine of the
coats were sold on Spruce street and seven
were sold to Jacob Browski, shoemaker
on Little Orange street near George, for
So so by Weller, go it is alleged. After all
the goods had been disposed of that could
be Weller purchased four packing boxes,
repacked the goods and shipped Two of the
boxes east and the other two west. It ie
also said that Weller received four costs,
one overcoat, one sack coat and two youths
jackets for his share in the transactions.
The facts in the case were placed in the
hands of Detective Edward F. Harris of
the Seventeenth precinct, Brooklyn, and
Detectives Cowles and Reilly of this city.
The first intlmation was received by the
local authorities Saturday evening, and in
view of the short time in which they have
had to act in the matter they have done
we'll and are entitled to q great deal of
credit. Altogether over four hundred
coats were stolen and of this number nine
teen have been recovered and the police
know where>the balance have been shipped
to and will undoubtedly recover them.
Detective Harris arrived in this city
Saturday night and after consultation with
the local authorities he went back to
Brooklyn, where early Sunday morn.
ing he placed under arrest Samuel
Lepschi:z, who worked for Goldberg, and
who is supposed to have been the principal
in the theft, Jacob Wernstern, cousin OF
Weller, and Samuel Burnstein. When ar.
raigned in court yesterday morning the
cases were continued until October 5, the
bonds in Lepschitz's case being fixed al
So, OOe, and at 81 goo in all the other cases
Weller absolutely denies receiving ths
stolen goods or selling any of them bu
does acknowledge having purchased tht
four boxes in which the goods were re
| shipped. The bonds in the casa were 6xeG
at 81 900 in one case and $4,000 in tn,
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