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

detectives Weller and Grade, Of ths
East sixty-seventh street station, rAsde
GOOD capture early this morning. They
caught three men implicated in the rob
perry or three big tobacco firms, and re-
| covered about 1900 worth Of tobacco.
The prisoners are John Pedcasek. Z
saloon-keeper, thirty-five years old, doing
business at seventy-second street ana
First avenue and living at "a TAYLOR
| street. Astoria; James Clark, a trucknan.
twenty years old. of 17s2 Second avenue,
and Louis Bauman. a clerk, twenty
years old. OF al East Elghty-first street
Within the past four weeks q 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 A,100.
On the night of Nov. - the factory Of
Samuel Josephs, at 3o5-311 East Seventy
| first 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. ,e
some time during Thanksgiving eve
burglars visited the tobacco factory Of
Seventy-elghth and Seventy ninth streets.
and stole 100 worth Of tobacco leaf
| Last Friday night the burglars made
worth Of tosseeo out o. sins i've s,S's
second street. The burglars effected an
SeS se by ns Ssy Of tro Ss ee II
every floor Of the factory. e q. &
In no instance was the burglary dis
covered until the thieves e. 90. away AVA Capt
Of burglars, and since tho night, OF tine
| first burglary the Captain with his two
detectives has had but little rest:
members of the Horse Market Gang. The
police for some days have kept \ close
watch on the movements OF Saloon, Keep
the receiver" for the gang.
Last night the detectives overheard .
conversation which led them to suspect
an effort was going 10 be made 70 have
| the stun carted away from the saloon at
o'clock in the morning. Arrangements
were at once made for the capture Of the
Ing OF the stolen property.
Before 4 o'clock Weller and Grade, with
several policemen were secreted In az,
affording a clear view Of what was
going on in the street.
Promptly at 4 o'clock Clark. one Of the
prisoners, came along on q truck and
stopped In front OF Pedcasek's saloon. No
time was lost. Thu truck 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 10
go to Pedcaseks home. In Astoris, 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 daybresk the detectives went 10
the home OF the third prisoner. BaumAn.
against whom they claim to have evi-
dence that he was one OF the burglars.
and placed him under arrest.
At 9 o'clock the three prioners were
| marched In front OF Justice burke. at
the Yorkville Police Court, simply
charged with being suspicious chsrac-
| ters." At the request Of the detectives
the prisoners were remanded. In leav-
ing the court with the prisoners, Weller
| said:
I'VE have the evidence, and all impli-
Gated In the burglaries will land In Sing
Sing" ~