St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-09
BOUND and GAGGED HIM.
CHICAGO PAWNBROKER ROBBED OF,
HIS PRECIOUS SPARKLERS.
BOLD WORK OF DEsPERADoEs.
Three Burglars Enter Loan Of
flee and Take Possession of the
entertainments and Watches
tOthe Amount often Thousand
Dollars Carried Away-Chica-
go Officers On the Case. 15


tothe Amount often Thousand
Dollars Carried Away-Chica-
go Officers On the Case. 10
CHICAGO, Jan. S.-Three desperadOe3
captured between $1,000 and $4,000
worth of plumber in the Star Loan Of
flee, 55 Randolph street, during busl-
ness hours today. The men escaped.
though police officers quickly began
securing the city for the robbers.
Samuel Greenburg owns the shop. 1t
was in charge of Lionel Greenburg. a
clerk. He was bound and gagged before
thesmen began operations on the stock.
They were interrupted as they were
pocketing the plumber by ten-year-Old
Mary Clements. neighbours child. The
robbers secured the girl, and bound and
gagged her. Her absence led to the
discovery of the robbery. She and
young Greenburg were found helpless
in the rear of the building. Lionel
Greenburg was alone in the Office when
the robbers appeared. He had previous
ly opened the shop, unlocked the safe
and was busying himself about his usual
duties, when stranger called and
asked to be shown fur cap. Green
burg led the man to the rear of the
store and began showing him an assoIt-
ment of caps. Suddenly the man seized
him and threw him to the floor. AT this
moment two others entered the office
and joined in the attack on the clerk.
He is twenty-three years old, of slight
build. and was soon overpowered. The
thieves bound his hands, gagged him
with red handkerchief. and laid his
helpless body i'll a corner of the office.
Clothing and loose articles in the store
were piled over him until he was almost
guard over the corner and his confed-
crates started for the safe. The outer
door was closed, but not locked, Green
burg having opened the combination
SOON after his arrival.
The valuable property contained in
the safe was protected, however, by an
inside compartment locked with keys.
These keys were in Greenburg's
pockets, and the robbers made him give
them up. Opening the small drawer
they found property valued by Samuel
Greenburg, the proprietor, at nearly
$4,000. He says there were a number
VI uldlLoiluS anu SOiu WATCHES anu SooO.
One diamond, he says. weighed eight
carats, and was worth $500.
The robbers took small satchel from
the stock, and dropped III it the contents
of the tray. Greenburg next occupied
their attention. He wore a diamond
stud and gold watch and chain. These
articles were added to The plumber de-
posted in the satchel.
AS the men were preparing to leave,
Mary Clements, the child of the family
occupying apartments above the pawn
shop, ran down stairs to learn the time
of day. Her entrance created mo-
mentary hesitation. One of the rob-
bers seized, and, binding her hands.
marched her to a corner near Green
burg. After a few moments further de-
lay, the robbers left the office. Green
burg succeeded in loosing himself when
the man who had guarded him with a
revolver left. and ran out to the street,
as one of the Clements family was enter
ing TO find the child. Hurriedly telling
his story he started on run for the
DeSplaines street police station, where
large number of officers were at once
put to work upon the case.