The evening world., 1894-04-10
A BURGLARS GRAFT.
Horwitz's Fur House Looted
Twice Within Two Weeks.
Only One Block from the Mercer
Street Police Station.
Other Manufacturers In the Vicinity
Have Also Suffered.

Ludwig Horwitz, n manufacturer Of
furs at go Mercer street, reported to In
speCtor Mclaughlin to-day that his place
was robbed last night of a quantity of
mink and other valuable furs.
The building where the robbery oc-
Cured Is IA two-story brick structure one
block below capt. Eakins's Mercer street
police station on the opposite side of
tn" street
The whole of the upper floor Is occu-
pied by Mr.. Horwltz. Entrance is obtain
ed by u stairway leading to the second
floor on the south side of the building.
There are three doors, one leading to
the Office in front. another into the store
room and the other into the manufacture
ing department.
All of the doors except that opening
into the office were secured by patent
locks and bolted from the inside. The
robbers seem to have been acquainted
with this fact and attacked the office
door, which they pried open with q
| Jimmy"
The windows between the storeroom
and manufacturing department were
then pried open and the place was ram
| sacked.
Several large bundles of mink skins
which had been left on the table were
handed through the window to con-
! federatc, 1t is thought, and quantity
Of loose muskrat skins In box under q
| table In the rear room were also carried
away.
The thieves were frightened away, IL
is believed, before they were able to
open n number of large boxes containing
several thousand dollars worth, OF skins.
About two weeks ago Mr.; HorwitEs
| place was broken into and robbed of sew
| cral hundred dollars worth of skins ana
manufac. ured goods. Since then the
remaining stock Of manufactured goods
| had been disposed of.
Mr.. HorwitZ reported the robbery at
| that time to Capt F.akins. He detailed
his two ward detectives upon the case.
but they could obtain no clue to the
After the first robbery MIR: Horwitz had
all the locks taken off and new patent
secured with two padiocks and a large
iron bar. and had shutters placed on the
| rear windows.
The day the work was completed, Mr..
HOrwitz say, a stranger came to hi m to
| see the plant. His request to be shown
through the factory was complied with.
Mr. Horwitz noticed that the stranger
was unusually observant and that he
paid particular attention to the improve
ments that had been made for the Sc
curity OF the place. But he did not
| tnhk OF tne stranger dIteTWhruS unth
this morning at 6 o'clock. when he dis
covered that he had been robbed again.
| He now suspects that his visitor was
| the robber.
| There are two other furriers who oc-
| Cupy apartments in the building, but no
attempt was made 10 enter their places.
| About a year ago, however. Landau d
| BierbRum, who occupied the ground
| floor of the same building, were robbed
OF about 81 600 worth of skins and manu-
featured goods. The robbers were never
apprehended nor was any trace OF the
| goods found. although the pawn shops
We're watched for two months after
| wards
About the same time Joseph Schleiter,
| another manufacturer of fur goods, on
| West Third street, between Mercer ana
Greene streets. was robbed OF 5000 worth
! of goods
Other rohheries have occurred in the
neghborhood, but none OF SO much I'M
pOrtauce.