New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-03
HARLEM BURGLARS CAUGHT.
RAIN AND BRAHM CONFESS TO THREE
RECENT CRIMES
THEY AND ANOTHER ENTERED AUGUST p VAN
wAGNER's HOUSE AND STOLE GOODS

WAGNERS HObsE AND SlOisE rOoDo
VALUED AT $1,000
The house OF August =. Van Wagner. at NO. II
East One -hundre nd-seventh-st, was visited by
burglars on August e. The lawyer said that 1900
worth OF property had been carried on centrai
Office Detectives Weller and Mccarthy were detailed
on the case and few days ago they made four ar
rests The prisoners are John Levy, aiias HlnTner-
man. a clerk thirty years old, OF No. l57 West Sew
enty- min st; Jacob Baum. bartender twenty-one
years old OF No ZIP Third-ave.; Samuel Brahm.
twenty years Old OF No SIT East Elghty-nrstst.,
and Philip Rodenberg. jewel'er. whose store is
No 1887 seeond-ave. the latter Is charged with
receiving the stolen goods.
Baum and Brahm confessed TO having robbed Mr..
Van Wagner's house. They said they got into the
house through the basement about midnight and
remained In It until o'clock IN the morning. when
they departel with bags OF silverware and clothing
Among the sllverware stolen was a silver cup with
deer lads for ha ndles which presented TO the
owner by German newspaper. Levy was with
Baum and Brahm when they took the silverware to
Rodenberr He tested the stuff and declared that
most OF It was not silver All the money he would
give the thieves for IT, including the prize cup, was
ST.
4 ieweller in Thri-ave. to whom they first took
the stolen goods. would not buy them at any price
and 1t was through Information furnished by him to
the police that the burglars were caught.
Baum and Brahm also confessed to having robbed
the house or Robert Breen, AT NO. % Fast OHs-
hundred "A nd-seventhst. They punderea this house
two days before rObbing Mr. Van Wagners mouse
but the latter robbery was discovered hrst The
market for stolen goods is evidently low at the
present tire all the m)ney the burglars got for
the proceeds OF the Breen robbery was 50 80. Baum
and Brahm further acknowledged committing the
robbery in a house in One-hundred-a Fifteenth st
one night last week. where the occupants declared
that they had been chloroformel by the burglars
The prisoners say they ga not use ch.oroform;
The wife woke up according to their story am
cried for her husband. They promptly fed. drop
ping in their flight some s.lverware which they had
concealed I'm their pockets. Acting Captain . Brlen
saws he is satisfied he has IN custody the gang who
have been recently plundering private houses III
Pawn tickets representing most of the property
stolen were found m the possession OF the prisoners
Levy and Baum are ex-convcts Levy served time
in the penltentiary and state prison, whe hsm I'M
prisoners were arragned before Magistr2te Crane
in the Tombs Court sterday morning and remand
Rose Brahm. the mother Of one OF the prisoners
was arrested Yesterday afternoon by DeteGtXes
Headquarters She will be arraigned with the other
prisoners in the TGmbs Police Court h7 morni in
gang When the detectives first went 10 her home
No 81 East Eighty st. where she lives win
her son she denied having any knowledge OF the
robberes and said no goods had ever been brought
the house; and that she had never seen any OF
this statement and said that after the robberes
were committed the stoen goods were concealed III
the cellar OF his home until an opportunity was
The detectives in looking through the pawnshops
No. 9sS Thirl-ave., some Of the stolen property
TIE pawnbroker was asked what sort Of a looking
Il ,.yas not a man" said the pawnbroker but a
woman with wart on her nose who comes mere
all the time"
The wart on the nose identified Mrs. Brahm and
her arrest was then made. ,-.,. c,.,,,n
O'Brlen that Mrs Brahm had given him an astra-
khan and a seaskin cloak TO pawn. When CON
wSmsn d %n aa That She never him before
but the young burglar stuck to his statement