New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-14
A POLICE TREASURE HOUSE.
CAPTAIN STRAUSS STATION FILLED
WITH VALUABLE ARTICLES.
sAKEN FROM MRS. HAMILToN's FLAT IN EAST
srxTY-sIXTH-sT. IN VARIETY. THE AR
TIcIEs COVER AN ALMOST INcREDI-
BILE RANGE-SAID TO BE WORTH
ABOUT i4Ooo-wELL-DREsSED
WOMEN LOOKING FOR
THEIR PROPERTY.

THEIR PROPERTY.
The East Sixty-seventh-st. station looked like
m auction room last night. There pretty
much everything there, from a silver manicure
set TO kitchen stove and paror CRATE furniture,
from fine lace handkerchiefs to expensive table
linen The large assembly room filed with
huge packing cases. trunks parlor and dining
room chairs tables and other furniture. piles or
rings carpets and portieres. and good-szed IL
hrary Of miscellaneous literature from the latest
French novel TO Ruskin.
In the sergeant's room there was barely space
enough left in which to stand to inspect the
remarkable display Of wares. There were doz-
ems Of umbrellas fine silk parasols scores OF
rairs OF shoes. from the finest French Kid TO
No pebble goat gloves in great variety. silk
kid and lace mitts mirrors and cheval glasses
wine sets in cut glass and shell; liquor sets.
lemonade SETS solid silver cande]abra. silver
candlesticks silver and plated tea services. fine
specimens Of gold and silver ore. hundreds OF
pieces Of cut glass. for utility and ornament;
night robes and bed clothing Of embroidered
silk and linen: women's fine linen underwear.
much OF II yellow from age. and Of style and
texture rarely seen at the present day: rare old
isces much OF II Of Swiss and Irish manu-
fscture: Limoges and fine chinaware. nine full
tea sets, toilet sets. plush. silver, ivory and
cellulod shaving sets. odd and antique Chinese
and Japanese ornaments OF ivory Wedgewood
ware and earthenware, fans of many patterns.
autograph and photograph albums. souvenir
bric-A-brac, etc.
TAKEN DIRECTLY FROM STORES
PesiSes these there were hundreds Of handker-
chiefs hose ribbons, gloves. shoes etc. IN orgi-
nal packages bearing the dealers price tags ana
purchase marks. showing that the stun hao never
been sold from the retail store. Much or the lat-
fer amounting to some hundreds of dollars in
value. was identified by Detective Oestreicher' OF
Bloomingdale Bros, No. 1000 Thrd-ave
Resides the articles enumerated, there was
variety Of bronzes mosaics, and huge table
stacked full Of miscellaneous articles such as
onera glasses field glasses scientific and surgical
.,nstrrments school and mathematical appliances
and upward of thousand different articles OF
br.c-a-brac. s .
.nnraisers estimated the value Of the stun at
"a o1o Detective GunsOn said last night that ne,
'Detective Gordon and several Central once oe-
tectiyes had been working all day in sorting out,
classifying and arranging the articles named.
The work was not completed at ~ O'CLOCK last
night e NJ.
Maggie Hamilton. No 1886 East sixty-slx,n soI ST.
who with her husband. Thomas. has been ar
rested aud is now awaiting hearing at the
Vorbville Court. Detective Gunson said that IN
addition 10 the four vanloads of stuff carted 10
the station they left large amount OF property
that had evidently been stolen, but whch pos
scssed no especial value. - ,,
Some of the fine linens have the letter M
embroidered in red silk. Some Of this has been
Identified Throngs Of people. many OF them
wel-dressed women. called at the station during
the afternoon and evening yesterday, ana IN
spected the collection.
LOOKING FOR THEIR STOLEN PROPERTY.
number declined to give their names. while
declaring that they were victims Of recent rob-
berries One woman. fashionably attired and ac-
companied by a man in bicycle costume called
late last night and said she had recently lost
quantity Of silverware and seven pairs or brace
let's She found nothing. however. she could
identify In the collection.
Not so with Mrs Stephen Miller Of Bridge
port Conn. She selected from the general assorl-
Tment silverware bed linen. etc. TO the value OF
several hundred dollars that. she declared had
been stolen from her city house In West Sixty
thrd-st. during year that Mrs. Hamilton was
in her employ as servant
Another woman, bankers wife living at NO.
81 East Fifty-ffth-st. identified miscellaneous
assortment OF wares from the general collection.
At times the station was filled with we'll
dressed men and women, who evinced deep In
terest In inspecting the layout.
The police. who at first believed they had
struck a big fence are rather inclined to the be-
lief that Mrs Hamilton worked practically alone
In collecting the punder But they fai 10 ex-
plain how she could remove. unaided, bronze
vase Of almost one hundred pounds weight
Mrs. Hamilton and her husband Will be ar
Yaigned in Yorkville Court this morning