Evening journal., 1895-06-05
FIREBUGS ARRESTED.
An Organized Gang Is Being
Run to Earth by Detectives.
OPERATED IN SEVERAL STATES.

Three Alleged Members of the Gang Ara
Now Locked Up. and Seven More WIN ne
Behind the Bars-They Are Said to Havs
Caused $500, 600 Damage by Setting Fires.
NEW York, June 5.-The police and
fro departments vigorous crusade against
the hrebugs eliminated in the arrest OF
three suspects. They were arrested on In
formation given TO the district attorney by
men who confess to have been their con-
federatos. The prisoners are;
Isano Zuoker a prosperous tailor, who
lives in fine house In Union Hill, n. J.
Abraham Krone Of a3d Garfield place,
Brooklyn.
Morris Schoenholz OF l42 Lewis street,
a we'll to do merchant.
Fucker was swinging In his hammock
In tho garden Of his house In Union Hill
when two detectives entered the yard and
said, Mr. Fucker you are under arrest.
Whom Mrs. fucker hoard Of this shg be-
came hysterioal fucker refused to dome
20 New York without a requisition, and
was locked UP in tho Union bill jail.
AT about the Same time A braham Krone
was arrested ut the corner OF Bond street
and Broadway, where he was met by De-
teotive Sorgeants o Brien and MoCauley.
I'VE arrest you on charge OF arson"
said o Brion.
"srr exclaimed Krone Indignantly,
this is an outrage
well, - said MoCauley, never mind,
but come along. Wen discuss that lateS."
Two In the Tombs.
Krone was hurried to tho district attoY-
news Office and was afterward taken be-
fore Recorder Gotf.
eThis man is innocent, :" said Jnoob Ber-
llnRor Krono's lawyer. "but as / under
stand that no indictment has yet boon
found domand an immediate hearing be-
| fore your honor
"He Is held, . said Recorder Gof. ''in
1 81. 600 bail to await examination before
| me on Thursday"
| Krone and Schoenholz were unable to
| furnish bail and were locked up In the
1 Tombs
There are three charges against Fucker.
| 1t Is alleged that on April last he set fire
to tho store Of his brother Abraham at 5o7
Tenth avenue His wife. oft is said, know
or the plan and objected strenuoualy
Thereupon Fucker ia said 10 have arranged
with Sohoenholz TO do the job But She
latter weakened, and SO Fucker, It 10 do
olared set fire himself 1t WAS o tenement
house building, with o clothing store bo-
low
| When the flremen arrived upon the scene
/ thev found the store ablaze, and before it
was oxtinquiahed the plaoe was completely
Quilted. The place was we'll insured. Zuok-
ar is also charged with having assisted
| Krone and Schoonhoiz in setting fro TO
thoir stores, each man owning store
npieoe
Abraham Krone kept tailor STORE in
Park row. nenr Baxter street. On the
night OF Feb. I, 1895, an explosion was
hoard. and soon aftor tho whole interioF
was abIaze. The fremen made little prog
ress with water and the place was burned
out almost completely. Krone collected q
heavy insurance
Sohoenholz is charged with being the
leader Of tho gong He kept clothing
store at eco Division street, which is a
tenemont On Jan. 3, 1892, fire occurred
In the place at night The store was ru ined
before the flremen could control the blaze
!, and q large Insurance wns collected.
Others to BE Arrested.
According to the police, these three mon
. | belong 60 a gang Of nrebugs which Us the
, most dangerous OF all. 1t Is charged that
, | not content with burning out stores in
| New York oity they have worked Phila-
dephia, Washington and New Jersey on
an organized plan.
! Besides the three arrested there are sew
: en- Others some OF whom are under sur
veillance and liable TO DO arrested at any
4 4 moment. II is said that whom the facts all
|. ! come out they will tell the story Of a re
! lnarkable gang, which includes In Ia
= membership all manner OF Emen, from Tbs
I plain crook to the rich fire hend.
Fire Marshal Mitchell lis authority foi
: the statement that this gang was the prin
cipal factor In the destruction OF botweeI
$500, 900 and $3.50. 600 worth Of property.
The other two 1rebug gangs which hnvi
. been broken up recently are the Graue
I and the Hirschkopf Grauer was fire IN
Z surance adiuster. He was recently con
2 victed OF having employed people to 80
q fire to houses in which he had establishes
r friends ia business with dummy stock
He was sentenced three months ago Il
p serve % years In state prison. Two Of hi
" assistants, Sarah Silbermeister and Loul
q Rothman, were also convicted and re
9 oeived sentences OF 90 and 10 years "
p speotiyely.