New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-01-01
coNJJN BREAKS A SAFE.
..,xr,SG FOR DOCUMENTARf EVIL
DrNrE AGAINST VALENTINE x co.

r FIRMS LAWYERS REFUSE ~ " ~ "
,.s AND THE CHIEF PROCEEDS
Under THE AUTHORITY OF
SEARCH WARRANT
-, of tho detectives Of the Police De-
""' ware presumed to be hard at work yes
par ,r the search for burglars who have COM
''' bio diamond robberies in the city lately,
'' ,s afforded TO few people the interesting
'''e'. q safe breaking under the authority Of
sp',,rate's warrant and the Chief Of Police
members Of the Department looking on
anu nroval Chief Conlin was executing the
"' ,ssued bv MAGISTRATE Kudlich and taking
40 come needed evidence against Valentine
& Co. ,,o oo,,o,s - .ho
i. tho several offices of II. Valentine & Co.
90 alleged bucke.-shop keepers. on which raids
~ r.,entlv made, in order to secure any evil
w. ubich might be- concealed therein. Close
.ha trail Of the officers came Mr. Steinhardt.
y. uove & Hummels office. carrying load OF
" ohioc,ions which didn't co. according to
the Chief
nonutv- Sheriff Carraher. armed with attach
.s against Vale:,ine & Co. in behalf of the
.os'.,r. also took a rand in the proceedings. and
..o-.,,ca 70 seal the safes with red tape. which
.ao..dinqs we're sustained 10y Mr.. Steinhardt
-. overrlled by Chief Conlin.
49,. mos, interesting personages In the throng
49,, onad the Tenderloin with excitement yester-
-. morning were two dark compleXioned men
hou. twenty-five years cid. who carried bag
h.waen them rs explained by Chief Con-
II, they were professional safe-openers The
ar,v first vent 80 Valentines rooms on the pase-
want floor of No. 4} West Twenty-ninth-st. About
.ho ,nIv furniture in the place was several chairs
o. cd tn
. large safe stood in the rear.
WOULD NOT OPEN THE SAFES.
ch,of con,in said to Nh Stenhardt: will YOU
orsn those safes for US. or will we have to do
it oursel' es
oyour warrant is defective; you have no right
=, omen those safes" was the reply.
600 ahead. men," said the Chief. and the two
s,feoneners started TO work. The safe almost
reached 10 the ceiling. and was burglar-proof,
according to a Waterman employed In the place
Tho HEADQUARTERS detectives. who have been
lately studying up the subject Of safe-openine
gathered around.
A drill was placed over the combination ana
a few sharp punches were given with small
hammer Then holes were drilled around H.
and inside Of thirty minutes the doors were
SWING back on their hinges. Chief Comm I'M
NJ Oately went for the contents He found
several papers and books. which he decided TO
take and placed them in bag.
While the chief was examining the papers,
Nr Steinhardt jumped up exctedly and said
THAT paper you have in your hand Chief Con-
lin. is the last will and testament Of Alonzo C.
Maynard A member of this firm. You have no
right to looi. AZ IT.
Exception not sustained" answered the Chief
IN. sate-ouensrs gathered W their tools and
ia party then vent To one Of the other offices
80 Valentine a. Co. at No. - West Twenty
. .shth-s' They We're followed by a large crowd
ere were 10 curtains on Tho windows to OBJ
&c, M view from she outside at TINS es'ao-
neHt.
&c., pro, ped.nc to work Chief Conlin or
.h;i al reporters should BE- elected from
r'ace I'll was done in a peremptory man
i.a.lS' NJ Steinhardts protest. Deputy
g. Carraher a moment afterward went -
g.. ''or and opcnco II. saying that report ra
- ~ CON" in if they wanted. as the Chet
r' -'c',re had no control over the premises. The
"a, 90 rs simply serving warrant while the
$3.50 Z waS in possession of the premises. and
could say who might or who might not come
IT, Tho Chief settled the matter by placing an
o'iccr >, :he door to enforce his order Mr..
StenhaId. repeated Carraher's action, and was
torciby removed
You're b.athersklte," sand the Chief.
CROWD AROUND TIE OFFICE.
A big crowd gathered around the office while
the two safes in the place were being opened,
and watched the safe-openers through the win
dows.
That's Spike Hennessy and Kid Mccoy"
cried Il them open safes in the
Bowery."
a safe in the rear of the Office about six feet
high by four feet square, was opened In twenty
five minutes. but contained nothing valuable to
Chief Conlin.
One smaller safe. standing in the front OF
the room. was opened. after the officers made
a second trip to the place. This time several
outsiders managed TO get into the room, in
Guiding Young Critic the fighter The latter
was allowed TO remain until he tried TO find
out how the safe-openers did It. when he was
elected by Captain Pickett This safe alec
empty. The officers subsequently visited the
firms offices at Nos. II and is Broadway, which
opened by the owners, and found to con-
tain no seizable documents. The documents Sc
cured were then taken to Jefferson Market
Court.
. Magistrate Kudlich. in jefferson Market
Court in the afternoon. listened TO additional
evidence In the case OF II. Valentine e. Co..
charged with violating the gambling laws by
running bucket-shops at three addresses in the
city.
The case went over till Tuesday.