New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-12
COHEN ROBBERS CAtGHI.
TWO PRISONERS CONFESS AND iMr
THE JANIToR OF THE Horsh-MO On W
THE PROPERTY RECOVERED

r,,r 1.v1TOR OF THE HOCSE-MOCh w
THE PROPERTY RECOVERED.
co,..,r o,Rrien has in his custody at ro".e
HEADQUARTERS the burglars VINO y" =. Va $50
lac, robbed the house OF Harr's . =, soo ond
1ra,rvs, of diamond jewery Va'ueu q. por,
-oo IN money The prisoners are 'oo ,,o,og
80, o,gh, Years old, who said he was pno.oe
th'r'S-e's". ~ 20 Cannon-st: Bernard Baum
'"p''., DO q c,oakmaker, OF No. - Chh'o"-s''
49,, ,,or,s. forty-nve. and Lena Levine -
.ror.v-one years old. living al No .O'
p,,.,,c,on-st The prisoner Moross Is Ja'i''o %
,so t,enrv-st where the Cohens i've "'' 80, 10
., Earr and Baumwol. VINO nave eox,,.
"s,ood tn with them. Part OF the s'o''" Al
,,as fourd in the Levine woman p0 ,r,, and
,h. nrisoners are natives OF huSs'"' asia,
Noross are ex-convicts Ne'''' 9"
towels have been recovered ,. ,oor,ed
To,oo,,yos Reap. Arfken and Berkeley 'e'' '.r
on oe,er the burglary was repof'e" ""' 49,.
,bree weeks ago a man answering INC as
NJ the stranger who was sec" ~ -, ,,ar,
,,scovcred trying the doors OF the |oi." -
ar,s The servant came upon MIA VIM. " ,,
inserting key into one oil the ioeN' a Tho follow
.. ,,ou what he was doing there anu r w., ,anitor
10 "dor,e,airs into the janitors roo's % his
axnlained that the stranger was no prisoner
Tne detect,Ves o habit Of visiting Moross and tnat
BE- was an ex-convict They deo'ue ming they
Bergs movement it,,,nxol in a beer saloon in tHn
cav go, near where Berg lives. Iney ar r., nro
ia ,ook them to Police Headqidi 'e's. ss.,rched
.asted against their arrest. Ihey - -
~ Nothing was found In Their Po, conn,
Afier they were locked in cen, inv ~, o Nothing
,o1isH both men to undress bers ha'a rov and
b., EaumwolI was laden down WI. ~ waist
ton.iyv lie had 500 in bills pinn'u 10 ~ " s,orL
yand ~ his drawers and xgO more IA ~ - CON
PAM yie also had on his person leather gag Lii
aSTninp The following articles OF )e"eiIE' az ,foni
taaaIs aorrlnss on. diamond ring, one 1iahoi,d
I-aree, one gold watch and chain anu ui r,ng
orst one pair Of gold coin earrings, one soiu 'ms
srono which the stone had been feihoNr" ,n'n
sIo orf,,~ a check for 500 francs. ana pawn WI
,icbci representing diamond jewelry pa"nTIr 'o a
s,n0 The Cohens Identified some OF me y'rai' Co.,
theirs Baumwol persisted In ms u t, ~, n
While hut finally broke down ana cohess'i, a.,
nlicating Berg the janltor Moross ana t''e
u,oman Moross and Lena LEVINE were "'''''''
Tuesday night ..ta, cha. no has
,i,. nnen In This country since May. ND lie us'l
70 have cloak factory in Grand,st, but ms par al
ner swindlcd him and he lost AL MS moh.S. ~
declares that he met Berg about tire" months ago
in Orchard-st. and that the latter Introduce mn,
~ Inc ianiior OF the Hcnry-si. house me lH'e
MANNED the robbery together. Baum"oH say
they waited Sunday afternoon until the ohehs
ver, on, and then entered the rooms. whlch 'hey
robbed Of all the money and jewelry they cou'i
find
Tho detectives found much OF the stolen propcr'y
In The Levine wornan's rooms at 80 u" hNlhg-
ton-st BERG said he had given the je"eITy 10 her'