New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-01-22
ACTIVITY AMONG THIEVES.
MAURICE s. wORMSER AND JULIUS SANDS
ROBBED.
sILvERwARE WORTH ABOUT $1,000 STOLEN FROM
THE FORMERS HOUsE-THREE ROBBERIEs
CLOSE UPON ONE ANOTHER IN ACTING
CAPTAIN CAsEY's PREcINcT-FACrs
WHICH THE APoLO0IsTs FOR
THE POLICE SHOULD NOTE,


In spite Of the falsshoods which have bees
industriously disseminated throughout the city
by the men who apolog,zing for the present
conduct Of the police force. 1t Is fact that
crime has been increasing IN this city. and -
increasing now. The proofs OF this statement
are overwhelming, and the daily reports Of rob
berries are most serious. II the police were a.
active and vigilant as they ought to be. the rob
berry which was committed at the house Of
Maurice s. Wormser. No II East Slxty-second-
ST.. Sunday morning could not have taken
place. The house Is In most fashionable
ne!ghborhood and only few doors away from
the home OF Police Commissioner Grant
Eighty-four pieces Of silverware were stolen
from Mr. Wormser's house In broad daylight
by thieves who sneaked in from the street
and carried away the plumber. The value OF
the stolen silver was nearly $1,000.
Mr.. Wormser Is Of the late barker
Simon wormser. He is not engaged in any
business. and he lives with his family In Q
fve-story brownstone house. The robbery was
committed between 1880 and a. m, when the
members Of the family in their rooms In
the upper part Of the house. Two servants were
downstairs in the dining-room. The loss Of
the silver discovered at a.. H. when
breakfast was being prepared.
kept is at the end of the hall on the first floor.
1t contains a large sideboard and the silver In
it is worth about $1,000. The servants say that
everything was all right at 1880 a. m. The
table was being set for the breakfast when the
servants who to the pantry for some
knives forks and spoons, discovered the side
board in a state of disorder. A hasty glance
over the silverware showed that much Of u
had been stolen.
Mr.. Wormser told Of the robbery. and he
Immediately sent for the police. 1t was be-
lieved that the basement door had been left
open temporarily. and that the thieves sneaked
in that way. This is the list Of articles stolen:
Fourteen large table knives fourteen table
forks, four ice-cream spoons, ten teaspoons
fourteen breakfast knives, eleven breakfast
forks. five dessert spoons, seven oyster forks
three dinner spoons. one butter knife and one
salt spoon.
marked 'Fr. NJ L. & NJ" Mr. Wormser yes
terday said he had no idea how the robbery
committed. The police had found neither
thieves nor silverware.
The same thieves may have paid visit to the
house Of julius Sands, at No. u East Seventy
eighth-st. which robbed on Monday morn
ing There the thieves got sverware worth
$500. They got into the house through the base
ment door. which had been left open by
servant. She told her employer that she heard
the parlor door slammed about o'clock In the
morning, and the door was found 10 have been
unlocked from the inside. The girl then dis,
covered that several drawers Of the sideboard
had been rfed and every piece OF siverwarc
stolen. 1t was noticed that the thieves only
took solid silver articles.
Mr. Sands robbed once before and sue
ceeded in recovering the stolen property by Of
ferng a reward. He has now offered a reward
for the return Of the silver stolen On Monday
The police say that thief could not have
carried off all the sverware stolen. ard they
are sure that two thieves did the job
Possibly the thieves the same two men
who sneaked into the house No 535 East Sew
eEty-secOnd-st. on saturday afternoon, waylaid
Mrs. Phipps the stairs. and robbed her after
half stranging her. They have not been caught
yet. All the robberies were committed In one
precinct In which the police are commanded by
Acting Captain Casey.