New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-07
BIG THEFTS OF CEMENT.
POLICE SAY THEY HAVE CNEARTHED
WHOLESALE SCHEME. AND MAKE
THREE ARRESTS.

Three persons were arrested last evening one OF
them being a woman. on the charge OF stealing
or being implicated In the theft OF cement. IL IA
stated that more than twenty other persons will
he arrested the same charge II is esti-
mated that from 800 90 barrels of cement. COM
monty called Portland cement and valued at s. Il
barrel. nave been stolen.
Thomas f. Crmmins has the contract FOR the
placing Of the conduits of the underground electric
railroad in Fourth-ave. and other streets. He
In the construction OF these cOnduits Immense
amount OF Portland cement. This Is supplied by
the United Building Material Company, Of No b2l
Broadway. whose pier is at Fftyfourth-st. and the
North River. The cement is taken from the pier
by large number OF truckmen and hauled to the
various points In the city where 1t is needed In the
construction OF the Conduits
The managers of the United Building Material
Company, in looking the books a few weeks
ago. discovered a great discrepancy between the
number OF barrels and sacks Of cement that had
been taken from the pier and the receipts for the
same by the employees of Mr.. Crimmins. They in
vestigated the matter. and found that the returns
of the Crimmins true. They also dis
covered that the cement lost in transit from
the pier the various places where 1t is In requl-
stion by the Crimmins employees.
The United Building Material Company reported
the matter Captain Price. OF the West Sixty
eghth-st police station. and ne detailed Detectives
Dasgett and Henderson to investigate. Three par
Mrs Barbara Bauer. OF Central Park West, between
Slxty-third and Sixty-fourth s:s Mrs. Bauer Is a
widow ifty years old. who il the proprietor OF d
trucking business. on her place also, were tound
three rubber blankets, which are claimed oy 'ht
Nassau Constructing Company. The managers oil
this company say that they have lost many Of These
blankets, which valuable. ~,
on the complaint Of John G. GcoSan o. NO ~
West Fourteenth-st.. foreman OF the United Build
ing Material Company. and L. p. Donovan. OF NO
2i9 East ne-hundred- -and-tifth-st. OF the Nassau
Construction Company. Detectives Daggeit and
Henderson arrested Mrs Bauer last evening and
took her to the West Sxty-eighth-st police sta
ton She was afterward removed to the West For,
ty-seventh-st station, where there IL matrOn and
later was released on bail. All Mrs Bauer Wou;d
say that she not guilty OF the stealing ana dio
now how the articles came 10 be on ner preiiSe| p -
John Doyle who at one time an empiOye o
Mrs Bauer, WAS arrested on the charge or Delns
implicated In the thefis. He was taken 10 the We1
sxty-eighth-st station and locked up. Doyle denies
omphatcally that he stole the articles. and de
clares that the cement and blankets were taken t'
The barn while be away working. a..
Late In the evening Detecuye OConhor Oh " "
lives AZ No 5ls West Thrty-ffth-st, at staol'
! m No 4i5 West Eighteenth-st. -,
The detectives say they have uneartred scnyii M
that has been practiced by many truckneh lseS
would OF their way from the piers, dispose OF
barrel or a sack from large load OF ce
ueut This would not be missed, or me ioteimati
rncnlvlng T. would pu. It down az his mistake The
several hundred barrels OF cement have been soiet
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