New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-17
BROOKLYN NEWS.
PRICE HAS PLENTY TO DO.
HE SPENDS HIS TIME HOUSE CLEANING
AND BURGLARIES. ARE RAMPANT.
TO REPORTER WHO CALLS THE DETECTIVE
CAPTAIN COMPARES HIMSELF TO A
WOODEN INDIAN

Captain James K. Price the new commander of
the Brooklyn Detective Bureau. began house clean
ing In his office yesterday He spent most of his
time In going about the room marking old pieces
OF furniture for removal to the SCRAP pile There
was little OF the furniture left when he got through
Two or three scrubwomen were making frantic
EFFORTS to clean up the dirt OF ages under the per-
sonal instruction OF the new captain
When reporter for a Brooklyn newsnaper called
for a photograph of the Captain he said:
Il never had picture taken In nv life Once
sat for one and my pose smashed the camera
killing the photographer. If you want picture of
me take snap shot Of any of those wooden Indians
that you see in front of cigar stores"
Another reporter asked the Captain for an ex
preston of opinion the report of the Mazot Com
mittee
never read the papers" replied the genial
Captain The only paper | read Is The War CIV
of which I am sporting editor"
Captain Prices men have now fine opportunities
for the exercise of their detective talents as burg
lars and sneak thieves have been busy in Brooklyn
lately. In the Bedford section for instance more
than $1,000 worth Of jewelry has been stolen in
the last week. and many of the residents having
become greatly alarmed, have been putting extra
poits locks and bars in their houses. and Il num-
Der have bought burglar alarms.
Mrs Darius harrington of No. Sc Macon-st las,
Friday evening was robbed Of her engagement ring
which cost $3.50; pair of diamond earrings 500:
a link coarette, $50; pocketbook containing 5000
a pair of onyx earrings and box containing
liberal reward for the recovery OF her property
Mrs Harrington went downstairs for supper on
Friday at ) o'clock with her young son. her hus-
band not having arrived. She had been suffering
from headache, and had left her earrings on a
bureau. When she went upstairs about 7:3O D. NJ
she discovered that the earrings missing and
then that the thief had taken the jewelry box
from her bureau drawer several stickpins and
other jewelry, and had rihed her closets AS
twenty yards of fine black silk a Christmas pres
EFT, and three cases of solid siverware were not
touched Il is thought the thief heard Mrs Earring
ton and her son coming up the stairs, hid behind
door, and escaped by the front door.
Saturday morning burglars broke large lock lead
ing to the cellar of No. pa Bedford-ave, near
Fulton-st. The store is occupied by H. Mendelson,
mems furnishing goods, but the cellar is
caterers of No. 1926 Bedford-ave. in the rear on
the tables sets of silver candelabras to which
electric wires attached, and in exhibition cases
are displays of silverware After forcing the en-
trance to the cellar, two doors were broken open,
but at the top of a flight of stairs Is an iron gate
candeabra and the globes IN the store The at
tempt was abandoned by the thieves, probably be-
cause they believed the wires attached to
burglar alarm
Burglars also visited Carroll-st on Monday The
apartment of Charles A Geissler No. 729 Carroll
ST., was entered, and robbed of jewelry, tableware
and clothing to the value of 500. Mrs Gesser left
the apartment about o'clock, and when she
found the rear door open and property missing
which included Mrs. Geissler's watch worth about
$500; a diamond locket and chain gold turquoise
bracelet, gold brooch and wedding ring which
Mr.. Geissler is maker of chronometers in Man.
haitian.