The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-15
GOT VALUABLE SWAG
EMBROIDERY VALUED AT $1,000
WAS STOLEN IN NEW YORK.
RECOVERED IN SAVANNAH.
CENTRAL OFFICE DETECTIVE SER
GEANT LOCATED PLUNDER.

with Representative of Firm That
Had Been Visited by "SkyIiGht
Workers" He Came to Savannah
by RaiI-EmbrOidery Had Been
Shipped on City of Birmingham
and Detective Sergeant Was on
Hand when 1t Arrived-GOOds
Were Packed in store During
Night and shipped to n Man in
the Interior.
Embroidery valued at $1,000. stolen
in New York last Wednesday, was
located yesterday morning at the
wharves of the Ocean Steamship Com
pany in Savannah by Detective Ser
geant Arthur A. Carey of the New
York Central Office.
The recovery of the valuable swag
in this city may result in the break
ing up of a class of theft that has
been going on in New York for
great while and it is likely that ar
rests will be made in the city in
which the crime was committed. There
may be arrests made in this state also
and Superintendent of Police Garfun-
kel is assisting Sergt. Carey in an
investigation that is being made.
The costly embroidery was shipped
to Savannah in two boxes and was
consigned to a man in the interior.
His identity is being kept a secret by
the police until a thorough investi-
cation has been made. The shipment
was made over the Ocean Steamship
Company's line and the goods arrived
on the City of Birmingham. The New
York police had been tipped OFF, and
Sergt. Carey hurried to this city by
rail.
Entered Through SkyliGht.
The New York Central Office man is
accompanied by Jacob II. Koppel, rep
resenting the Globe Swiss Embroidery
Company, the firm that was robbed.
The concern occupies the second floor
of No. 1S5 Spring street and does an
extensive business. The thieves enter
ed the building through the skylight
at night during a rain storm.
They carefully selected the most val
liable embroidery and packed it in the
store. The thieves remained in the
building all night, realizing that they
could not move their plumber at night
without attracting the attention OF the
uniformed and plain clothes men on
duty in that section of the city.
1t was an easy matter on the follow
ing morning, however to have
the heavily loaded boxes cart
ed away before the arrival
of the clerks. Such things are
easy in New York, where the occu-
pants of one floor seldom know the
occupants of another. The embroidery
was placed on a truck and taken to the
steamship company's wharves without
attracting any attention. The robbery
was not discovered until the arrival of
the first clerk at 9 O'Clock, about two
hours after the swag had been moved.
Marked on Wharf.
Robberies of a similar sort had been
frequently reported at the precinct sta
tions and the report of the Globe Swiss
Embroidery Company was nothing UNI
usual. In some manner the central
office force received information that
two boxes had been marked on the
wharf in the morning and had been
shipped on the City of Birmingham for
this port. The case was placed in the
hands of Sergt Carey, and he left at
once over the Atlantic Coast Line with
Mr. Koppel. The New York fly cop was
on hand when the Birmingham put in
an appearance.
The goods were properly identified
during the day and the central office
in New York was promptly notified
of the identification. The embroidery
is still held on the company's wharf
but it will not be shipped to the person
to whom it was consigned. Sergt.
Carey and Mr. Koppel will see an at
torney and the steamship officials this
morning and secure possession of the
swag.
other developments are expected
Little could be done by the officer in
the way of securing the plumber for
the reason that it turned up on sun
day. The New York police are inclined
TO the opinion that the recovery of the
property here will do much towards
breaking up the skylight work that has
been going on for some little While.