New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-03
HORSE THIEVES MECCA.
THEY GO TO SAYVILLE.
Farmers Un1cittingly Buy Stolen
AnimaIs-Tzoenty Recouered.

Two deputy sheriffs from Long Island yester-
day reported here the recovery of forty horses
and twenty sets of harness, stolen in the last
six months from retail merchants in this city
and New-Jersey. The stealing of delivery out
fits-horses. wagons and loads-has been almost
of daily occurrence here for a number of months
yet the police have made only one capture and
recovered none Of the stolen property.
Sherifs Wells and Bedell of Sayville, came to
town to attend indignation meeting of the
NewYork Retail Grocers' Union last night at
Vienna Hall, No. 133 East fty-eghth-st. Some
fifty members of the union had lost their horses
and wagons within six months.
AS a result of the meeting a committee of the
union will appear before Police Commissioner
McAdoO this afternoon at . o'clock and ask
him 10 make investigation and place the
responsibility for lax police methods. which
permit the wholesale stealing of delivery wag-
ons in crowded streets in broad daylight. The
committee will include Louis Hubner vice-pres-
dent OF the union. of No. $50 East One hundred
and-thirty-fOurth-st., Henry MINERS. of No.
621 Columbus-ave., and August Eitzen, of No.
913 Eighth-ave
The Sayville deputies noticed of late that many
farmers were boasting of horse trades in which
the other fellow got the worst Of It. When their
attention was called to the delivery wagon rob
berries here they got 10 work. and forced the
have been stolen. They have within the last
few weeks returned four horses a firm in
Jersey City and sixteen TO firms here. None Of
the returned horses belonged to grocers but the
deputies have their seal on many others about
Sayville which they think have been stolen. and
the grocers will send detailed descriptions of
their missing animals to the deputies.
Deputy Wells said that the horses sold in
Sayville handled by one or two men who
said they were professional traders. They
worked openly. and the farmers traded in good
faith
Fifteenth-st. well into Harlem. in Seventh.
Eighth and Columbus aves.. that has a suf-
ferer from the delivery wagon thieves
few days ago a thief drove away with a
loaded wagon from Wanamakers. The team
and wagon were found later in the day on River
side Drive. The contents of the wagon had
been loaded into a waiting barge and rowed
across the Hudson to the New-Jersey shore.
Richard Wulfers No 56S Eighth-ave.. is the
latest 10 report the theft of his delivery outfit
10 the GrOcers' Union. 1t taken at No. 2GO
West Thirty eghth-st., a few doors from Wul-
fers' store.
Il had the usual trouble with the police, be
ing shunted about from station TO headquarters
and back again" said Wulfers yesterday After
the thief had had hours TO get away by ferry.
finally persuaded the police TO send out an
alarm. made formal complaint TO Commits
sioner McAdoo and had hardly sent II when
several politicians TO my store to tell me
that had done wrong. They said IT would get
the precinct police into trouble, and that they
would make trouble for me. have had no an
swer from the Commissioner suppose he mas
not time to bother with little taxpayers like
me-"