The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-02
AID. HAENLEIN Is ARRESTED
SAID TO BE INVOLVED Nv THE
SALEOF SILK AT Low PRICES.
Henry sanburE, Who Made the Sales, Also
Under Arrest-The Castle Braid
Company Fears That 1t Has Been
Victim Of Thefts-It VIII Inyest,sste,


Alderman Ferdinand Haenlein OF Brook
Ign, who represents the Sixty-fourth Alder
manic district and who Is a member OF the
B,ishwick Local Board Of Impro vement,
was arrested at o'clock last night at his
home 900 Flushing avenue. charged with
receiving stolen goods. He was taken
to the State street police headquarters
in Brooklyn. and bailed out shortly after
ward by Magistrate Higginbo than. who
arrived in an automobile in great hurry.
The bail was fixed at $500. Haenlein's
arrest came about In this way:
On March man. who said he was Henry
Sanburg of 100 Cook street, Brooklyn, went
to the Office OF Jonas 4 Co., braid manu-
facturers at 1903 Wooster street, Manhattan,
and offered William Jonas Of the firm 500
pounds of silk. 1t ia said, Of the kind used
by the company in its business, at from
90 cents to 81 pound. The market price
at that time was about 81 pound, and Mr..
Jonas became suspicious He refused to
buy and called up Acting Inspector O'Bren
at Police Headquarters. O'Brien notified
Capt. Harkins head OF the Brooklyn Do
tective Bureau. and told him to investigate.
Harkins learned that Sanburg Bros. dealt
in junk from lofts at 100 Cook street, xt
door to a junk shop run for years by John
McGegor, stepfather OF Alderman Haen-
lein, and that Haenlein was manager of the
business. He couldn't get at anything def
mite and told Mr.. Jonas to let him know il
Sanburg called again offering to sell silk
cheap.
Yesterday afternoon Sanburg appeared
. Ia Il L.. Il
of silk in a wagon, and offered the silk, it is
said, at 81. so a pound. Jonas delayed San
burg and called up 300 Mulberry street.
Detectives Burke and Coy went over and
arrested Sanburg, taking him to Police
Headquarters
He said he was selling the silk on COM
mission for John McGregor Of 1872 Cook
street, Brooklyn. He said that Ferdinand
Haenlein, McGregor's manager, arranged
to pay him 10 per cent commission on the
sales. When he was searched tag was
found bearing the name of the Castle Braid
Company, which has factory at lle to
1873 Stanhope street. Brooklyn. The de-
tectives got the idea that the silk might have
been stolen by somebody from that factory,
O'Brien sent bet ectives Gomringer, Hayes
and Delaney over to Brooklyn to arrest
Haenlein. They didn't know then that he
was an Alderman. They found him at his
home, which is directly in the rear Of the
Cook st rect junk shop.
They took him to the State street Police
Headquarters and sent for George silke
Of OF Stanhope street, Brooklyn, and Julius
Tobias, 11s6 Lexington avenue, Manhattan,
managers of the Castle Braid Company.
LII II lz'k t. e.
questions put to him by the detectives
he said that he bought large quantity OF
the silk from the Castle Braid Company
at from two to three cents pound as old
rags. He said that the manager OF the
company, George Silke, sold the rags to
him.
Il am Silke," said the manager at that
point. "You bought nothing from me-
Haenlein insisted that the man he did
business with gave him the name Of Silke.
Then he said that he sold part OF the stuff
to Sanburg Bros at six cents pound.
He had left about 900 pounds, he said, in
the junk shop at 1902 Cook street.
The Castle Braid Company representatives
did not think any silk had been stolen and
couldn't understand the situation. They
thought perhaps that some employee of
the factory had thrown valuable elk in with
remnants and rags and then succeeded in
disposing of the stuff to the junk dealers.
They intend to carry on a little investiga-
ton of their own to find out who that en-
ployee is. since they appear to have suffered
to the extent Of several thousand dollars.
The detectives were looking last night
for John McGregor. owner Of the junk
shop Sanburg was locked up at Police
Headquarters in Manhattan.