The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-09-09
ROBBED MAIDEN LANE WINDOW
BOLD THEFT IN MUCH GUARDED
JEWELLERS BLOCK.
Thieves Cut square Foot or So OF shIebler
4 Co.'S window and Fished Out ThIr'
teen Pieces Of silver Valued At $3.50
There Were Five watchmen Near ny.

a. Co.'S window and F1shed Out InIr'
teen Pieces Of Silver Valued At $3.50
There We're Five watchmen Near ny.
A window Of George w. shiebler d Co.'S
silverware store at and Maiden lane
was broken about midnight on Thursday
and silver valued at $3.50 was stolen.
In this store, as In many others In the
block, 1t is the custom to leave bulky arti-
cles such az larger pieces Of silverware.
In the show windows overnight. In fact,
few Of the jewelers. would have hesitated
much to leave jewels exposed to view, for
there are five night watohmen employed
especially to guard property on the block
between Broadway and Nassau street,
and they have the help Of policeman
whose beat ia from Broadway to Pearl
street. The block Is only about $50 feet
long.
The Shiebler store adjoins that OF w. h.
Phelps 4 Co., dealers in diamonds and
watches at Maiden lane. There are two
large pillars in the front Of the Phelps
shop and the entrance is back from the
street. A window ten inches wide in
the Shieblsr store fronts upon the alcove.
1t is partly shielded from view by one of
the pillars.
At the bottom OF this window a strip Of
glass eight inches wide and foot long
had been cut, evidently with a diamond.
1t had then been driven in, the noise being
deadened by that made by workmen doing
street repairing in Broadway. Using prob
ably hook attached to a stick. the burglar
had then fished in the window and distracted
without trouble the pieces 1t contained.
According to Capt. Farrell Of the Old
Slip station, there were exactly thirteen
pieces taken. They consisted, he says.
OF cups and saucers. tea pots and slop bowls.
The latter articles, George W. Shiebler
says, we're finger bowls belonging to tea
set in octagonal shapes and beaded edges.
Besides this, there were three pieces OF
Colonial service, five bread trays and sew
eral cake baskets, all valued at about $3.50.
The silverware was displayed on silk and
plush mounts, which the thieves pulled
toward the window.
Policeman Degenhardt went on the beat
at midnight. He thinks that the robbery
was committed between that time and 1915,
while he was toward the Pearl street end
Of his beat. The watchmen are inclined to
accept this time as correct. For some
reason not at all clear to their employers,
not one Of them was near the Broadway
end Of the street at the time.
There is absolutely no clue to the bur-
glars. The only hope Of discovering them
is that they may attempt to dispose Of the
booty without melting It. Every one Of
the pieces is finely engraved and can be
identified easily. The principal value Of the
silverware consists in it's workmanship.
Mr.. Shiebler and other Maiden lane
jewelers. consider the burglary one Of tho
most daring possible. It b years since one
has been perpetrated on tho street. The
proprietors had come to be Of the opinion
that the safeguards against robbery wore
80 nearly perfect that professional crimi-
nails would not take the chance Of working
there