The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-07
PLUMBER FOUND IN STORAGE.
EIGHT ALLEGED FIAT ROBBERS
ROUNDED Up. n
Harlem Police Get 500 Pieces OF silver.
Dresses, Jewelry and Pictures Cut
out OF Frames sudden Move AFTER

Dresses, JeNelry ana Pictures tut
out OF Frames sudden Move AFTER
Brothers Arrest ~ Finish OF Gang.
The police Of the East i2oth street station
found yesterday in n storage warehouse
stolen property which they apprais Sc at
$1,000 They also arrested several young
men who, they say have been looting Har-
lem houses and fats for months past.
The robberies were frequent and the
police strcve hard to get track OF the thieves,
but for months could not locate them,
The residence OF Thomas Lloyd at 202s
Lexington avenue was robbed about ten
days ago Of $500 worth OF clothing jewelry
and siverware. A gang OF young toughs
made a hangout Of a pooroom run by
Edward achaeffer at l25th street and Third
avenue When the Lloyd robbery was re-
ported Capt. Burns told Detectives Teevens
and Sullivan 90 look the place over. He
said he was convinced that some OF the
thieves would be found there. The de-
tectives went. but the men they were look
ing for could not be found. Teevens in
looking around the place came across q
bundle Of clothing which looked suspicious.
When Schaeffer could not give satisfac-
tory account of IL he was arrested.
Schaeffer was put through the Sthird
degree As result, John Wesley. alias
Hall, Of PHI Eighth avenue, was arrested.
He would not talk, but the sleuths next
learned that he had brother, Benjamin
Hall, living at a24 East i2sth street. When
they went 10 search his home yesterday
they we're told by the janitor that Hall had
moved away. They traced his effects to
atc AZ aida 81
Harlem, and there they found two large
Saratoga trunks filed with stolen goods. The
list of the property includes nearly 500 pieces
OF solid silverware, jewelry. silk dresses,
kid gloves, vases, lace curtains and valu-
able paintings. The paintings had been
cut from tho frames. After the stun had
been laid out last night in the captains
room IL looked like a section of an art
museum.
Some Of the silverware had the name
Lloyd on il, and there were lot Of silver
spoons with the letter NJ on them. There
are several rings and bracelets which had
evidently been set with diamonds or other
valuable stones. The stones had been re-
moved. Capt. Burns said last night that
he had arrested eight OF rhe gang, and the
detectives went out 10 look for two more,
all that remained.
From information he has received from
some Of the gang, the captain says that
they had regular system Of robbing houses.
1t was their intention TO take in more MEM
beers, so chat their operations could be ex-
tended 70 other parts Of the city They
generally worked in pairs. and never in
the same locality at one time. Moet OF
their operations were confined 10 Harlem,
but a number Of pa~nticksss were found
in Che pockets of ono prisoner for goods
that had been stolen from the residence
Of Max Miriamson at lG5th street and Cauld-
well avenue in The Bronx
FOUND LOOT AND PROBABLE LOOT
Central ONCE detectives arrested John
Tierney. alias Sweeney, late Sunday ight
in his room al ~ Amsterdam avenue. on a
charge Of having robbed the apartments Of
Edouard de Grayeline, a fencing master. at
i55 West Sixty-sixth street, on Jan. 10.
Graveiine's apartments were entered
when he and the family were out. and
$3.50 worth Of property. mostly jewelry
and small white poodle dog were taken
Persons in the house saw a stranger leave
the apartments carrying with him a leather
hat case. II is supposed that he had the
poodle in the case. Gravene thought
more Of the poodle than he did OF the jeweiry
and advertised "A standing reward OF $50
for the return OF the dog |, was found
by he detectives with other things from
the fencing masters apartment. in Tier
uey's room.
There was taken from Tierney's room
also cousid cradle other stun that looked
like loot There were quantities OF silver
ware, Sc eral chains. ockets and pins two
or three dozen pooketbooks. a large toy
safe a savings bank belonging TO o Four
tenth street store. S35 IL cash and col
lection Of OLD coins
Some Of the silyerware bore the initials
&C. H. others &C. r. and some ~E p"
The police believe that the capture Of Tier
ney will throw light on burgaries committed
in the apartment of Carrie Iacock OF 2i7
West Fiftieth street, in the home Of Charles
Reinhard. at 1877 West Sixty-sxth street.
and at the house Of Mrs. T.. NJ. Pulitzer, at
81 West Sixty-ffth street. These bur
garies have been reported 10 the police
within the last month or 80.
Capt. O'Brien says that Terney served
ten years in State prison for burglary and
was released only few months ago. The
prisoner was arraigned in court yesterday
and remanded.