New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-06-02
CALL ALDER MAN A FENCE.
ARREST WR. HAEMLEIN.
Police Accuse Bush7cicb District
Man of ReceiUing Stolen Six.

Ferdinand Haemlein, the alderman from the
BushwiCk (64th) District. was arrested last
night charged with receiving stolen goods. Al
ter being detained at Brooklyn Headquarters
for some time Magistrate Hisginbothan w2s
summoned and he allowed Mr. Haemein to be
released in $500 bail. Mr.. Haemlein is the
stepson of and manager for John McGresor, of
No. 16O Cook-st, Brooklyn. junk dealer
The arrest of Alderman IIaemein grew out OF
the arrest early in the day in Manhattan 2f
Henry Samsburg of No. 162 Cook-st. Sans
burg visited the firm of William Jonas & Co.
at No 10S Wooster-st March 6, ard told Mr.
Jonas he had a quantity of skein silk. about
500 pounds which he would sell for from 80
cents to 81 a pound. The material was worth
from 81 to s. pound, and Mr.. Jonas suspected
something wrong and refused to purchase
any of it
He reported the attempted sale to the police.
who tried to find some dealer in both boroughs
who had lost any silk but were unsuccessful.
Yesterday Samsburg appeared again at the
Jonas office with $50 pounds of the silk in his
wagon, which he willing TO sell az about
so cents a pound. Mr.. Jonas informed the po-
lice and Samsburg was arrested Under the
third degree at headquarters Samsburg said he
got the silk at McGregor's junk shop, in Cook
st He said Aldermen HaC Inlein had given him
the material to sell on 10 per cent commission
The Brooklyn police were informed Of Sans
burg's arrest and at once brought Haemein to
the Brooklyn headquarters.
When questioned Alderman Haemlain readily
admitted that he had lot of the silk
Certainly 1 know about it," he told the
police I've been dealing in this silk for years
have been buying it as waste silk from Leo
suIke. director and the superintendent of the
Castle Braid Company, of No. 566 Broadway
Of braid had been
found on the silk which Samsburg had been
irving to sell. so Captain Harkins. of the de-
tective bureau, sent for Mr.. Sulke, who came,
accompanied by julius j. Tobias another di-
rector of the firm. After the case had been ex-
planned to Mr.. Sulke, along with Haemlein's
statement that ne had bought the silk from him.
Mr.. Sulke said:
That man never bought ounce of silk from
me. 1 never him before.
| "yVeIl if it wasn't you, it was some one that
represented himself YOU, explained hae1n-
| lein.
Mr.. sulke shrugged his shoulders. You may
he n good alderman" he rejoined. but you
| can't be very good junk dealer if you have
sold this stuff for years without knowing II was
| worth 81 So a pound"
| Haemlein said that he had been buying the
! stuff for several years at 212, 3 and cents
/ pound and selling it at from 80 cents to 81 -
! pound. Instead of Samsburg being his agent
/ he said he had sold the silk outright to Sans
! burg and his brother, who had loft next dool
! To the Junk shop These two he said, Were
| experts in skefn silks and could sort out ans
! arrange it so it would be marketable The
! police wished to make a search OF the Junf
| shop for silk. Raemlein said his bookkeepel
had his keys, and that he did not know WheF'
| she lived. AS he said she would he at the shoI
| early this morning and had himself said tna4
/ he had about 1000 pounds Of the silk in nj:
| possession the police determined not to snast
| into the shop, but wait for the keys.
| After HaemIen went home the detectives KEEP
! an eye on him. and about midnight they saw
| him leave his house They followed him into a
! building in the rear of the junk shop, through
which he passed into the shop. There they
| found more than two wagon loads OF the SILK.