The sun., 1908-12-29
S@,0OOPOR bBISURELY YEGGS
UP PTHROUGH FLOOR INTO JACK
LE'S JEWELRI' STORE
Ripped an Old safe Open anu Teek Every
thing. with Suit Gases 10 Garry the
I.oot-Firs In the Neishbsrheod Had
Drawn Policemen an Their Fosts.

L,oot-FiFe In the Neighberheod Had
Drawn Policemen On Their F0sts.
Yeggmen leisurely cleaned out the
jewelry store OF Oscar C.. Jacklf at S6s
Third avenue early yesterday morning.
packed t2O. 900 worth OF watches. diamond
pins and brooches into pair OF Jaokle's
suit cases. added 5000 In bills and made
their getaway over the back fences.
Probably they took advantage Of a
fire in Fifty-ninth street not far from
Third avenue which drew the police away
from post and gave them plenty of time
TO pick and choose from Jackles stock.
In other ways the yeggs displayed cum
ming and forethought. carefully planning
the burglary. familiarizing themselves
with l.hs ley Of tue old store, turning a
dif1oult piece Of work into the softest
kind Of job. withdrawing without leav-
ing any clues Of vslue and altogether pro-
yiding the detectives with a problem as
pu2aling as any which has oocunied the
talents OF Gen. Bingham's thief catchers
for several years.
The father Of Oscar G., Jackie Carl.
started the business at s68 Thrt! avenue
In 1872. prospering so well that he came to
own the brick buildings at S6i and 500.
Three years ago. feeling a little old for
active business. he turned the store over
TO his son, who added to the stock and
al N ri
had $4,000 worth OF stock Oscar. the son.
placed goods worth S25 600. dealing mostly
in watches valued at from $40 TO 500,
rings sold at from s. TO $50. brooches
worth perhaps from $40 up TO 500 and so
on. Carl Jackie and his wife lived directly
over the store. Oscar Jackie and his wife
on the third floor.
When he closed on Saturday night al
about IL O'Clock the son selected the
most valuable jewelry from the showcases
and placed the trays in the old safe that
had been holding the shops valuables
since the business started. II contained
also 5000 in packages OF bills which Mr..
Jackie intended. to deposit at the Fifth
Avenue Bank yesterday morning.
After closing up young Mr.. Jackie and
ing about O'Clock Sunday morning. The
store was all right then. because Mr..
Jackie looked. On Sunday morning he
selected a few diamond rings and dia-
mond brooch from the safe so that his
wife might wear them for the day. When
the tackles returned home Sunday night
at 8 O'Clock young Mrs. Jackie went
through the store and there were no signs
that thieves had been around. Finally. |
at 10 .o.clock on Sunday night, the elder !
Mrs. Jackie, who always made q round
OF the house and cellar to see that things |
were straight,- locked up
At O'Clock yesterday morning young
Mr. Jackie opened the store and immedi-
ately telephoned for the police. The |
door Of the old safe was open and the in |
terror was as hare as the sidewalk case
The next instant Mr.. Jackie saw how the
thieves had turned the trick.
Three OF them, very likely sly cat
to slouch up and down and keep lookout,
the 4soup man. who didn't have to use
after all. and the "big
gun who kept his eyes and ears busy
inside, the store. ready to kill, II necessary. |
while the soup man worked, had been
active. the detectives figured.
Evidently one Of the gang had studied
the ground plan Of the store so that when
the time for business came around no
were made. The burglars got
to the rear OF the house from a vacant
lot in Fifty-third street and over d six
foot fence. Then they levered the iron
bars which protected cellar window and
a Hasr .ls..t - -
In order not TO come up in the blaze OF
electric light in the Jackie shop the
yeggs worked their way through the dark
cellar until they came Immediately under
tho flooring Of small room adjoining the
main shop room which jackie. who IL an
optician as well as jeweller. used for the
examination OF the eyes Of customers.
This room was dark. They CIT a hole
two feet square in the thick planking. as
neat q job as the best OF carpenters could
accomplish with keen edged tools, and
crawled up to the ground level.
They had thought the old safe more
worthy Of their special talents than it
proved to be. First they drilled hole
10 plug with nitroglycerine 90 they could
blow OF the combination. but a little
tinkering showed them that 90 much
snergy wasn't necessary. Then with
bold chisels and jimmy they ripped
of the combination knob and lock and
we're inside. The inner door wasn't
ocked.
Out Of the safe the yeggs took forty
'even trays Of watches. rings. pins and
brooches. There were about fifty watches,
hr. Jackie thought, and dozens Of scarf
bins. brooches and rings set with dia-
nonds. pearls. emeralds and less valu-
lble stones. The jeweller figured that
20 900 was a conservative estimate OF
he value Of the lot. The packages Of
money were in an inner compartment.
'eady to the hands Of the thieves,
They left the way they went in evi-
iently. as the fastenings Of the doors
md the windows were not disturbed.
)ne Of the detectives spied marks on
he back fence. Mr.. Jackie had pair of
uit cases in the store. and these were
Missing. +,
Mr.. Jackie had the numbers OF the !,
watches in his stock book, and he gave :
hem to the detectives yesterday, 80 a !
ound Of the pawnshops was commenced. !,
d the other articles he could give only !
! very general description, AZ most OF !,
hem. he said, were new stock and he :
ladn't had time to invoice them carefully.
He carried $4,000 in burglar insurance {,
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