New-York tribune., 1908-07-26
rkaGGkSMEN GET $4,000
DOR TWO JEWELRY SAFES.
NJ, of Mr. Taft 4mong Loot Taken
from Chambers Street Place.

-. ., the establishment Of Thomas J.
~ jewellers at No 1oi Chambers street,
pun h,oun open yesterday morning oy burglars
IeTe a,rr and cash aggregating $4,000 were
sne The re!.iery was Of the most daring
sioish .,o,,n1ed in this city in many years. The
'se's -. Of the safes were torn and bent by the
hsAis INT the burglars worked so cleverly that
e'-.;csnoen on post and the special watchrneh IN
tns 80, never heard them
ne ois.. 50 arYn had contracts for manufacturing
1H ,uantity Of silver and gold medals and
is's - several thousand dollars worth of sheet
bfne 20 ~ eold in the safes. Philip MCFARLAND.
sfe' o,ened the place yesterday morning, and
lo, ,.,al,, detected the odor of smoke He rushed
inn. ,be building. and in the office where the
tr-s he found everything wrecked he too
sAies sA..sr and after rapping for assistance the
P'"-..-,aa with Mcfarland to make a search oil
onost ns,,q Captain Cottreil. Of the Leonard
he Ou was Informed and took charge of the
street reso So and detectives were sent from Police
;uvsstigatloh' "-'N
I.sssouarters- . -, ,,oo,
Hs ,c,ce found that three borlngs hao oeeh
The -, doors and a powerful explosive used
Hs0e a-s = inside the safes had been opened with
In ~ nick and everything of value had neen ,aAeh
i0on 1.ss and papers strewn over the floor
out D. - saUdlist office coats and rags, that
and vNs ~ sed 10 deadeE the sojtld of the ex-
hso - .re around the safes. The police believe
posO+ r,rslars are persons who were famlIlaf
zith the pace - ,,sos 70 ,,r, onen the scut-
:. the roof of the building. but the pohce
lie Ou 1aorned how the men reached the roof Ii
hA- -seested that they might have gained d" eil
NSs th-ough the Cosmopolitan Hotel d Ie"
usii0e = and walked over the roofs OF the oller
ooois ali O. which of the same helen'-
p1H0-s 80 IN the TWO safes was taken ou' tiie
bSs did not disturb hundreds OF Vaiuaoie
l. medals. loving cups and buiiloh III ,,e
f1Hl n5 several boxes Of silver ana sOiu ii'0O'
esses s ,sre piled up near the safes
VIE ~ smoke which Mcfarland notieeo
Ihe tered the place. and the fact that so
VIZ ,sble material was left behind lnoica'e' III
M ton Of the police. that the thieVes were a.
LIZ sban the porter came to the door aho scsieu
FoiA ,i-,r7,v a tf1irty-foot rope ladder and
uns - - burglars tools were left behind me
& ;" .,yys,,abautr on the jimmy is the only Gle"
l., -. cracksmen. According to members OF
u :. ~ material stolen would weigh seventy
x @ ,ss II consisted Of gold enbleris. charnns'
80 valued at Ss.zo9; ten diamond ernpieHlS'
80 oe columbus. fourth degree. valued al
-, diamonds unset. So; fine gold, in sheets'
q e.. - Lrsr sheets $500: twenty solid gold Roman
.ic centenary medals, sec: gold jewelry Naiueo
"a. dies and samples including fine die OF
-. U-iuiap, II Taft. s20co. and Sl75 in cash
-,-,s-e took the box along with the cash. not
,,t=,g The tine open it,
,,b- 7 Dunn the vice-president or the company
"a yesterday that the firm had recently completed
A., ,orrract for l5o@p medals, ana an eA'iH -
:, -i-,-es had been engaged for the work Dur
= ,+s sine several articles. he said. had aisap-
- T,so-rnatioT he suggested. might have been
20, - experienced safe breakers. The night
v,,sbrsn in the Irving Bank which is next door
:, .b4 Dunn establishment. said he had heard no
s,,,osion The safes may have been blown open
sr-4nr the thunderstorm early yesterday
:, * nrobable)1hat the burglars thought 70 nnd
,hs nonsr for the FIRMS weekly payroll in the
... and : vague suggestion made by MI
r,u,B that some one had learned that they were
making quantity q silver medals for the Personal
Liberty League and that they had determined TO
gsi The bars Of silver
On July safe crackers blew open TWO safes IN
-be Diamond Point Pen Company, at No lo2 Beck
rasr street and stole pen points valued al si.op.
his Was the nth robbery this place within the
isst three years. The robbery occurred early IN
ffe morning, and the cracksmen got away without
leaving clevy for the police work on.