The evening world., 1909-02-24
HELP! SOME ONE
STOLE my 1000
PAIRS Of SHOES
Weisenberg, With Eye to Bust
ness, Offers Rest of Story
for a Consideration.
'SCOOPED' BY REPORTER
Plain News Gatherer Got to
Mysterious Harlem Robbery
First-Here 1t Is.
'SCOOPED' BY REPORTER

berg & Sons, shoe dealers, OF No. 2O50
Third avenue, breezed down to The
World Office this morning and franti-
cally released from his painting breast
the news that the shoe store had been
robbed of 1000 pairs of shoes, Mr..
Weisenberg was only day late with
the news. the robbery having occurred
yesterday morning, but he passed out
the information as II It had been dug
fresh from crypt of deepest mys-
teries
After having merely duplicated the
information already received from our
Harlem reporter he asked sweetly:
Now what Is the commercial value
Of my information"
What asked the ONCE reporter,
Yes, WHAT" said the still painting
young man. What do get for telling
you how we are robbed? Maybe fifty
or a hundred dollars, yes'"
yes. not" said the reporter. The re-
Evening World was really doing the
weisenbergs favor in telling the story
OF how they were robbed. Furthermore,
We had already full report on the
story.
Dollar Would Do.
And at any rate" said the reporter,
tive usually pay only 81 or so for tips
on such unimportant news items
We'll. I take the dollar then said
Mr.. Weisenberg. Il take the dollar
and get me some cigars
The tollouinO is the thrilling mar
ratiue Of hoe the Weisenbergs pere
robbed OF one thousand pairs Of
shoes. as communicated TO the Office
6v The Evening Worlds alert Hdr-
lem reporter:
Inspector McCafferty made flying
visit TO Harlem to-day to learn whether
or not his rime-hunters up there are
suffering from myopa, astigmatsn or
inverted vision, He Is really anxious
TO discover why the Harlem uniformed
anu ApINV
party OF burglars TO invade tie big
shoe store OF Morris Weisenberg &
Sons, a, No. 2O50 Third avenue, and
steal one thousand pairs OF shoes.
Just hInk OF It, ONE THOUSAND
pairs OF shoes, Count 'em-ten hundred
pairs, not to mention elghty.seven pairs
OF rubbers.
II certainly was neat Job. McCaf.
ferty admits that, 1t must have taken
several hours and occas!oned the pres
ence nearby OF pair of trucks, or one
moving van How many trips the
shoe thieves made from the store 10
the waiting vehicles is giving Mccall
ferty some pause. for he estimates
that the gang made something Ike
:Itty trips in cleaning out the store.
Doors Are There Still.
OF course all the policemen were on
their posts when the ROBBERY occurred
Haughtily they paced to and fro. fro
and TO, before WeIsenoergs store.
But somehow they did not see or
hear what went on within and behind
the brilliantly lighted shoe emporium
No, the thieves did not take OF the
front doors and 60 in. They took on
the back door. however carefully I'M
screwin3 the hinges They carried tht
door to tine rear of the yard ana lala II
carefully down in corner Ihen they
went on down into the cellar ana loon
out their saws and things. The door
leading down into the cellar was heaV'
ily bol.ed and bound with iron clamps
no the Visitors did not waste any time
with their metal saws. Instead they
sawed out piece OF the floor three Zee!
square get up stepladder under 1t and
went to work.
McCafforty believes that one OF me
m,scre lnts first snasged pair OF ruo,
nuijed down the blinds. Infamous
scoundrel, 10 pull down the blinds and
thus dec eve the honest, a.crt and FEAR
less constable on the beat.
Robbers Most Inconsiderate.
Pu, that was only beginning Of the
vile deceit practised by this gang They
around the corner Instead OF DRYING
them up to the front door. Nor did the
unfeellng miscreants move on. me
premises headed by a drum and fife
corps, Illuminating their way with
Roman candles. pinwheels and SKY.
rockets. Then. II they had only had
the decency to set off a dozen or SO
Chinese bombs the Harlem sleuths
might have acquitted themselves with
eclat instead Of covering themselves
with eclair, as McCaiferty put II.
In view OF the thoroughness with
which the invading crooks cleaned on,
the Shoe store, 1t Is not unlikely that
the" were accompanied by halt-dozer
shoe clerks hired for the occasion. They
went about the job handily enough
Working from shelf to shelf. they re.
moved each pair OF shoes separately
from It's box, passed them down into
the cellar, whence they were relayed
TO the waiting van or trucks. Alto
gether about two tons Of shoes were
adroitly disposed OF and whisked away
The thieves left no address or photo.
Tie robbery was discovered yesterda,
when Mr.. Morris Weisenberg & Sons
opened up the shop. So overwhelmed
were they at their losses that the,
waited almost a day before reportinj
the robbery. They couldn't believe 4
possible till they had opened up tn,
thousand shoe boxes and rubbered II
the eighty-seven gumshoe boxes. A
the discovery that each separate. indi
yldnal and seauent box was empty thu
Weisenberg family went over Into {
series OF brief swoons.
When one Of the Weisenberg sons re
covered sufficiently tt;iis morning he be
thought himself to sprint to Park Row
and offer the story Of the robbery Il
The World When he came back K
Harlem he passed away into another