The evening world., 1909-01-07
SAFE BLOWERS
LOOT DOZENS Of
BOWERY STORES
Police Endeavor to Suppress
Details Concerning the
Gangs Work.
TWO JOBSONEBUlLDING
Strong Boxes Torn Open
With Dynamite, and no
Arrests Made.
TWO JOBSONEBUILDING

Police Commissioner Bnglam's policy
OF suppress.ng reports OF burglarIes
and safe robbGrles tends to help make
. good showing A the Commissioners
exposition OF the excellent work Of the
poice force, 6ut the burglars go right
on burgIaring just the same.
From the information gathered by
The Evening World to-day It appears
that a gang of safe blowers has been
working up the Bowery In the past two
months with ali the thorough at,en-
ton 10 detail that a solicitor for names
Tor city directory should manifest
The most spectacular Job done by
the gang was accomplished New Year's
eve, while the streets were damned
with mcrrymakers and the entire police
force of the city was on active duty
Two Doors From a Bank.
The industrious safe blowers en-
tered the building at No, l3S Bowcly,
two doors from tie Bowery Savings
Bank, by way of a window opening
wynn VIC l'pl Va IL lNO-SiUIS DulfllnH
adjoining.
They blew up the safe OF the OHM
bia Photograph Company, on tht third
floor, so completely that the Columbia
Photograph Company has been unable
TO use 1t since, \ roll OF 500 in bills
rewarded them, Then they went to the
ground floor whore the office Of the Gas
Appliance Company opens upon the
street
The safe Is hidden from view from the
front windows by screen Behind this
screen the burglars worked securely
wrapping the safe with rags and finally
blowing 1t open. From this office they
took $40 In money, 500 In jewelry and
$3.50 worth Of cut glass, the property
OF Bernard Bitter. or Lakewood, \. j.,
q member Of the firm
Warehouse on the List.
Alexander Brothers big furniture
warehouse, al Nos. N and 100 Bowerv,
vas visited hy safeblowers last sunday
They mad previously paid their respects
4 the safe in this establishment on
I4anksgiy!ns Day. hut something had
frightened them OF before they got
enyth!ng.
on sunday they had better luck. dy.
HamtinS the SAFE and securing small
amount ~ money and 500 worth Of cur
tars. In entering Alexander Bros.
store the burglars prIed of iron bars
ana forced iron shutters.
Jacob Ruh"nste.ns furniture ware
house, at 80. 81 Bowery. was burglar.
ICED in the night three weeks ago. TIE
safe in this establishment is on the
ground floor in plain sight from the
front windows
the burglars hung carpets inside the
window panes like curtains. and thus
protected from the gaze Of the vigIlant
policemen on the sidewalk, spent hours
removing one side of the safe with
drills, and reaching the money com
partment All they got was SIS. and a
bunch OF stamps
Some Other Victims.
Other merchants Who have been
visited and robbed by the burglars are
NJ Rappapot. cut glass. No. lls
Bowery. franke & Son. souvenir postal
cards, No l22 Park Row. II. Finkelstem
Son. No. IN Park Row. Gustav Jaret.
sky. furnishing goods. No. IL Bowery:
Sanford " Coz furnishing goods, No
2S Bowery, Theil Bros, furnishing
goods, No, 20 Bowcry, and the United
cigar stores Company, No "a Bowery.
These robheries We're all reported 10
Police Headquarters They are recorded
In the hidden archives. They will never
figure In the police records. unless the
Thieves should accidentally lie captured