The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-20
CATCH BELGIAN BANK ROBBER
POLICE THINk THEY H4TE MAN
VINO STOLE 10000 FRANCS.
lie Made key 10 Bank In I.Iege and
Cracked the safe WIN Giant Can
Opener Traced TO England and Here
Had Pawn Ticket. for the .IeweIry.

! In Louis Mendslbaum. arrested yes
terdAy by Detectives Unger and Deitsch
Of the Central once as a fugitive from
Belgian justice. the police are satisfied
that they have bagged Leibus Brjiuskl.
alias Louis Cohen. wanted in Iiege. Bet
GUM. for robbing a bank OF some 4DO.OO
francs in cGh and securities and taking
an unsstimated amount Of jewelry from
the bankers FRANCOIS and Emil Mares.
The robbery was committed on the eve
ming Of January or the morning Of Janu-
airy Of this year After the robbery
| Brjinski went TO London. and despite tho
fact that he had once been convicted ma
England and that the police there have
his photographs and measurements hs
was successful IN dodgiug the detectives
until he came To this country early ia tho
spring
The arrest was made at the request uf
the Belgian Consul here. who had re-
ceived from NJ Benjean, jug" d'Instruc-
ton Of Iiege. the RECORDS of IA" case and
the information that the man wanted
was supposed To have sailed for America.
According 10 this Information Francois
and Emil Marck brothers. are banking
agehts at Rue du Pont d'Avery IA IirF".
Their apartments are N the house next
door to their banking office
About the middle Of December Bri nsk
came to live IN the same hous" After ha
had been there two weeks IN" brothers
Marck were informed one night that
there was a most peculiar odor coming
from the room of the new lodg"r. They
shifted at IN. door and plainly detected
the odor Of scorCh-b or melting meta
Ia view Of what happened later hoy
surinise that at that time the Russian
was making a kew for The door of the bank
from one that in some way han come
temporarily into his possession
On the morning of January tho
brothers woke up 70 find that their Sleep
ing apa rtments had besn snts- 81 during
the night and some Of their jew.lry taken
Their grief over that loss was forgotten
when they found that the bank had besn
entered by means Of false key, a hole
little more than a foot IN diameter
ripped IN the door 81 the safe and the
combination tumblers 80 manipulated
through this hole that the safe door swung
on its hinges Collateral 20 the amount
% 10. 600 francs was missing. as was also
the sum Of 2O.s0O francs in silver and
bank notes Their new lodger vas not
TO be found The last seen of him was
about : o'clock the preceding evening.
when he left the house carrying a small
satchel Most 81 his effects were still in
his rom.
The robbery WAS reported - tho an
thorities and they decided that three men
had be.n engaged in u One ~ them.
Brjinski. they knew They had his picture
and measurements in Antwerp where he
was onc. arrested. from Russia tho
country in which he was born. and IN
Portsmouih England. who're he once
served q term for VagranCy lie was
traced 80 London and IN. police there
took M his trail He was convivial bv
nature and they soon got track Il him
ia som" of the restaurants in ~" for"Cn
quarter They found he was a fre,Iu.nt"-
of IN" Od.ssa. largely patroniz"i ~
his cY'rnr-vmsn Finally no was tracni
- his lodgings al IA Anthony stree
That was IN March when they GOT the-r
the bird had flown Then his photographs
and neaslIr.ment- were sent To- tho Nav
York polio"
The New Yrrs date~- YEA TpIlowal
hT1ln@k' " IN one FatNl Nlfie FtfNI ar AZ.
~ another ~ Nav = crmp1triIt ~ rs
told them that he was ~ ~" found ~ o.
room ~ :, Second Sire"t IN" da-ar'ivs,
went ther" hut Rriuski hIi lott Yea
t.r,lay morning hoy ia,r."l that hc hrt
arrived from Panama me preceding night
and might b" found ~ his OH hqunts
Trgar and naitSrh pickei him up ycst.
dav ~ First str,."t md Sn~rud ave-ur
~ = a. A d.
pawn tickets m" police -ay hat too
pawn tickets are for m" ~to'.n Jew"lry
which was pawu"d m London They J'i
not tell how much Brjinski had nhtlir"i
for his loot but sard u WAS cun-iiarlh,n
amount The stocks and securities Valusl
At irnO0 francs hid h.-'l raonva-.-i ~
the London pole" AZ his room ~ Anthony
street Inspector Russell does not thl.k
there ~ much chsnC" II recovering any
81 IN. ~ S,p francs lash whirh was stolen.
III" prisoner d"niei that h" was
Brjinsk or that he had ever cracked
n safe IN IiRge He said b" was Louis
N.nd.lbaum. humhl" tailor lookin,
for employment His fngerprints ard
measurements varo taken hy Lieut.
Faurpt of IN" Brrtillon bureau Lieut.
Taurut said that they corr"spond,si ia
Antwerp. Portsmouth, and Russia IN.
Belgian Nic..-C onsil Felix Bicll"y. went
10 Polio" Headquarters and was shown
the -. ldrnc. against the man. he zaid
that h" was satisfied that the police had
arrested the right man and that h- would
az one. apply for eAtradition In case the
prisoner persists ia denying his identity
IN. poIiC. will call m 10. Niefold Of iG2
RIVER street Patterson. y y. who. tho
Belgium police hay. informed Thorn
knows Rrjusl veil
Inspector Russell = much interested
~ ~" statement made nv the investigat-
ing Judg. Of Ii.gr that tho safe crackers
Iscd Il tool similar 20 n giant can opener
IN ripping a hole ~ the safe. In the lattsr
part 81 the " inter thr'-. men we're arrested
Nv detectives her" charged with doing
several v-gE jobs IN New England with
the aid of just such an instrument On.
of then. known 40 ltzka the smith.
~ id that he had invented the can opener
l.. t.r,,, In, tl,.,