New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-20
STOLE TONS Of CANDY
Boys Got Away with Confectlon-
er's Entire Stock.
NElGHB0RS WATCHED IT GO
Factory Was About to Move
and They Thought Time
Already Arrived.

Already Arrived.
When I. y Hartog locked his door at
No $40 West ssth street on Saturday night
he reslized that he owned enough gum
drons to fit out ten Arctic expeditions. In
Guiding bonbons and assorted candies with
the gumdrops. piled from basement TO loft
I'm boxes. buckets and barrels, Mr.. Hartog S
Inventory then totalled a trif1e more than
ten net tons. Although Mr.. Hartog is Il
manufacturer of candy, this was more than
he usually carried in stock. He intended to
move on Monday to new store at No. sol
East 21st street. and had provided amply
for any loss of time.
He ordered his Waterman TO the new
store for some reason not clearly recollected
by him now. and when he went to the old
store on Monday TO begin moving Mr.. Har-
tog found he was wasting time. = In short.
he had already been moved. He rushed
into the street and inquired where he could
find q policeman. Neighbors told him they
had noticed what a tremendous business he
was doing all day Sunday. They were Sit
cere. but he gave them to understand that
they were annoying him.
There was a string OF boys coming out
Of your store all day" repeated the neigh
bors.
Go away from me pleaded Mr. Hartos.
Il want q policeman"
He ran until he found two policemen.
They listened 10 him, but when he ex-
pressed the opinion that bad BOYS of the
neighborhood Chis store was near Tenth
svenue) had carried off ten tons of cara
mels. the policemen tried to soothe him.
They thought he would feel better II he
drank some cold water. Neghbors caught
up with Mr.. Hsrtog by this time. and they
told the policemen that there wasn't boy
ir the region not smeared with chocolate
and sticky from attempting to carry a
wholesale stock Of gumdrops i'm the com
paratively slight opportunities that even a
boys pockets afforded.
The policemen then told MIR Hsrtog tina t
most Of the force in the precinct had been
occupied in looking after excise violations
or Sunday. and for that reason the hooters
OF his factory were not observed. This
also failed TO soothe the candy man. and
he ran to the West 18th street station. He
met Captain Fennelly there The captain
asked him TO tell il to him again. Bad
boys stealing ten tons of candy struck him
as a new one.
On Monday the captain took Sergeant
Rydell. of the had boy squad" and they
cruised around the streets They noticed
that every boy was eating candy and had
lot in reserve Mouths and pockets we're
full when asked for an explanation each
boy Hoped 70 die IL he hadn't got il from
his pal" The policemen found the plot
thckening with each layer Of chocolate.
Yesterday Sergeant RydeIl took Police
men Evans and Stumpf. and found q clev
in the tenement home Of Mrs Mary Gar
dalio. AT No. sal West 18th street Mrs
Gardalio had candy by the bucketful. Her
numerous family were eating H. Seeing
the policemen enter the home Of their
friend. many Of Mrs. Gsrdalio's neighbors
followed and were present when Mrs. Gar
dslio used = mop stick
She used II with serious effect on Patrol
man Evans. striking him over the right
eye and completely knocking him out Be
fore The mopstick was thought Of BY the
policemen they had noted that one room Of
the apartment contained seven pals Of
candy. Some OF the gentle neiEhbors OF
Mrs. Gsrdslio. after she struck the blow
FOR her children's sake" got away with
two buckets OF bonbons. When Evans re.
newed interest in his surroundings Mrs
Gardslio was arrested. and with her three
months-old baby was taken TO the West
18th street station DR.. Lockwood. OF
Flower Hospital, attended the injured po-
liceman
on Saturday night Mr.. Hartog saws he
had sixty cases of assorted candies. Of
siXty-fiSe pounds each. two hundred pals
Of gumdrops. Of thirty-seven pounds each
two thousand boxes Of bonbons. Of five
pounds each. and altogether there was
2l.5e0 pounds on hand. When the boys wer.
through there were only the contents o.
FIVE boxes strewn over the floor Ply
sicians anticipate an unusual trade but tn.
owners of other candy stores in the neigh
horhood threaten to go out of business
| They say the competition has been too
great