The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-20
STOLE 1926 LBS. OF CANDY
THERE VAS ONE FIVE POI ND
nov OUERIOOkED.
the Hartok Factory Was Looted on sun.
day Police Have = right Reco,ering
E,en Just q Little of o. should Be
sSnae stem rh Aches ~ Result.

1here'Il he tummy aches along Tenth
and Eleventh avenues in the neighbOrhoOd
Ut the FIfiy aud Sixty streets for "A few
DAYS a. come. Scattered about that
neiRhborhood are many basement caches
stocked with choice portions 81 the - 200
pounds OF candy witch l.. y. Hartog
Of the firm Of l.. y HartoR 4 Co.. manu-
facturers Of candy at go West Fifty
eighth street. says were stolen from the
olant by a stream Of folks last sunday.
Also some patrolmsn aud plain clothes
men we're bsatsn up by Italians about
7 O'Clock last evening whsn they tried to
haul away some Of the candy which Mr.
HartoS discovered in the cellar Of tsne-
rnent at SA West Fifty-ninth street.
The HartOg firm has been getting
ready Ia move its candy factory down To
SpI last Twenty first street Ia order
TO be prepared for customers during the
mixup oi moving week the tirm stayed
up nights 20 lay in an extra stock %
goodies. Consequently when the factory
hands went home on saturday night
there was stored in the basement and on
tho first floor % the plant more candy
than a small boy could even $50 in
Christmas eve dream
In Just one lot alone were sixty cases
Of mixed candies. each ease containing
81 xty-fivs pounds Near by were 2OO pals
oT candies with thirty-seven pounds TO
the pail and scattered recklessly around
az various spots were 2OO tiV" bound
loves of candy.
so,n.Ipody not INTO the Easement early
ON SUNDAY forenoon and hsiped himself
The fin, visitor couldn't keep the JOYOUS
news Ia himself and ~ u wasdt long
bafore the parade started. Proprietor
HaTtoR zays that the police were too busy
on sunday watching SIDE doors u iaNr
notics of fhs. parad. ot visitors who Wer'
now marching INTO the candy plant empty
handed and emerging with candy enough
for "a SUNDAY school
IN. crowd. the firm s.ly took all the
caudv m the plac" except ~" hve pound
~ Evid-ntiy -omsAnne from "a" usiah-
hardwood heard q this ovs-f sight ~ any
rate a Waterman near ly late last uiRht
uotiCs.d "A Voutu trying to PCT nItp iuv
candy factory and shous-d the intruder
away before he 80 "a touch with th" hi'Al
hvstpoUndr.
Whan "a. Hariogs. father ana son.
arrived at the factory They l'.s-ned not
,,nIy nf the Ios- 81 their candy but u
broken hs.n,h-- and equipment IA th"
basement aud two floors which th'' lOpters
had trrn,d UPSIDE d"wn or sn.Hshed lee
fnr. saving Adieu Co the place. The pa
hc,, OF the. West Forty seventh street
station Yesterday started out on "a candy
hunt
Mr.. Hartog yesterday heard that some
II his stock was in the basement ~ dn
italian t.rsfnsnt at S4l West Iiity ninth
street Police Ssrgt. Rydsll and Patrol
men Joe Evanz and bill Stihnpf found
seven pals - candy Ia the cellar.
Mary Gargmio. carrying seven 70
months old baby. came out on the little
wooden porch ~ the house Just a. the
Dolic~nsen ~ere forming the candy bucket
| brigade Shs Oblected u the removal
| OF the CANDY on tbs ground that her
\ son had bought 70 in regular form. The
/ son hapts-neri along and started a row.
The whole tenement charged under
the wOm4n's command and just 49, the
| reserves reached tho field Preparation
| Hartog alssI came Co the rescue. The
reserves caused the fighters To fndO. but
stretched ga the porch was Policeman
J,ss Evans with q broom handle bump
/ above the lsSt eye: Dr. Lockwood II
| Flower Hospital patched Up the bleeding
| Ds,licsman, Who then returned 90 his work
u searching for more candy.
Mrs. GaTguilO was tho Only one ar
/ rested. She was locked NJ charged with
assault. and the baby went 20 the cell
with her.