The evening world., 1912-11-23
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READY TOCONFESS
SECRETS Of GANG
"lzzy the Painter" Facing IS
Years in Prison, May Solve
Mysteries.

Mysteries.
Assistant District Attorney Roy
Weller, In charge OF the prosecution
OF arson cases, and Fire Marshal
Prial. have gathered evidence that an
other gang OF nreougs, organized az
was the gang which was broken up
In 1896. are at work In this city. One
OF the members OF the new gang, ISL
dore Stelnkreutxer, alias "Izzy the
Painter" was convicted before Judge
Muiqueen in General Sessions to-day Of
arson In the second degree. and was
remanded for sentence. He has made.
II is asserted, ovcrtures to Mr.. Weller
to reveal all that he knows OF tho
workings OF tho gang in order that he
might escape the full penalty on his
conviction. twenty-five years at hard
labor in Sing Sing.
Stelnkreuizcr was convicted OF setting
fre to the apartment OF Samuel Gold
In a tenement at No. 70 East one Hrn-
dred and Eighteenth street June 20 as.
Twenty-four families, aggregaung lS'
time. Gold carried a policy for ILL"
on his furniture and ,loth!ns' the 'o'a,
value OF which was ssj5 lie had hau
The policy increased from *SU 10 $i''"
three weeks before the fire.
"lzzY" SEEN At MANY mrs-
FERROUS FIRES.
Fire Marshal Prial and his deputies
had been watching steinkreutzer tor
many weeks. He had been seen "
many mysterious nres In Harlem '"e
Bronx and Brooklyn, and once "h'n /,
about to BE arrested, had been ano"oo
to 20. on his plea that ne oes"eu ~
turn In a fire alarm
Marshal Prial, through spies, han an
inkling that Colds apartment was W
be set on Are. Gold sent his "ite anu
child to the sydenham Hospital the ua'
OF tho fire and Steinkreutzer was sec"
tn enter the apartment a Few minutes
b.fore her departure. Halt an houf
later Steinkreutzer rushed downstairs
and into the street where he was ar
rested by Prial. Colds bedroom was
found enveioped In flames. There wa.
n strong odor OF benzine. The nre hao
been started In a closet which had peen
stuffed with old clothes saturated win
benzine and ell
| When arraigned FOR trial Stelnkreutzcr
was represented by Lawyer Abraham
Levy. In his opening 20 the jury. AS
sistant Disti ict- Attorney Weller stateu
,ha, Marshal Prial AID ria deputies mao
evidence that Ste!nkrentEer was th'
leader OF a gang which had set nreS
and collected Insurance In more than
500 cases. The gang. Mr.. Weller SAID
worked In daylight.
POSED As PAINTER TO GET
OILS FOR FIRES.
The evidence in possession OF Mr.
Weller showed that steinkreutzer, al
though posing as painter, mas no'
worked at his trade for hve years MT
Weller believes that he posed as q
painter for the purpose or obtaln!nl
benzlne and gasoline. which was used
at all the fires with which he was con-
nectel. from stores. Steinkreutzer al
ways had plenty OF money and made M
HEADQUARTERS at a saloon in the neigh
borhood OF one Hundred and firs
street and second avenue. 1t was there
Mr.. Weller says. that most Of the hre'
were planned by Steinkreutzer ana hi
patrons
According to the evidence. Stein
kreutzer enabled Gold once before e
clean UP more than $500 from the Ger
man-American Insurance Company. II
which he carried policy OF $1,000 OF
his furniture ana clothing. This was II
December. 1910. when Gold lived at No
5Ii East One Hundred and Thirty
eighth street. On February 4, 1910
Steinkreutzer, living under the name o
Isaac Stein at No. 32l East Nlnety-frs
street, had q fire In his own apartment
on which he collected 500 from tn
PENNSYLVANIA Insurance Company.
ON January "a. 1911. Mr.. weller's evi
dencc shows Steinkreutzer lived at No
bls East Cne Hundred and Thirty-n5t
street. His alias then was Isaac GRADER
There was a fire In n clothes closet II
his apartment and again he COLLECTED
1900 from the Pennsylvania Insuranc
! Company. In February Steinkreutze
lived AT at No $40 Dushwick avenue
ProokIyn. lie mad n policy G: 81 900 wit
the North British and Mercantile Insur
ance Company. This fire was extin
guished before any damage was don
and steinkreutzer did not press an,
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