The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-06-21
GANG SELLSLOOT
/, ATVERy DOORS0F
r HEADQUARTERS
Part Of $4,000 Worth of
Stolen Lingerie Offered
for Mere Song.
LOVELY LACEY FlXlNGS.
Merchant Opposite Waldo's
Window Couldn't Resist
Temptation to Buy.
LOVELY LACEY FlXlNGS.

Police headquarters IL In imminent
danger of losing Its gilded dome. for II
a gang OF loft thieves now operating in
New York ever make up their mind to
steal the gold leaf. they've got the nerve
necessary for the job. They have exem-
plified their daring so glaringly within
the past three days that even Commits
sioner Waldo Is thinking OF having his
desk nailed to the floor to keep them
from stealing 1t.
Jacob Rice manufactures lingerie at
No. 253 Centre street. When he looks
up from his desk, he can gaze directly
across Centre street into Commissioner
waldo's Office and he and the Commits
eloner frequently exchange salutations
som their office windows.
Wednesday afternoon. while looking
out OF his window into Commissioner
waldos office. Rice was accosted by .
young man. who walked into his office
with a sample case. a good cigar and
. pleasant business air.
''Mr Rice" he said, Il am an agent
for an auction company which has had
consigned to dt 100 dozen handsome cor
set covers and "a dozen Irish linen night
dresses--swell goods. Mr.. Rice. We want
samples"
Whereupon he produced a corset COW
er of rare linen. all bound around with
baby blue ribbon. inserted In convent
ent places and just too cute for any
thing. Then he unravelled one OF those
night dresses about which novelists
speak In the modern fiction books that
are 80 popular with summer maidens.
Rice was delighted with the samples.
but admitted they were Just TITLE too
swell" However. II the price was
right. maybe he could sell them to some
swell place UP OH the avenue" The
price surely was right. For the corse,
covers the obiiging salesman asked only
q q dozen. and. and Mr.. Rice would
take the night gowns. TOO. he could
have, them, too for 81 a dozen-or 81:
fer the lot.
NIGHT DRESSES WERE A HIT VI
THE AVENUE.
Mr.. Rice went up "the avenue" ant
exhibited the samples. The first deale
who saw them wanted TO buy imme
d!ateiy. The corset covers. he said
were cheap at s. n dozen. and the nigh
dresses at SO a dozen. Wholesale. III
would take the lot.
Rice hurried back TO his factory. Al
express wagon was drawn up In 'front.'
directly across from headquarters. !
policeman, standing at the horses head
was sympathizing with the driver be
cause the load was so heavy. RE
asked for the bill and the driver salt
the auction company" would collcc
later.
The burlap bags contained the goods
si,0t0 worth, and Rice had bought 70
Ss72 II was such a good business strok
that when he went home MIR. Rice toll
his wife about II. She asked HIN II h
didn't think the goods had been stolen
That hadn't occurred to Mr.. Rice and
worried him 80 much that at 3 o'cloc
Thursday morning. accompanied by hi
wife. ne went back to the factory I
look at the goods again. Then 1t da wne
on him that something was wrong. II
hurried to the Mulberry street station
where ne laid the case before Cap
Kinsler Detectives immedia tcly ider
titled the goods as part OF the proceed
Of $4,000 loft robbery IN Efficient
street. The stolen goods were taken
Police Headquarters directly across n
street. and a detective stationed
Rice's factory to nab the SALESMAN
when he returned 10 collect the sS,.
The stolen goods are stln in Poll,
Headquarters and the detective Is st
In Rice's ONCE. waiting for the bu
glars. F'room his post In Rices OH
the detective can look across the sire
and see Commissioner Waldo at h
desk. growing angrier every moment
the nerve OF some burglars.