New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-11
SEIZE WOMAN AS ONE
Of $4,000 BURGLARS
Police Say One of Two Men
Charged with Completely
Confessed Crime.
HAT MATERIAL THE LOOT
Two of Prisoners Say They Are
Mother and Son-Detec-
tives Recover Part
of Goods.

A woman and two men. one Of whom
said he was her son, were locked up in
the Macdougal street police station last
night charged with having entered a
loft on the sixth floor of the seven
story building at No. 1Ol Varick street.
occupied by the A. & Il. Hat Company
and carried away raw material valued
at $4,000.
The woman and the young man. who
said he was her son, gave their names
as Mrs Dora Frank. of No. 40 9th
street, and Samuel Frank. of the same
address. The other man described HIM
self as Gottlieb Pruskin. a tailor. He
said that he lived with the Franks at
the 9th street address. In addition 10
the charge of burglary he was held for
carrying a revolver
The detectives said they believed they
had captured in these three persons a
group OF the most accomplished and
businesslike burglars in the city.
Shortly before I o'clock Tuesday
morning Detectives Donahde and Law
Ter were told that the Varick street
loft building had been entered and that
a $4,000 robbery had been committed.
subsequent investigation showed them
that thieves had Skinned up fire es-
cape in the rear of the building. The
first indication that met the eyes Of
the sleuths which told them that they
were dealing with an unusual set or
crooks came during their examination
of the window through which they
gained entrance to the first loft. The
window sill as we'll as the loft floor
was covered with dust and the de-
tectives were unable to find so much
as a mark, to say nothing OF the usual
finger prints.
on the theory that some Of the small
Rat cleaning establishments in the lower
end Of the city might be able TO give
them a dew 10 the robbers, the detec-
tives visited a shop at No. 50 Second
avenue. where they found, they say,
several hats answering the description of
the stolen property. The proprietor OF
the shop explained that the hats had
been left by a young man. who ordered
bands to be put on them, saying that he
would return yesterday afternoon at
o'clock.
When this young man did not keep
this appointment the sleuths went to
Third avenue and 9Th street, where they
were told he was often seen, and there,
the police say, they found and arrested
Samuel Frank, a little before o'clock.
Frank. the detectives say, led ther
to the East 9th street address, where
they were introduced to the woman who
was later taken into custody and who,
the Young man stOuty claimed, was his
mother. While in the apartment the de-
tectives say that they found several
sheet covered trunks, WHICH were
searched and contained. they claim the
creator part of the stolen property.
When the woman was asked where
she got the stuff she declared that the
trunks belonged to man who told her
10 keep them there until he returned
She said she did not know this man =
name About an hour later there came
a rap on the door, and young. stockllV
bu;It man entered. Before he got his
foot across the door sill the detectives
had him covered with their revolvers
This was Pruskin. The police say no
confessed TO the theft.