The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-03
GANG d THIEVES
Make RICH HAUL
MoRE THAN sasse wonrM or runs
TAKEN rRon sroRE or
HAAsE = SONS.
BY EXPERT FURRIERS
ONLY THE HEST IN STOCK IL
TAkEN-RoBBERY CoMMrTTED
SATURDAY AND DISCOVERED
YESTERDAY.

One of the most daring and per-
fectly executed robberies ever per-
petrated In Richmond was committed
Saturday night, when thieves er1t"rsd
the furrier shop OF Charles Haase a
Sons, l19 West Broad street. and made
away with between $4,000 and $4,000
worth OF stock.
The robbery was discovered oil the
opening hcur yesterday morning. when
proprietCSS and employees entering the
shop found everything in state OF
confusion. Discarded furs were lying
all about the first floor.
Work Of Experts.
There was every evidence that the
| thieves were expert, and that they had
selected from the stock with the great
est care. Only the more valuable stock
was taken. None OF the furs kept IN
STORAGE was touched. The thieves mad
evidently made complete exainira-
ton OF all the stock in the shop ard
! had selected only the best. ii was
possible fcv them to have stolen every
thing in sight, but 1t would have been
necessary for them TO have procured
wagon or other conveyance to carry
away their booty.
The robbery Is supposed by the po-
| lice to have been committed by ex-
perts, though several Of the detectives
are inclined to suspect local mer.
Others regard 1t as probable. hoveNe err,
that the robbery was committed NY
the same gang which has robbed furr.er
stores in Detroit, Buffalo ami ether
cities. The Richmond police have
been notified on several occasions TO
look out for stolen furs, and It was
only very recently that Detective
Sergeant Bailey went to the Haase
pr ople to learn the price OF furs which
had been stolen In other cities, and
to ask them to keep watch for thefn.
| Detective Sergeants Wren. Wiley.
Rellam and W Wiltshire were assigned
to the case after 1t had been re-
ported to headquarters shortly after 8
O'clock. They were inforr<rf that the
store was closed at 10 o'ciock Satur-
day night, and that general watch
man employed in the nsighborh.yod
had discerned lights IN the rear o. the
building. He thought nothing 1T them.
however, and made no Investigation.
Entrance was effected through a
third-story window in the rear, the
thieves climbing to the window by
means of fire escape The window
was opened with Jimmy" the clasp
In the too OF the first sash being
broken. The window was then raised,
and the rest was easy. 1t was said
that children had been IN the hibit Ct
climbing up and down the fire escape.
4 Only the Best taken.
The stock was gone over with care.
only the highest priced furs being
taken. The thieves were evidently
practiced, and knew The value y!
furs, for they touched nothing that had
been used and. apparently, did not lock
at the stock in storage, which. was
worth in the aggregate 100000. The
regular stock amounted 10 more than
100000 In value. the Insurance on All
being $4,000, covered by the Lecky 4
Rutfn company, Incorporated, OF which
Robert Lecky, Jr., is president.
AS soon as he received his first re-
ports from the detectives Captain Nc
Mahon telegraphed TO al the big cities
in the country. asking the aid Of the
police in capturing the thieves. Re-
plies were received from New York
and several other OF the larger cities
It is deemed probable Ivy expert
opinion that the theft was committed
by gang of thieves. which has been
travelling from city 10 city. and rom
bling all the furrior stosea, and that
the thieves reached New York yester-
day morning In New York they would
have no difficulty In finding fences.
where the goods could be disposed of
at fair profit, AMI Ii Is said to be
likely that the men wrre sitting down
to lunch in some far-fAu,ea cafe at the
time that they were being sought
The Haase robbery IL the largest
since Eddie Fay and Little Dick Harris
visited Richmond. and stole moro than
$50 900 worth OF stamna from the post