New-York tribune., 1913-11-19
BOY IS ACCUSED
AS BURGLAR BOLD
Undersized Youth Charged
with Robbing Many West
Side Apartments.
IMPLICATES THREE;
MUCH LOOT FOUND
Ran Errands for Amsterdam Ave.
nue. Laundry - "Jimmied"
Doors, Detectives Say.

Doors, Detectives Say.
In the small, understood person Of
Harry Bloom. a seventeen-year-ol err
rand boy living at No. "a East 105th
street. the police of the West l2Jth
street police station profess to hold
, prisoner the leader of a clique of burg
present high cost of living for apart
,, ment house dwellers. and incidentally
reaping a rich harvest in furs. jewelry
and women's clothing for themselves.
Following the arrest of Bloom, De-
tectives Connors and Hawkins also ar
rested Miss Diana Werner. Of the same
age as Bloom, and Bernard Kirsch.
both of whom were living at No. III
East 1l4th street, and Edward Russo,
a teweller. of No 34T East 18th street
Bloom was locked up on a charge of
burglary, and a charge of receiving
stolen property was registered against
the other three prisoners.
According to the charge. Blooms
method was simple but effective. For
two weeks he had been employed as
laundry boy in a laundry at llltn
street and Amsterdam avenue.
simultaneously with the appearance OF
the new laundry hoy. however. persons
living in apartment houses in the vicin-
itv began to miss various bits Of prop
erty. Perhaps il was a woman's fur
coat. or it might he a gold watch;
again it was az likely TO he an evening
gown, valued at 500. or a diamond and
pearl brooch. All were grist for the
burglars mill.
All Roads Lead to Harry.
When complaints reached the police
Detectives Hawkins and Connors.
among others, were put on the trail.
For several days they went about
among the different apartment houses.
inquiring Of this elevator boy and that.
what they knew Of the mysterious
burglaries.
After a score or so OF dusky hope
fuls had dinned the same answer Into
their ears Connors and Hawkins start
ed out 10 find the laundry boy who had
incurred the dark suspicious Of the ele-
vator boys. Their wanderings led them
to the laundry at Amsterdam avenue
and 111th street. and there they gazcd
upon the frank and open countenance
Of Harry Bloom.
After running down a few more clews
the detectives returned 10 the laundry
yesterday and told Harry they wanted
him on a charge Of burglary. Harry's
employer was Mortified. but the boy
himself was very philosophlc about il
all. He didn't blame the detectives for
their mistake. They had to make their
living, and if it consisted in arrestirg
innocent persons. why, that was all
there was to it.
For many minutes in the station
house Harry retained his cheerful and
philosophc outlook on things. Then,
as Hawkins and Connors got more in
sistent in their quizzing, the boy be-
gan TO whimper and finally broke down
and laid bare the whole. horrid truth.
Bloom, according to the detectives.
said he would be sent to a certain
apartment house for laundry He
would walk past the elevator boy.
ask TO be let off at the second floor.
and then, when the elevator had gone.
would ring all the bells Of apartments
on that floor. When he was sure no
body was home. Harry would pull his
faithful jimmy from his pocket and
pry open the door.
Booty on Dumbwaiter.
once inside. the boy would bundle
what he wanted into one package, place
II on the dumbwaiter and send 1t to
the basement where his confederate
would dispose of 1t. Having done this.
Bloom would go TO the apartment
take IL and descend ostentatiously in
the elevator, discoursing to the negro
boy OF the trials and tribulations Of a
poor laundry boy.
After they had heard enough Of this
the detectives asked the boy what he
did with all the stuff he had stolen.
They said he told thei he had sold all
the clothing and furs to Kirsch and
Diana Werner.
The detectives went and found Ber-
nard and Diana and much else besides.
According to the' police. Diana wore
about her neck gold watch and chain
later identified as the property of Mrs.
Richard Gee, Of No. 1850 Amsterdam