New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-05
POLICE FIND $4,000 IN
GOODS IN D|NCY STORE
ProprietorS of Place and Truck
Driver Arrested by De-
teCtiveS on Case.
MARKS ARE DESTROYED
Believed That Establishment
Contains Nothing but Stolen
Goods - Firm Tries to
Identify Missing Stock.
MARKS ARE DESTROYED

Goods valued by tn. police AZ 80 30
were found late yesterday afternoon in a
dingy looking store at No. 10 East 81
street. The police are irving 20 ind out
who the real owners of the goods are.
The proprietors Of the store who say
they are Hirsch Berlner OF No. 20 Roeb-
ling street Brooklyn. and Samuel Brody
of No. 423 Barley street. Brooklyn. are
locked up in the Greenwich street station
II. Mckinney. acting captain OF de'ec-
tives. Of the ID detective district. VINO
not an article in the store that is not
stolen property.
Berliner and Brody. according 10 Nc
Kinney. did business under the name OF
the Manhattan Remnant Company. The
stock IN the store consisted principally
OF silks. laccs. dress goods and suitings.
The detective declared an effort had been
made 10 destroy all tags and marks OF
the goods. so az 10 make identification
difficult
Mckinney says he has had the store
under suspicion for some time. and yes
terday afternoon he placed Detectives
Oliver and Botu outside. They saw Her
man Bader, a driver for the Acme Spong-
ing Company, OF No. Barrow street.
drive up on one OF his firms trucks. lie
took a number of bundles from tho
truck and carried them into tho store.
The detectives waited until ne cams
out and then grabbed him. They took
him back to the store. where they met
Berliner They asked Berliner If he
knew Bader, and, according to them, he
replied:
"Oh, yes. lie just obliged me by bring
ing some goods in his truck"
Mckinney was communicated with. as
was the Acme Spongins Company. Man
ager Greenberg Of the Acme company
arrived on the scene few minutes after
Mckinney. Ne was asked about tho
bundles left by Bader. He said they
were not his firms property. He looked
around the store. and then. picking up
some rolls of colth. said:
This certainly looks like some goods
we lost last week"
further search revealed some more
rolls OF dress goods and suitings that
Greenberg maintained looked like prop
erty the firm had missed. but all tags had
been taken off. and he could not make a
positive Identification. Imprinted in the
cloth, however. were numbers. and Green
berg said ne would be able 10 compare
the numbers with the records Of the firm.
Bader, according to Mckinney. after the
arrival OF Greenberg, dropped the bluff
ing attitude he had assumed and admitted
he had sold goods OF the firm to Berlner
and Brody. lie was placed under arrest
charged by his employers with grand lar
ceny.
A patrol wagon was filled with samples
Of the goods found in the store. and they
were taken to the Greenwich street sta
ton. A police lock was then placed on
the door OF the store and patrOlman
placed OH guard
Greenberg said Bader had worked for
his firm for the last three years and had
always been considered honest. The
manager asserted tho firm had been miss
ing goods for about year. probably $1,000
worth in all. but had never suspected
Bader.
The goods picked out by Greenberg
were worth approximately 500.