The evening world., 1913-03-21
POLICE ON WATCH
AS BURGLARS DIG
FOR $4,000 LOOT
4 -
Tunnel Into Broadway Loft.
= but Huge Steel Safe Bars
Their Progress.
FOUR MEN CAPTURED,
Detectives Hide In Bread Line
., at elimination of Seven
Z Weeks Shadowing.
FOUR MEN CAPTURED.

u 6o.ooo burglary on Broadway was
foiled to-day by detectives from the
Central once. and four old time Grim
q Inais were caught a. they operated on q
sesie almost a. daring a. that used
" the men Who successfully pulled Off
The ssoo.ooo simons burglary last sunday.
For seven weeks the detectives have
been using tho long shadow on the
four crooks. following them night and
day without ever being uncovered by
their quarry. Yesterday the Heahquar-
! ,srs mon wcre rewarded for their long
and trying job
Detectives Mueee. Toner. 0aynor.
BELLY and TAFT traiiing the four sus-
poets. came together In front Of No.
- Broadway. Just across tho street
from the st. Denis Hotel. The crooks
were Samuel Stein. alias The SENATOR"
Robert Davis. Henry Baker. alias ''Dia.
rhend 0oidberg." ana Abe Botnick.
ots,n, who 10 twenty-six years old.
M has the appearance Of Q SUCCESSFUL
yeunG business man. led The quartstte
ssd rented = largo loft on the second
MOT OF the building from the aren't,
r.. Basa. He said that the place was
70 be used for business purposes and
that he would begin to move In his
stun right OF.
No time was lost. Trucks came up
With loads OF boxes ana q steamer
trunk. Tho boxes were empty and were
u have been used In carrying or the
lot In the trunk were two huge jim-
n1es, braces and bits. picks. hammers
AID tools enough to have torn down the
Whols building.
PLANNED TO LOOT FEATHER
co. OF STOCK OF PLUMGo.
The objective Of the mon was the
csruaa Feather Company on the second
neer Of No. SH Broadway. The loft
! rsntsd was next 10 the Carusa factory.
. shortly after O'Clock yesterday II.
tsrnoon three Of the men locked them.
solves IN the newly hired loft. Stein
! LEFT the building but aid not 10 very
far. Al 8 tbs janator rolled down the
isoa outer door. thinking that all the
4, tsnants had left
Z stain remained across Broadway At
Tie doors Of the 1t. Denis. keeping m
outside EuArd. Hidden In doorways
! we're the detectives.
when the old rlsischmann brsadiins
. tegan 10 form sxcelicnt cover for the
: detectives was provided and two OF
!. eult 70 hold places. however. for the
: men In the line wore hungry and forced
:. thsm on and on and haally around the
3 0osner.
: An night the watch was kept up
y Meanwhile Stems three assistants In
. sils OF the building were cutting Into
: ~ wall and tunnciing through to th'
!. next building. The plan was to stea
= the entire stock Of ostrich plumcs from
3. The Carusa Company. lack them Il
= boxes ready and then ship them to dis
7. tant cities. oAarsxing brushes and pot
!, - ink were ready.
Z NuoE GAZE BLOCKED MOUTH
q OF TUNNEL THRoUoh WALL.
An error was made. however. In cal
4. cuiating the right spot for tho tunnel
-. and toward morning the burglars foun,
x. that . solid wall Of iron eonfronte'
* them II was the back ne the big sat
- uDed by the feather hrm. As tho SAT,
= would hide the end Of me tunnel from
:, the feather employees Il was decide,
=. b call on the Job for the time an,
. tackle II again tonight.
AZ 9 o'clock this morning the janito
opened up the budding At No. SIS. an,
. few minutes after Davis. Baker an,
0otnick appeared on the sidewalk an,
Joined Stein. The detectives arreste,
the four men and took them direct 4
4 Police Headquarters.
Inspector Faurot, IN charge Of Centre
Once. found that Stein had been place,
In the gallery OF rogues several year
80 but that no had succeeded In hav
tnG his picture and records removed
Stein said no lived at No. II East Thir
tenth street. Davis wac found to b
No. es2s IN che gallery. had served prts
: q terms and wac even then out undo
suspended sentence. Baker 10 No. ILL.,
n the gallery and has been convicts-
. tor burglary several &imes.
n Botnick claimed tfat 70 was truck
: man with . good business and dis
played his business card with the nd
dress No. IL East Eighth street; bu
tbs gallery gave him No. Ties anon
the rogues OF record.
inspector Faurot and Deputy Con
missionsr Dougherty we're highi
pleased over the success OF the lon
shadowinE, and are confident that the
Win send the four men to prison 70
long farms.
The whole family enjoy the FOO