Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-17
LEAVE SEVERAL HUNDRED
THOUSAND poLLARs' WORTH
OF JEwELRY IN PAwNsHoP.
TAKE plAMoN sAnp L,oHT
ART, SIS woRrH ,asasss
Climax To- s.. % Bold SAT. Cracks
'"a' s., .'f., Detective. on Trail
-Robt 8 run"s'sd Way Into Vaults
and s'und Burglar Alsrms-
Waten. and Other Jewellery Lsst.

New York. March Fifty detec.
tfves were at work today trying to run
down the cracksmen who robbed Mar
tin Simons & Sons pawnship on the
east side some time yesterday OF over
S25o.o00 worth OF jewelry-one OF the
most daring and successful robberies
committed In this city within the mem-
ory OF the present generation OF police.
men. 1t comes as a climax TO a series
OF safe-hlowing robberies which. for
moro than nine months has engaged
the attention OF special safe SQUAD.
OF detectives. organized by Deputy Po-
nee Commissioner Dougherty. Since
Jan. IL more than twenty safes hayc
peen cracked and robbed in the lower
east side section. whore yesterdays
DIG maui was made. The police be-
lieve that the robbers are the same A.
those connected with many OF the
previous burglaries. and In one IN.
stance they have clue to this effect.
Only Vague Clue.
When Herman Shapiro's pawn shop.
on the Bowery. was robbed Of $4,000
by cracksmen last Thursday night. tho
robbers left behind them a pair Of cot
ton gloves which they had used to
avoid finger prints. The robbers OF the
Simons shop left behind two pairs OF
gloves like these. This vague clue.
however. is the only one the detectives
are known to have.
The care with which the burglars cut
their way by 81 devious route from an
adjoining cellar to the Simons building
convinces the detectives they were
very familiar with the premises. The
| men had very carefully avoided using
| the basement stairway. which was
open to them, but had sawed their WAY
thru two floors. apparently knowing
| that the stairway was wired with
burglar alarms. In like manner when
they reached the big vault in the pawn.
| shop they did not touch the great steel
doors or their locks. but attacked the
| walls two feet thick.
Moro Loot Than Wanted.
They were rewarded by access to
such riches that the robbers must have
been stunned. The vault contained VAL
| uables worth 100000. according TO
Simons, 100000 In jewelry ana
| watches. on which money had been
| loaned; 10000 in negotiable securities.
and SbO,UoO III notes, as wei 90 $o'ovS
| In cash and checks.
The thieves took the bonds and notes.
bu. threw them away before leaving
| the building In the vault they took
nothing but diamonds and light jewelry
contained in twenty-four drawers.
| watches and other jewelry OF less
value packed away in $50 small draw
ers and compartments were not taken.
altho all the drawers had been pulled
from their places. and the jewelry and
| watches dropped on the floor until they
| were a foot deep.
Women Sees Robbers.
The cracksmen who tunneled their
| way thru heavy brick and concrete
walls. avoiding network of burglar
alarm walls and stole 100000 worth OF
| diamonds from the safe OF Martin
| Slmons & Sons pawnshop in the lower
! east side were seen with their booty by
| n woman, the police announced today.
| This woman, whose name the police
withheld. lives In a tenement adjoining
| the pawnshop. She told the detectives
that she was coming downstairs about
10 o'clock yesterday when strange
man came up from the cellar OF the
tenement. He carried an acetlylene
lamp on his shoulder. She followed him
| to the street and saw another man
| drive up in n light wagon In to the
| wagon the first man placed the lamp.
| He then went back to the cellar and
! returned in a few minutes with another
| lamp and n parcel done up in manila
paper. liz. placed these IN the wagon
| and both men drove away
The polSce are certain that these are
the men who chiseled thru the walls OF
the tenement's foundation to the cellar
! of the pawn shop.