New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-10
Dental Offices in Avenue A
Robbed of More than $4,000
Police Seek FIashi|y
Dressed Blonde.
DOOR BLOWN OFF SAFE
Mysterious Woman with
Changeable Hair Paid Several
Visits to Dentist, Each Time
Accompanied by a Diff
ferent Man.


Police Commissioner; Captain Faurot.
the finger print expert. and half a
dozen men from the Detective Bureau
are trying to solve the mystery sur
rounding a bold burglary perpetrated
some time between the hours of and
. o'clock yesterday morning, when the
dental offices of DR.. Charles Schmer,
at No. % Avenue A, were entered and
jewelry and other valuables valued at
more than $1,000 were taken.
The burglars, according to story
told to the police by DR.. Adolph Arm
stein. DR.. Schmer's assistant, were aid
ed in their work by mysterious blond
woman of striking appearance. This
woman. flashily dressed, first called at
the dental parlors about three weeks
ago. accompanied by young man.
Woman Leads Burglar Band.
A week later she again called at DR..
Sohmer's offices, but this time her hair
was dark and she had with her another
young man. For the third time, about
a week ago, the woman came 10 the
office TO have her teeth attended. 4
third man was with her this time. and
her hair was still OF the brunette type.
The police are now inclined to believe
this woman of the changeable hair
may be responsible for the series Of
robberies recently in the lower East
Side. They believe, also. that when
they find her. she will be able to put
them on the trail Of the gang that has
been burglarizng pawnshops and cigar
stores.
"Cherchez la femme." is the cry.
The burglary was not discovered until
Q O'Clock yesterday morning, when Or.
Arnstein arrived to open the office.
which is on the second floor. As soon
as he went to open the street door DR..
Arnstcin knew the lock had been tam
pered with.
The door to the office on the second
loor had also been forced The heavy
safe usually standing by the windows
in the front, or operating Office, had
been dragged TO the rear Of the rccep-
ton room.
The door of the safe had been blown
from its hinges by nitro -glyccrino and
the inner compartments pried open
and rned.
Safe Blown and Rfled.
To Jeaden the noise of tho explosion
the burglars had wrapped ono of the
office carpets about the safe. The third
room Of the suite was also in disorder.
the burglars evidently having taken all
the time they needed to make thor
ough search of the place.
ON both the Avenue \ and the I'd
street side. the dental offices have large
plate glass windows. There are shades
for these windows, but these were not
IN use. giving a free view to the offices
for anybody passing on the opposite
side of the street. AS If this would not
bo enough to scare off any ordinary
band of burglars. two electric lamps OF
sixteen candlepower each were burn
ing One of these was directly over
the safe.
Dr Arnstein made hurried inven-
tory of the damage done by the burg
lars and then he called up the police
Of the 5th street station. Lieutenant
Allen. one of the finger print experts.
was sent around He made careful
examination of the safe. as the result
of which he said the burglars had
probably worked with glovcd hands.
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There were jewclry, gold Leaf ana
other valuables to the amount Oh
$40 OOO in the safe. The greater part
of ,his was overlooked by the burg
lars. or else they could not open one
OF the inner compartments.
DIR. Arnstein said that upon the oc-
caslon of the young womans hrst
visit she asked TO have her teeth re-
paired. He examined them ana saio
they were In excellent condition. she
,hen asked to have them cleaned, and
this was done.
When she appeared the second time,
DR. Arnsten was surprised at the de-
cided change in the color of the wom-
ans hair. but said nothing. Upon this
occa sion, he said. he noticed the man
who accompanied the woman walking
about the office, as though making an
inspection. lie paid particular atten-
ton to the safe, and when DIR. Arm
stein asked him what he was doing
the man said he was a dental student
and therefore interested In Things
about the office.
The rooms Of B. Templeberg,
tailor. on the second floor. and those
of James Fisher. an architect, and j.
Cantor. who conducts a dental labora-
tory. on the third floor. were also en-
terad and rfled.