The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-03-17
GOTHAM YEGGS
GET $35O,000
In PAWN SHOP
East Side Burglary Perpetrated
by Clever Yeggs Melted
Man a Vast Fortune.
SIX CRACKSMEN WERE
IMPLICATED IN DEAL
Police End That a Tunnel Was
Dug Through the Cellar
Hundreds Passed Shop.

NEW YORK. March l6-An East
Side burglary. perpetrated by clever
cracksmen some time to-day netted
he thieves the largest haul obtained
N New York city in many years. Mar
in Simons a. Sons. pawn brokers, in
Hester street, were the victims. and
the property stolen includes $3.50, 900
worth of jewelry. diamonds and other
precious stones and 100000 worth OF
negotiable securities.
The thieves gained access to the
pawn brokers richly stored vaults by
means of a tunnel from an abutting
building on neighboring street
They made a clean get away with
their valuable loot.
The police are of the opinion that
six cr2cksmen were employed on the
Job and that the tunnellng required
all OF last night and the greater part
of Sunday morning II is their belief
hat the actual robbery took place
this afternoon. while hundreds OF per
sons were passing along the street in
front of the pawn shop. None of the
tenants in either the building from
which the tunnel started or that in
which the pawn shop is located heard
any unusual noises. A janitress. peer
ing through the window of the shop
late this afternoon. noticed the litter
near the vault and gave the alarm.
The police found that the tunnel
was begun in the cellar of a house
IN Eldredge street directly adjoining
the Simons place Ii was driven
through the wall of the Eldredge
street house and into a wood bin in
the cellar OF the SimOns store. There
leading up to the pawn brokers' shop.
is a fight of stairs They are wired
Tor a burglar alarm. however. and the
thieves avoided them and sawed away
the overhead flooring at spot direct
Iy in front of the treasure vault. The
vault, which stands twelve feet high
and is built in the wall. was entered
by chopping away the masonry
Simons * Sons have been in bust
ness in Hester street for number
OF years. II was literally patronized
IN the neighborhood because the in
terest charged was below the legal
rate.
Later the negotiable securities we're
found scattered on the floor OF the
vault. the robbers evidently having
been afraid 10 take them. owing 10
the risk OF detection in their disposal
Another thing that seemed TO point
to the up-to-date business acumen Of
the Iooters was that they left behind
them in the litter about the vault three
pairs OF gloves The police are oi the
Opiniou that the cracksmen wore
gloves in robbing tAe vault. realizing
the extent 10 which the finger print
bureau OF the police department Is
capable OF going in detecting crooks
who leave impressions of their I'm
gers at the scenes OF their crimes.
The burglars were we'll prepared for
their task In the pawnshop they left
al the paraphernalia tIey had used
In preaching the wall, cutting the floor
and hammering their way through the
brick and masonry of the vault These
instruments we're. Three large saws
one small saw. one T. pound -ledg'
hammer. one . pound sledge hammer
and a brace and bit.
When Simons and his son reached
the pawnshop and made a hast, in
ventory they declared that the loot
taken was worth S2.oon0. and that
probably it's value exceeded This hg
ure